2023 – A new beginning for the Royals. Matt Quatraro era begins. A year to see which of our young players will make up the core going forward. Can Bobby Witt Jr become a superstar SS or will go to the hot corner? Will Brady Singer take the next step forward? Will Salvy be Salvy? Will Big Vin or Pratto take first base? Will they find a position for MJ? Who else emerges from the youth movement? Not to mention the development of the new downtown stadium.
Free Agents/Trades Acquisitions
Jordan Lyles, RHP
Ryan Yarbrough, LHP
Josh Taylor, LHP
Aroldis Chapman, LHP
Top 10 Prospects from Baseball America
1. Gavin Cross, OF
2. Cayden Wallace, 3B
3. Drew Waters, OF
4. Ben Kudrna, RHP
5. Frank Mozzicato, LHP
6. Maikel Garcia, SS
7. Tyler Gentry, OF
8. Nick Loftin, OF/3B
9. Angel Zerpa, LHP
10. Carter Jensen, C [Reply]
Originally Posted by Mecca:
Garcia after this year should move to SS, Loftin can come up and play 3rd time to see if Witt can be a CFer.
Yep, I would roll with this plan. I don't know if everyone who needs to be on board with it WOULD be on board with it. IE, I'm not sure Witt would be amenable to such a change.
He should. Just not sure if he WILL be.
Alternative could be Loftin playing 2B with Witt at 3B and Garcia at SS. Put Pratto at 1B and that could be a really outstanding IF defensively. [Reply]
Originally Posted by duncan_idaho:
Yep, I would roll with this plan. I don't know if everyone who needs to be on board with it WOULD be on board with it. IE, I'm not sure Witt would be amenable to such a change.
He should. Just not sure if he WILL be.
Alternative could be Loftin playing 2B with Witt at 3B and Garcia at SS. Put Pratto at 1B and that could be a really outstanding IF defensively.
MLB The Show 2021 was convinced he'd be a better CFer than IFer - just sayin'...
Then again, it was also pretty convinced that Trent Grisham was going to be a top 10 player in baseball. So it may not be the best source for these sorts of things... [Reply]
Do we have ANYBODY besides that garbage fedex driver to go to first in the bullpen?? It boggles my mind how much he pitches and continues to suck. [Reply]
Originally Posted by BWillie:
Perhaps we should consider if Garcia would sign off on being relegated to 3B. He's just as good of a prospect at this point, maybe better.
pretty sure Garcia would play where ever they want him to [Reply]
Originally Posted by poolboy:
pretty sure Garcia would play where ever they want him to
The point is hes the same age as Witt Jr and he's much better defensively (although Witt has improved defensively this year). If Garcia is as good as Witt Jr offensively (which he has been so far) then there is no reason to treat Bobby with kid gloves. You just put the best defender at SS and call it a day. The only reason you would leave Bobby at SS is if you thought he was this premier player and don't want to upset him. [Reply]
