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]
In one month, the #Royals stretched Ragans back out as a starter, helped him to add velocity to his FB, helped him to add more spin, and now have helped him to develop a slider as a good fifth offering.
The pitching development is not what is used to be. Have said it all year. https://t.co/oNTlDyeZDS
Originally Posted by duncan_idaho:
Yeah. There are teams that are doing this well. The Marlins, Rays, Brewers, Dodgers, Mariners, Guardians, and Braves really stand out.
I'm still on team "find a way to steal talent from those orgs that can bring that draft and develop method to KC."
Next year should be a pretty telling one for what Paul Gibson and his team is doing.
I don’t think you’ll see any noticeable change unless Picollo is gone as is the remnants of Moore’s reign.
It’s pretty impressive how good the 2014-2015 teams were given the unorthodox roster construction compared to the rest of the league. I think it’ll be hard for any team to repeat success like that. [Reply]
It seems that Bobby Witt took this thread's discussion about why he hadn't landed like a prospect of his caliber would be expected to land... personally.
He's .304/.336/.502 with 8 HR, 35 RBI, 21R, and 13 SB since June 1.
Those numbers climb to .327/.355/.617 with 6 HR, 23 RBI, 13 R, and 7 SB since July 1, which is around when that discussion really picked up. He also has drastically trimmed his K rate.
The June -current numbers, projected over 150 games, would look like this:
61R/23 HR/38 SB/101 RBI
July-current:
75R/34 HR/40 SB/133 RBI
Yeah. He's hot right now, but we could be seeing the superstar level unlock as we watch (maybe sometimes, if it's convenient and we're not too busy). [Reply]
