Free Agent Signings:
Carlos Santana
Mike Minor
Michael Taylor
Ervin Santana
Top 10 Prospects:
1 Bobby Witt Jr., SS
2 Asa Lacy, LHP
3 Daniel Lynch, LHP
4 Jackson Kowar, RHP
5 Erick Pena, OF
6 Nick Loftin, SS
7 Kyle Isbel, OF
8 Khali Lee, OF
9 Jonathan Bowlan, RHP
10 Carlos Hernedez, RHP [Reply]
As to why our farm should be looked at with more of a mid 2010's optimism than a mid 2000's mirage.
How absurd is this? Royals pitchers from 2018 MLB Draft:
Brady Singer (MLB): 3.96 ERA Kris Bubic (MLB): 0.96 ERA Jackson Kowar (Triple A): 1.15 ERA Jonathan Bowlan (Double A): 1.65 ERA Jon Heasley (Double A): 1.93 ERA Josh Dye (Double A): 1.13 ERA Zach Haake (High A): 1.69 ERA
To be fair, we need a higher percentage of our young talent to "hit", than the 2010's pipeline. The understated thing about our farm system of a century was how many busts we had (basically all of our stud pitching - Monty, Lamb, Dwyer & Arguelles). Duffy was literally the biggest pitching success story we had from that time. Our system was so deep then that it didn't matter how many busts we had or that none of our bats became MVP caliber players (Cain is an exception, but he emerged a bit later than the 2011 class I’m thinking of and also got there from his D).. That depth allowed us to trade even our flame-outs (Lamb and Monty) to give our young talent on offense the extra pieces they need for a World Series.
Admittedly, our current system isn't as deep and can't afford that high of a bust percentage. We'd also be hugely benefitted by finally developing a star player on offense (Looking at you, Witt and Mondesi) But, if we're more fortunate with our pitching prospects this time around (and our pitching prospects now have more potential than ours from the Mid-2010's), we can easily become a force and be in contention again. [Reply]
Originally Posted by Prison Bitch:
Monty Lamb Odorizzi Finnegan Reed led us to
Shields
Davis
Cueto
IOW: smashing success
Absolutely.
Cody Reed, Brandon Finnegan and John Lamb led us to an ace who pitched two two hitters in the 2015 playoffs. The fact that Sean Manaea has been the most successful piece we parted with in that run should be an endorsement to always put the chips in to win a title when you can. [Reply]
Originally Posted by Mama Hip Rockets:
I just got my tickets for full-capacity opening weekend June 4-5. Friday is buck night, fireworks, and Soler bobblehead. Saturday is Merrifield bobblehead. 🙌
Just got mine for June 18. Gonna be vacationing in Missouri to visit family. Will be my first time in Kauffman since 2009. [Reply]
Originally Posted by Fansy the Famous Bard:
By far GMDM's best move as a GM.
But did he ruin MLB? He’s the one who introduced extreme heat into the sport with his 2014 team, which relied heavily on the last 3 innings where heat was the focus. Everyone copied him since.
For those who forget: 97+ mph pitches this season: Royals 2,287, Twins 1
Originally Posted by Prison Bitch:
But did he ruin MLB? He’s the one who introduced extreme heat into the sport with his 2014 team, which relied heavily on the last 3 innings where heat was the focus. Everyone copied him since.
For those who forget: 97+ mph pitches this season: Royals 2,287, Twins 1
Originally Posted by Chiefspants:
As to why our farm should be looked at with more of a mid 2010's optimism than a mid 2000's mirage.
How absurd is this? Royals pitchers from 2018 MLB Draft:
Brady Singer (MLB): 3.96 ERA Kris Bubic (MLB): 0.96 ERA Jackson Kowar (Triple A): 1.15 ERA Jonathan Bowlan (Double A): 1.65 ERA Jon Heasley (Double A): 1.93 ERA Josh Dye (Double A): 1.13 ERA Zach Haake (High A): 1.69 ERA
To be fair, we need a higher percentage of our young talent to "hit", than the 2010's pipeline. The understated thing about our farm system of a century was how many busts we had (basically all of our stud pitching - Monty, Lamb, Dwyer & Arguelles). Duffy was literally the biggest pitching success story we had from that time. Our system was so deep then that it didn't matter how many busts we had or that none of our bats became MVP caliber players (Cain is an exception, but he emerged a bit later than the 2011 class I’m thinking of and also got there from his D).. That depth allowed us to trade even our flame-outs (Lamb and Monty) to give our young talent on offense the extra pieces they need for a World Series.
Admittedly, our current system isn't as deep and can't afford that high of a bust percentage. We'd also be hugely benefitted by finally developing a star player on offense (Looking at you, Witt and Mondesi) But, if we're more fortunate with our pitching prospects this time around (and our pitching prospects now have more potential than ours from the Mid-2010's), we can easily become a force and be in contention again.
Yes - we have strong pitching but we need to flip these guys for some offense. Outside of the potential of Witt Jr, I can't recall the organization having more of a barren offensive MiLB system. [Reply]
