Whiff leaders from Wednesday 5/15. pic.twitter.com/6L9V09pUpJ

— Eric Cross (@EricCross04) May 16, 2024

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Royals top prospect Blake Mitchell homered as part of a three-hit day this morning. Here's what it looked like from the open side. pic.twitter.com/NM5R6oYmCG

— Josh Norris �� (@jnorris427) May 15, 2024

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Blake Mitchell, C, Kansas City Royals (Low-A Columbia): 3-4, HR, 2 R, 2 RBI.
A lefty-swinging prep catcher who was taken eighth overall in the most recent draft, Mitchell snuck onto the Top 101 thanks to his extremely high upside. Prep catchers do tend to be an extremely high-variance demographic, of course, due both to their high level of positional risk and the fact that they’re literal teenagers. Mitchell is a very good athlete whose catching has graded out well enough in a small sample, but his .220/.383/.380 line entering Wednesday indicates that he is still adjusting to pro pitching.
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Chandler Champlain doesn’t belong in AA anymore. He was marvelous tonight.

6.1IP, 3H, 0ER, 1BB, 10 SO

The last pitch here I believe is the circle change he added late last year/this off-season. Absolutely attacking the zone with efficiency. 85 pitches to get 10K over 6.1 IP. pic.twitter.com/EpHK1VnceD

— Preston Farr (@royalsminors) May 16, 2024

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It seems like some good things are happening in the minors...this regime seems to be a lot more competent all around.
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The minors is still pretty shit, but you can't blame the new regime for that. They've only had one draft. I'll give them a couple years to see how they build it.
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