Drew Waters has also graduated and looks like having him at #6 was an appropriate place for him.
Since we last ranked the system this preseason, Maikel Garcia has graduated and made it pretty clear that I had him too low at #2. The 2023 MLB Draft has come to a close and we can finally evaluate an entirely new Royals system with an entirely new prospect ranking. I know we all know it and live it, but it’s pretty rough to read it all laid out like that.Īlex Duvall is back with Royals Farm Reports Midseason Top-50 Prospects:
He then goes on to catalog all of the younger players falling short. Rookie Maikel Garcia has taken over third base with plus exit velocities and strong defense.Īside from the left side of the infield, the Royals’ young players have mostly underwhelmed, however. 300 on-base percentage, he looks like the franchise shortstop the Royals wanted when selecting him with the 2nd overall pick in 2019. has stolen 27 bases, connected on 14 home runs and taken a huge step defensively. Instead, a lot of the players they’ve envisioned as a developing core have plateaued or gone backwards. Kansas City expected to be further along in the rebuild by now. The most concerning theme for the organization has been the down years and/or injury issues for most of their top young talent. There are a number of reasons for the club’s underperformance. Pete Grathoff takes issue with ESPN’s David Schoenfield giving the Royals an “F-” for his midseason grade.Īnthony Franco of MLB Trade Rumors writes about “ The Most Alarming Aspect Of Royals’ Disappointing Season” *As in, they are interns at The Kansas City Star - I don’t feel I have enough knowledge about their work to judge its quality That’s Johnson’s walk-up song at home games - “Astronaut” by Oh Boy Prince - which was rated an 8.6 out of 10 on average by a trio of TikTokers. Saucing when I walk, yeah I do that a lot,ĭesigner on me, I be clean head to my socks,Īlways posing for the cam I’m the one to watch.” “Lately I’ve been taking off like an astronaut, Round 10: Wake Forest SS Justin Johnson (No. Star interns* Lawrence Price and Mason Young put together one fun fact about each of the Royals draft picks. Jaylon Thompson also gives us 3 takeaways from the first half of the season and considers two other questions. It’s also the top story over at The Star. The new schedule is the top story on the MLB site, for instance. I mean “big” is in quotes because it’s another off day and there wasn’t a lot of news yesterday. Like Max had the “big” story yesterday: Royals unveil 2024 schedule. Is it gauche to reference something on the front page?
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