RR Royals #5 Prospect

by doublestix on Oct 22, 2008 7:11 PM EDT

#1 Mike Moustakas, 3B
#2 Eric Hosmer, 1B
#3 Daniel Cortes, RHP
#4 Kila Ka'aihue, 1B
#5 ???

Going to go ahead and give it to the monster...

Voting for #5 starts......now.

Short scouting reports:

Daniel Duffy | LHP | 19-years-old | 6-foot-3, 185 pounds
-Four pitch lefty. Fastball 88-93, has been clocked higher in the past. Good curve, good change, both potential to be plus. Still needs to improve fastball command, but made huge strides this year thanks to improved mechanics.

Johnny Giavotella | 2B | 21-years-old | 5-foot-8, 185 pounds
-Small second baseman that can hit. Quick hands, good eye, lets ball travel deep into zone which gives him some power. Average defender. Does everything well, but nothing great -- similar to David DeJesus.

Mike Montgomery | LHP | 19-years-old | 6-foot-5, 180 pounds
-Long, athletic, projectable southpaw that scouts can dream on. Fastball currently 89-92, with very good changeup already, and a slow curveball. Also has a palmball. A couple improvements in mechanics will help his long term stock.

Tim Melville | RHP | 18-years-old | 6-foot-5, 205 pounds
-Extremely projectable with present stuff. Already 91-94 with chance for plus curve and change. Scouts love his long term fastball projection, think he could throw very hard.

Carlos Rosa | RHP | 24-years-old | 6-foot-1, 185 pounds
-Smallish righty with great fastball. Ranges 92-95 with a little sink. Plus hard slider, his best pitch. Good change but inconsistent. Might be a bullpen guy long term. Nearly big league ready.

Poll

Who is the Royals #5 prospect? (players listed in alphabetical order)

Daniel Duffy, LHP

44 votes

Johnny Giavotella, 2B

3 votes

Mike Montgomery, LHP

3 votes

Tim Melville, RHP

31 votes

Carlos Rosa, RHP

30 votes

Other (specify)

0 votes

111 votes | Poll has closed

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I liked Duffy at #4 since he is a young LH starter

with two years of experience. This fact moves him ahead of Montgomery and Melville who don’t have the track record yet. I believe Duffy has a higher ceiling than Rosa. Position players are hard to compare but Giavotella’s talent isn’t as high potentially as Duffy.

by daveyork on Oct 22, 2008 7:39 PM EDT reply actions

I think we've got another 3-horse race

Rosa, Duffy, Melville. I have a strong feeling that Rosa and Duffy will be the top 2 vote getters for this one. Those who think prospect rankings should factor in how likely and/or how soon the player will be contributing in the majors should certainly vote for Rosa. He’s already been to the majors for a cup of coffee and should be back in 2009.

This is just my opinion. I could easily be wrong.

by Scott McKinney on Oct 22, 2008 8:30 PM EDT reply actions

I voted for Johnny G

because he rules

OMG Banny. FWIW I am only crdtng u w/3 runs allwd bc of DDJ OMFG

by Matt Klaassen on Oct 22, 2008 9:05 PM EDT up reply actions

Racist

Yeah, I went there.

This is just my opinion. I could easily be wrong.

by Scott McKinney on Oct 22, 2008 9:06 PM EDT up reply actions

I'm super-duper racist

I don’t even consider Italian People to be “white.” So there.

I’m a W.A.S.P. (White Angle-Saxon Pythagorean).

OMG Banny. FWIW I am only crdtng u w/3 runs allwd bc of DDJ OMFG

by Matt Klaassen on Oct 22, 2008 9:31 PM EDT up reply actions

Note to all visitors, friends, future employers, Ontario Human Rights Comission

this is a joke. I am not a racist.

Wait, does thinking I’m not a racist make me one?

D’oh.

OMG Banny. FWIW I am only crdtng u w/3 runs allwd bc of DDJ OMFG

by Matt Klaassen on Oct 22, 2008 9:32 PM EDT up reply actions

wow

by Freneau on Oct 23, 2008 4:21 PM EDT up reply actions

What does he have to do to finally get banned?

I mean, at long last has this website no sense of decency?

This is just my opinion. I could easily be wrong.

by Scott McKinney on Oct 23, 2008 5:09 PM EDT up reply actions

you're still here

(boom crash)

thank you, thank you, I’ll be here all week… Yeah, I just flew in from Toronto, and boy is my full of crap tired…

OMG Banny. FWIW I am only crdtng u w/3 runs allwd bc of DDJ OMFG

by Matt Klaassen on Oct 23, 2008 7:48 PM EDT up reply actions

Did I ever tell y'all that Giovetella went to my high school?

Oh yeah!

Whoops, I guess I should’ve voted for him then.

Kansas City Royals: your 2006 and 2007 NL Central champions!

by mazoboom on Oct 23, 2008 1:58 AM EDT up reply actions

Needless to say, I didn't actually know him

GiavOtella

Kansas City Royals: your 2006 and 2007 NL Central champions!

by mazoboom on Oct 23, 2008 1:59 AM EDT up reply actions

awesome

I wonder how long until he’ll be ready…

OMG Banny. FWIW I am only crdtng u w/3 runs allwd bc of DDJ OMFG

by Matt Klaassen on Oct 23, 2008 9:54 AM EDT up reply actions

My first thought was Rosa

but I’m a little worried about the injury history and it seems like he might end up a 2-pitch bullpen guy. I ended up voting for Melville, but it’s basically a draw in my mind between him and Duffy. You have to like Duffy’s K/9, but I haven’t seen him, and if the scouting report is that his control could use work, his 3 BB/9 this year doesn’t suggest otherwise.

by kcdc1 on Oct 22, 2008 8:51 PM EDT reply actions

Rosa actually has a good 4-pitch repertoire

Two plus pitches and two other decent pitches. His pitch complement is as good or better than any prospect in the Royals system. Quite frankly, Cortes is more of a 2-pitch pitcher than Rosa, and he’s the best pitching prospect in the system. Rosa’s third and fourth pitches are much better than Cortes’s.

This is just my opinion. I could easily be wrong.

by Scott McKinney on Oct 22, 2008 9:09 PM EDT up reply actions