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RR Royals #5 Prospect

#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   0 recs

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 NYRoyal on Oct 22, 2008 8:30 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

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   0 recs

Racist

Yeah, I went there.

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

by NYRoyal on Oct 22, 2008 9:06 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

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   0 recs

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   0 recs

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 NYRoyal on Oct 23, 2008 5:09 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

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   0 recs

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   0 recs

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   0 recs

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   0 recs

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   0 recs

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 NYRoyal on Oct 22, 2008 9:09 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Rosa only throws 3 pitches...

fastball/slider/changeup

Rowdy Hardy Fan Club member.

by doublestix on Oct 22, 2008 9:19 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Baseball America didn't think that going into the 2008 season

Fastball, slider, change, curve

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

by NYRoyal on Oct 22, 2008 9:30 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

well, poo on them

it’s three. definitely three.

Rowdy Hardy Fan Club member.

by doublestix on Oct 22, 2008 9:36 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

I prefer to talk about a 3- 4- whatever pitch "mix"

sounds more like a bebop tune from the 50s that way

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   0 recs

Put Duffy on the board....

YES!

Don't forget to send your broken maples to the US Forest Service.

by 306008 on Oct 22, 2008 11:05 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

I rewatched Meche's last start today on DVR.

I love KC wins. I’ve got the last five games on TV saved on the DVR for the offseason.

Don't forget to send your broken maples to the US Forest Service.

by 306008 on Oct 22, 2008 11:05 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Danny Duffy is our best pitching prospect

you heard it here first

I'm about to change my username to DannyDuffyfan

by jackie ballgame on Oct 23, 2008 9:15 AM EDT reply actions   0 recs

by "best" you must mean "2nd best"

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

by Matt Klaassen on Oct 23, 2008 9:56 AM EDT up reply actions   1 recs

can our organization not buy people hats that fit?....

his head looks like its swimming in that hat…no dissimilar to the way zacks looks

TPJ...you're dead to me

by billybeingbilly on Oct 23, 2008 12:42 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Some people just have weird heads

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

by NYRoyal on Oct 23, 2008 12:43 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

I don't like the refusal to bend the bills

The times, they are a-changin’

We always did feel the same, We just saw it from a different point of view, Tangled up in blue.
-Bob Dylan

by Royal Kingdom on Oct 23, 2008 5:29 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Greinke suffers from this affliction as well

The concept of progress acts as a protective mechanism to shield us from the terrors of the future. - Collected sayings of Muad'Dib

by buddyball on Oct 23, 2008 10:44 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

i would not be surprised if we were saying that at this time next year

never bad to be ahead of the game…

i’m still giddy he fell to the third round last year. i took him in the second round of my shadow draft and was surprised he even made it that far.

Rowdy Hardy Fan Club member.

by doublestix on Oct 23, 2008 5:12 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

I voted for Tim "Herman" Melville

he is like my Billy Budd

The concept of progress acts as a protective mechanism to shield us from the terrors of the future. - Collected sayings of Muad'Dib

by buddyball on Oct 23, 2008 10:43 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

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