Baseball Prospectus Top 15 Royals Prospects

Four-Star Prospects
1. Mike Montgomery, LHP
2. Aaron Crow, RHP
3. Mike Moustakas, 3B
4. Wil Myers, C
5. Tim Melville, RHP
Three-Star Prospects
6. Danny Duffy, LHP
7. Jeff Bianchi, SS
8. Eric Hosmer, 1B
9. Chris Dwyer, LHP
10. John Lamb, LHP
Two-Star Prospects
11. David Lough, OF

Four More:
12. Tyler Sample, RHP: This 6-foot-7 power arm has a ceiling that might rank with that of anyone in the system.
13. Derrick Robinson, CF: Scouts still love his tools, especially the 80-grade speed, but 2010 could be a make-or-break year for him.
14. Carlos Rosa, RHP: The strong-armed Dominican has tons of velocity, but it's more than bit straight.
15. Kila Ka'aihue, 1B: The minor-league TTO hero failed to build on his 2008 breakout, and now just seems like a walks machine.

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Thats fairly bearish on Hosmer

I’d probably consider bumping the top 4 up half a star (its my world, i can give out as much star as I want).

Probably bump Hosmer up at least half a star and probably Duffy and Bianchi as well.

All in all, it looks like we have a TON of trade bait for the impending Gary Matthews Jr. trade this winter. Hell, we can afford to overpay for a talent like that.

by wildthang on Dec 1, 2009 5:08 PM EST reply actions

I agree

On hosmer and Duffy. I’m not convinced on Bianchi yet. I’d probably bump Moose down.

In a chat session, Goldstein says Blake Wood and Johnny Giovatella are in the 16-20 range. I’m not high on Johnny G, but I think he has a much better shot at being useful than Derrick Robinson.

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by RoyalsRetro on Dec 1, 2009 5:13 PM EST up reply actions

But Art Stewart assured everyone that Robinson would be the next great Royals CF!

(If you can’t tell, I agree with you Retro – I don’t think Robinson will ever become anything useful at all)

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by loyal2sdad on Dec 1, 2009 5:46 PM EST up reply actions

Hey, Mike Moustakas might be an above average player!

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by Matt Klaassen on Dec 1, 2009 5:55 PM EST reply actions

Duffy should be higher IMO

by AlanSimpson on Dec 1, 2009 6:38 PM EST reply actions

Seems a little rough

All Duffy has done is produce consistently. I guess he will have to prove he wasn’t aided by the park at Wilmington first…

by bas on Dec 1, 2009 8:03 PM EST up reply actions

Kind of disappointing to not have any five star prospects

but I imagine that is because most of the top prospects are still pretty young. I guess we might see many of these guys hit five star in a year or two – at least I hope we do.

by jsolo on Dec 1, 2009 6:58 PM EST reply actions

Wil Myers

Seems like our best hope for this. If his bat continues to shine and he looks to play reasonable defense, he will be an elite catcher prospect. Maybe next year.

by bas on Dec 1, 2009 8:02 PM EST up reply actions

Lets see, Kila was kind of slammed.

A walks machine? He’s clearly done with this organization.

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by Warden11 on Dec 1, 2009 7:11 PM EST reply actions

He sucks

He strikes out 7 billion times a year on straight fastballs. Slider speed bat.

by kcbottom9th on Dec 1, 2009 7:14 PM EST up reply actions

Now, how nice is it...

to see 4 lefty starters in the top 10?

by bas on Dec 1, 2009 8:05 PM EST reply actions

I'd trade one of them for an outfielder

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by awolfson on Dec 1, 2009 11:42 PM EST up reply actions

awesome

4 Star is supposed to represent about #51-100 overall. An average team has 3 players with 4 & 5 stars. Our 5 guys, plus Duffy & Hosmer as borderline candidates. I think DM has done a great job rebuilding our minor leagues. Now let’s get them to AA.

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by David Howards Legacy on Dec 3, 2009 2:34 PM EST reply actions

Kila

Yeah the knock on Kila is that he cannot catch up to a major league fastball. Pretty tough to play in the big leagues if you cant hit a 90 plus fastball. I still wished that Shealy would have turned out. He did bot have a ton of HR power but coudl sure drive in runs. he appears finished unfortunatly.

by T.Fletch on Dec 5, 2009 8:54 AM EST reply actions