Royals Review Prospect Pulse

by nwroyal on Apr 9, 2009 12:28 AM EDT

The Minor League season starts tomorrow! If you are like me, in mid-season, after a hard Royals' loss, you can take solace finding a Royals prospect who had a good night that night. What you will see now is pretty much a prospect list. What I hope will be interesting is checking in on a month by month basis to see how our prospects are doing and adjusting their ranking accordingly (I'm borrowing the idea from Brewerfan.net, and I'm sure other sites do something similar). Some of the players are at extended spring training, so we will have to wait a bit to start getting stats for those players. My rankings emphasize players already assigned to clubs but you'll still see players like Tim Melville. I'm going off of the rosters on each minor league afilliates' website--some players (Ed Cegarra) I am assuming are in extended spring training for some reason. We'll check back at the begining of May and see how the opening month of play treated our best and brightest.

Rank	Name	Age	Level	Pos	Comment:
1.	Eric Hosmer	19	Burlington (Low-A)	1B	Watch out Midwest League--a man among boys.
2.	Mike Moustakas	20	Wilmington (High-A)	3B	Hoping the 2nd half Moose shows up in Delaware
3.	Dan Cortes	22	Northwest Arkansas (AA)	RHSP	Repeats AA--hopefully will see him harness his stuff
4.	Kila Kaaihue	24	Omaha (AAA)	1B	Out to prove last season was no fluke.
5.	Dan Duffy	20	Wilmington (High-A)	LHSP	Hasn't been challenged yet in pro ball.
6.	Dan Gutierrez	22	Extended ST	RHSP	Had some shoulder pain--is fine--should be in Wilmington soon
7.	Mike Montgomery	19	Extended ST	LHSP	Should be at Burlington soon
8.	Carlos Rosa	24	Omaha (AAA)	RHRP	Looks to dominate in relief
9.	Blake Wood	23	Northwest Arkansas (AA)	RHSP	I think he'll have a good year
10.	Tim Melville	19	Extended ST	RHSP	Liky Montgomery, think we'll see him at Burlington soon
11.	Johnny Giavotella	21	Wilmington (High-A)	2B	Part of a powerhouse Wilmington club
12.	Derrick Robinson	21	Wilmington (High-A)	CF	Repeats level, hopefully bat will come around
13.	Jeff Bianchi	23	Wilmington (High-A)	SS/2B	Trying a move back to SS--helps his prospect status
14.	Kelvin Herrera	19	Exteded ST	RHSP	Think he's got a minor injury, should be assigned a club soon
15.	Joe Dickerson	22	Northwest Arkansas (AA)	RF	A sleeper to keep your eye on
16.	Tyler Sample	19	Extended ST	RHSP	Probably will go to Idaho Falls
17	Salvador Perez	18	Burlington (Low-A)	C	Burlington is loaded with catchers
18.	Chris Nicoll	25	Northwest Arkansas (AA)	RHRP	A good little relief prospect
19.	David Lough	23	Wilmington (High-A)	CF	Kind of old but good tools
20.	Henry Barrera	23	Extended ST	RHRP	Flame throwing reliever
21.	John Lamb	18	Extended ST	LHSP	Lots of buzz--hasn't yet thrown a pitch in season
22.	Mitch Maier	26	Omaha (AAA)	CF	Still could be useful
23.	Ed Cegarra	19	Extended ST	RHSP	Not sure why he isn't with a club yet--hurt?
24.	Greg Holland	23	Northwest Arkansas (AA)		Hard throwing reliever
25.	Jason Taylor	21	Suspended	1B/OF	Got talent but needs to grow up--50 game suspension
26.	Adrian Ortiz	22	Wilmington (High-A)	CF	Can he keep up OBP in Wilmington?
27.	Paulo Orlando	23	Wilmington (High-A)	CF	It will be hard for balls to drop in the Wilmington OF
28.	Jordan Parraz	24	Northwest Arkansas (AA)	RF	I don't miss Tyler Lumsden
29.	Sam Runion	20	Burlington (Low-A)	RHSP	put up or shut up for '07 2nd round pick
30.	Chris Lubanski	24	Omaha (AAA)	OF	Trying to bounce back

Others to watch:

Omaha: Devon Lowery, Brett Bigler

Northwest Arkansas:Blake Johnson, Mario Lisson, Jose Duarte, Chris Hayes, Gilbert De La Vera

Wilmington:Ray Liotta, Clint Robinson

Burlington: Barry Bowden, Luis Cota, Brent Fisher, Derrick Saito, Sean McCauley, Jose Bonilla, John Alfaro, Kyle Martin

Extended ST: Julio Pimentel (hurt), Keaton Hayenga, Juan Abreu, Carlos Fortuna, Fernando Cruz, Guelin Beltre, Yowill Espinal, Hilton Richardson, Alex Llanos, Carlos Testa

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was jason taylor

the one with myspace pics all over last year?

The first thing I know about someone in a KC hat is that they're loyal.

by grantfunk on Apr 8, 2009 2:31 PM EDT reply actions

no, it was Dan Cortes

had some myspace photos—from a couple of years ago. I’ve heard that he’s grown up a lot from those photos and it also prompted a new Royals policy against players having My Space of Facebook pages.

Taylor has been suspended a couple of times—and has generally been said to have a bad attitude.

by nwroyal on Apr 8, 2009 2:37 PM EDT up reply actions