Royals drafting 5th next year

Royals will draft 5th in 2011.
1. Pittsburgh
2. Seattle
3. Baltimore
4. Arizona
5. Kansas City

A quickly look at my top 10 for next year:
1. Anthony Rendon 3B--Rice
2. Gerrit Cole RHP UCLA
3. Matt Purke LHP TCU
4. George Springer CF UCONN
5. Taylor Jungmann RHP Texas
6. Bubba Starling RHP/CF HS
7. Sonny Gray RHP Vandy
8. Daniel Norris LHP HS
9. Matt Barners RHP UCONN
10. Archie Bradley RHP HS

Looks to be an incredible top 10 for next year--I would be happy with Springer/Jungmann/Starling.

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Is Bubba Starling the one from Gardner-Edgerton?

I know he’s a talented football player, too. Any idea if he’s going football or baseball? Is he really a top 6 talent? I know he’s really good, I’d just be impressed if people already think that highly of him.

by KyleM on Oct 3, 2010 7:38 PM EDT reply actions

Yes, he's from Gardner.

Committed to Nebraska for football but a lot of people think that first round money will get him signed. I don’t know enough to say whether he’s that good but he is the best HS player I’ve ever seen live.

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by Warden11 on Oct 3, 2010 7:57 PM EDT up reply actions

I've heard that from a few people

Including Grunhard. (spelling?)

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by 306008 on Oct 3, 2010 9:09 PM EDT up reply actions

Keith Law on Bubba

http://espn.go.com/video/clip?id=5366750

by kcjb on Oct 3, 2010 9:04 PM EDT up reply actions

interesting that law would put him on the mound....

saying he was throwing only 88-91 as a righty…..everything ive read talks up his 5 tool ability

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by billybeingbilly on Oct 4, 2010 1:27 AM EDT up reply actions

Law is a huge fan has Starling

He has Bubba as his #1 prep for 2011 and said he should be in the conversation for Pittsburgh at #1.

by deezle on Oct 4, 2010 9:50 AM EDT up reply actions

That Norris kid is REALLY good also.

I think we go HS top available next year. I think they are starting “The Second Wave®”.

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by 306008 on Oct 3, 2010 9:09 PM EDT reply actions

starling would be a great place to start

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by billybeingbilly on Oct 4, 2010 1:25 AM EDT up reply actions

Agree

After Rendon, Cole, and Purke, I’m not that enamored with the top college players. I expect we’ll go top prep available, and right now I like Starling, Norris, and Archie Bradley.

by deezle on Oct 4, 2010 9:49 AM EDT up reply actions

This guy at a local restaurant was telling me about Starling the other night

He claimed Starling had thrown out a guy at home from the warning track. If true, that’s impressive. I think I need to make it out to a G-E game this spring.

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by KeepItCopacetic on Oct 4, 2010 9:27 AM EDT reply actions

Everything I'm reading has these 3 in their top 10...

Jack Armstrong
Ht/Wt: 6-6/225 lbs
Position: RHP
School: Vanderbilt

Dylan Bundy
Ht/Wt: 6-1/200 lbs
Position: RHP
School: Owasso HS (OK)

Jackie Bradley Jr
Ht/Wt: 5-10/175 lbs
Position: OF
School: South Carolina

I haven’t seen anything on Buba Starling being top 10… I’m sure Bubba will move up during the spring season though bc he is getting a lot of ink…

by PREGNANT ROLLERSKATE on Oct 4, 2010 1:47 PM EDT reply actions

Also, I've read that Bubba projects as more of a RF than CF...

by PREGNANT ROLLERSKATE on Oct 4, 2010 1:50 PM EDT reply actions

thats interesting

b/c in the law video above….he said starling was the fastest guy at whatever elite showcase he’s at.

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by billybeingbilly on Oct 4, 2010 4:59 PM EDT up reply actions

He's already 6'5" 200

at 17 years old. I’d have to imagine that he will gain another 20-30 pounds over the next 5-10 years. On the surface that seems too big to play CF, but maybe I’m wrong. How big is Hamilton?

I think at the least he could be a plus defender in RF with a cannon arm.

by deezle on Oct 4, 2010 5:46 PM EDT up reply actions

I would take Jason Heyward at pick #5

(which the Royals could have done a few years ago)

by Boots 58 on Oct 4, 2010 6:02 PM EDT up reply actions

Are you saying Starling is the next...

Jason Heyward? Starling is reportivably still very raw. Also several teams passed on Heyward bc he said he wouldn’t sign or would only sign w/ Atlanta bc he was from Georgia..don’t remember the specifics of his draft demands, but Heyward handcuffed many teams from drafting them…the Royals had no shot @ Heyward…he had a college scholarship to a big school

by PREGNANT ROLLERSKATE on Oct 4, 2010 6:07 PM EDT up reply actions

6'5" 200 sounds like high school Heyward

and the way I understood it, teams didnt take Heyward because they didn’t get a good chance to scout him his senior year. Opposing pitchers threw around him and he walked alot. The Braves had been scouting him for years, and therefore didnt need to see too much his senior year.

Here’s a Yahoo story that says differently:
http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/news?slug=jp-heyward032810

He only signed for $1.7Mil, which was 100-200K over slot.

by Boots 58 on Oct 4, 2010 6:15 PM EDT up reply actions

This is true

None of the usual talent prognosticators (BA, BP, Law, PG) were calling Heyward the next superstar. He was definitely a top 15 talent, but scouts said he was raw and some weren’t sure he could stick at 1B. Basically he was your average talented HS player, and Atlanta was just lucky enough to win on their lottery ticket.

by deezle on Oct 4, 2010 6:36 PM EDT up reply actions

There was a story in SI at the beginning of the season on Heyward

Found the link LINK — Pages 4 & 5 have most of the details.

The Braves sandbagged other teams on Heyward, and most teams don’t scout the East Cobb summer keague where he played very well, if at all.

Unless I'm wrong...

by Top Ramen on Oct 4, 2010 6:52 PM EDT up reply actions

Absolutely fascinating...

Considering DM history w/ the Braves he had to know the Braves had been doing this & was familar w/ Heyward bc they were following him for so long. I can’t believe the Royals didn’t know Heyward better.

Also one scout said:
“We just didn’t see him swing the bat enough to feel comfortable taking him that high,” says one Indians official. “When we saw him, he walked a lot.”
Isn’t that a good thing???

I would like to read a report from Will questioning these things considering it was DM 1st draft he had to know Heyward better & are the Royals doing something like this here locally, giving “equipment/$” to local traveling teams & asking them to stay away from showcase tournys….

by PREGNANT ROLLERSKATE on Oct 4, 2010 7:13 PM EDT up reply actions

The story supports what I had read before & said...

earlier. " Teams thought they were handcuffed by demands". This story says that it was a smoak screen believed to be pushed by the Braves but it affected his dropping & also teams thought he was going to Ivy League bc of parents.

But it also alludes the scouts “sucked” which is hard to take at face value bc they only quoted & interviewed Braves ppl. You never got any other teams’ ppl confirming the writers opinons that other teams overlooked Heyward.

Starling & Heyward have a similar frame & are/were both HS, but I’ll wait see… He is very intriging…

by PREGNANT ROLLERSKATE on Oct 4, 2010 6:52 PM EDT up reply actions

deezle nailed it...

That was @ that show case not every top HS prospect or any College Prospects were there. Starling is projected to be a power hitter w/ a RFers arm. Starling is still pretty raw. Eibner is about the same size w/ really good speed & played CF @ Arkansas, but probably will shift to RF as well down the line.

How many Hamilton’s are there & also Hamilton shifted over to LF to limit his injuries & make room for a faster Borbon.

by PREGNANT ROLLERSKATE on Oct 4, 2010 6:02 PM EDT up reply actions