Baseball Prospectus: What Could Go Wrong in 2012: Kansas City Royals

A "glass half-empty" look at the best minor league organization in the history of whatever, written by ~~Scott McKinney~~ Jason Parks.

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And IIRC Parks was writing glowing things about the BFSE last spring

The Cuthbert writeup was interesting. Parks made it sound like Cheslor could be Randa as a hitter, and better defensively than Moustakas but with similar body types.

by thelaundry on Feb 3, 2012 1:32 PM EST reply actions

I think its a worse-case scenario series

For each team, a writer writes “what could go wrong.”

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by RoyalsRetro on Feb 3, 2012 2:42 PM EST up reply actions

nope

east coast bias

by ams5661 on Feb 3, 2012 2:56 PM EST up reply actions

Ok

Just not as familiar with him as the rest of the top 5. It’s encouraging that he has a decent chance to stick at 3B.

by thelaundry on Feb 3, 2012 2:57 PM EST up reply actions

I believe Professor Parks does the whole series

IIRC he started doing them last year. Even his “worst-case scenarios” are still pretty rosy… and that’s how these pieces read last year, too. They’re still a decent read, though.

If Scott actually did write these, BTW, the worst-case scenario for every prospect would be a career-ending injury. And, of course, he would be right.

by kcemigre on Feb 3, 2012 9:47 PM EST up reply actions

It was fairly rosy, but also very informative.

He pointed out some things that were interesting. Pretty detailed analysis from a scouting perspective. Much preferred over the usual “bat speed, power, can run a little.”

by hawkinscm87 on Feb 4, 2012 2:17 PM EST up reply actions