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Royals Top 30 Prospects: #6-1
We made it. Here it is: The Top 6 7 Prospects in the Royals system. I still plan one more post-next week-that will cover the state of the system and break down our prospects in some different ways. I think a couple of my rankings may surprise you. So feel free to make your case if you disagree...
Recapping my predictions for the 2010 Royals Prospects
Back in March, I gave my prediction of what the Royals Top 20 Prospects would look like at the end of the season. So before I start into my real 2010 Royals Prospect List, I thought I would look back and see how my prognostications went. I'll repost the article with my new comments in bold and...
Royals Review Prospect Pulse: September
The minor league season is wrapping up with some of the short season clubs already finished. The big news with this list is the ascension of Mike Montgomery to the #1 spot. I flip-flopped him and Hosmer but eventually decided if a list that is charting performance through the year is worth...
Royals Minor League Roundtable: An Improving, But Far From Finished Player Development System
Now, more than ever, the ability of the Royals player development system to produce both stars and useful Major Leaguers, stands out as the question dictating the viability of the Moore regime. Last week, I contacted two Royals bloggers who follow the minors closely, as well our own RR contributor...
Catching up with Sam Mellinger on the Royals, the Rany Ban, and an Increasingly Controversial Season
Sam Mellinger, part of the Kansas City Star's excellent baseball team since 2006, was kind enough to answer a few questions over email this weekend from St. Louis. You can also read his work online on his Ball Star blog. In his third interview (the first two can be found here and here) with Royals...
Minor League Notes
Here are a few notes from around the Minors for the Royals: --As you know, the Royals spent around $1.3 million to sign Chelsor Cuthbert--who was ranked Baseball America's #7 international prospect. That blew away the Royals record for most spent on an int. signing (I think Jin Ho-Shin--the...
Royals Review Prospect Pulse: July
Minor League season is in full swing with the Royals having 7 affiliates (plus their Dominican team) up and running. The short season guys have just a few innings/at bats under their belts so beware sample size. We have a special emphasis on our international players this month. We've invested...
Royals Review Prospect Pulse: May
It's time to check in and see how things are going on the farm. Since, April was a shorter month, I went ahead and included stats up through yesterday. We still have a lot of players in Extended Spring Training--especially those pitchers who the Royals want to limit the workload for this year. ...
Royals Review Prospect Pulse
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...
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