Sure enough, the List has changed this month with the additions of Tim Collins, Will Smith, Elisaul Pimentel and Lucas May. Only Collins cracks the Top 20, however. Several promotions this month: Moose, Hosmer, Lamb, Dwyer, Duffy (and others) all got moved up--and most did quite well. It seems that several different outlets/writers have proclaimed the Royals minor leagues the #1 system for this year. No doubt it's a nice honor and come the off-season we'll look at what that has meant historically for teams.
Rank | Name | Last Month | July Stats | YTD | Comment |
1 | Eric Hosmer--1B--AA | 4 |
HighA385/478/692 AA323/391/694 |
HighA349/423/538 AA323/391/694 |
Practically doubled his homers in July. |
2 | Wil Myers-C-HighA | 2 | HighA346/476/444 |
LowA293/410/506 HighA346/476/444 |
Really getting on base at Wilmington but Carolina league has hurt his power. |
3 | Mike Moustakas-3B-AAA | 1 |
AA 424/474/818 AAA247/253/468 |
AA349/414/690 AAA247/253/468 |
Struggled initially at AAA but has started to heat up. |
4 | John Lamb--LHP--AA | 5 |
HighA10.7/0.6/1.32 AA6.8/1.7/4.92 |
LowA9.6/3.8/3.31 HighA10.7/1.8/1.89 AA6.8/1.7/4.92 |
Received his second promotion of the year and has become one of the better pitching prospects in the game. |
5 | Mike Montgomery--LHP--AA | 3 | SS7.3/1.0/2.80 |
SS7.3/1.0/2.80 HighA11.9/1.4/1.34 AA7.4/3.0/3.19 |
Has begun pitching in AZ league and should be back at AA later in August. |
6 | Chris Dwyer--LHP--AA | 8 |
HighA13.5/3.0/1.50 AA 10.2/5.1/4.33 |
AA 10.2/5.1/4.33 HighA 9.5/3.7/3.16 |
On DL with back strain, had been brilliant at AA, except for his last outing which probably had something to do with the injury. |
7 | Christian Colon--SS--AA | 6 | 269/325/356 | 248/301/327 | Has been hitting better lately--know his line isn't great but I'm not worried. |
8 | Kila Kaaihue--1B--AAA | 10 | 343/442/648 | 319/463/598 | Farewell old friend! |
9 | Dan Duffy--LHP--AA | 11 | 11.6/4.5/4.29 | 11.1/3.2/3.61 | Now at AA, ready to pick up where he left last year |
10 | Aaron Crow--RHP--HighA | 7 | 7.9/4.5/4.30 | 6.5/4.2/4.72 | Demoted to Wilmington, hopefully he will carve up hitters and get some confidence back. |
11 | Brett Eibner--CF--not signed | 12 | NA | NA | Will sign soon. |
12 | Tyler Sample--RHP--Low-A | 18 | 9.5/3.5/4.11 | 8.0/5.6/4.52 | Had a really nice month and then ended with a stinker but still has been impressing with his stuff. |
13 | Johnny Giavotella-2B--AA | 15 | 361/410/537 | 304/378/417 | That's a spicy meatball! Really like the bat. |
14 | David Lough--OF--AAA | 14 | 200/336/358 | 256/318/420 | Scuffling in AAA--needs to put together a sustained hot streak. |
15 | Cheslor Cuthbert--3B--SS | 23 |
AZ286/348/500 IF269/321/500 |
AZ265/342/412 IF269/321/500 |
Has been impressive--17 year old at Idaho Falls is pretty rare. |
16 | Jordan Parraz--OF--AAA | 16 | 267/284/384 | 267/347/418 | The Royals have cornered the market on mediocre OF prospects--still would like to see what he can do in the bigs--perfect September call up candidate. |
17 | Derrick Robinson--CF--AA | 13 | 263/301/360 | 290/351/379 | Started July hot and then cooled off. |
18 | Tim Melville--RHP--HighA | 9 | 4.1/5.7/4.50 | 7.4/4.5/4.36 | On DL, my guess is he'll go back to Wilmington next year. |
19 | Tim Collins--LHP--AAA | NR | 16.5/3.0/1.96 | 15.4/3.4/2.52 | Love those K numbers--is now with Omaha. |
20 | Paulo Orlando--CF--AA | 35 | 333/402/538 | 319/383/482 | Still ranking him somewhat conservatively, but would like to see what he can do at AAA. |
21 | Will Smith--LHP--HighA | NR | 3.6/4.1/5.92 | 6.1/3.3/4.78 | After being bounced around several levels, the Royals will be patient with him at HighA. |
22 | Noel Arguelles--LHP--DL | 19 | NA | NA | Heard that he is throwing, not sure if he will appear in a game this year. |
23 | Luis Coleman--RHP--AAA | 20 | AAA10.0/1.3/3.29 |
AA9.5/2.4/3.31 AAA10.0/1.3/3.29 |
Keeps doin' what he does at AAA. |
24 | Patrick Keating--RHP--AA | 21 | AA14.3/4.2/4.08 |
HighA12.3/3.0/2.63 AA10.6/4.4/3.87 |
Royals have a great collection of bullpen talent. |
25 | Manny Pina--C--AA | 22 |
AA313/313/500 AAA218/267/364 |
AA256/330/419 AAA218/267/364 |
This kid starting to grow on me, drops in rankings b/c I have to squeeze in the new additions. |
26 | Salvador Perez--C--HighA | 17 | 244/247/280 | 252/280/344 | Struggled in July but is still quite young. |
27 | Jason Adams--RHP--not signed | 25 | NA | NA | Will sign in the days leading up to August 16th. |
28 | Clint Robinson--1B--AA | 28 | 296/366/593 | 305/386/566 | Haven't heard if he takes Kila's place at AAA--but he should. |
29 | Buddy Baumann--RHP--HighA | 31 | 12.5/3.3/2.29 | 10.8/3.4/2.39 | Baumann has been really impressive as a starter--a breakout performance--and yet he ranks #29--just a lot of talent in the system. |
30 | Michael Antonio--SS--SS | 32 | 261/307/478 | 261/307/478 | Holding his own in Arizona. |
31 | Elisaul Pimentel--RHP--LowA | NR | 9.7/3.4/5.74 | 9.3/3.4/3.41 | I think he's shown he can handle LowA--needs to be challenged at HighA. |
32 | Kevin Chapman--LHP--HighA | 38 | 11.1/6.1/3.09 | 11.1/6.1/3.09 | Very good left-handed arm from the bullpen--keep an eye on control. |
33 | Crawford Simmons--LHP--SS | 30 | 8.8/2.0/4.23 | 8.9/2.6/4.24 | Been good but not great at Burlington, NC. |
34 | Lucas May--C--AAA | NR | 217/294/383 | 296/352/496 | Not a huge fan of his but hope he proves me wrong. |
35 | Edgar Osuna--LHP--AAA | 29 |
5.1/1.1/5.11 |
5.9/1.0/3.88 | Injuries and brief promotion to AAA--but is back to AA now. |
36 | Tim Smith--LF--AA | 24 | 301/338/438 | 300/380/443 | So-so month--stagnating a little bit at AA. |
37 | Brandon Sisk--LHP--AA | 34 | 9.6/2.6/4.68 | 8.8/3.1/3.94 | Indy league product has been holding his own at AA. |
38 | Rey Navarro--SS--HighA | 27 | 255/258/309 | 244/273/314 | Where did his walks go? |
39 | Kelvin Herrera--RHP--DL | 36 | NA | 8.4/3.1/3.32 | Haven't heard if he is just resting his arm or if there has been any surgery. |
40 | Jai Miller--CF--AAA | 33 | 241/310/468 | 247/315/479 | Let's face reality: the Jai Miller dream is dying |
41 | Robinson Yambati--RHP--SS | 42 | 9.4/2.2/2.71 | 9.8/1.9/2.52 | Impressive young arm in Arizona. |
42 | Jeff Bianchi--SS--DL | 41 | NA | NA | Gone but not forgotten. |
43 | Chris Mcconell--SS--AA | 49 | 179/337/313 | 227/343/327 | His July numbers don't justify this jump up but I think I've under ranked him previously. |
44 | Shin Jo-Ho--C--SS | 39 | 175/303/190 | 213/323/275 | Scuffling somewhat. |
45 | Jarrod Dyson--CF--AAA | 45 |
AA 240/375/240 AAA 302/348/372 |
338/374/451 | Supposed to be amazing defensively but its hard to overcome the anemic bat. |
46 | Jorge Bonifacio--CF--DSL | NR | 422/487/609 | 329/422/472 | All I know about him is that he just turned 17 and has very good numbers in the DSL. |
47 | Ed Lucas--SS--AAA | 48 | 326/404/495 | 335/40/5237 | Continues to hit, would be great to see him get a shot. |
48 | Mario Santiago--RHP--AA | 37 | 6.9/0.8/2.13 | 5.3/2.2/3.76 | Had a nice month but didn't pitch much, not sure if he's injured. |
49 | Keaton Hayenga--RHP--LowA | 43 | 3.6/2.9/4.65 | 3.5/3.9/5.23 | Marginally better numbers in July. |
50 | Yowil Espinal--2B--SS | 26 | 303/378/414 | 306/372/388 | Realized I forgot him, should be ranked around #40 |
Dropped off: Alex Llanos-#40, Alex Caldera--#44, Jerico Blanco--#46, Dusty Odenbach--#47 Scott Fletcher--#50
Player(s) of the Month:Eric Hosmer has quieted the concerns about his power. Moving to AA (and the Natural's home park) has helped but it should be noted he's hitting great on the road (988 OPS) while being superhuman at home (1380 OPS). The Hos should be able to hit for average, with a good number of walks (he has more walks than K's this year) and now hit for power while playing a good 1B. I would still like to see what he could do in the OF, but the Royals show no inclination to try that. Also, Johnny Giavotella had a great month. He's had a decent average all year with some walks but started to hit for more power in July. I've always liked this kid--I think the bat will be useful but he has to be able to handle second base.