Before we know where players will be assigned, let’s take a quick look at who may be on the verge of a breakout based on their performances one season ago. Not really a breakout candidate after last year but I expect Storm Chaser’s Hunter Dozier to improve on his solid season at Triple-A. Look to a […]
Author: Clint Scoles
It’s Never Too Early to Discuss the Draft, Jacob Heatherly Edition
LHP 6’3 200 lbs 5/20/1998 Perfect Game All-American Cullman HS; Cullman, AL It’s no secret the Dayton Moore led Royals have had difficulties developing high school pitchers from the MLB Draft. Developing major league pitching from the prep ranks is one of the most difficult things to do via the draft for any team, but […]
Champ to Champ Trade Number Two
With the official signing of Jason Hammel on Wednesday the Royals needed to do some housekeeping to free up a spot on their 40-man roster. In order to perform this function the Royals decided to DFA minor league starting pitcher and 2016 callup to the bullpen, Alec Mills. Just a few hours later it was […]
9 Innings with Alec Mills
The Royals added Alec Mills in the 22nd round of the 2012 draft after scout Sean Gibbs advised Lonnie Goldberg to give the Ohio Valley Conference righty a shot. It’s not quite the Jarrod Dyson 50th round pick to bigs story, but to find any major league pitcher from the 22nd round is still quite […]
Developing From the Pen
In the older days, teams often let pitchers develop at the major league level in their first season from the bullpen prior to transferring them into a starting role. This practice has lessened more and more through the years with the worries of service time for small market teams and limited time with quality starting […]
It’s Never Too Early to Discuss the Draft, Michael Gigliotti Edition
The announcement of Danny Duffy’s contract on Monday has positioned the Royals in decent shape going forward in terms of their pitching rotation, having Yordano Ventura, Duffy and possibly Ian Kennedy inked through 2020. With three-fifths of the rotation in place, the Royals hopefully can develop the last one or two pieces to keep future cost down. […]
It’s Never Too Early to Discuss the Draft
Team’s should never pick for needs, but currently the Royals lack in pitching at the lower end of their system unless some players really shine and correct their paths this next season. Knowing that and the strength of this year’s draft in the college pitching market, the front office could have an opportunity to add a […]
Prospecting the Royals, Process Reboot
When Dayton Moore accepted the offer to become the Royals general manager in June of 2006, he arrived knowing that the farm system, his specialty, was one of the most barren in the game. Despite years of picking in the Top 10 of the MLB draft, the Royals ranked just 23rd of the organizational rankings by Baseball America that […]
Prospecting the Royals, Tier 3 (Mining The Diamonds)
After checking out a few of the higher profile players in the system (here’s Part One and Part Two), now it’s time to review a few others that need to fine tune some things to reach the bigs. These nine guys currently in the system have multiple tools to lean on, but either need to switch […]
Prospecting the Royals, Tier 2 (kinda)
Checking out a few of the next group of Royals prospects in the organization that maybe on the cusp of the bigs or moving into the upper levels of the organization. A few of these guys are liked by other prospect writers more than I and a few others have tools that if morphed could […]