In an attempt to give you guys one place to catch up on all this past week’s action, the writers here at Royals Farm Report are going to start giving you a weekly review of sorts. Every Saturday at 8 am (provided that readers like this) we’ll run a weekly recap of all the action from the previous week’s action on the Royals farm. It’ll resemble our daily Minor League Minutes posts, only cover a week’s worth of action and have a bit more content than our daily Minutes. Without further ado, enjoy our first go:
Drew recaps the week for the Northwest Arkansas Naturals (7/9-7/15).
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Shane Bieber: 20.5 K/BB, 49.4% GB%, 13.3% SwStr%, 2.5 FIP
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Will Smith: 12.75 K/BB, 52% GB%, 38.8% SwStr%, 3.25 FIP
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Alex Claudio: 6.22 K/BB, 62.4% GB%, 28% SwStr%, 2.44 FIP
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Richard Lovelady: 10.25 K/BB, 69.9% GB%, 13.3% SwStr%, 1.48 FIP
Mid-season prospect rankings update: 30-26.
29. Brewer Hicklen, OF
DOB: 2/9/1996
B/T: R/R
Ht/Wt: 6’2″ 2018 lbs
Levels Played, 2018: Low-A (Lexington)
Acquired: 2017 MLB Draft, 7th Round
ETA: 2021
2018 Stats (A): 63 G, .302/.364/.545, 71 H, 14 2B, 2 3B, 13 HR, 47 RBI, 19 SB
Hey there, Nicky Delmonico.
Mid-season prospect rankings update: 25-21.
23. Yefri del Rosario, RHP
DOB: 9/23/1999
B/T: R/R
Ht/Wt: 6’2″ 180 lbs
Levels Played, 2018: A-
Acquired: Free agent
ETA: 2021
2018 Stats (A-): 7 G, 33 IP, 5.18 ERA, 8.45 K/9, 3.82 BB/9, 34.3% GB%
Marcus takes a look back at the Kelvin Herrera trade. It may not look quite the same in hindsight.
Perkins on the other hand has put up a very respectable .274/.396/.369 line with a 14.4 percent walk rate, 20.2 percent strikeout rate, and six stolen bases in 22 games.
Whit Merrifield would make a ton of sense for the Cleveland Indians.
Look, Whit Merrifield has been worth more in terms of fWAR by himself (3.2 fWAR) than the entire Cleveland Indians outfield has as a unit (2 fWAR).
Mid-season prospect rankings update: 20-16
18. Kyle Isbel, OF
DOB: 3/3/1997
B/T: L/R
Ht/Wt: 5’11” 183 lbs
Levels Played, 2018: Rookie (Idaho Falls)
Acquired: 2018 MLB Draft, 3rd Round
ETA: 2020
2018 Stats (Rookie): 25 G, .381/.454/.610, 40 H, 10 2B, 1 3B, 4 HR, 18 RBI, 12 SB
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