You’ve seen us tweet about Xavier Fernandez several times recently. That’s because he is doing a great job this season and we feel that he will be a big league catcher. Somewhere. Fernandez is Rule 5 eligible after this season as a 2013 11th round pick who was under 21 when he signed. The problem…
The Royals’ trades of Jon Jay, Kelvin Herrera, and Mike Moustakas brought new blood into the system this season. Let’s take a look at how those players have looked since joining the system. Jon Jay Trade Gabe Speier (AA) 26 G, 31.1 IP, 3.73 ERA, 3.93 FIP, 26 K/10 BB, .324 BAA Gabe Speier is…
You’ve heard enough about the mountain-top potential of Seuly Matias, about power that passes light towers and heads for outer orbit. You’ve heard him compared to Giancarlo Stanton and Nelson Cruz, guys who turn baseballs into marshmallows. So, I don’t want to bore you with more plaudits and praise for a 19-year-old who’s still in…
Prospect fatigue could be a phrase that you might use to describe Samir Duenez. After all, it seems like the 22-year-old has been around forever after being added to the Royals 40-man roster in November of 2016. Duenez is no longer on the Royals top 30 prospect list according to MLB Pipeline or our own…
Hello and welcome. It feels like forever since we did our first ever Top 100 list this winter. We’ll be updating our lists throughout the year to include new prospects, but we’ll vote on a new top 100 twice a year. One mid-season, one in the offseason. In case you missed our last top 100 segment, here…
Hello and welcome. It feels like forever since we did our first ever Top 100 list this winter. We’ll be updating our lists throughout the year to include new prospects, but we’ll vote on a new top 100 twice a year. One mid-season, one in the offseason. In case you missed our last top 100 segment, here…
The trade deadline renewed my instinct to cast my mind into the future and imagine a Royals team that doesn’t play Alcides Escobar on a regular basis. Since the Royals have spent the last few months restocking a depleted farm system and positioning themselves for a top draft pick in 2019, it makes sense to…
