This is the first episode of the Royals Farm Report podcast! Joel Penfield, Alex Duvall, and Patrick Brennan discuss a variety of topics surrounding the minor leagues all the way up to the MLB team. The next episode will be up soon, so stay tuned! Advertisements
The fall season has come to a close for the Surprise Saguaros, which means that our Royals prospects in Arizona have finished up play for the year. Khalil Lee, Nick Heath, Meibrys Viloria, Grant Gavin, Arnaldo Hernandez, Scott Blewett, and Walker Sheller represented the Royals system well. Now that they have finished prospect finishing school,…
This was the second to last week of the Arizona Fall League. These players are trying to finish strong while tired from a full year of baseball. The Saguaros are sitting at 10-16. The season wasn’t great but a lot of lessons were learned and a lot of experience was gained. On Monday, November 5,…
You don’t need me to tell you that Alex Gordon hasn’t been very good since signing his 4-year mega-deal with the Kansas City Royals after the 2015 World Series. I’m not going to get into the specifics of Alex Gordon’s struggles at the plate. Here’s his FanGraphs page. Given Alex Gordon’s age (he’ll be 35…
Elier Hernandez is a prospect that I’ve always kept my eye on despite the fact that he’s consistently under performed. Hernandez was a signing bonus baby for the Royals back in 2011 when he inked a $3.05M signing bonus out of the Dominican Republic. At the time, this was only $100,000 away from being the…
If you missed the AFL Fall Stars game, read a review about it here. Meibrys Viloria was a bat flipping hero walking it off for his team. The Surprise Saguaros are basically out of the playoffs. They haven’t officially been eliminated yet, but that will come any day now. So we won’t see any of…
The Saguaros are now 7-9 on the young season. But there are only 14 games left and they are currently 3.0 GB. Of course, the league is about guys developing and gaining valuable experience against the best and not so much about winning and losing. On Monday, Juan Pablo Martinez hit for the cycle. Of…
