You hear it all the time. “His fastball is too straight.” “His fastball has really great run to it.” “He gets some great arm-side movement to his fastball.” “He really needs to work on getting some movement to his 4-seamer.” It’s something that scouts and hitters and broadcasters and coaches and front office personnel have…
I think we were all disappointed in the 2020 trade deadline. The Royals only made two trades. They had assets to trade that would help teams pursuing postseason dreams and we were all excited to see what new prospects this would bring us. Now, in no way are we disappointed in Lucius Fox, Edward Olivares,…
The MLB trade deadline is in about 5 hours at the time of writing this. At 3 pm today, no more trades will be allowed to be made in baseball. The Royals still have a few pieces that other teams will certainly be inquiring on and the Royals need to be open to listening if…
UPDATE 3:55 – Olivares and a PTBNL. Per source, the deal sending Trevor Rosenthal to SD for Edward Olivares and a PTBNL is agreed upon and they are simply finishing up the medicals. Could happen officially shortly. — Jeffrey Flanagan (@FlannyMLB) August 29, 2020 UPDATE 3:31 PM – It sounds like OF Edward Olivares will…
Hunter Dozier has been absolutely destroying baseballs for the last couple years. I don’t want to spend too much time on a complete breakdown of his professional career, so we’ll make it quick: 2013 – Drafted, made it to Lexington, raked 2014 – Crushed Wilmington, got to AA 2015 – Struggled a bit at AA…
We have hit the one month mark of the Major League season and it has been an eventful one. Charlie Blackmon is hitting above .400, Shane Bieber is striking out 11 batters per start, Fernando Tatis Jr. is raking and ripping the old-school “unwritten rules” to shreds, the Baltimore Orioles are a playoff contender, and…
I don’t know about you, but I am absolutely in love with this current rotation that the Royals are running out there. Every single day there is something to look forward to on the mound: Brad Keller still has a 0.00 ERA and has asserted himself as this team’s ace Danny Duffy is currently pacing…
The Kansas City Royals offense has been absolutely dynamic lately as the team is 4-1 in its last five games. Jorge Soler, Whit Merrifield, and Salvador Perez, the stalwarts in the lineup, have been fantastic all year. Hunter Dozier has looked great since returning to the lineup. Ryan McBroom and Ryan O’Hearn have been a…
Before I talk about this list at all, here is the list: 1 Bobby Witt Jr. 2 Asa Lacy 3 Jackson Kowar 4 Daniel Lynch 5 Brady Singer 6 Erick Pena 7 Kris Bubic 8 Khalil Lee 9 Kyle Isbel 10 MJ Melendez 11 Austin Cox 12 Jonathan Bowlan 13 Seuly Matis 14 Nick Loftin…
On episode 20 of the Royals Farm Report podcast, we caught up with Jeff Ellis and talked some MLB Draft back in March. This was pre-shutdown so, yeah. Spotify link On episode 21, we had Cody Tapp from 610 Sports Radio KC and Clint Scoles of Royals Academy on to recap the draft. Spotify link…
I was perhaps more excited to watch Alec Marsh pitch this season than any other prospect in the system. Marsh tweeted a video of himself earlier this year pumping 97 mph, which certainly piqued my interest: Three digits coming soon… pic.twitter.com/mgoWzJsBzT — Alec Marsh (@AlecMarsh8) May 21, 2020 Coming out of college, Marsh was a…
As most of you know, we have a partial season ticket plan to the Northwest Arkansas Naturals games. I try to go as often as I can but coaching in the spring makes it tough so I usually don’t get to go until summer. That’s the only reason we don’t have a full season package. …
Today is July 23rd. In other years, we would be past the halfway point in the season. However, the year is 2020 and we have the ongoing COVID-19 outbreak, so that means that today is Opening Day. The 2020 MLB season will be the shortest since 1878 with just 60 games being played. A 60-game…
So far, the Royals have signed six players to free agent contracts following the 2020 MLB Draft. Players are allowed to sign for up to $20,000. There will be more signings to come for the Royals. These guys all ranked high enough to basically be extra draft picks for the Royals. They all have some…
Well, I should be introducing our 2020 draft day coverage with a brief update on how some of Kansas City’s top prospects are performing. We should be excited about the fact that Jackson Kowar has a 0.57 ERA for the Omaha Storm Chasers. We ought to be marveling at the fact that Bobby Witt Jr.…
