I wrote up a pretty lengthy piece recently describing how we can use league comparative (“+”) stats to get a better feel for just how good the Royals MiLB hitters have been relative to years past. 2018 Comparable Players– Eloy Jimenez (21): 129 OPS+, 105 BB/K+, 161 ISO+; 124 career wRC+ in big leagues– Brandon…
Hitters (min. 230 PA) Batting Average 1.) Vinnie Pasquantino: .3162.) Tucker Bradley: .3053.) Edward Olivares: .2984.) Bobby Witt Jr.: .2935.) Maikel Garcia: .2896.) Rudy Martin + Michael Massey + Freddy Fermin: .2889.) MJ Melendez + Clay Dungan: .280 Nick who? (Jk, jk…..) Vinnie Pasquantino is 5-7 with a HR and a 2B tonight. pic.twitter.com/xQ3akrcCvg —…
Much has been made of the seasons that a few of KC’s top prospects are having in 2021. Three of the top four HR hitters in all of MiLB this season are Royals prospects. MiLB’s leader in doubles right now is a Royals prospect. Three of the top 13 hitters 23 and younger in all…
Welcome back to the Minor League Minutes (MiLM). If you’re new, we’ll usually recap articles that are new to the site here with links you can follow to read them. We’ll also include some sort of highlight reel or recap of the prior day’s MiLB action, as well as some additional thoughts on any particular…
The newest episode of the RFR Podcast is up. Joel and I sat down with Geoff Pontes (@ProspectJesus), the co-founder of Prospects Live, to talk about PL’s midseason top 30 Royals prospect list and where the Royals system stacks up against the rest of MLB. In yesterday’s Minutes I wrote about the crazy season that…
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I wrote recently about the decisions the Royals will have to make regarding the Rule 5 draft this offseason, and about how their roster will look on Opening Day in 2022. You can read about that here. First, here is a list of players that are either free agents at the end of the season…
Hitters (min. 220 PA) Batting Average 1.) Edward Olivares: .3062.) Vinnie Pasquantino: .3043.) Tucker Bradley: .2974.) Michael Massey + Bobby Witt Jr.: .2936.) Rudy Martin: .2917.) Maikel Garcia: .2898.) Freddy Fermin: .2879.) Dairon Blanco: .28010.) MJ Melendez: .279 On-Base Percentage 1.) Rudy Martin: .4252.) Vinnie Pasquantino + Logan Porter: .3934.) Nick Pratto: .3925.) Herard Gonzalez:…
In case you missed it last week on the Royals Review Radio podcast, Jeremy Greco and David Lesky and I sat down to talk about the players currently on the roster and in the minor leagues that could potentially play a role on the 2022 Royals team. We talked about the starting rotation, the potential…
Be sure to check out the most recent edition of the podcast. Joel and I sat down with LHP Anthony Veneziano to talk about his delivery, the progress he’s made since being drafted in 2019, and his time at Coastal Carolina. Be sure to check out John’s interview with 2021 4th round pick Shane Panzini.…
The new leaderboards are out. Vinnie Pasquantino leads all Royals minor leaguers in K%, wRC+, and doubles. The season he’s having has been nothing short of incredible and deserves more attention from Royals fans. K% 1.) Vinnie Pasquantino: 13.6%2.) Nick Loftin: 13.8%3.) Michael Massey: 14.2%4.) Darryl Collins: 14.5%5.) Clay Dungan: 15.4% Vinnie came in at…
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A quick overview on how this story came to be: I actually live in New Jersey about 15 minutes from where Panzini went to high school and went to see him pitch twice this year knowing he was a draft prospect just for the heck of it. Never did I envision the Royals would be…
Hitters (min. 200 PA) Batting Average 1.) Edward Olivares: .3172.) Vinnie Pasquantino: .3063.) Freddy Fermin: .3044.) Tucker Bradley: .3005.) Maikel Garcia: .2976.) Rudy Martin: .2957.) Bobby Witt Jr.: .2928.) Dairon Blanco: .2899.) Clay Dungan: .28710.) Michael Massey: .286 On-Base Percentage 1.) Rudy Martin: .4362.) Logan Porter: .4013.) Maikel Garcia + Vinnie Pasquantino: .3925.) Freddy Fermin:…
Apologies for the lack of content up at the site so far this week. Been a little bit of a hectic week for me but I should be able to at least get some Minutes up 4-5 times a week now. In any case, thanks to all of you who read our site and follow…
