Tucker Bradley isn’t a name a lot of Royals fans know but he is a player worth getting to know. Bradley is currently in Northwest Arkansas hitting at the top of their lineup and playing left field every day. I’ve compared Bradley to Andrew Benintendi a lot in my mind as of late. Bradley was…
The gang is back together after a couple weeks off to talk about the MLB trade deadline. Topics covered: trades they made trades they didn’t make the front office 2023 a look back at our 2018 preseason rankings…just for laughs Enjoy! Apple Podcasts Spotify
The trade deadline is later today and before we get potentially swamped with news of new prospects, I wanted to try to throw out some thoughts on guys that were already in the Royals system. Our mid-season rankings will begin to drop on Friday morning with the Honorable Mentions, and then we’ll get into our…
Hitters (min. 250 PA): Category Name # Hits Michael Massey 108 Maikel Garcia 94 Nate Eaton 93 Nick Loftin 92 Diego Hernandez 87 Tucker Bradley 87 Doubles Michael Massey 28 Maikel Garcia 24 Robbie Glendinning 19 River Town 18 7 tied with 17 Triples Tyler Tolbert 6 Herard Gonzalez 6 Diego Hernandez 4 Nate Eaton…
The Royals have been active at the trade deadline thus far with more potential moves to come in the future. It remains to be seen whether Whit Merrifield, Michael A. Taylor, Hunter Dozier, Scott Barlow, or Josh Staumont remain in a Royals uniform after August 2nd. After the Andrew Benintendi trade today, JJ Picollo even…
Heading into day 3 of the 2022 MLB draft, many in the Royals squak-o-sphere (myself included) were puzzled by some of their day 2 selections. The Royals used rounds three through 10 to target what seemed like long-shot college pitching that no public draft boards had anywhere near the slots in which they were taken.…
Before we get into the three pitchers that the Royals got back from New York, I want to quickly revisit what I wrote in June about some trade comparisons for Benintendi: Kyle Schwarber traded for Aldo Ramirez I doubt Royals fans would be thrilled with this kind of move, but Ramirez is a super advanced…
Chandler Champlain is a 22-year-old right-handed pitcher the Royals received in the Andrew Benintendi trade on Wednesday night. Champlain was pitching in Tampa at the Yankees A-ball affiliate. Champlain was a 9th rounder in the 2021 MLB Draft by the Yankees out of USC. He has a big frame and throws from what I would…
Well it just seems like a perfect time to bring back the first ever series I did for Royals Farm Report last year! One of my favorite things about following Royals minor league baseball is trying to find the under-the-radar prospects in the organization that don’t get enough attention, but have the potential to explode.…
The 2022 MLB trade deadline is exactly one week from today. It’s been pushed back a couple of days from the normal July 31st deadline, so it’ll be on August 2nd this year. There is no more “August waiver trade” bologna that used to take place, so any player that is going to be traded…
Right before the All-Star Break, the Kansas City Royals traded their 35th overall pick in the 2022 MLB Draft to get Drew Waters (OF), Andrew Hoffmann (RHP), and CJ Alexander (3B/1B). We all know that Waters was the big name they got in return in this trade, but less was known about the other two…
I won’t waste a bunch of time recapping the first half of what we all know was an awful first half of the season for the Royals. Let’s get right into it. #1: Any signs of life from the pitching development The best pitching prospects on the farm this year have been mostly awful. The…
College World Series Elimination Game vs. Arkansas RHP Mason Barnett is an interesting guy. He didn’t have the greatest college season pitching in the SEC but he does seem to throw four pitches for strikes. In this game against Arkansas, he was the victim of some bad luck against a really good hitting team. Barnett…
Alex and Joel are joined by Jared Perkins, Jacob Milham of the Royals Rundown Podcast, and Marcus Meade of the Royals Weekly Podcast to talk about the Draft Guide and the Royals 2022 draft class and strategy. Then, Alex is joined by David Lesky from Inside the Crown to talk about the draft and the…
At the close of the 2021 season Nicky Lopez had surpassed all expectations of what he could be as a pro player, and expectations weren’t exactly low to begin with. I spent the beginning of the 2019 minor league season screaming from the virtual rooftops about Nicky’s production with Omaha. In 31 games at AAA…
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