Last week, the Royals traded LHP Tim Hill to the Padres for RHP Ronald Bolanos and OF Franchy Cordero. Bolanos was the Padres 13th ranked prospect and actually made his major league debut last season rising all the way from high-A ball to the majors. I saw Bolanos make a start in Northwest Arkansas last…
As soon as the Royals announced their pick I started looking for game footage of RHP Stephen Woods pitching. My MiLB TV login refused to work so I had to call MiLB and get things fixed. Anyway, after a short delay, I was able to start watching some video on Woods. The only game film…
There were glowing reviews about Daniel Lynch in the Fall Stars game so I thought I’d watch for myself. Actually, I’ve watched several times. Of course, if I was going to watch again, I might as well share with everyone out there who is interested in the Royals upcoming future LHP. Lynch dealt with some…
Kris Bubic tore it up Thursday night striking out 11 Woodpeckers in a complete game victory for the Blue Rocks. Bubic set a career high in pitches thrown and innings worked in the dominate performance. With 1 out in the bottom of the 9th and a runner on third, Bubic gave up a sacrifice fly…
I watched Jackson Kowar’s first start in Double-A the night it happened, but I went back and re-watched it taking a second set of notes and charting just to see what else I could see. I was very happy with this outing from Kowar. I think we see a lot of his plan of attack…
The Royals added a ton of LHPs in the 2019 draft, and Drew Parrish is one of the most polished of the group. The story of the College World Series is all about Florida State’s head coach Mike Martin. Martin has been at FSU since 1980 and will be retiring once this season is done. …
The Royals drafted Murdock 199th overall in the 2019 MLB Draft. I’ve been working my way through the NCAA pitchers the Royals took. With ESPN picking up so many NCAA baseball games over the last few seasons, it’s a great opportunity to watch these guys and see what they throw and how they work. An…
Alec Marsh had a strong year. When you look at his bio page on the Arizona State website, they mention he has allowed fewer than 3 earned runs in 31 of his last 34 games, throws 63.1 percent of his pitches for strikes, and has thrown 16 quality starts in his 23 Friday night starts. …
I wanted to get an idea of who Grant Gambrell was. I know the Royals drafted him 80th overall and in the 3rd round but I wanted to see his stuff and him work in games. The first game I watched was the June 1 game against Creighton in the Regional. This is an elimination…
Jon Heasley had a career high 10 strikeouts on Sunday for Lexington against the Asheville Tourists. A lot of questions have been asked after his strong start to the season. He is currently 4-1 in 9 appearances, the last 4 coming as starts. The Royals have been careful about his pitch counts limiting him in…
Jonathan Bowlan had perhaps his best outing of the year on Wednesday. I wanted to take a look at what he did in order to have those results. Bowlan was the piggyback starter so he came into the game when Tyler Gray ran into trouble in the fifth inning. With no outs and runners on…
Danny Duffy made a start for the Naturals last Saturday against the Springfield Cardinals. Today, he will start for the Royals against the Angles in his first start of 2019 for the Royals. On paper, Duffy went 5.1 innings allowing 1 unearned run on 4 hits, no walks, and 7 strikeouts. Let’s take a look…
Kris Bubic had a career high 12 strikeouts against the Columbus Fireflies on Friday night last week. Bubic was the fourth pitcher selected by the Royals in last year’s draft. He was the 40th overall player selected. Bubic is a left-hander from Stanford University and pitched as a 20-year-old in the tough altitudes and winds…
Conner Greene started on Opening Day for the Naturals and celebrated a win and his 24th birthday at the same time. Greene made his first start in the Royals organization after being claimed from St. Louis this off season. It was easy to see why the Royals like him after watching his first start. Stuff.…
Nick Pratto had a solid season hitting .280/.343/.443 at Lexington. Pratto had an even better South Atlantic League Playoff hitting .333/.481/.667 in 6 playoff games. This is a small sample but perhaps it’s enough to give us a sense that Pratto may be a clutch player. Pratto was 7-21 with 2 HRs, a double, 4…
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