The Royals decided not to keep Rule 5 pick Stephen Woods, Jr. on their active roster. Because he was a Rule 5 selection, the Royals had to place him on waivers and then after he was unclaimed, offer him back to the Rays. However, the Royals and the Rays were able to work out a…
Sharp was surprisingly left unprotected by the Nationals. The Drury University product was selected by the Nationals in the 22nd round of the 2016 draft. Sharp is a very athletic player who uses his athleticism to help him repeat his delivery consistently. Sharp had offers to play basketball at Ball State and Oakland University in…
Rumors have floated that teams are interested in LHRP Tim Hill. If a trade were to happen, it would leave the Royals with only 7 LHPs on the 40-man roster. Even if they do the expected and keep Hill, it wouldn’t be a bad idea to add another LHP to the active roster. That’s one…
Jordan Sheffield is a guy I’ve seen throw in Double-A. He has the same question mark a lot of potential Rule 5 Draft targets do. Is he going to throw enough strikes to stick in the big leagues? Sheffield throws hard. He is a 93 to 96 guy that can occasionally bump it up even…
The Royals already have some outfield depth with five guys who are projected to be on the opening day roster. Alex Gordon will probably be back for another year, Brett Phillips, Jorge Bonifacio, Bubba Starling, and Jorge Soler round out the rest of the outfield. Soler is really a full time DH so that leaves…
With the offseason getting started, we’ve seen the Royals decline Alex Gordon’s $23 million mutual option for 2020. Of course there’s still plenty of decisions for Dayton Moore and the Royals to make this off season. Free agency has already started but listed below are important dates for the rest of the off season. November…
In the final hours of the Winter Meetings, executives of major league teams gathered to take part in the Rule 5 Draft, an event usually overshadowed by other par-takings going on around baseball, such as the big three team trade that took place just moments ago. Anticipation for the Rule 5 Draft this year was…
With concern boiling among Royals fans about the possibility of losing prospects such as Ryan O’Hearn, Frank Schwindel, and Yunior Marte, the Royals made it out of Thursday’s Rule 5 Draft unscathed in the major league phase of the draft. But in the lesser known portion of the draft, the minor league phases, the Royals…
After passing on their initial picks, the Royals made a splash at Thursday morning’s Rule 5 Draft in Orlando, Florida, adding two arms by way of trade, acquiring RHP Brad Keller from the Cincinnati Reds and RHP Burch Smith from the New York Mets. They also drafted RHP Daniel Duarte in the minor league phase…
On December 14, MLB teams will have the opportunity to vulture each others farm systems for players not protected from the Rule 5 Draft. Players who are eligible for the draft are as follows: Players who were signed when they were 19+ and have played in professional baseball for 4 years Players who were signed…
On December 14, MLB teams will have the opportunity to vulture each others farm systems for players not protected from the Rule 5 Draft. Players who are eligible for the draft are as follows: Players who were signed when they were 19+ and have played in professional baseball for 4 years Players who were signed…
On December 14, MLB teams will have the opportunity to vulture each other’s farm systems for players not protected from the Rule 5 Draft. Players who are eligible for the draft are as follows: Players who were signed when they were 19+ and have played in professional baseball for 4 years Players who were signed…
With all the dust settling after the 40-man roster moves today, I put together a place where you can find a list of all the players eligible for selection in the Rule 5 Draft, which takes place on December 14th during the Winter Meetings in Orlando. The spreadsheet feature the player’s name, their current organization,…
The deadline to protect minor leaguers from this December’s Rule 5 Draft is tonight at 7pm. The Royals have just announced some moves to their 40-man roster to protect certain players from being taken in the draft. Let’s take a look at who was protected. Ryan O’Hearn: NOT ADDED Like most of us expected, Ryan…
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