Kansas City Royals Top 20 Prospects in Review
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by John Sickels on Jul 31, 2008 4:20 PM EDT
This list was originally posted November 9th, 2007. THIS IS NOT A NEW LIST.
THIS IS A REVIEW OF THE OLD LIST!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
1) Mike Moustakas, SS, Grade B+
HItting .257/.320/.432 for Class A Burlington. However, in his last 30
games it's .322/.396/.534. Seems to have figured something out.
2) Luke Hochevar, RHP, Grade B
5.38 ERA with 60/42 K/BB in 105 innings for the Royals. Flashes a lot of
potential, but still erratic.
3) Billy Buckner, RHP, Grade B
Traded to Arizona. 4.73 ERA with 63/39 K/BB in 110 innings for Triple-A
Tucson. Status hasn't changed much, could be a nice fourth starter or a
decent reliever.
4) Dan Cortes, RHP, Grade B
4.41 ERA with 77/39 K/BB in 84 innings for Double-A Northwest Arkansas,
76 hits allowed. Doing OK but not as dominant as last year.
5) Julio Pimentel, RHP, Grade B-
5.56 ERA with 80/38 K/BB in 115 innings for NW Arkansas, 142 hits allowed.
Not doing well, ratios have slipped from last year, not getting as many
grounders.
6) Chris Lubanski, OF, Grade B-
.246/.311/.462 with 13 homers and 98 strikeouts in 301 at-bats for Triple-A
Omaha. His speed is gone and he is selling out his swing for power. Stock
continues to slip.
7) Danny Duffy, LHP, Grade B-
2.73 ERA with 77/17 K/BB in 63 innings for Class A Burlington, 49 hits
allowed. Very impressive component ratios, only weakness is strong fly ball
tendency.
8) Blake Wood, RHP, Grade C+
Did great in the Carolina League (2.67 ERA, 63/15 K/BB in 57 innings), but
has been hit hard since moving up to Double-A (6.59 ERA, 54/22 K/BB in 56
innings, 71 hits).
9) Blake Johnson, RHP, Grade C+
4.80 ERA with 72/28 K/BB in 116 innings for NW Arkansas, 135 hits allowed.
Decent GO/AO ratio, but has given up 17 homers and too hittable overall.
10) Carlos Rosa, RHP, Grade C+
Combined 2.53 ERA with 83/17 K/BB in 93 innings between NW Arkansas and
Omaha. Having a fine season, getting rounders but unlike these other guys
he hasn't been excessively hittable and can dominate on occasion.
11) Justin Huber, 1B, Grade C+
Traded to Padres. .225/.296/.333 for Triple-A Portland (yuck),
.246/.303/.393 in 33 games for the Padres. Plate discipline has been
pretty weak this year.
12) Craig Brazell, 1B, Grade C+
Playing in Japan.
13) Jeff Bianchi, SS, Grade C+
Hitting .247/.282/.429 for Class A Wilmington. Still just 21, but all the
injuries seem to have robbed him of something.
14) Tyler Lumsden, LHP, Grade C+
Lumsden is 3-10, 7.18 with a 32/49 K/BB in 84 innings for Omaha, 112 hits
allowed. Stick a fork in him. At least as a starter, maybe he could do
something in relief.
15) Sam Runion, RHP, Grade C+
5.75 ERA with 11/9 K/BB in 41 innings for Burlington in the Midwest League
, then 2.19 ERA with 17/3 K/BB in 25 innings for Burlington in the
Appalachian League. Was overmatched early but doing better at the more
appropriate level.
16) Jarod Plummer, RHP, Grade C+
4.42 ERA with 60/14 K/BB in 55 innings for NW Arkansas. Not as dominant as
last year at the same level.
17) Adrian Ortiz, OF, Grade C+
.308/.334/.386 with 29 steals for Class A Burlington, but with 15 caught
and poor plate discipline. Just promoted to Wilmington, is 2-for-8 so far.
Like the speed but still pretty raw.
18) Mitch Maier, OF, Grade C
.316/.366/.470 with 12 steals for Omana. Is 3-for-15 in the majors so far.
Potential fourth outfielder I think.
19) Matt Mitchell, RHP, Grade C
3.72 ERA with 63/22 K/BB in 97 innings for Class A Burlington, 102 hits
allowed. Fine command, but dominance ratios aren't great at this point.
20) Derrick Robinson, OF, Grade C
.241/.300/.310 with 49 steals in 97 games for Wilmington. Great speed, but
otherwise not much of a hitter.
The Royals have added speed and athleticism and projectable pitching to the
system, but still lack hitting aside from Moustakas and Kila Kaaihue, having a
resurgance this year in Double-A. We will have to see how 2008 draft guys rank,
and this list will look a lot different once the season is over and we have
more data to workwith. It's interesing how many prospects have simply not done
what they were expected to do.
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