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Photo Credit: Rich O'Donnell (This story is also published at Royals Farm Report.) 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 … Continue reading Shane Panzini’s Journey to Professional Baseball
Photo Credit: Shawn McFarland/Hartford Courant Thank God Minor League Baseball is back and we can really start to evaluate players again. There will probably be more movement than there would typically be from me with a midseason list as a result. Let’s get to it. 1. Bobby Witt Jr. – SS: 60 hit, 65 power, … Continue reading Kansas City Royals Top 30 Prospects Post 2021 Draft
Photo Credit: Taris Smith/Louisville Athletics The best day of the year is finally here! Because of MLB pushing the draft back to All-Star Week, it has been 13 months since our last draft and this one is going to be bonkers, with very little consensus at the top. We’ve waited long enough. Let’s get to … Continue reading 2021 MLB Mock Draft 3.0
Photo Credit: Taris Smith/Louisville Athletics 1. Pittsburgh Pirates – Henry Davis, C, Louisville This draft is going to be bonkers and it’s going to start at the top, where Pittsburgh is likely going to choose between the three high school shortstops and Davis. I think it comes down to Davis and Marcello Mayer, with the … Continue reading 2021 MLB Mock Draft 2.0
Photo Credit: Eddie Kelly/ProLook Photos 1. Pittsburgh Pirates – Jack Leiter, RHP, Vanderbilt All the talk at the top of this draft entering the season was which Vanderbilt right-handed pitcher will the Pirates take at No. 1? Will it be Kumar Rocker or Jack Leiter? Well, there’s now a very real chance that it’s neither. … Continue reading 2021 MLB Mock Draft 1.0
Photo Credit: Charlie Riedel/AP Photo Not a whole lot is going to change here from my 2020 midseason list since no games were being played. Hopefully, we will get a minor league season in 2021 and can finally make some evaluations on players. (I would imagine there is going to be more movement than usual … Continue reading Kansas City Royals Top 30 Prospects for 2021
My history with Alex Gordon goes back to Day One. I was 10 years old in 2005 when the Royals went 56-106. Having to be different than everyone else in New Jersey who like the Yankees and Mets, I wanted to find a baseball team to call my own. Being 10, the stadium, team colors, … Continue reading Alex Gordon: The epitome of a Royal
Updating this list is going to be the easiest it will ever be with no minor league baseball likely to be played this year. Take the Top 30 from the preseason, insert draft picks where they go and drop a few guys off the bottom of the list with small adjustments here and there. It's … Continue reading Kansas City Royals Top 30 Prospects Post 2020 Draft
The 2020 MLB Draft was one unlike any other. It also happens to be one of the deeper drafts in recent years, so a lot of talent can be had heading into tonight’s picks. But let’s take a look back at last night, where things got crazy very early. Detroit Tigers: Spencer Torkelson, 3B, Arizona … Continue reading 2020 MLB Draft Breakdown
The best day of the year is finally here! This is one of the deeper drafts in quite a while, so these next two nights are sure to be exciting. Let's get to it. 1. Detroit Tigers – Spencer Torkelson, 1B, Arizona State: Tork is the best player in the draft and it’s not even … Continue reading 2020 MLB Mock Draft 2.0
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