ChiefsPlanet - Royals 2013 Kansas City Royals Repository Thread

That's Jason Parks' opinion... He actually has said Mondesi could develop MORE power than Profar as he fills out.

MORE power than a guy predicted to be a .300/20/100 R/30 SB player.

Do you have a BP membership?

No, but I've read a handful of reports on each of them and the comps kind of jump out at you.

We'll see how they develop, but we may have struck gold with these two.

Deberg_1990

04-03-2013 09:51 AM

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Originally Posted by duncan_idaho (Post 9552864)

Everyone thought he was 2-3 years older than reported (still dogs him)

My BIL played basketball at Fort Osage at the same time Pujols was there. He claims he was an absolute beast in the gym, and yes, most believed he was older than he claimed even then.

duncan_idaho

04-03-2013 09:57 AM

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Originally Posted by eazyb81 (Post 9552919)

No, but I've read a handful of reports on each of them and the comps kind of jump out at you.

We'll see how they develop, but we may have struck gold with these two.

Yeah, it looks that way.

It was Almonte/Teheren that made me ask. Parks drew heavily on those comparisons. And not just because of the fastball/change combo. Apparently, the arm action (clean and easy, with some whip) and body composition really jumps out at you, too.

Funny that these two are the studs, when Elier Hernandez and Cheslor Cuthbert are the international signees who got all the attention.

Dartgod

04-03-2013 10:13 AM

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Originally Posted by alnorth (Post 9552900)

Anyone want to throw up a game thread? This week, I was only planning on doing it Saturday/Sunday since I'll be here for those games from the beginning.

What the hell, I'll do it. Might as well find out early on if I have any mojo this season.

stonedstooge

04-03-2013 10:14 AM

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Originally Posted by Dartgod (Post 9553031)

What the hell, I'll do it. Might as well find out early on if I have any mojo this season.

Start a run my man

alnorth

04-03-2013 06:03 PM

Our 2013 draft bonus budget for our 11 picks in the first 10 rounds has been determined: $8,290,700. (after the 10th round, no player can receive over 100k without incurring penalties)

We can't spend more than 5% over that without incurring serious penalties, which is about $8.7MM.

duncan_idaho

04-04-2013 08:10 AM

Update on Lamb:

I sent Parks a question about him regarding his velocity in his last few starts... BP had two guys at his last minor league start and they didn't have him higher than 89 on their gun.

Not good.

It's still possible the arm strength is in the process of coming back, but very odd for it to be taking this long.

They specifically mentioned his arm speed looked slow. It's possible Lamb is sacrificing velocity for location at this point in time, or that the foot injury last year slowed his build-up.

Deberg_1990

04-04-2013 09:18 AM

This is a cool new column in the Star. Lee Judge. I guess hes breaking down every game?

http://www.kansascity.com/2013/04/03...ood-pitch.html

Great Expectations

04-04-2013 10:43 AM

Will Ned throw at Longoria?

http://www.cbssports.com/mlb/blog/ey...orias-comments

MIAdragon

04-04-2013 11:08 AM

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Originally Posted by Great Expectations (Post 9556028)

Will Ned throw at Longoria?

http://www.cbssports.com/mlb/blog/ey...orias-comments

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