Originally Posted by TomBarndtsTwin (Post 12345458)

That was also the Chris Sale draft, who the Royals thought long and hard about drafting at #4, but then ultimately decided on Colon. The Sox got him 9 picks later. :doh!:

He IS kind of a prick, but I would have loved to have him in our rotation . . . . .

Originally Posted by siberian khatru (Post 12345474)

I bet DM stands pat and hopes to finish at .500 or just over.

Originally Posted by kcchiefsus (Post 12345134)

Going to have to trade our players eventually to get some already established prospects. I don't trust Moore in the draft after Colon, Starling, Zimmer, etc.

Originally Posted by siberian khatru (Post 12345474)

I bet DM stands pat and hopes to finish at .500 or just over.

Originally Posted by duncan_idaho (Post 12345500)

Colin is the only one of those who wasn't viewed as a logical/good pick at the time, and the MLB draft is probably the toughest one to judge with hindsight.

It's frustrating that the Royals first round picks other than Moustakas and Hosmer have not turned into core players/stars for the team, but that's not atypical around MLB, either.

The Colon one is the one that's most frustrating, because they were planning to take Sale until right before the pick, reportedly. That was the only "reach" pick, and it was seemingly made because the org had a hole at SS in its system and a plethora of LH pitching prospects.

Zimmer is just bad luck. Team hasn't done anything wrong there.

Starling looks like a bad pick and is also frustrating, but was justified at the time.

The other thing that I really think back to other is finishing a 1/2 game worse than Baltimore rather than a 1/2 game better that year. KC takes Machado in that case, and the whole landscape probably changes. Including the Greinke trade.


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Originally Posted by siberian khatru (Post 12345474)

I bet DM stands pat and hopes to finish at .500 or just over.

Originally Posted by DeepSouth (Post 12345448)

If things work out, the Royals could have three Left Handed Pitchers in their starting rotation in 2017; Duffy, Vargas, and Minor. Is that a good thing or a bad thing?

Originally Posted by C3HIEF3S (Post 12345521)

Are they going to try and make him start again?
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr"><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Royals?src=hash">#Royals</a> have transferred RHP Miguel Almonte back to Double-A Northwest Arkansas</p>&mdash; Jeffrey Flanagan (@FlannyMLB) <a href="https://twitter.com/FlannyMLB/status/760128109320478720">August 1, 2016</a></blockquote>
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Originally Posted by C3HIEF3S (Post 12345626)

Scum attract scum:
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">The White Sox want Yasiel Puig if they make a deal with the Dodgers.</p>&mdash; Buster Olney (@Buster_ESPN) <a href="https://twitter.com/Buster_ESPN/status/760151614548213764">August 1, 2016</a></blockquote>
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Originally Posted by C3HIEF3S (Post 12345626)

Scum attract scum:
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">The White Sox want Yasiel Puig if they make a deal with the Dodgers.</p>— Buster Olney (@Buster_ESPN) <a href="https://twitter.com/Buster_ESPN/status/760151614548213764">August 1, 2016</a></blockquote>
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Originally Posted by TomBarndtsTwin (Post 12345567)

Yeah, the Starling draft was the most frustrating to me. The consensus was the Top 4 pitchers and then Starling and then everyone else. The Royals would have taken any of the Top 4 had they fallen and they REALLY wanted Bundy, reportedly. They were kind of a backed into a corner and HAD to take Starling because of his status and being a local kid. If they didn't pick him and he 'Hit' then they would have never heard the end of it from fans and 'experts' . . . . .



It kind of sucks the way some of those picks and results went down, but then again, as you say, one difference and the whole landscape changes. Maybe good, maybe bad.



What I do know is since those drafts the Royals have two pennants and a trophy and neither the Orioles or the White Sox have won jack shit (well, unless you count a division title), so while some of the picks would be nice, I'll take the results of the 'process' and trust GMDM and the scouting department are doing everything they can to set us up to be a successful franchise going forward. Even if that may mean an occasional 'miss' on a draft pick.

Originally Posted by Sure-Oz (Post 12345635)

No way shields is enough for Puig