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Originally Posted by tk13
I still think we have some guys who could pitch someday.
The problem is, we can't keep anybody healthy. I think that's the real issue. We can't keep a single pitching prospect healthy. Greinke, Affeldt, Hernandez, Bautista, Snyder, Burgos, MacDougal and on and on... have all missed time for one thing or another the last few years. Sometimes guys are going to have growing pains, but they have to be healthy so they can keep going out there every 5th day or every save situation, etc... and keep learning. We haven't been able to do that. Look at the Tigers, Bonderman, Maroth, Robertson, etc... those guys put up some horrible numbers, worse than even some of our pitching prospects, but they were actually able to stay healthy and keep improving, and now they're part of the best staff in the league. Meanwhile our guys can't stay healthy enough to sustain any improvement.
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True, about the health issues.
But, at some point, you have to draft guys that are healthy specimens (both mentally and physically). The Royals org. has had a knack for drafting guys who become chronically injured (menatally and physically). It's beyond amazing how reliable the stat really is. So, no matter their potential, they aren't worth a spit to the org, or to anyone else, if they can't stay healthy enough to get better as a pitching talent.
So, as I mentioned, we have little, if any, reliable (read: mentally and physically capable) pitching talent.