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Originally Posted by Archie F. Swin
For those of you that are keeping tabs of the farm system...what are some player names that you feel represent the future of the Royals?
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Originally Posted by DeezNutz
Moosetacos should be up in '11, but Hosmer and Montgomery are arguably the two most talented prospects.
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The thing about the Royals' top five is that they are all arguable as the top prospect. For me, Wil Myers is the top prospect.
Basically, Archie, the elite prospects go like this:
Bats:
1B Eric Hosmer (destroyed high A before moving to AA at midseason, crushed AA on route to winning the Texas League championship)
C Wil Myers (super young, toolsy, best all around bat. This kid, whether he stays at Catcher or moves to the OF, has STAR written all over him)
3B Mike Moustakas (gave AA the ass-raping of its life before moving to AAA. After adjusting to AAA pitching, he ended up doing very well there. Led the entire major leagues in HR).
Arms:
Mike Montgomery (He's the shit. A bit of elbow stiffness held his playing time back this year, but when pitching he was pretty much overmatching the AA level).
John Lamb (made high A batters look foolish. This dude is absolutely filthy. Struggled through some minor roadblocks at AA but adjusted well enough)
Danny Duffy (a complete starting package.)
Chris Dwyer (him too. Also, all 4 pitchers I mentioned are Left Handed. Interesting).
There are plenty of guys underneath them that are major league players, too.