2010 Kansas City Royals Repository thread

[SPchief]

All Royals All The Time!

After consultation with others who peruse the game threads we decided to create this as a repository for all things Royals. Minor league news, AL (ahem) Central (thanks Vonne) news and anything Royals can be found here.

alnorth, me and atleast 5 others will continue the game threads as usual. But if you locate something of interest.. ANYTHING.. deals on apparel, best ways in/out of the stadium, giveaways, great stories from this season or from seasons gone by, rumors, trades, anything.... feel free to post it here.

If a big story breaks, you can still start a thread about it. There is merely an all inclusive thread that will make a easy for us all to keep up with all things Royals.


Welcome! "Grab a Brew... don't cost nuthin"...[spills beer on feet]

[Bambi]

Originally Posted by alnorth

The Spring Training Non-Roster Invitees have been announced.

Among others who dont have much of a chance, the Royals are going to let our big 4 lefties (Duffy, Dwyer, Lamb, Montgomery), Giavotella, Hosmer, and Moustakas work out with the Royals. (Crow is already on the 40-man roster)

Realistically, only Duffy and Moustakas has a shot at the opening day roster, perhaps neither of them. Moustakas is probably ready, but I'll be very surprised if he comes up earlier than May, because we only have to delay him a couple weeks to get another year out of him. (If he's on the opening day roster, Moose is a free agent in 2017. If we wait until May or June, he's a free agent in 2018). If there's no doubt at all then what the hell, just bring him up now, but if there is any doubt after spring training then another month in AAA wont hurt him.

http://www.kansascity.com/2011/01/03...ng-royals.html



edit: (Bold = legit prospect, Not Bold = "meh")

Non-Roster Invitees

Pitchers
Louis Coleman
Tim Collins
Danny Duffy
Chris Dwyer
Blaine Hardy
Gaby Hernandez
Patrick Keating
John Lamb
Luis Mendoza
Zach Miner
Mike Montgomery
Steven Shell
Will Smith

Catchers
Cody Clark
Ryan Eigsti
Salvador Perez

Infielders
Joaquin Arias
Irving Falu
Johnny Giavotella
Eric Hosmer
Mike Moustakas
Lance Zawadzki

Outfielder
Brett Carroll

Looks like they're going to throw a bunch of young pitchers in there this year. The rotation as it stands right now is pretty, well.....bad

[eazyb81]

Is Teaford already on the 40 man?

[alnorth]

Originally Posted by eazyb81

Is Teaford already on the 40 man?

Yes, Teaford and Crow are both on the 40-man roster. Crow is probably going to be optioned again, Teaford has a very small darkhorse shot at grabbing the last active spot, but he has to do well.

[alnorth]

Here's an article from Yahoo sports to throw onto the big pile of "the Royals will be good in 2013" articles.

http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/news;_yl...arlybird010311

No, that’s not a joke. The Royals are going to be good. They have a chance to be very good. Particularly for a small-market, low-revenue organization, they are in the best position possible.

The farm system overflows with talent at nearly every position. At Double-A Northwest Arkansas, the Royals will employ four high-ceiling, left-handed starters who, barring injury, will be in a future rotation: John Lamb, Mike Montgomery, Chris Dwyer and Danny Duffy. Same goes for Odorizzi, and there are a handful of others in the organization who could become impact-level major league pitchers.

The position players are nearly as bountiful. Third baseman Mike Moustakas and first baseman Eric Hosmer should man the corners until the end of the decade – longer if the Royals somehow can convince their agent, Scott Boras, to allow them to sign extensions before they reach free agency. Wil Myers might have a better bat than both, and he’ll soon move from catcher to outfield. Christian Colon should shift over to second and fill out the infield with Escobar.

Most important, Kansas City has absolutely no cash committed to its major league roster after this season. None. Yes, the Royals will exercise Joakim Soria’s $6 million option in 2012 (as well as the $8 million option in ’13 and $8.75 million in ’14), but that’s it. And it gives general manager Dayton Moore an extreme amount of flexibility in building around the prospects.

[Pitt Gorilla]

Any chance we pick up Max Ramirez?

[alnorth]

Originally Posted by Pitt Gorilla

Any chance we pick up Max Ramirez?

He's a little interesting. I wouldnt get excited over him, but if the alternative is Kendall, I'd sign him for a year. Several teams might be looking at him, but we certainly have the bad record to win most waiver claims if he's not traded. We dont quite know yet whether he'll be available, the Rangers have about a week left to trade, waive, or release him. He probably also has at least one option left. (The Rangers are not able to option him, because they apparently need his spot on the 40-man roster)

What we do know is that he is not a good defender (very low caught stealing, baserunners will run on him all day long) but he showed a really good OBP for a catcher in the high minors.

If he's available, we've got plenty of spare change lying around (and the ugly spectre of Kendall) to throw him a 1 year deal for a few hundred thousand to give him an extended tryout.

[ChiTown]

Originally Posted by alnorth

Here's an article from Yahoo sports to throw onto the big pile of "the Royals will be good in 2013" articles.

http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/news;_yl...arlybird010311

my printer is jammed.........

[ChiTown]

http://nbcsports.msnbc.com/id/228251...57420#40757420

Gawd, I hate this psycho douche. I hope his fuggin arm explodes on opening day.

[Bambi]

Originally Posted by ChiTown

http://nbcsports.msnbc.com/id/228251...57420#40757420

Gawd, I hate this psycho douche. I hope his fuggin arm explodes on opening day.

The Brewers finished 10 games better than the Royals in the NL...

Too bad for Greinke. He should have gone somewhere better.

[jbwm89]

No cash committed to the major league roster next year besides Soria.

That is pretty exciting actually, hopefully we pay some of these young guys and change the culture around here.

[tk13]

Lots of stuff about the Royals farm system from Baseball America today.

http://www.baseballamerica.com/today...1/2611113.html

In the last Ask BA, you mentioned that Brewers-turned-Blue Jays second baseman Brett Lawrie was caught in Top 10 Prospect limbo. Soon thereafter, Milwaukee sent righthanders Jake Odorizzi and Jeremy Jeffress to the Royals in the Zack Greinke trade. Where would they have rated on the Brewers Top 10, and where would they rank on the revised Royals Top 10?

Jerry Kahn
San Diego

Where would Jake Odorizzi and Jeremy Jeffress rank in the Royals system? It looks like Kansas City could place 9-10 players on your upcoming Top 100 Prospects list with their new acquisitions and holdovers Eric Hosmer, Wil Myers, Mike Moustakas, John Lamb, Mike Montgomery, Christian Colon, Danny Duffy and Chris Dwyer. What is the record for the most Top 100 Prospects from one organization?

Paul Garten
Pleasant Hill, Mo.

We rated Lawrie as the Brewers' No. 1 prospect until they dealt him to get Shaun Marcum. That trade elevated Odorizzi to the No. 1 spot and moved Jeffress up to No. 3, which is where they'll appear on our Milwaukee Top 30 in the Prospect Handbook. We won't update our Royals Top 10 online, but if we did, Odorizzi would rank ninth, in between Dwyer and Crow, and Jeffress would rank 11th, between Crow and Brett Eibner.

Here are the scouting reports on Odorizzi and Jeffress, which never made it into a Top 10 in our magazine or on our website. First, Odorizzi:

Two scouts who saw Odorizzi pitch at Wisconsin described him as a lesser version of Zack Greinke. Odorizzi's excellent athleticism results in a clean delivery that he repeats easily, allowing him to fill the strike zone. He consistently commands a fastball that ranges from 89-95 mph and seems even quicker because he throws with such ease. He maintains his velocity deep into games, and his fastball also features good sinking and boring action that makes it difficult to lift. Odorizzi's fastball is so effective that he has been able to thrive without a secondary pitch that presently grades as plus. He's working on two different breaking balls. Scouts like his curveball better, saying it could develop into an above-average second pitch, and his slider is really more of a cutter. He shows some feel for a changeup, though he sometimes tips it off by slowing his arm speed. Odorizzi fields his position well, though he has to do a better job of holding runners after surrendering 16 steals in 20 attempts last year. He's built for durability and though he pitched nearly twice as many innings in 2010 as he had totaled the previous two seasons, he got stronger in the second half. He's extremely poised and confident on the mound.

And here's Jeffress:

Jeffress regularly pitches in the mid-90s with his fastball and hit triple digits at the Rising Stars Game in the Arizona Fall League after the season. His heater doesn't have much movement but he throws it with such an easy delivery that he blows it by hitters before they realize what happened. He also has a big-breaking curveball that he struggles to throw for strikes but is devastating when he does. He never mastered a changeup and won't need one as a reliever.

As for the all-time Top 100 Prospects record, that belongs to the 2006 Dodgers, the only organization ever to place nine prospects on our list. Los Angeles had Chad Billingsley (No. 7), Andy LaRoche (No. 19), Joel Guzman (No. 26), Russell Martin (No. 42), Scott Elbert (No. 55), Jonathan Broxton (No. 63), Blake DeWitt (No. 82), Andre Ethier (No. 89) and Matt Kemp (No. 96). Four organizations have had eight Top 100 Prospects: the 1991 Dodgers, the 1998 and 2000 Marlins, and the 2007 Rockies.

We haven't begun putting the 2011 Top 100 together, but I think the Royals will at least tie the record. Hosmer, Myers, Moustakas, Lamb and Montgomery all ranked among my 25 best prospects when I did a personal Top 50 for the Handbook. Colon, Duffy, Dwyer and Odorizzi all will make my personal Top 100 and I expect them to make the consensus Baseball America list as well. Crow and Jeffress have a chance, but I think they both may fall short of the final Top 100.

Let's say the Royals system was split into two groups. One has all of the prospects who have been acquired over the past year via the draft, international signings and trades. The other has all the prospects acquired before that. What would each group's Top 10 look like? Where would each of these groups rank by themselves in Baseball America's organization rankings?

Landon Adams
Carl Junction, Mo.

Here's how those two Top 10s would shake out:

Royals, Pre-2010 Prospects --- Royals, 2010 Prospects
1. Eric Hosmer, 1b --- 1. Christian Colon, ss
2. Wil Myers, c --- 2. Jake Odorizzi, rhp
3. Mike Moustakas, 3b --- 3. Jeremy Jeffress, rhp
4. John Lamb, lhp --- 4. Brett Eibner, of
5. Mike Montgomery, lhp --- 5. Jason Adam, rhp
6. Danny Duffy, lhp --- 6. Tim Collins, lhp
7. Chris Dwyer, lhp --- 7. Humberto Arteaga, ss
8. Aaron Crow, rhp --- 8. Orlando Calixte, ss
9. Yordano Ventura, rhp --- 9. Elisaul Pimentel, rhp
10. Tim Melville, rhp --- 10. Lucas May, c

It won't surprise anyone when the Royals are No. 1 in our farm system ratings in the Prospect Handbook, and their group of prospects acquired before 2010 is strong enough to rank No. 1 on its own. As I mentioned in the previous question, Hosmer, Myers, Moustakas, Lamb and Montgomery are five of the 25 best prospects in the game. The pre-2010 Top 10 would be stronger than any other, and that group also would have admirable depth.

Kansas City's collection of prospects acquired since the start of 2010 is impressive as well. In addition to Greinke trade pieces Odorizzi and Jeffress, the Royals also have drafted Colon (the No. 4 overall pick last June), Eibner and Adam; traded for Collins, Pimentel and May; and signed Arteaga and Calixte on the international market.

It would be next to impossible to build a formidable farm system in just one year (especially in terms of depth). But that Royals 2010 Top 10 is impressive. If we were to stack that group up against the all-encompassing Top 10s from the other organizations, Kansas City would fall somewhere in the 16-20 range.

[SAUTO]

Good year.wow.
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[KChiefs1]

Originally Posted by tk13

Lots of stuff about the Royals farm system from Baseball America today.

http://www.baseballamerica.com/today...1/2611113.html

Wow!

[DeezNutz]

With all of these resources and a supposed wealth of talent in the minors, I might ****ing die if the Royals somehow defy the odds and still suck in a couple of years.

[doomy3]

That is pretty incredible.