Rocker is still in play.

I read that unless the money was right, Rocker was a good bet to go to college

Bubic

4 college arms.

Wow, another college pitcher. I guess they really want some quick moving arms in the system. Makes sense, their pitchers are complete shit overall in the minors.

It's obvious they had a very specific plan and stuck to it.

Safe

im intrigued.

Guess they figure it'll be easier to trade for and sign bats.

i like it. I do this in MLB the show... haha

Moar pitching :yes:

Yep

I guess they can load up on potential bats in the international market, plus their best prospects are almost all bats. This makes sense, and glad they stayed away from high school arms.

Our farm system, in 4 picks, has gotten significantly better tonight. That’s all you can ask for, really.

I’m really surprised. There were a lot of HS arms and position players the Royals were connected to, available, and they bypassed them all.

Will be interesting to see what’s left at #58.

Marten Gasparini will be a panacea to any and all concerns about the offense.

Duffy determined to blow every lead handed to him....talk about a disappointment...granted that was a misplayed ball but nonetheless...dude cant get anyone out

And they went away from their traditional setup in doing all this. Heavy on college arms.

That Bubic kid? Funky delivery and all? Can’t see them drafting him five years ago. Kowar’s delivery also might have precluded him.

They got a top 5 and top 20 talent in Singer and Kiera, and the other two are interesting as well.

I cant believe Duncan doesn't want a prospect for Salvy. This team would be setup nicely in 3 years.

Ummm, just walk him.

International signing period coming up should be exciting as well.

Not that it matters too much, but I'd be extremely pleased if our farm system could enter 2019 around #20 or better in baseball, with a jump into the top 10 by 2020.

Duffy at 52 pitches and not even through the 2nd.....dude has regressed

I’m not opposed to trading Perez, just know what type of offer it would take.

They don’t move him just to get “A” pick unless it’s a legitimate top 5-10 prospect in all of baseball.

I would listen. But the price would be high.

Perez is 28 years old, is playing like he has 30-40 HR power right now, and is throwing out 50% of runners. You literally aren't going to find anyone better to work with any of these young pitchers, save Yadier Molina, but Perez is in that class. I wouldn't say he's completely off limits, but it better be for more than just "a prospect." Trading off a great player for a lottery ticket when you have them under contract cheap is not always smart.

And signed very cheap and is the face of the franchise. Would be a dumb move on the organization's part, which is why Billay thinks its good.

Trading Perez is so dumb it doesn't even merit discussion

Agreed.

You could get a nice prospect for him. Hell be 32-33 when the team is finally good again and has had knee problems.

Another college arm

@MLBDraftTracker: 2 (58): @Royals select Memphis RHP Jonathan Bowlan. http://m.mlb.com/video/topic/262722544/v2074635483 #MLBDraft

@Shauncore: Guarantee you the Royals threw things at the wall after the Angels took Jeremiah Jackson one pick before them.

I'd love to see him traded just to see all the crying on social media, mostly from women who's emotional connection to the players goes to some creepy level beyond their play on the field.

^
Agreed

Salvy IS THE ROYALS now, you never kill that karma...

Not only would trading Salvy kill ticket sales, it would be an admission of failure...

He's not a dinosaur, he still has some good years in him

*whose

The emotional connection on this board from grown men to Mahomes is even creepier.

And that's what the DH/1B spot is for.

I understand that, it's based on his potential to lead us to the promised Land. There's a high number of women who were probably literally in love with His, Moose, Salvy, etc. It's creepy.

Ehh I don't care

Looking forward to the trade deadline now. Hope these arms pan out esp the top 2

A successful trade deadline and international signing period, in addition to what we do this week in the draft, could really be a huge start to the rebuild.

Went to Oakland at 70.

Soler delivers again.

and almost murdered that ball.

Dayton on the Royals broadcast right now.

Duffy promptly gives up a HR.

lol.
:deevee:
:cuss:

GMDM just said 2 teams made their picks just before them.

thats so royal!

@BHIndepMO: Two teams picked position players who were #1 on the Royals board. Source: The Dayton phone interview on FSKC. cc: @Shauncore

@royalsreview: I will guess Jordyn Adams and Connor Scott. https://twitter.com/BHIndepMO/status...51470456975360

^i would guess the adams in a heartbeat.

Yep...bummer. pretty cool of gmdm to join the broadcast and be honest that they had their 'pockets picked' on 2 picks.

One thing about Dayton is that he is a straight shooter.

g.d. duff-man.

We need to track these guys versus who we got so we can hate ourselves more than usual as Royals fans. 2014/15 🙏

Fly ball city tonight for Duffy. Curious to see if that stat's legit and he's the first guy in decades to get the first 15 outs of a game in the air.

If the Angels took Adams so we couldn't, that's a good thing.

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I’m going to go with Jordyn Adams and (edit) Nick Schnell.

I'm going to be honest here, I get that the royals have a plan with this obviously but not a big fan. I believe in drafting hitters high over pitchers because they are much more likely to make it.

Don’t think that played out quite the way they wanted. I think they badly wanted a few hitters and got sniped.

If they’re going to go pitching heavy, I’d prefer it be college arms at least, vs projectable HS arms, which are the lowest success rate.

If they get 2 middle of the rotation guys and a bullpen arm out of that I would be estatic.

What's your evidence?

Market efficiencies teach us that once everyone starts thinking asyou do, the value shifts the other way.

High end hitting prospects have a much better rate of making it than pitchers do, the Cubs are an example of a team that has used basically every high pick they've had to draft hitters over pitchers.

In the history of the draft post 1965. From there, let's determine the percentage of hitters and pitchers who went from first-round picks to the major leagues. That table looks like this:

A tie!

If we're not rounding, though, position players have a slight edge at 59.3 percent, compared to 58.7 percent for pitchers. So maybe hurlers aren't that much riskier after all, at least when it comes to turning a first-round selection into a big leaguer.

https://bleacherreport.com/articles/...-round-targets

I think it's more of a statement on the minor system. We've traded off a lot of arms recently to acquire players, and now they are trying to restock a position which has been depleted. Sean Maneaa, Mike Montgomery, Brandon Finnegan, Matt Strahm...

You can't just offload a bunch of talent at one position and not figure out a way to replace the talent you gave up.

Plus we still have the rest of the draft, trades, and international signings. I imagine we'll have added quite a few hitting prospects by the end of July.

If you’re drafting at the top end, I like that philosophy. When you’re lower - middle to end of the draft - you just kind of have to see it play out and take the best guys on your board.

the Cubs were 6th, 7th, 2nd, 2nd, and 8th to get Baez, Almora, Bryant, Schwarber and Happ.

I could have seen Groshans or Adams had they made it to Kc, but they didn’t, so...

Y'all murdered that first round.

Singer and Kowar...shite. That's impressive as hell. There are medical concerns with Singer and just funky mechanics concerns with Kowar but the Royals got both of them when all appearances were that they could potentially get neither.

Gorman would've been a great pick for them as well but Singer has genuine ace potential so I can definitely see why they went that route instead. I wonder if they'd have taken Gorman if they knew that Kowar would fall. But either way, nothing to complain about here for you fellas - those are outstanding picks.

I’m pleased with it. Not sure Singer’s quite a 1 - will need to really refine the changeup - but I can see a good #2 or really good #3 type.

Kowar has higher upside if he can pick up a consistent feel for his curveball. Very-Wacha like, though I think his velocity is a little better coming out of college.

Only quibble is that I would have loved to nab Nick Schnell in the comp round, too. Damn Devil Rays!

No, it's not. DM himself admitted there's a run on position players which proves there's a market shift. We just found the inefficiency, whether DM knows it.

I'm fine with being relatively conservative and doing what we did. The next 2-3 years with top 5-10 picks is hopefully when we can add some elite high ceiling talent.

Spit-balling in the Cardinals thread and thought about you fellas.

Victor Robles, Luis Garcia (super young, super toolsy infielder with a development curve that slots him in perfectly around Mondesi and as a Whit replacement) and Raudy Reed (solid defensive C presently suspended for PEDs but appears to have solid offensive potential) for Perez and Herrera.

The nats have a handful of pretty interchangeable C prospects with Read, Severino, Gushue and Reetz so I don't think the 'who' on that 3rd piece matters much.

Would it take Robles and Kieboom? I stumbled onto Kieboom while I was watching Soto rocket through the system and am pretty sold on him as a long-term asset. With Turner already in Washington, he may be blocked.

If you can get Robles and Kieboom, you have to do that, right? I'd honestly be a little surprised if the Nats gave up that much but they might be desperate to capitalize on Harper's potentially last ride.

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I’d gladly do it for Robles and Garcia. If they want Merrifield, would throw him in and ask for Kieboom, too.

Kieboom was frequently mentioned as a trade target in last year’s Royals thread (by me).

It’s worth mentioning that they have talked with the Nats about Robles before. Almost had a deal for him in 2016.

Yeah, Kieboom wasn't on my radar at all (Soto was though). And as I was watching Soto and mostly just laughing at how badly he was wrecking everyone, I noticed this Kieboom guy also playing really well.

It would be a balls or bust move for the Nationals, man. I mean they could theoretically lose Harper and STILL have one of the top 5 OFs in baseball by 2020 with Robles, Eaton and Soto out there. With Scherzer, Strasburg and Turner still having gas in the tank, maybe Rendon goes back to 2b and Kieboom makes his way to 3b. That's still a team that could contend.

But that Braves system has to get teams with a 'win now' window pretty damn nervous. Do you try to 'out-youth' the Braves via a re-load or push in, get your ring and let Ted Lerner die in peace?

But hey, if we know anything, it's that Rizzo will do the wrong thing and then get extended for it. That guy is the Mike Matheny of general managers. That's a Teflon sumbitch to be sure.

The Nats should be pushing all in for this year. Time is now.

Adding players like Perez and possibly Merrifield would be useful in the future, too. Gives them insurance for Murphy this year, improves their C situation a ton for the next 3 years.

Kieboom’s combo of plate discipline and pop is really looking strong this year in a tough hitters league.

Salvy becoming a national superstar in the DC market would only be worth it if the Royals got back 2-3 key players in the next decade's WS run.

That’s what Robles, Kieboom and Garcia would all offer.

Robles is a top 10 prospect with a high floor because of his speed, defense, and hit tool. Still only 20, I believe.

Names to watch today (that would make this draft really successful at first blush):

Nander de Sedas, SS/3B (tough HS signing, top 30 consensus talent)

Kumar Rocker, Cole Wilcox, Daniel Klopfenstein RHp (huge upside Hs arms with solid college commitments)

Today's Royals draft theme appears to be: college outfielders

So far, that's seven straight college players they've drafted

looking for faster impact.

They've also been burned by some HS guys in previous drafts...going with safe signing bets, plus yes, hopefully a faster impact

The Royals are loading up on easy signs in the back half of the top 10, which tells me they’re going to make a serious run at one of the big prep talents after run 10.

Nander
de
Sadas

Let’s do this thing.

Has Rocker been taken yet?

No.

He and Wilcox and de Sedas are all still available.

Teams will take stabs at them in rounds 11+, when they won’t lose slot money if they don’t sign.

Hope the Royals are one of those teams.