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Originally Posted by Mecca
I don't think he phrased it right, None of the Royals elite prospects became true stars, the Astros for example have a much better return in all their guys.
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To me that was always just as impressive.
In spite of the fact that none of our "homegrown" guys became true stars (even though Gordo, through defense, was likely one as tk points out), our system was so deep anyways that we made it to deep October twice in a row.
Our homegrown talent in 2014-2015 was as follows, right?
Offensive:
Hos
Moose
Gordo
Salvy
Billay
Bench:
Dyson
Colon
Mondesi
Paulo
Gore
Pitchers:
Yordano
Duffy
Kelvin
Holland
Hoch
Collins
Finnegan
That doesn't include Cain and Esky, though large parts of their development came in KC. This list, especially if you give credit to the Royals for some of Cain's development, is really a testament to how well the organization did at developing if not stars, solid major league players.
I think Eric Hosmer was the only prospect of the bunch who was hyped to be a "superstar" (if I remember right A-Rod was the one who made that prediction). Montgomery was up there as well and his failure to launch hit hard, but Hos was the only one who made it to the majors who never quite hit his hype, I'd argue. We were always waiting for his hot streaks to become his new normal, for when his hard-hit baseballs would start falling over the fence more, but it never quite hit that 30-40 HR potential we hoped he'd have. As tight as money is now, imagine if we landed him for 130m? There's a sizeable chunk of Padres fans who are angry they gave up a player with more power and who was far cheaper (Franmil) since they're locked up with Hosmer for the immediate future.