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Bubic is only 1.5 points away from a 69.00 ERA.
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04-11-2022, 08:51 AM | #635 | |
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What bothers me is the seemingly lack of development by our much heralded 2018 pitching class. Bubic is extremely inconsistent and isn't generating soft contact, people are crushing him when they make contact. Kowar hasn't seemed to figure out how to pitch in MLB yet. Can dominate in AAA, but comes up here and seemingly gets shelled every time out, this year and last year. Singer seems to be regressing since his start with us in 2020 (which looked very promising). Part of that is his own stubborness, but for whatever reason, no one has seemed to be able to get through to him yet about the importance of using a 3rd pitch. Maybe Greinke helps with that? Lynch has looked dominant at times and lost at others. Just never know what you're gonna get with him. He's probably the highest ceiling of the four, so hopefully he gets off to a good start this year. Take all that into account together and it paints a big red bullseye on the back of Cal Eldred. For whatever reason, these guys just don't appear to be developing under him at the major league level. Whether that's his fault, Matheny's fault or both, it's just not working. For the sake of the Royals and their future and hoping to contend as early as next year, I pray the front office will see the light and move on from Cal, as it's clear Mike won't do it, even if it ends up costing him his own job at some point. |
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04-11-2022, 09:01 AM | #636 |
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College prospects to watch for KC at pick #9.
Carson Whisenhunt is suspended for the season, Landon Sims had Tommy John Surgery, Blade Tidwell is back, but I’m in a holding pattern with him, etc. So, we’re a little over a month into the college season. Here’s about how I think the draft is lining up at the moment in terms of college prospects in play for KC at #9. Carter Young, SS, Vanderbilt + Defender Good power traits Good runner Decent approach Decent hit tool Young is still striking a bunch, but he absolutely hammers baseballs and is maybe the best defensive SS in this draft class. He’s got a .516 SLG% and .412 OBP at the moment, so his strikeouts are the only concern of mine because he does a ton of other things well. He may have to sign for under slot value at #9 at the moment, but that would be more than fine with me for Kansas City. Brooks Lee, SS, Cal Poly ++ Hit tool + Raw power Switch hitter Might have to move to 3B long-term This will be the last time I feature Brooks Lee on this article. He’s got 26 BB, 6 K, and 6 HR on the season and there is just no way he’s still available for Kansas City at #9. So, we’ll go ahead and move on from him after this. Jacob Berry, OF, LSU ++ Hit tool ++ Raw power Great approach Not much of a defender If the rumors I’m hearing are true about Berry falling out of the first round, it would be a classic example of teams overthinking the bat. Berry is hitting .371 with 9 HR and just 12 K on the season and we’re a few weeks into SEC play. He’s got more BB (13) than K and a 1.112 OPS. Maybe teams are worried about the defensive ability, and I get that, but even if Berry is just a 20 HR guy in the big leagues, he’ll probably run into 40 doubles too and his hit tool is going to keep him from every having issues with strikeouts. Would love to see Berry get to KC at #9. Cade Doughty, 3B, LSU + Hit tool + Raw power + Approach + Athlete ++ Intangibles Doughty has exploded up draft boards this spring and is out hitting Berry in almost every way so far. He’s got a 1.123 OPS, 21 XBH, 3 SB, and while he does have 22 K in 136 PA (16.2%), he also has 18 walks and is a legitimate defender at 3B. I don’t think he’s probably an option at #9 but if he’s willing to come in at a discount…I’d be for it. Jace Jung, 2B, Texas Tech + Hit tool ++ Approach ++ Raw Power Not a great defender This will also be the last time Jung appears on this list because he has also hit his way into probably a top-5 pick. Literally five minutes after I wrote that sentence, Baseball America dropped their second mock draft of the year with Jace Jung to the Royals at #9. I cannot tell you how excited I would be to have him in Royal blue. He’s legitimately probably the best college player in the class. He may be a little bit homeless on defense, but who freaking cares when you can hit like that. He’s batting .412 at the moment with a 1.328 OPS, 17 K, 31 BB, and 9 HR. This is simply one of the best college seasons any player from a Power 5 conference has had in a while. He would be a NO BRAINER at #9. Chase DeLauter, OF, James Madison + Runner ++ Arm ++ Raw power + Hit tool Chance to stick in CF DeLauter is absolutely hammering baseballs after a slow start to his season where he looked a little overmatched against what has been a dominant Florida State pitching staff. He’s got a1.296 OPS with 6 HR and a 25:20 BB:K ratio after being the best player on the Cape last summer. I think there’s a good chance he’s still there for KC at #9, but the way some mock drafts are falling, it’s kind of a toss-up at this point. Gavin Cross, OF, Virginia Tech + Runner + Hit tool ++ Raw power + Defender in the COF Cross was mocked to the Royals in Baseball America’s first mock draft earlier this year, and he’s since been mocked down to the Tigers at #12. Cross has dramatically improved his decisions at the plate this spring, with 12 BB and just 10 K in 23 games. The tools are fun, but I think he’s a corner OF long-term and…I don’t know. The exit velocities are loud but I’m not sure how much I love the profile overall. Definitely prefer a couple other guys to him at the moment, but wouldn’t mind him at #9 either. Dylan Beavers, OF, California + Runner + Hit tool ++ Raw power Chance to stick in CF Beavers was one of my favorite under-the-radar candidates heading into this season and nothing he’s done this year has changed that. The 6′ 4″ LHH has some of, if not THE, best power in the college draft class and has his strikeout rate at a VERY manageable 18.8% this season to go with a 14.5% BB% and 11 HR in 28 games. I *think* he’d have to be under slot at #9, but honestly I’d be okay with this pick regardless at the moment. The Royals need outfielders and Beavers would move quickly through the lower minors. Jud Fabian, OF, Florida ++ Raw Power + Defender in CF + Runner Good Approach Average Hit Tool Fabian slipped out of the first round last year after being one of the favorites to go in the top 10 early on. His strikeout rates were more than worrisome and didn’t quite justify the power. This year, Fabian has 13 HR, a 1.155 OPS, and 27 BB (20.2%) to 24 K (17.9%) in 29 games for the Gators. His defensive ability in CF and offensive potential at the plate absolutely makes him a candidate for KC at #9 as long as he keeps hitting like this through SEC play. Cam Collier, 3B, Chipola College ++ Raw power + Hit tool ++ Athlete Chance to be good at 3B Collier started the year on absolute fire, but has since cooled off a bit. The only reason he’s still here is that he is 17 years old and should be playing in high school right now. Instead, he graduated early to enroll at Chipola College before and classify himself for the 2022 draft class. He’s got some of the most upside of any college hitter in this class and should absolutely be in play at #9, though I understand being cautious and wanting a safer bet, which there are a lot of in this class. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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The Class of ‘18 is in danger of flunking out. Again, and I can’t stress this enough, it’s important that we limit the overreactions to the first three games of the season. Still, this pitching box score from Sunday’s debacle really stood out. Three Royals pitchers got lit up against the Guardians. All three are from the celebrated pitching draft class of 2018. If you tuned in to the game to see Kris Bubic unveil his new slider, it was a no-show. Literally. He didn’t throw it. Not that he had the opportunity, sticking around for only five batters. In his abbreviated afternoon, Bubic got Guardian hitters to swing nine times. The result was four balls in play, five fouls and no whiffs. Bubic will tell you, locating the fastball is key to his success. He had zero control on Sunday and his secondary pitches were all over the place. He was in the middle of the dish too frequently with his 90 mph fastball. That’s going to get hit. And when he’s not hitting spots with his change and curve, those pitches are easy takes. His linescore looks worse given he left the game with the bases loaded and Taylor Clarke unloaded them by serving a grand slam to Mercado. Jackson Kowar can’t really offer a similar excuse. You really don’t want to be mentioned in the same Tweet as Vin Mazzaro. Ever. Sixteen Guardian batters put the ball in play against Kowar. Eight of them hit the ball harder than 95 mph, earning them a “barrel.” A 50 percent barrel rate? Still not as bad as being mentioned in a tweet with Mazzaro, but really not good. And Singer was Singer. Sixty pitches to get nine outs with a bunch of hits and runs thrown in the mix. So while the Royals took a deserved victory lap for having five pitchers from the 2018 draft playing in the big leagues in 2021—including their first four selections—the results have put quite the damper on any celebration. Singer has been the most successful of his class, being the first to pitch in The Show and posting a 3.0 fWAR in the first two seasons of his career. Bubic owned a 0.8 fWAR through 2021 while Kowar brought up the rear at -0.3 fWAR. All of these pitchers have major league experience and all have looked stagnant since arriving. There have been little signs of progress. These guys have all rocketed through the minor league system and the alternate site set up due to the Covid shortened 2020 season, and when they arrived in Kansas City the results have been mostly underwhelming. The heat absolutely has to be on pitching coach Cal Eldred specifically and the organization as a whole. Their track record of developing starting pitching has been less than stellar. If there is no positive movement in 2022, not only will that set The Process 2.0 back, it will beg the answer to some questions I don’t know the organization is comfortable asking…such as who is accountable for the failure to develop starting pitching? Again, it’s one game out of 162. The season is long and honestly, there will be days like this. But we’ve seen parts of this movie before. And we know how it usually ends. All eyes on Daniel Lynch in his start in St. Louis on Tuesday. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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04-11-2022, 11:35 AM | #639 |
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Jackson Kowar has been dogshit - the royals have really struggled drafting and developing pitching.
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04-11-2022, 12:08 PM | #640 |
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04-11-2022, 12:19 PM | #641 |
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Can someone who has watched the kid pitch more than me, clue me in a bit. Million dollar arm .05 head? Can't handle the spotlight? Best AAAA pitcher ever?
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It's a fair question to ask. Our inability to develop starting pitching is off the charts bad.
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Singer I think still has the ability to be a solid #3 or #4 if would just quit being so damn stubborn and work on his change and utilize it. Bowlan is coming off the TJ and will need a little time, but he looked pretty damn good last year before going down. He was dominating at AA. |
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He’s spent most of his R1 premium picks on position guys sontgat explains a bit. But he hasn’t hit on much of anything re: pitching. He switched to college guys in 18 and that looks like it’s unraveling. Singer and Lynch should be ok, but a couple ok guys doesn’t cut it in a small market. Here’s his roster of R1 draftees: Hochevar Montgomery Crow Summer Manea Finnegan Foster Griffin Ass Russell Nolan Watson Singer Kowar Lynch Lacy Mozzicato Jeezus. He could’ve let you or I just pick BPA and we’d be better off |
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