2020 Royals Official Offseason/Season Repository

[Al Bundy]

Players start reporting Feb 12th.
New Ownership.
Spring training games begin Feb 20th against the Rangers.

[Mecca]

So question, while the Royals pitching depth is quickly entering a top 5 in the minors place. Is anyone else concerned they just don't have the bats to go with it at all? Also pitchy prospects are so much more volatile.

[tk13]

Originally Posted by Mecca

So question, while the Royals pitching depth is quickly entering a top 5 in the minors place. Is anyone else concerned they just don't have the bats to go with it at all? Also pitchy prospects are so much more volatile.

Dayton's always been that way to a degree though, he came up in the Braves organization and it shows. Always looking for more arms.

Plus it's always possible you can trade pitching for bats.

[KChiefs1]

Originally Posted by Jerok

Pick 32 - Nick Loftin SS, they are saying he is Whit Merrifield like, versatile, great contact bat, low power.

Everyone was very high on him. His makeup is off the charts.

[KChiefs1]

I hope this documentary blows everyone away.

[KChiefs1]

SEC dominates again. It’s almost embarrassing for the other conferences.

[KC Hawks]

Moore says they considered Loftin at #4.

[cosmo20002]

Originally Posted by tk13

There's talk around baseball that once the 5-round MLB Draft is over, the Royals are in prime position to attract/sign top non-drafted players because of their decision not to cut Minor Leaguers or salaries. One agent told me: "KC knows how to treat players. They do it right."

— Jeffrey Flanagan (@FlannyMLB) June 10, 2020

So, guys that weren't good enough to be drafted will want to come here? The ability to sign "top non-drafted" players just doesn't seem that exciting.

[WhawhaWhat]

Royals GM on Asa Lacy right now in the post first round Zoom Press Conference... “His stuff is in the top 1% in the world right now.”

— Soren Petro (@SorenPetro) June 11, 2020

[Chiefspants]

Originally Posted by cosmo20002

So, guys that weren't good enough to be drafted will want to come here? The ability to sign "top non-drafted" players just doesn't seem that exciting.

Different deal this year with the reduced rounds in the draft.

[Mecca]

Originally Posted by cosmo20002

So, guys that weren't good enough to be drafted will want to come here? The ability to sign "top non-drafted" players just doesn't seem that exciting.

It means something when you go from 50 rounds to 5.

[duncan_idaho]

Originally Posted by cosmo20002

So, guys that weren't good enough to be drafted will want to come here? The ability to sign "top non-drafted" players just doesn't seem that exciting.

There are 1,050 players who normally would have been drafted who will not get drafted this year.

So yeah, picking up players out of that group is a big deal.

[BWillie]

Originally Posted by WhawhaWhat

They'll get started just in time for football to start when nobody is paying attention anymore except those dorks in St. Louis.

If it's going on during NBA season, I really won't pay attention to it, either.

[duncan_idaho]

After watching Lacy and reading some breakdowns of him, he's my new No. 1 pitching prospect in the system (slots just behind Bobby Witt Jr.).

He gets the nod for me because he has two plus pitches and two above average pitches. His FB-slider combo is superior to Daniel Lynch's, AND he has a better change and breaker.

He's a better prospect than Manaea. Can't believe 3 teams passed on a lefty with a perfect pitcher's build, great work ethic, understanding of mechanics and analytics, a top 1 percent fastball (compared to MLB in velocity and movement), a plus breaker, and a second, above-average breaker and above-average change.

That's a pretty exciting add.

I also am surprised they grabbed Loftin considering the guys that were available. He isn't an incredibly toolsy player, though he is a safe, high-floor, likely major leaguer.

That hasn't been the type of hitter they typically target, especially early.

[Mecca]

Originally Posted by BWillie

If it's going on during NBA season, I really won't pay attention to it, either.

Well yea, the Royals are dogshit. If they were good we'd all think differently.

[duncan_idaho]

Still think Arkansas product Casey Martin is someone KC would be interested in with its first pick today. Not sure he sticks at SS as a pro, but he's a toolsy bat with pop and a really high ceiling.

They've also been connected to HS lefty Dax Fulton, who is in the region (Oklahoma HS). He had Tommy John last fall.