Jan/104
Royals Farm System Improving?
Posted by: Casey on January 28, 2010.
The Royals have four out of the top 50 prospects in baseball today, as ranked by MLB.com. That tied for first best out of any major club with the Rays and Rangers who also had four.
The four who made the list:
- Moustakas 3B – #32
- Myers C – #33
- Crow RHP – #41
- Montgomery LHP – #43
So you don’t see any of our guys up towards the top of the list but at least there are several on the list. You would also think Arguelles would be considered a top prospect.
While we have some prospects I’m still not that convinced that we are making drastic strides in our farm system. When I look at our Omaha squad, who from there is going to make a difference down the road? Or even the rest of the system? The majority of the Omaha team is older than most triple-a teams. Are we moving in the right direction? We won’t really be able to know until five years from now when we see what kind of results we are getting.
But at least we have some prospects.
Jul/091
This is getting ridiculous
Posted by: photogwingsfan on July 9, 2009.
When The Royals When the Kansas City Royals (36-48) took the field last night I assumed like most that they had an above than average chance of winning the game against Detroit. The Royals had their “10-J-Q-K-ACE” Zack Greinke on the mound against Lucas French, who was born in Salina, KS, which is home to an amazing burger joint called the Cozy Inn. French was looking for his first major league win and as we know obtained it with a 3-1 win.
Normally three runs are good enough for a pitcher to expect a win but not for the Royals pitching staff. The Royals have a team batting average of .252 (13th place of 14 A.L. teams), have hit only 73 homeruns (13th place of 14 A.L. teams) and have only 712 hits (which also puts them into 13th place out of 14 A.L. teams). I could go on about the boys in blue dismal batting statistics but the point is we don’t really have anyone on the team that scares an opposing team. Yes Billy Butler (.293/8/35) is having his best year so far in his short career but on any other team he would most likely be a nice role player.
My point is that we are still a few years away from having a realistic chance of playing with the big boys and hoping young players like Eric Hosmer ( Class A Burlington Bees) and Mike Moustakas (High Class A Wilmington Blue Rocks) help the team. We also have to hope that Trey Hillman and the coaching staff get their act together because right now the ship is sinking fast and I am not sure they have enough Mighty Putty Wood to fix the problem.
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