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Post by KC Royals Nation on Jun 29, 2008 16:40:30 GMT -6
As of this very minute, what would your Top 10 Royals prospect list look like? Also, this is important: Assume that all of our draft picks from this June's first-year player draft (Eric Hosmer and Tim Melville included) HAVE been signed. Here is Baseball America's Top 10 Royals prospects, issued before the 2008 season. On the bottom right of the main RN screen is the Top 25 Prospect List from The Royal Tower.Don't include Hochevar or Aviles, since they are already with the big club. --------------------------- Here is my list: 1. Eric Hosmer 2. Mike Moustakas 3. Daniel Cortes 4. Tim Melville 5. Carlos Rosa 6. Blake Wood 7. Daniel Duffy 8. Joe Dickerson 9. Tyler Sample 10. Chris Lubanski |
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Post by skillset on Jul 2, 2008 13:41:41 GMT -6
Here is my list: 1. Eric Hosmer 2. Mike Moustakas 3. Daniel Cortes 4. Tim Melville 5. Carlos Rosa 6. Blake Wood 7. Daniel Duffy 8. Joe Dickerson 9. Tyler Sample 10. Chris Lubanski Wow - no love for Mike Montgomery? He was arguably the best lefthander in the draft and was most definately the best HS LHP in the draft. I will post my list shortly but I do not think Lubanski would make my top 10 for sure, he just stuggles too much in making contact. |
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Post by gilgameche on Jul 2, 2008 19:49:28 GMT -6
1. Hosmer
2. Moustakas
3. Rosa
4. Melville
5. Cortes
6. Montgomery
7. Blake Wood
8. Tyler Sample
9. Daniel Duffy
10. Meier
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Post by KC Royals Nation on Jul 3, 2008 8:19:48 GMT -6
Here is my list: 1. Eric Hosmer 2. Mike Moustakas 3. Daniel Cortes 4. Tim Melville 5. Carlos Rosa 6. Blake Wood 7. Daniel Duffy 8. Joe Dickerson 9. Tyler Sample 10. Chris Lubanski Wow - no love for Mike Montgomery? He was arguably the best lefthander in the draft and was most definately the best HS LHP in the draft. I will post my list shortly but I do not think Lubanski would make my top 10 for sure, he just stuggles too much in making contact. Lubanski has fallen since the beginning of the season, and I'm probably among his most fervent supporters. He carries the extra baggage because he's a former first rounder, but think about it for a bit... He's 23 and he's made it to AAA after proving himself offensively at every level. He's always been slow to adjust, and his recent cold streak worries me, I admit....but I still think he's among the three or four best hitters in our organization. He definitely should have been protected last December. |
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Post by skillset on Jul 3, 2008 8:35:09 GMT -6
It's great that you still support him, but look at this: 2008 AAA: 227 AB, 79 SO. That striking out once every 2.87 times at bat. A contact rate that is this poor is about impossible to overcome. Thus he is hitting .238 so far. Yes he is 23 but he is in his 6th season. He was drafted as a speedy CF who was a triples machine perfectly suited for Kaufman Stadium. Now he is a semi-power hitting LF with slightly below-average speed and a high SO rate. I would take Hosmer, Moustakas, Costa, Maier, Giavotella, McFall, and Kaaihue as players with better hitting potential and this is an organization with very few bats developing on the farm.
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Post by skillset on Jul 3, 2008 9:16:42 GMT -6
Here is my current top 10 list (assuming we sign our draft picks)
1. Eric Hosmer
2. Mike Moustakas
3. Daniel Cortes
4. Tim Melville
5. Blake Wood
6. Carlos Rosa
7. Daniel Duffy
8. Mike Montomery
9. Daniel Gutierrez
10. Derek Robinson
I see our system as a top 8 and then several prospects that are close in the 9 to 15 range. I could easily see Pimentel, Sample, Giavotella, Maier, or Dickerson ranked at 9 or 10.
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Post by FanOfJoseAgain! on Jul 4, 2008 19:20:05 GMT -6
1. Moustakas
2. Hosmer
3. Cortes
4. Rosa
5. Melville
6. Duffy
7. Wood
8. Dickerson
9. Pimentel
10. Montgomery
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Post by skillset on Jul 9, 2008 16:55:11 GMT -6
Good to see you back posting JoseGuillenFan! Do you really see Pimentel as that high a rated prospect with his AA performance so far? Remember he was in High-A for about 2.5 years.
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