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Sunday, March 19, 2006
top prospects: royals
the royals. the royals are fucked. sorry about the language. it's necessary though, to communicate the magnitude of the situation.
1. Alex Gordon
2. Billy Butler, of/3b
3. Justin Huber, 1b
4. Chris Lubanski, of
5. Jeff Bianchi, ss
6. Luis Cota, rhp
7. Chris McConnell, ss
8. Mitch Maier, of
9. Donnie Murphy, 2b
10. Shane Costa, of
they're never gonna win. their best player is david dejesus. i'm a big fan of david dejesus, but if he's your best player, you got problems.
don't fuck with dejesus.
Career Batting Statistics for Alex Gordon:
Year Team Lg. Age Org Lvl AAB W K HR 23 WAL CON POW AVG
2003 U. of Nebras NCAA 19 0 NCA 216 40 34 7 15 .156 .843 .121 .319
2004 U. of Nebras NCAA 20 0 NCA 215 57 34 18 23 .210 .842 .227 .365
2005 U. of Nebras NCAA 21 0 NCA 255 70 38 19 26 .215 .851 .253 .372
alex gordon won the golden spikes award last year. he was obviously a crusher.
Career Batting Statistics for Billy Butler:
Year Team Lg. Age Org Lvl AAB W K HR 23 WAL CON POW AVG
2004 Idaho Falls Pio 18 Kc Rk 263 61 63 10 25 .188 .760 .175 .373
2005 High Desert Cali 19 Kc A 382 48 80 25 32 .112 .791 .189 .348
2005 Wichita Tex 19 Kc AA 112 7 18 5 9 .059 .839 .149 .312
billy butler is young, and he's already made double-a. it looks like he'll have all the skills.
Career Batting Statistics for Justin Huber:
Year Team Lg. Age Org Lvl AAB W K HR 23 WAL CON POW AVG
2001 Kingsport App 19 Nym Rk 163 30 42 7 12 .155 .742 .157 .314
2001 St. Lucie FSL 19 Nym A 6 0 2 0 0 .000 .667 .000 .000
2002 St. Lucie FSL 20 Nym A 102 17 18 3 3 .143 .824 .071 .270
2002 Capital City SAL 20 Nym A 334 68 81 11 24 .169 .757 .138 .291
2003 St. Lucie FSL 21 Nym A 185 26 30 9 15 .123 .838 .155 .284
2003 Binghamton East 21 Nym AA 194 26 54 6 13 .118 .722 .136 .264
2004 St. Lucie FSL 22 Nym A 48 6 8 2 2 .111 .833 .100 .250
2004 Binghamton East 22 Nym AA 237 58 57 11 17 .197 .759 .156 .271
2004 Norfolk IL 22 Nym AAA 16 3 3 0 2 .158 .813 .154 .312
2005 Wichita Tex 23 Kc AA 340 56 70 16 25 .141 .794 .152 .343
2005 Omaha PCL 23 Kc AAA 113 18 33 7 7 .137 .708 .175 .274
2005 KC Royals AL 23 Kc MLB 79 6 20 0 3 .071 .747 .051 .218
huber has patience, which is a good indicator for improvement. he's gonna need some improvement to be effective in the bigs. he has trouble with contact. he has power, though.
Career Batting Statistics for Chris Lubanski:
Year Team Lg. Age Org Lvl AAB W K HR 23 WAL CON POW AVG
2003 Arizona Roya Ariz 18 Kc Rk 221 20 50 4 10 .083 .774 .082 .326
2004 Kane County Midw 19 Oak A 4 0 2 0 0 .000 .500 .000 .000
2004 Burlington Midw 19 Kc A 45 2 5 0 4 .043 .889 .100 .273
2005 High Desert Cali 20 Kc A 538 43 131 28 44 .074 .757 .177 .301
chris lubanski had 72 extra-base hits in a hitter's park. that's good, but not great, power. the question is can he develop contact.
Career Batting Statistics for Jeff Bianchi:
Year Team Lg. Age Org Lvl AAB W K HR 23 WAL CON POW AVG
2005 Arizona Roya Ariz 18 Kc Rk 103 19 22 6 11 .156 .786 .210 .408
jeff bianchi is young. young is good.
Career Pitching Statistics for Luis Cota:
Year Team Lg. Age Org Lvl IP H HR BB SO WAL CON HRP ERA
2004 Idaho Falls Pio 18 Kc Rk 48.0 61 5 21 40 .093 .805 .030 5.81
2005 Burlington Midw 20 Kc A 148.0 143 10 63 137 .097 .767 .022 4.01
luis cota didn't dominate in the midwest league. he'll have to improve if he's gonna make it.
Career Batting Statistics for Chris McConnell:
Year Team Lg. Age Org Lvl AAB W K HR 23 WAL CON POW AVG
2004 Arizona Roya Ariz 18 Kc Rk 125 18 19 3 5 .126 .848 .075 .339
2005 Idaho Falls Pio 19 Kc Rk 282 38 34 6 25 .119 .879 .125 .331
those are good numbers in the rookie league. chris mcconnell is young.
Career Batting Statistics for Mitch Maier:
Year Team Lg. Age Org Lvl AAB W K HR 23 WAL CON POW AVG
2001 U. of Toledo NCAA 19 0 NCA 163 13 23 3 12 .074 .859 .107 .444
2002 U. of Toledo NCAA 20 0 NCA 222 25 25 14 18 .101 .887 .162 .362
2003 U. of Toledo NCAA 21 0 NCA 199 37 9 9 18 .157 .955 .142 .448
2003 Arizona Roya Ariz 21 Kc Rk 206 20 25 2 20 .088 .879 .122 .350
2004 Wilmington Caro 22 Kc A 172 17 29 3 11 .090 .831 .098 .259
2004 Burlington Midw 22 Kc A 318 27 51 4 27 .078 .840 .116 .300
2005 High Desert Cali 23 Kc A 214 13 43 8 27 .057 .799 .205 .336
2005 Wichita Tex 23 Kc AA 325 17 47 7 26 .050 .855 .119 .255
mitch maier showed contact and power last year, but he's getting a little old. he destroyed the ball at toledo.
Career Batting Statistics for Donnie Murphy:
Year Team Lg. Age Org Lvl AAB W K HR 23 WAL CON POW AVG
2002 Burlington Midw 19 Kc A 125 15 31 0 9 .107 .752 .096 .225
2002 Spokane Nwes 19 Kc A 109 9 17 0 12 .076 .844 .130 .303
2003 Burlington Midw 20 Kc A 511 74 78 5 35 .126 .847 .092 .313
2004 Wilmington Caro 21 Kc A 487 54 95 10 36 .100 .805 .117 .255
2004 KC Royals AL 21 Kc MLB 27 0 7 0 3 .000 .741 .150 .185
2005 Wichita Tex 22 Kc AA 215 17 32 10 14 .073 .851 .131 .313
2005 KC Royals AL 22 Kc MLB 78 9 23 1 5 .103 .705 .109 .156
donnie murphy has shown balanced hitting skills. combine that with the fact that he plays middle infield, and he's a solid prospect.
Career Batting Statistics for Shane Costa:
Year Team Lg. Age Org Lvl AAB W K HR 23 WAL CON POW AVG
2001 California S NCAA 19 0 NCA 129 17 12 0 14 .116 .907 .120 .380
2002 California S NCAA 20 0 NCA 234 43 18 4 29 .155 .923 .153 .365
2003 California S NCAA 21 0 NCA 273 35 26 5 31 .114 .905 .146 .374
2003 Arizona Roya Ariz 21 Kc Rk 89 10 7 1 10 .101 .921 .134 .386
2003 Wilmington Caro 21 Kc A 7 3 1 0 1 .300 .857 .167 .143
2004 Wilmington Caro 22 Kc A 449 43 43 7 24 .087 .904 .076 .307
2005 Wichita Tex 23 Kc AA 283 32 23 8 20 .102 .919 .108 .282
2005 Omaha PCL 23 Kc AAA 16 0 1 0 1 .000 .938 .067 .188
2005 KC Royals AL 23 Kc MLB 81 6 11 2 2 .069 .864 .057 .235
shane costa makes great contact. he just needs a little power.
the royals have one great prospect, alex gordon, one good prospect, billy butler, and a lot of decent prospects. most of the guys on the list have legitimate shots at the majors. but it doesn't matter. there's no way they'll be good enough to contend anywhere in the foreseeable future.
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