Another good day by the Royals affiliates going 6-1 on Saturday.  HR Roll Call Christian Colon (6) Justin Trapp (9) Bubba Starling (8)    Pine Tar Press Hitter of the Day Christian Colon 2-3 2b, HR, BB, 2 R, 2 RBI Pine Tar Press Pitcher of the Day Andy Ferguson 7 IP 5 H 1 R 1 ER 1 BB 6 K Pine Tar Press Rookie League Player of the Day Christian Binford 7 IP 3 H 1 R 1 ER 0 BB 7 K   Omaha Storm Chase ...

Royals affiliates went 3-2 Saturday evening.     HR Roll Call Wil Myers (28) Carlo Testa (11) Matt Fields (9) Jorge Bonifacio (8) Justin Trapp (7)     Pine Tar Press Hitter of the Day Matt Fields 2-3 HR, BB, 2 R, RBI  Pine Tar Press Pitcher of the Day Elisaul Pimentel 7 IP 4 H 2 R 2 ER 1 BB 7 K      Omaha Storm Chasers 7 Iowa Cubs 1  Jake Odorizzi was forced to battle through 6 innings g ...

A weekly list of the top performances in the Royals minor league system. We take in account age, level and experience in regard to these rankings.     #1 Brett Eibner .417/.500/.875  10-24 5-2b, 2 HR, 7 R, 7 RBI, 3/5 BB/K       #2 Cam Gallagher .417/.563/1.083  5-12  2-2b, 2 HR, 2 R, 3 RBI 4/0 BB/K         #3 Angel Baez 2-0 2 GS 12 IP 6 H 1 ER 1 BB 13 K   ...

Tough day for Royals affiliates winning just 2 games in 8 chances.  HR Roll Call Johnny Giavotella (6) Jose Bonilla (3) Matt Fields (3) Julio Aparicio (2) Diego Goris (2)   Pine Tar Press Hitter of the Day Johnny Giavotella 2-5 2b, HR, 3 RBI Pine Tar Press Pitcher of the Day Bryan Brickhouse 6 IP 1 H 1 R 0 ER 1 BB 6 K 10-1 GO-FO Pine Tar Press Rookie League Player of the Day Diego Goris 4-6 3 R HR 3 RB ...

A quarter of the way into the season and we've made some adjustments to our Top 40 prospects list after seeing players during instructs, spring training and regular season minor league games. Please respond with questions and comments.           #1 Wil Myers OF - Ya no brainer #2 Jake Odorizzi SP- dominant at AA has him moving ahead of others                                 #3 Bubba ...

I've been paying attention to the Royals minor leagues and the players in it for so long that I like a few other fans out there forget the ages of these guys sometime.  Mike Montgomery has been in the system since 2008 which by minor league standards can feel like a very long time but in baseball terms is pretty short.  By comparison look at the pitchers ahead of Montgomery in the most recent Top 100 by Bas ...

Major league baseball announced the amount each team is allotted for their 1st 10 rounds this year in the MLB Draft.  The Royals with 10 picks rank sixteenth in the amount of money allotted to them basically because other teams have more picks than them.  Kansas City will be allotted $6,101,500 for their first ten picks, this total is 5.3M less than they spent last season and over 8M less than they spent on ...

@ClintScoles Heading into last season it would have been a pretty simple proposition to line up an organizational depth chart at each position considering the Royals had the #1 farm system based primarily on the strength at the top. A year later with the graduation of 9 different prospects the organization looks much different but despite that large number of graduations the farm system was still rated the ...

@ClintScoles One of my favorite holidays arrived the other day when I received my 2012 Baseball America Handbook at my doorstep.  Every year I rip open the packaging and read as many reports as my eyes can take or until the sun rises whichever happens first while analyzing their reviews against my own personal thoughts.  Yes I know I'm just an amateur in the scouting game but I tend to believe I have a pret ...