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2013 Kansas City Royals Top 16 Prospects

Posted on February 19, 2013 by mlbdirtstaff

The Kansas City Royals traded the likes of Wil Myers, Jake Odorizzi, and Mike Montgomery and still have one of the deepest farm systems in all of baseball. The system is loaded with high potential players in the low minors that get scouts’ attention.

Below are our top 16 prospects with 2013 opening day age, position, and comments on each player. Below the top 16 is a small list of additional notable names. Enjoy.

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Filed under: On the Farm - Prospects | Tagged: 2013 Top Prospects, Adalberto Mondesi, Alexis Rivera, Bryan Brickhouse, Bubba Starling, Cam Gallagher, Cheslor Cuthbert, Christian Colon, Elier Hernandez, Humberto Arteaga, Jason Adam, John Lamb, Jorge Bonifacio, Kansas City Royals, Kyle Smith, Kyle Zimmer, Miguel Almonte, Orlando Calixte, Prospects, Robinson Yambati, Sam Selman, Yordano Ventura | Leave a Comment »

2012 MLB Mock Draft: Final Edition

Posted on June 2, 2012 by Michael Schwartze

The MLB Draft is Monday and we are only a few days away. This is our final mock draft and we went all out for this one. Jonathan and I alternated picks as usual, me starting off with the Astros. Our other three mock drafts have been only the first round but this one we decided to do the supplemental too. Once we got going, we decided we’d keep going and do the second round too. Each pick has a report and our reasoning. I can’t wait till Monday comes and we see teams surprise everyone, going against all the mock drafts. Enjoy.
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Filed under: Draft Coverage, On the Farm - Prospects | Tagged: Albert Almora, Andrew Heaney, Byron Buxton, Carlos Correa, Carson Kelly, Chris Stratton, Clint Coulter, Courney Hawkins, D.J. Davis, David Dahl, Deven Marrero, Duane Underwood, Gavin Cecchini, Joey Gallo, Kevin Gausman, Kyle Zimmer, Lance McCullers, Lucas Giolito, Marcus Stroman, Mark Appel, Max Fried, Michael Wacha, Mike Zunino, MLB Draft, Pierce Johnson, Prospects, Richie Shaffer, Stephen Piscotty, Tanner Rahier, Ty Hensley, Victor Roache, Zach Eflin | 6 Comments »

2012 MLB Mock Draft: May Edition

Posted on May 22, 2012 by Michael Schwartze

The draft is under two weeks away and with that, we are really starting to get an idea of where players may be going and an idea of which players teams are interested in. This is our third mock draft and you can view the other two here. Look forward to a few more mocks as the draft approaches, including a mock of the supplemental round. Enjoy.

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Filed under: Draft Coverage | Tagged: Addison Russell, Albert Almora, Andrew Heaney, Byron Buxton, Carlos Correa, Carson Kelly, Chris Stratton, Clint Coulter, Courtney Hawkins, D.J. Davis, David Dahl, Deven Marrero, Gavin Cecchini, Joey Gallo, Kevin Gausman, Kyle Zimmer, Lance McCullers, Lucas Giolito, Marcus Stroman, Mark Appel, Matt Smoral, Max Fried, Michael Wacha, Mike Zunino, MLB Draft, Mock Draft, Nick Travieso, Richie Shaffer, Stephen Piscotty, Stryker Trahan, Ty Hensley, Victor Roache, Zach Eflin | 1 Comment »

2012 MLB Mock Draft: April Edition

Posted on April 16, 2012 by Michael Schwartze

The draft is getting closer and closer and its time for the second edition of our MLB Mock draft. We rolled out our first one in mid-March but a lot has changed since then. Players have seen their stocks rise while some have seen theirs really fall. Jonathan Mitchell and I have switched back and fourth taking picks and I kicked things off with the first pick. Enjoy.
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Filed under: Draft Coverage | Tagged: Addison Russell, Albert Almora, Andrew Heaney, Byron Buxton, Carlos Correa, Carson Kelly, Courtney Hawkins, David Dahl, Deven Marrero, Gavin Cecchini, Hunter Virant, Joey Gallo, Kevin Gausman, Kyle Zimmer, Lance McCullers, Lucas Giolito, Lucas Sims, Marcus Stroman, Mark Appel, Matt Smoral, Max Fried, Michael Wacha, Mike Zunino, MLB Draft, Nolan Fontana, Richie Shaffer, Stephen Piscotty, Stryker Trahan, Travis Jankowski, Walker Wei, Walker Weickel, Zach Eflin | 7 Comments »

2012 MLB Mock Draft: March Edition

Posted on March 12, 2012 by Michael Schwartze

College baseball is in full swing and high school baseball is getting underway. With that, it is time to start to looking towards that June draft more and more. Jonathan Mitchell and I have decided that we will be doing several mock drafts leading up to the draft and we would like to introduce the first of our MLB Draft mock drafts. It is still so early and so much could happen between now and the draft but we can still guess at where guys might go at this point. Jonathan and I alternated taking picks, providing some commentary on each pick as well. Here is the first addition of the MLB Dirt 2012 Mock Draft.

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Filed under: Draft Coverage, On the Farm - Prospects | Tagged: Addison Russell, Albert Almora, Brian Johnson, Byron Buxton, Carlos Correa, Chris Beck, Clate Schmidt, Courtney Hawkins, David Dahl, Deven Marrero, Gavin Cecchini, Hunter Virant, Joey Gallo, Kenny Diekroeger, Kevin Gausman, Kyle Zimmer, Lance McCullers, Lucas Giolito, Lucas Sims, Marcus Stroman, Mark Appel, Matt Smoral, Max Fried, Michael Wacha, Mike Zunino, MLB Draft, Mock Draft, Nick WIlliams, Nolan Fontana, Stephen Piscotty, Stryker Trahan, Trey Williams, Walker Weickel | 12 Comments »

Kyle Zimmer: The New 2012 Top Draft Prospect?

Posted on February 24, 2012 by Michael Schwartze

We are about a week into the college baseball season, but Universityof San Francisco RHP Kyle Zimmer has already made a huge jump on the draft boards. Baseball America wrote an article Thursday on the young man and they talked about how he ranked 28^th overall on their top 100 draft prospect list but he is now much higher on the list. The article even quoted some scouts that see Zimmer as a front-runner now as the first overall pick, a title that Stanford’s Mark Appel previously held.

You really have to be doing something right to jump up draft boards like that this early on in the season. Zimmer has only pitched in one game thus far, San Francisco’s season debut and he already has scouts raving about him. So why has Zimmer jumped up Draft boards so much? (more…)

Filed under: Draft Coverage, On the Farm - Prospects | Tagged: Kyle Zimmer, Mark Appel, MLB Draft, University of San Francisco | 2 Comments »

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