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Kansas City Royals: Five underrated prospects in 2019

By Cody Rickman

CLEVELAND, OH - AUGUST 24: A glove and baseballs sit on the field before a game between the Kansas City Royals and the Cleveland Indians at Progressive Field on August 24, 2019 in Cleveland, Ohio. Teams are wearing special color schemed uniforms with players choosing nicknames to display for Players' Weekend. (Photo by Ron Schwane/Getty Images)
CLEVELAND, OH - AUGUST 24: A glove and baseballs sit on the field before a game between the Kansas City Royals and the Cleveland Indians at Progressive Field on August 24, 2019 in Cleveland, Ohio. Teams are wearing special color schemed uniforms with players choosing nicknames to display for Players' Weekend. (Photo by Ron Schwane/Getty Images) /
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Clay Dungan (23-years-old) – Second Base

  • Drafted in 9th round of 2019 amateur draft out of Indiana State
  • 2019 (Indiana State) – .305/.406/.481 with 10 2Bs, 3 3Bs, 9 HRs and 8/8 SBs in 243 ABs
  • 2019 (Rookie Idaho Falls) – .360/.428/.496 with 17 2Bs, 5 3Bs, 2 HRs and 9/10 SBs in 242 ABs

Clay Dungan is an interesting prospect who has the ability to make plus contact to all fields (gap power) and show plus speed on the base-paths. He is more of a finished product at his level and will need to reproduce his numbers as he climbs in the system.

He looks be an average defender at second base or might see a move to the outfield to expand his versatility. His approach at the plate allows him to make consistent good contact and he could be a candidate to be a .270 hitter with 40 extra base hits and 15 stolen bases for the Royals.

Logan Porter (24-years-old) – First Base

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  • Undrafted – Signed out of Dixie State College of Utah in 2018
  • 2019 (Rookie Burlington) – .352/.481/.648 with 14 2Bs, 1 3B, 9 HRs in 145 ABs

Undrafted coming out of Dixie State College of Utah where Logan Porter has put together two seasons of .300/480/.510, Porter has continued to hit in the Royals system. In both of his season with the Royals in the low Minors (2018 Rookie Arizona and his one game at AA Northwest Arkansas), Porter has put together a .336/.466/.575 slash line.

Porter is older than most of his peers, limited defensively, and limited on the base-paths, so the bat will have to do all of the heavy lifting if he wants to continue to climb in the system. Porter’s bat will be interesting to monitor as he faces more advanced pitching. If he continues his success he can make himself into a high on-base power hitting prospect.

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Honorable Mentions: 2B Michael Massey, P Jonah Dipoto, P Dante Biasi, and 1B Vinnie Pasquantino.

The book is never fully written on a prospects time in an organization this early in their career. Here’s to the hope these prospects can build on their 2019 seasons and continue on to develop into contributors to the big-league ball club.

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