Kansas City Royals: Eight bold predictions for 2020 season
By Cullen Jekel
Bold Prediction No. 7: A Royals Rookie Finishes Top-3 in Voting for Rookie of the Year
No, the Kansas City Royals don’t have the top farm system in the majors, but what they do have is an abundance of pitching that’s seemingly right around the corner. One could also find in the organization several speedsters who could only be an injury away from being called up to The Show.
How quickly will any of these prospects reach Kansas City? It depends on a couple of things, the most obvious being service time. Which, I’ll admit, makes sense.
Why would the Royals, or any team in the Royals situation (still rebuilding), waste a year of control to call up a promising youngster to play in a meaningless March and April? That doesn’t make sense.
Brady Singer's second #SpringTraining start was solid, as the #Royals' No. 2 prospect struck out one over two scoreless innings.
— MLB Pipeline (@MLBPipeline) March 6, 2020
Here's where the @Royals righty falls on the #MLB Top 100 Prospects list: https://t.co/0pmDEm9Fun pic.twitter.com/mIsivN3Eco
Still, the Royals would benefit from getting the likes of pitchers Brady Singer, Jackson Kowar, Kris Bubic, and/or Daniel Lynch to the Major Leagues to see what they’ve got. As far as batters, if there’s an injury in the outfield, give Kyle Isbel a shot. Dude’s exciting as hell.
Take one of those five names, put them in a hat, and then pull out a name. Whoever that is, he’s going to give the likes of Toronto’s Nate Pearson and Tampa Bay’s Brendan McKay a run for American League Rookie of the Year.