A Look at Early Stats From the Royals 2012 Draft Class

One of the better provisions in the new collective bargaining agreement called for the draft pick signing deadline to be moved up. Last year at this time, many potential Royals were still negotiating.

This year, with an earlier deadline, many draftees were signed quickly, and the Royals signed all but nine of their selections in the 2012 draft (and 28 of their top 30 picks), highlighted by Kyle Zimmer in the first round.

Most of this year’s draft picks have been assigned to short-season rookie leagues which are approaching the midway point in their seasons, so it seems like a good enough time to check in and see how the 2012 draft class has performed so far.

Some have done well – Zimmer just got promoted to Kane County, Colin Rodgers has been nearly unhittable and Kenny Diekroeger and Fred Ford are leading what is known as the “Burlington Bomb Squad”. Others are struggling in their first weeks as a pro player.

RD	POS	Player	AGE	LEVEL	STATS
1	RHP	Kyle Zimmer	20	Kane County	10 IP 13 K 0 BB 0.90 ERA
2	LHP	Sam Selman	21	Idaho Falls	26.1 IP 205 ERA 35/7 K/BB
3	LHP	Colin Rodgers	18	Burlington	24.2 IP 0.73 ERA 0.649 WHIP 12/7 K/BB
4	2B	Kenny Diekroeger	21	Burlington	.274/.324/.495 – 6 HR 102 PA
5	C	Chad Johnson	18	Arizona	.228/.413/.281 – 75 PA
6	RHP	Zachary Lovvorn	18	Arizona	22 IP, 15/14 K/BB 6.55 ERA
7	OF	Fred Ford	20	Burlington	.261/.391/.593 – 8 HR 110 PA
8	OF	Alfredo Escalera-Maldonado	17	Arizona	.316/.353/.354 – 85 PA
9	LHP	Daniel Stumpf	21	Burlington	13.2 IP 14/2 K/BB 1.98 ERA 0.805 WHIP
10	OF/1B	Alexis Rivera	18	Arizona	.433/.476/.567 – 7/8 SB 103 PA
11	RHP	Zeb Sneed	21	Idaho Falls	6.31 ERA 23/10 K/BB 25.2 IP
13	LHP	Hunter Haynes	18	Arizona	8.47 ERA 17/8 K/BB 1.706 WHIP 17 IP
14	C	Parker Morin	21	Idaho Falls	.292/.319/.438 – 94 PA
15	LHP	Dylan Sons	19	Arizona	6.88 ERA 2.412 WHIP 12/15 K/BB 17 IP
16	LHP	Austin Fairchild	18	Burlington	1 IP, 1 K 2 BB 2 ER
17	OF	Ariel Estades	18	Arizona	.240/.309/.340 – 4/5 SB 56 PA
19	RHP	Andrew Triggs	23	Kane County	19.1 IP 1.15 ERA 1.149 WHIP 18/4 K/BB (mostly at Kane County)
20	OF	Shane Halley	22	Not Assigned
21	LHP	Matthew Strahm	20	Idaho Falls	13.1 IP 24/8 K/BB 6.75 ERA 1.575 WHIP
22	RHP	Alec Mills	20	Idaho Falls	18.1 IP 3.93 ERA 1.473 WHIP 19/6 K/BB
23	RHP	Kevin Allen	21	Idaho Falls	14.2 IP 6.14 ERA 1.705 WHIP 13/5 K/BB
24	C	Beau Maggi	21	Burlington	.164/.378/.262 – 82 PA
25	LHP	Matt Tenuta	18	Arizona	19.2 IP 1.37 ERA 1.322 WHIP 13/9 K/BB
26	1B	Mark Donato	20	Arizona	.292/.337/.494 – 9 2B 95 PA
27	RHP	Ashton Goudeau	20	Arizona	14.2 IP 2.045 WHIP 6.14 ERA 19/9 K/BB
28	1B	Sam Bates	22	Idaho Falls	.222/.222/.444 – 18 PA
29	RHP	John Walter	21	Burlington	13 IP 19/5 K/BB 1.38 ERA 1.000 WHIP
30	OF	Ethan Chapman	22	Idaho Falls	.338/.393/.446 – 10 SB 5 3B 146 PA
32	LHP	Patrick Conroy	20	Burlington	27 IP 3.00 ERA 1.259 WHIP 21/8 K/BB
34	OF	Marsalis Holloway	19	Arizona	.125/.300/.125 – 10 PA
37	RHP	Jake Newberry	17	Arizona	7.1 IP 1 R 0ER 3/1 K/BB 0.682 WHIP

Kane County is the Royals Low A affiliate, all others are different Rookie League teams

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