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Royalman Report 10/23/2011: Character Issues

Michael Engel — Mon, 24 Oct 2011 23:48:50 +0000

The Royalman Report, LIVE Sundays at 7 pm CST

There was quite a bit to discuss this week on the Royalman Report, and to help us cover everything, we welcomed Clint Scoles of Pinetar Press back as our guest in the third segment.

Clint had been down in Arizona observing Royals prospects in the instructional league as well as Arizona Fall League play. We discussed Christian Colon, Wil Myers, Yem Prades, Bubba Starling and more.

We also touched on a discussion about how much a player’s character might matter in scouting and drafting, as well as how age might play into such a discussion. We also talked about Johnny Giavotella‘s hip surgery and what it means down the line, what if the Royals made the World Series, what kind of moves might go on in Major League Baseball – in short, we talked about a little bit of everything.

Also there was a new Fake Ned Minute as well as an appearance by iPhone’s Siri. Sort of.

Next week, we have a special guest as Bob Kendrick, president of the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum, will join us to discuss the approaching celebration of Buck O’Neil’s 100th birthday.

Click the embedded player below to listen to this week’s show or you can download the mp3.

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Yasmani Grandal reports premature, Royals linked to Chris Sale

Wally Fish — Mon, 07 Jun 2010 15:48:37 +0000

If you are a Royals fan you are probably aware that the Kansas City Royals were reported to have a pre-draft deal in place to select University of Miami Catcher, Yasmani Grandal 4th overall. Plenty of Royals writers/bloggers subsequently came out in support of the selection of Grandal. Michael published a post on Saturday relaying the news and I took the opportunity (via the comments) to voice my skepticism of the report and question the wisdom of the pick. I’m not on the overflowing Grandal bandwagon, and if he is selected by the Royals I will probably dedicate an article recounting why that is.

Now it is Monday morning and it turns out that someone in the media reported rumor as fact. There is no deal done with Grandal. As it turns out, industry experts don’t even believe that Grandal is the Royals preferred choice assuming Harper, Machado, and Taillon are off the board when they pick.

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Fansided MLB Draft Live Chat

Michael Engel — Mon, 07 Jun 2010 03:43:57 +0000

With the excitement of tomorrow’s First-Year Player Draft, the Fansided network will be hosting a live chat during the first round, the first supplemental round, and beyond (because the only thing more fun than a draft is talking about the results of the draft).

Check in at CallToThePen.com about 3:15 pm CST for the link to the chat room. Then, starting at 5:15 pm CST, join myself, our MLB Director Wally Fish, and other columnists from the Fansided MLB Network to discuss the picks as they come in. The draft starts at 6:00 pm CST.

As Royals fans, you may want to pop in early to be sure to catch our pick at #4 overall. Reports have pointed to KC taking University of Miami catcher Yasmani Grandal, though nothing’s official until it’s announced. Others who may be selected are Manny Machado and Jameson Taillon (if they happen to slip), Drew Pomeranz and Chris Sale.

We’ll see tomorrow. Thankfully, though, with the presence of Mike Moustakas, Michael Montgomery, Eric Hosmer, John Lamb and others, whoever the Royals take this year won’t be the top prospect by default. Considering the strength of this year’s first-round options, that’s a good sign for the Royals farm system.

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Feeling a Draft

Michael Engel — Fri, 14 May 2010 20:40:41 +0000

We’re mere weeks away from the 2010 MLB Draft, and, like in recent years, Kansas City is at the front of the line. If done right, Carl Crawford, B.J. Upton, Delmon Young (who turned into Matt Garza and Jason Bartlett), David Price join your ranks and you go to the World Series. If done wrong, you’re the Royals of the 1990s.

Thankfully, this year there’s a good amount of talent loaded in the first round, so no matter who Kansas City selects, they should get a good prospect. But which direction should they go?
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Less than two months until the 2010 MLB Draft!

Wally Fish — Sun, 18 Apr 2010 16:29:13 +0000

Every Sunday, I write a draft related column over on Call to the Pen called Draft Currents. The first two columns focused on drafts of the past but with the 2010 NFL Draft mere days away, I have started to shift my focus to the upcoming MLB draft in June. To mark this transition, this week’s Draft Currents featured my first Call to the Pen 2010 MLB Mock Draft. I hope you will take a moment to head over and check it out. As it stands right now I see the stars aligning for the Royals to draft University of Mississippi LHP-Drew Pomeranz but a lot can change between now and June.

Here are links to two other recent mock drafts:

My MLB Draft.com

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Later tonight I should be revealing Kings of Kauffman prospect #6 so stay tuned for that, have a great Sunday, and don’t forget that Luke Hochevar and Carl Pavano face off at 1:10 today at Target Field!

(Wally Fish is the lead writer for Kings of Kauffman, Call to the Pen and is also FanSided’s MLB Director. You can keep up to date with all of his work by following him on Facebook, Twitter or by way of the Kings of Kauffman RSS feed.)