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Originally Posted by Great Expectations
The last 7 high draft picks are:
Russell
Watson
Finnegan
Dozier
Zimmer
Bubba
Colon
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Actually, they are:
Pratto (17)
N/A (16)
Russell (15)
Watson (15)
Finnegan (14)
Griffin (14)
Chase Vallot (14)
Dozier (13)
Manaea (13)
That's actually 8 players. Two of them are awful, awful picks. Two of them were home run picks that helped secure a WS title and another AL pennant (Finnegan and Manaea). Several are still TBD (Dozier, Griffin, Pratto, Vallot).
I've said in the past I don't think the Royals adjusted well to the changes in the draft post 2011, with the hard slotting.
The 13, 14, 16, and 17 drafts are actually solid to really good when you look at them in context and complete. While it's easy to say "Look at the first round picks!" and get impatient with the results, that's not the way baseball works.
Looking back at the more recent draft, it actually gives me confidence they'll do well with the picks that are coming.