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 Eric Hosmer would have fit in perfectly to the 1989 Royals…He could have played 1B/DH allowing the 36 year old George Brett some time at DH too. Pat Tabler could have been used as a bat off of the bench rather than as a every day player.
The Royals finished in 2nd that season and perhaps with the bat of Hosmer, Brett, Bo Jackson, and Danny Tartabull and the pitching of Bret Saberhagen, Mark Gubicza, and Flash Gordon the team might have returned to the playoffs for the first time since 1985.
Here is what the new line up would have looked like:
CF Willie Wilson
3B Kevin Seitzer
DH George Brett
LF Bo Jackson
1B Eric Hosmer
RF Danny Tartabull
C Bob Boone
2B Frank White
SS Kurt Stillwell
 By Jack Dempsey
AAA Omaha: Omaha Royals 6, Round Rock Express 2
Jarrod Dyson
Notable Performances:
CF Jarrod Dyson: 4-for-4, 2 R, RBI (19), BB, 2 SB (13) (.293) – Basically single-handedly displayed his upside Thursday, clipping two singles and stealing two bases.
3B Mike Moustakas: 1-for-4, R, HR (15), 2 RBI (47), BB (.296) – Chatsworth High School product has now drilled eight homers in as many games for Omaha.
LF Ed Lucas: 2-for-4, BB, SB (5) (.311) – Dartmouth University product not exactly familiar with the left-field territory. He won Ivy League Player of the Year in 2004.
RF Jordan Parraz: 2-for-4, R, 2B (.257) – Southern Nevada CC product is 25 years old. What will his role be throughout his major league career?
SP Luke Hochevar: 3 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 0 BB, 3 K (1.80) – Second rehab appearance, like the first, goes well. He has only allowed one earned run in five innings in AAA. He tossed 42 pitches, 28 strikes in this outing.
RP Edgar Osuna: 3 IP, 3 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 4 K (9.62) (W, 1-3) – First truly solid outing since August 11. He
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 For years the Royals have struggled to bring up quality latin american players from their minor league system. However, in recent years the Royals have put an emphasis on finding more latin american players and have done an especially good job in the country of Venezuela, finding prospects like Willian Avinazar.
Willian Avinazar, (whose name is not William, despite the numerous stories you can find on him that spell his name with an m) is a 6’4″ right handed pitcher who signed with the Royals in January 2008. After signing the Royals sent him to the Dominican Republic to pitch in the Dominican Summer League for the 2008 season.
Avinazar pitched very well in the DSL compiling a 2.37 ERA and 7.4 K/9 but when evaluating DSL players it’s often more important to look at how projectable they are and what they throw instead of how their numbers look. According to Burlington announcer Brian Boesch, ( Avinazar is a strike-thrower who throws in the low 90s with a very good 4-seam fastball and a couple of good off-speed pitches.)
The Venezuelan’s performance in the DSL started creating a little bit of a buzz and got him a few
Continue reading Minor League Profile RHP Willian Avinazar by Brad Mertel
 I think I am a creative person…But, I could not think of a better name than this…Since we plan on being around for awhile please suggest a better name…
The Butch Davis award to the best offensive player in the system goes to:
1) Eric Hosmer
2) Clint Robinson
3) Wil Myers
4) Mike Moustakas
5) Kila Ka’aihue
* The winner is Mike Moustakas
The Mike Jones organizational pitcher of the year award goes to:
1) Mike Montgomery
2) John Lamb
3) Everett Teaford
4) Chris Dwyer
5) Crawford Simmons
The winner is John Lamb
The Dan Quisenberry best season by a reliever award goes to:
1) Josh Rupe
2) Patrick Keating
3) Louis Coleman
4) Blaine Hardy
5) Barry Bowden
The winner is: Louis Coleman
The Jeff Bianchi 1st year MVP award (player had to be drafted or signed in 2010)
1) Murray Watts
2) Christian Colon
3) Michael Mariot
4) Chas Byrne
5) Robert Penny
The winner is Murray Watts
The AAA Ken Phelps offensive player of the year award:
Kila Ka’aihue
The AAA Jerry Cram pitcher of the
Continue reading The 2010 Royalsprospects.com award show
 The Royals signed amateur free agent Jose De Jesus out of Cidra, Puerto Rico in 1983. Jose was born 18 years prior in Brooklyn, New York but he eventually moved with his family to Puerto Rico where he played his high school ball (Luis Munoz Iglesias HS)
De Jesus was a tall, lean righty standing at 6’5 and weighing somewhere in the 165 range when he first signed to play pro baseball. His first year with the organization was with a very good Fort Myers team in 1985. In 26 starts he was 8-10 with a 4.65 e.r.a.
After the season the Blue Jays selected Jose in the rule 5 draft and brought him to spring training. He did not make the club and was returned to the Royals.
He went back to Fort Myers for a second year in 1986 going 4-9 with a 3.44 e.r.a in 22 starts.
In 1987 the Royals promoted Jose to AA Memphis where he played with several future big leaguers. He struggled with command that season walking 99 and only striking out 79 in 130 innings and finished with a 4-11 record and a 4.40 e.r.a
In 1988 Jose began the
Continue reading Royals minor league alumnus RHP Jose De Jesus
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