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Originally Posted by duncan_idaho
A AAAA guy is a AAAA guy. Whether he's a AAAA guy because his bat is a little short, or he's a AAAA guy because he doesn't have a position or he's a AAAA because he has power but strikes out too much or whatever.
The Royals do traditionally target guys who can run and play defense (part of that is the park. You can't exactly play guys in the corners who can't defend - look at how much of a liability Hunter Renfroe looks like). So their guys that don't quite make it fall into more of the same bucket.
I think they've changed up the approach a bit (Caglianone is not the type of player they have drafted in the past), so eventually we'll see the guys who aren't quite good enough change up their approach.
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Yeah I posted in last year's thread how happy I was they took Cags. It's a huge shift in priority, him vs Wetherholt. Past regimes take the other guy every time, but we went for upside, not floor. I don't agree on needing to prioritize defense. We have no idea if a player can out hit a lack of defense in the K because you have literally 0 players who even come close to that outcome. There has never been a player in my lifetime who couldn't play for the Royals because his defense wasn't good enough but he could hit. We gave up on Rooker immediately but I'd bet he would be fine if he hit for that power here.
Unfortunately we can't really say if this regime will truly make those changes going forward since we completely ignored hitters after Cags, unless you count a ninth round catcher and some late round fliers. Here's hoping next year is better.