Not as sure about the pitchers. Monty got lit up a little bit at NWA. Too much inconsisancy for me. I hope he repeats at least for half of 2011. Same for Lamb. His first few starts at AA (I was there for the first one) were shaky at best. But by the end of the season (I also got to see his seven innings of no-hit ball vs Springfield) he had found his groove. At 20, it wouldn’t hurt us to have him repeat. Duffy I haven’t got to see, but hope to next year. I could see all three of these guys in Omaha by the end of the year.

look at the twins as one example-they’ve got two MVPs, three REALLY good OF, a good DH, SS, and 2B and rotation depth to spare…one real weakness (3B).

compare that to a possible 2012 Royals team that needs help at 2B (Aviles), SS (Betancourt), CF (Maier) and RF (Miller? Blanco?), not to mention that Myers won’t be ready yet (i’ll predict 2014) and at least two of our starting pitchers will still be trying to find their way, and you can see that Royals 2012 might be a little better, but still not nearly good enough.

we still need more prospects and more impact-level prospects to really compete…i think you have to seriously consider dealing greinke and dejesus next year, and maybe even soria, and really just load up Rays style to get studs at nearly every position

fb, why don’t you like talking about the future team? It is really all there is to talk about with the Royals. After next year, this team is going to get very young and very inexpensive. There is no reason why they won’t be able to sign Greinke for 4 years at 60-70mil. Soria, Greinke, and Butler might be the only players making over the minimum if they do it right.

D.Robinson CF, Myers C, Hosmer RF, Moustakas 3B, Butler DH, C.Robinson 1B, Orlando LF, Giovatella 2B, Colon SS
Bench – Kila, Lough, Dyson, Aviles
Rotation – Montgomery, Greinke, Duffy, Lamb, Dwyer
Bullpen – Soria, Coleman, Hardy, Collins, Wood, Keating, Chapman

My understanding is that Myers pretty much played everywhere in high school (including pitcher) so he is going to be a work in progress at any position. Catching, obviously, is the hardest position to master, but there were some reports late this summer that Wil had shown improvement.

In my opinion, next summer is decision time for the Royals with regard to Myers’ major league position. It’s very possible his bat will be ready for the bigs by fall of 2011, so they’ll need to have decided on where he is going to play several months before that.

kyle, I think our first legit CF from the minor swill be derrick robinson, not eibner. Although he has a shot. I don’t know enough to say whether I think myers should or shouldn’t remain a catcher, I’d just like the decision to be made sooner than later.

I think that AAA next year will be a mixture of clint and hosmer at 1b. Although clint has been working on LF during the AA season. I don’t know if he can stick there, but I guess it’s possible.

2011 is still looking pretty sad, and even 2012 is going to be pretty weak. I was really hoping that Moustakas would be in KC no later than June next year, and Hosmer up by midseason. If Myers moves to the outfield, his bat will be ready by the start of 2012. There is no guarantee that any of them make it, let alone dominate when they first get called up. There will definitely be a learning curve once they are up, so might as well get it started sooner than later.

There is no need to rush into their service time if the team sucks, but it would be nice to see some new faces in KC sooner than later. I think Myers bat is the most advanced out the three, and Hosmer is right there. What do you do at 1B in AAA next year between C.Robinson and Hosmer?

Kila has hit .250/.345/.396 in September. its an improvement, and not completely terrible from essentially a rookie.