A whole slew of players will play baseball for another month at least
I'm a bit behind the curve on this one and didn't get to catch all the updates and full release until today, but the Royals have released their players going to "compete" in the instructional league this September and October. I say "compete" because there mostly spring training-esque games where players are just working on things, much like the Arizona Fall League can be, but they will play in live games.
The Royals instructional league plays in Surprise Arizona. Workouts begin September 15th and then games begin September 22nd to October 17th. This coincides relatively well with the mentioned Arizona Fall League which begins games 10 days earlier on October 7th.
Between the AFL and "instructs" a good majority of the Royals top 10 prospects, if not all, will play in some sort of baseball this fall. Names for the AFL, which includes Hunter Dozier, Bubba Starling, and Raul Mondesi, have been covered last week.
Royals advanced instructional team
Pitchers
RHP Kyle Zimmer
LHP Sean Manaea
LHP Kyle Bartsch
RHP Zach Lovvorn
RHP Jake Newberry
LHP Cody Reed
LHP Luis Rico
RHP Andrew Edwards
RHP Pedro Fernandez
RHP Glenn Sparkman
RHP Niklas Stephenson
RHP Matt Alvarez
RHP Daniel Stumpf
Catchers
Zane Evans
Chad Johnson
Cam Gallagher
Infielders
Mauricio Ramos
Frank Schwindel
Outfielders
Elier Hernandez
Alfredo Escalera
Dominique Taylor
Royals "regular" instructional team
Pitchers
RHP Evan Beal
RHP Scott Blewett
LHP Foster Griffin
LHP Dylan Sons
LHP Matt Strahm
LHP Cole Way
LHP Emmanuel Camacho
LHP Estarlin Cordero
RHP Torey Deshazier
LHP Austin Fairchild
RHP Kevin McCarthy
RHP Kevin Perez
RHP Julio Pinto
LHP Haynes Hunter
RHP Carter Hope
RHP Alberto Rodriguez
RHP Michael Jeffreys
RHP Yunior Marte
RHP Corey Ray
LHP Colin Rodgers
Catchers
Chase Vallot
Michael Arroyo
Mike Hill
Kyle Pollock
Melbrys Viloria
Pedro Gonzalez
Infielders
Brandon Dulin
Wander Franco
Ryan O'Hearn
Manny Olloque
Corey Toups
Ryan Dale
Ricky Aracena
Samir Duenez
Marten Gasparini
Outfielders
Leland Clemmons
Cristhian Vasquez
Amalani Fukofuka
Brandon Downes
Rudy Martin
Logan Moon
Robert Perhl
Lot of interesting guys on the list including:
Ryan O'Hearn - Pioneer League MVP slugger
Corey Toups - O'Hearn's college roommate and fringe prospect
Marten Gasparini - Italian wunderkind
Samir Duenez - bigger time IFA signing
Chase Vallot - raw power catcher
Cole Way - College punter turned reliever
Foster Griffin - first round pick
Scott Blewett - 2014 second rounder
Dominique Taylor - undersized guy who's moving up the ladder at a good pace
Elier Hernandez - big time IFA who's struggled
Ramon Torres - like Taylor, he's a sleeper prospect
Niklas Stephenson - started using weighted balls during practice and has seen a big velocity jump
Glenn Sparkman - enigma that has done well in pitcher friendly Wilmington but is relatively unknown
Also the rumor going around is that Zimmer will join the Arizona Fall League team soon after instructs have ended and then continue to pitch in one of the Caribbean Leagues.
Sean Manaea is reported to be used in two-four inning stints once a week during instructs.
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