***Official 2021 Royals Season Repository Thread***

[ChiefsCountry]

For all things Royals for the new year.

Free Agent Signings:
Carlos Santana
Mike Minor
Michael Taylor
Ervin Santana

Top 10 Prospects:
1 Bobby Witt Jr., SS
2 Asa Lacy, LHP
3 Daniel Lynch, LHP
4 Jackson Kowar, RHP
5 Erick Pena, OF
6 Nick Loftin, SS
7 Kyle Isbel, OF
8 Khali Lee, OF
9 Jonathan Bowlan, RHP
10 Carlos Hernedez, RHP

[cabletech94]

Originally Posted by WhawhaWhat

You got that right!!!

[louie aguiar]

This team is so shitty at drafting. Looks like a horrible pick

[WhawhaWhat]

Frank Mozzicato was pick #34 on ESPN's mock draft.

Frank Mozzicato was listed as our No. 67 overall prospect in this #MLBDraft ��

— Prospects Live (@ProspectsLive) July 11, 2021

With the seventh overall pick, the @Royals select East Catholic (CT) left-hander Frank Mozzicato, No. 39 on the Top 250 Draft Prospects list.

Watch live: https://t.co/oDjcuCRhZe pic.twitter.com/C3wwukYCFR

— MLB Draft (@MLBDraft) July 11, 2021

[BigRed]

fangraphs scouting report

https://www.fangraphs.com/prospects/...mary?sort=-1,1

Full Report
It’s tough to measure the performance of Northeast prep players due to the level of competition, but Mozzicato certainly performed this spring, throwing a one-hit, 17-strikeout shutout in the state championship game and ending his year with a 49.2 inning scoreless streak. He’s good-frame, athletic southpaw with clean mechanics and while his fastball doesn’t light-up the radar guns at 90-92 mph, scouts are near universal in their projection of more velocity to come. His best pitch is a present plus curveball with heavy downward action that checks plenty of team’s analytical boxes. He’ll flash a rare changeup that should end up average. Mizzicato throws a lot of strikes, but like most prep arms, will need to learn how to command within the zone. He might need a bit more seasoning than other seven-figure high school pitchers, but provides middle-of-the-rotation upside.

[BigRed]

mlb pipeline scouting report

https://www.mlb.com/prospects/draft/

The best pitcher from Connecticut to sign out of high school was Carl Pavano, a 13th-round pick back in 1994. Charlie Morton is one of the best to sign in the top five rounds as a third-rounder in 2002. Mozzicato is an athletic lefty who jumped on the radar more this spring with a bit of a velocity jump to give him the chance to be the first prep arm from the Nutmeg State to go in the top five rounds since 2014.

Over the summer, Mozzicato’s fastball topped out at 91 and was below-average from a velocity standpoint, typically sitting in the upper-80s. After spending time working out at Cressey Sports Performance, he came out this spring throwing considerably harder, sitting around 91 mph and touching 93 mph consistently. His curveball is the selling point here, a plus breaker now with high spin.

The lefty has a changeup and while he doesn’t need it much at this level, there’s reason to believe from his athleticism and delivery that he’ll develop a solid offspeed pitch in time. He’s filled up the strike zone and been unhittable this spring with more and more attention from scouts, making one wonder if he’ll ever set foot on UConn’s campus.

[louie aguiar]

Lawlar, House, Rocker and Watson sitting there. SMH

[siberian khatru]

Take the talent that’s there. Don’t overthink it.

Moore should not be GM Friday.

[PHOG]

Originally Posted by louie aguiar

Lawlar, House, Rocker and Watson sitting there. SMH

Lawlar was gone the pick before, but still.

[Jerm]

Dayton Moore should go be the GM of the Raiders…

[louie aguiar]

Originally Posted by PHOG

Lawler was gone the pick before, but still.

Ok, my bad

[smithandrew051]

Did we just draft Tyson Jackson again?

[tk13]

You would have been laughed at 2 years ago if you predicted that Rocker would fall down the draft board and get passed up by multiple high school and college pitchers.

[KC Hawks]

ESPN’s draft guru Kiley McDaniel said this week, “some teams are talking about (Frank Mozzicato) in the middle of the first round. Some very respected evaluators are saying this guy is the second best high school pitcher in the draft.”
… We’ll find out tonight.

— Dom Amore (@AmoreCourant) July 11, 2021

[BigRed]

Dayton definitely went under slot, but this draft has depth into rounds 2-4 especially at the high school level. Interested to see who we take. Keep an eye on high school players who might have high signing demands

[ILChief]

That’s a Tyson Jackson style whiff