The 2022 MLB draft is still over three months away, but with the college baseball season just past its halfway point, now is as good a time as any to start looking at some potential draft prospects for the Royals. There are many big-time college hitters that the Royals could look at with the 9th pick of the draft, but I’d like to start today with a guy that you won’t see near the top of draft prospects lists: Ivan Melendez.
Melendez, also known as the “Hispanic Titanic”, is the first baseman for the University of Texas.