It shouldn’t be a secret on how the Kansas City Royals are approaching their current rebuild. In the previous three drafts, general manager Dayton Moore has aggressively pursued college pitchers in hopes of molding one of the more dominant staffs in baseball for years to come. But what has gone quietly unnoticed is the development on one of the youngest teams in the organization’s system.
In 2019, the Dominican Summer League Royals won the first Dominican League title in club history. One of the members of the group, pitcher Luis De La Rosa, was a top arm despite being the second-youngest player on the team at 16 years old.