Following three days of drafting amateur baseball players from across the country, the Royals concluded the 2018 MLB Draft after their 43rd selection on Wednesday evening.
They began the process Monday, choosing college pitchers with all five of their day one picks, and followed the trend through most of the draft's 40 rounds.
All but five of the 26 pitchers they selected through 40 rounds were from the college ranks.
Given that the Royals have relied on pitching as currency in the past — prime trades ahead of the 2015 World Series championship packaged former college pitchers Brandon Finnegan and Sean Manaea in separate transactions, for instance — the philosophy was not too shocking.