Official Site of the Royals · Apr 5, 2018
Inbox: What does Royals' road map look like?
When is the Royals' rebuild going to start? I don't consider it a rebuild now, given Kansas City has one of the oldest rosters in MLB.
-- @KCDave85
That is a fair point. But the Royals believed it would be unfair to certain prospects, such as Hunter Dozier, to push them to the big leagues. The rebuild/development stage will take place, for the most part, in the Minors this season with players such as Dozier, Adalberto Mondesi, Frank Schwindel, Ryan O'Hearn and Foster Griffin getting valuable playing time at Triple-A Omaha. Meanwhile, there will be some development at the big league level with players such as Tim Hill, Brad Keller, Cheslor Cuthbert, Jorge Soler and eventually Jorge Bonifacio.