Gabriel Cancel was drafted in the seventh round of the 2015 MLB Draft and the Kansas City Royals’ 29th best prospect spent the entire season with Double-A NW Arkansas. Before we dive into his 2019 season, let’s give some perspective.
Cancel slashed 0.277/0.324/0.466 with 30 doubles, 2 triples, 14 home runs, and 49 RBI’s in 103 games for Single-A Lexington during the 2017 season. His problem has primarily been struggling with strikeouts. He had 99 of them that season.
Fast forward to 2018, and he struck out 91 times in 120 games, an improvement but still not great as his OPS continued to fall at each level since he put up an 0.