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A week from tonight, after another several days of prognostications, predictions, and projections, the KC Royals will make their first selection in the 2021 amateur draft. Kansas City’s first round pick, the seventh overall, will come six slots after the Pirates, first on the clock because they posted the majors’ worst 2020 record, grab the top pick.
Who the Royals take with the first of their 21 choices won’t be known until it happens. And if you’re looking for a story projecting that pick, this isn’t it.
Instead, this is about a position Kansas City can, and should, ignore.