The future of the Royals and much of the franchise's leadership plays on four gigantic television screens. The organization's massive lift began inside this windowless room on Kauffman Stadium's sixth floor behind a locked door and up a flight of stairs from the Craft and Draft bar.
Lonnie Goldberg, the team's scouting director, is watching video of his top two picks when he's asked his thoughts as Brady Singer and then Jackson Kowar — two highly regarded right-handed pitchers from Florida — fell to the Royals' 18th and 33rd picks.
"(Shoot)," Royals scouting director Lonnie Goldberg said.