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There have been some good draft classes in KC Royals history, but the 1971 haul probably takes the cake as the club’s all-time best.
The MLB Draft hasn’t always been kind to the KC Royals. Even after it won the World Series (both times), the club went back to the drawing board and failed to have the sustained success that would’ve come with a few good draft classes in a row. One of the major knocks on current general manager Dayton Moore is that while he watched his late-2000s classes develop, he failed to maintain the high reputation of the farm system during the MLB team’s contention.