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Recent news that Jonathan Bowlan, the KC Royals’ eighth best current prospect according to MLB Pipeline, was picked to vie for a spot on the U.S. Olympic team, provided further proof the Royals hit the pitching jackpot in the 2018 amateur draft. Bowlan, a second-round pick, joined Brady Singer, Kris Bubic, Jackson Kowar, Daniel Lynch, Austin Cox, Zach Haake, Tyler Gray and Jon Heasley as top-line hurlers included in the Royals’ impressive haul.
But Bowlan news then took a grim turn: as widely reported, the righthander will undergo Tommy John surgery sometime next week, ending his Olympic hopes and his 2021 season.