Royals fans were treated to a Sunday gem by Daniel Lynch, their top pitching prospect, and they have been monitoring the work of top prospects Bobby Witt, Jr., Nick Pratto, and MJ Melendez. Royals fans expected that coming into the season. One thing that even the most loyal fan probably didn’t expect was a second baseman mashing his way onto future Royals prospect lists.
Coming into 2021, neither Baseball America nor MLB Pipeline ranked 2019 draftee Michael Massey in their top 30 prospects. Some of this was with good reason, many hadn’t seen much of him since a back injury limited his skills somewhat at Illinois and pushed him to the fourth round.