It’s no secret that the Kansas City Royals have been less than stellar when it comes to developing their own starting pitchers. Drafting and developing starting pitchers is arguably the hardest part of running a farm system, and can often times be a crapshoot. A combination of bad luck and bad philosophy has plagued the Royals over the last decade or so, but some of that luck may be beginning to take a turn in the Royals favor.
A while back, I wrote an article for RoyalsFarmReport.com detailing which organizations had the most success when it comes to developing starting pitching.