With the success, and the generally excitement, circling the Kansas City Royals this season, it may be easy to forget about the minor leagues. After all, given the Royals pugilistic exploits, strange magnetism to hurled spheroids and the best run differential in the majors, the Royals have certainly kept our attention.
It is certainly a far cry from the days when the Royals and their fanbase looked towards the minors waiting for their baseball saviors to appear. Instead of an often misplaced hope in tomorrow, that success is truly here. Now, the performance of each top prospect is not a matter of life or death – it is just a matter of having those next pieces to supplement the major league roster or to find the next young stud to build with.