Bubba Up
The Royals decided to promote Bubba Starling to AA after a hot early April start for the Kansas centerfielder. It seems a tad early after just 12 games at the High A level this season, just a year after putting up a .218/.304/.338 line at Wilmington in 2014 but Starling does have seven multi-hit games among those 12. It’s obviously a small sample but Bubba may have a tough time sustaining his High A success if his 33% strikeout rate doesn’t improve.
I have been writing about Starling for five years when you consider his draft year in high school and while that seems like a long time it should be noted that at 22 years old he isn’t that far behind others.