Royals veteran Danny Duffy recognizes the signs, the buzz inside the organization, about what the future might hold. He has paid enough attention to know the impact of what may hit Kansas City in the next few seasons.
Duffy, the left-handed pitcher selected in the third round of baseball’s draft in 2007, looks at the young talent in the club’s farm system — highlighted by last year’s pitcher-heavy draft class — and gets the sense that a sequel is coming to the movie in which he once played a key role.
This time around, the Royals tabbed a trio of potential leading men in the first round of last June’s draft: 6-foot-5 right-hander Brady Singer of Florida; 6-4 Virginia lefty Daniel Lynch; and Singer’s former college teammate and 6-6 right-hander Jackson Kowar.