SURPRISE, Ariz. -- Can Rule 5 Draft pick and right-hander Sam McWilliams be the next Brad Keller for the Royals?
Club officials hope for a similar success story.
"There's certainly a lot of upside there," general manager Dayton Moore said of McWilliams.
Trying to match the success of Keller, a Rule 5 Draft pick from the previous offseason, will be a tall order for McWilliams. Keller wound up as the Royals' Pitcher of the Year in 2018.
But McWilliams comes with a similar resume. Like McWilliams, Keller had not risen about Double-A when the Royals selected him.