After what many considered a breakout season at the plate last season, Bubba Starling has pretty much crashed and burned in 2016. He recently turned 24 years old, and has been in the system for five season. But, Starling still continues to struggle at the plate.
He crashed from the no. 7 rated prospect in the KC Royals system before the season began on MLBPipeline.com all the way down to no. 28 in their mid-season update.
The good news for Starling, however, is that the Kansas City Royals scouting department hasn’t given up the former no.