Ten years ago this week, the Royals made a decision that significantly changed Bubba Starling’s life. With the fifth selection in the June draft, the Royals, Starling, and advisor Scott Boras would start a cat and mouse game over the summer. The top high school hitting prospect was also a Nebraska football commit. Once the Royals made the selection of the local boy, Boras wisely knew that there was too much leverage against the Royals not to sign him. The super-agent would get the Royals to commit to a then franchise-record $7.5 million bonus, a club record that stood until Bobby Witt’s signing in 2019.
Ten years after being a top Royals pick, Bubba Starling is still grinding
