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What does the Royals’ college-heavy draft mean for the rebuild?

The Royals have concluded their draft, and we will see in the coming weeks how many of the 43 players - mostly college players - they end up signing. They will have just over $12.7 million to spend on the first ten rounds, the most in baseball, which will give them the ability to get most of their deals done.

I am reluctant to read too much from the draft, since I think most teams are just trying to draft the best player available on their board. But because the Royals went so overwhelmingly towards college players, it is almost impossible to draw some sort of inference from their behavior.