The Royals should rip a page out of the Chicago Cubs’ draft strategy

Apr 23 2018 by Royals Review

 

Not in tanking, but in strategy.

There is an acronym for a certain part of player development that gets converted into a gangly made-up word that nevertheless is terrifyingly potent. That word is ‘TINSTAAPP.’ There Is No Such Thing As A Pitching Prospect. TINSTAAPP. Essentially, TINSTAAPP refers to the unstable and unpredictable nature of pitching prospects.

Part of that is the utter insanity of the biomechanics required to fling a ball at 90+ miles per hour. Even a single...

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