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Royals Sign Asa Lacy & Rest Of Draft Class

By Steve Adams and Jeff Todd | June 23, 2020 at 7:09pm CDT

7:09pm: Lacy signed for $6.67MM, Jim Callis of MLB.com tweets.

2:13pm: The Royals announced Tuesday that they’ve officially signed left-hander Asa Lacy. The former Texas A&M ace was the No. 4 overall pick in this year’s draft after compiling a career 2.07 ERA with 13.3 K/9 and 4.0 BB/9 in 152 total innings of college ball (21 starts, 21 relief appearances). He’s the highest pick to come to terms so far, and while his bonus figure wasn’t announced by the club, the No. 4 slot comes with a $6.664MM value.

The Kansas City organization didn’t stop there. It also added shortstop Nick Loftin on a $3MM bonus, Jim Callis of MLB.com reports on Twitter. That’s a far sight higher than the $2,257,300 allocation that came with the competitive balance round A selection with which he was chosen. Loftin decided to go pro rather than returning for another year at Baylor.

Righty Ben Hernandez, an Illinois high-schooler chosen in the second round, agreed to a $1.45MM bonus. (Via Callis; Twitter links.) That freed up nearly $400K to help cover the amount due to Loftin. The Royals also saved a bit on third-rounder Tyler Gentry, an outfielder out of the University of Alabama, who inked for $750K ($818,200 slot value). The Royals also agreed to as-yet-unreported bonuses with Christian Chamberlain, LHP, Oregon State (4th round) and Will Klein, RHP, Eastern Illinois (5th round).

The Royals also announced seven undrafted player signings, rounding out a widely heralded incoming class of amateur talent:

  • Saul Garza, C/1B, Louisiana State
  • John McMillon, RHP, Texas Tech
  • A.J. Block, LHP, Washington State
  • Tucker Bradley, OF, Georgia
  • Matt Schmidt, INF, Michigan
  • Kale Emshoff, C, Arkansas-Little Rock
  • Chase Wallace, RHP, Tennessee

While there’s plenty of promise from multiple new prospects, Lacy remains the crown jewel. He was the consensus top pitcher available, which made it rather surprising to see him fall to the Royals at the fourth selection. Virtually all draft pundits graded him as one of the three best prospects up for grabs in 2020.

The Royals will be especially excited with Lacy because of the team’s long-stated intention to engineer a quick rebuild. Having gone heavy on advanced college pitching prospects in recent drafts, with promising early returns, the K.C. club can now look forward to another fast-rising youngster. Lacy possesses and commands an impressive four-pitch arsenal and has already proven himself against top college competition.

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  1. justinwatry

    10 months ago

    He is gonna be the next Koufax.

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    • Manfredsajoke

      10 months ago

      He’s going to have to be to win games with the Royals.

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    • krillin89

      10 months ago

      Career cut short?

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      • johnrealtime

        10 months ago

        I think the royals would take a pitcher who has a HOF level career through age 30 and then needs TJS

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    • Daver520

      10 months ago

      Kimberly Koufax ?

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    • Francys08

      10 months ago

      My favorite player from the draft. He is going to be a special pitcher.

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      • All American Johnsonville Dogs

        10 months ago

        Or, he could turn into the next Danny Hultzen or Carlos Rodon.

        Definitely a special talent but let’s wait and see what he does in the bigs.

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    • DarkSide830

      10 months ago

      that’s very bold

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  2. Tiny

    10 months ago

    Pretty impressive what royals have done through draft in past couple seasons. Witt and a couple of these pitchers pan out and they can play small ball to be competitive in weak AL central. Well ran organization

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    • Ducey

      10 months ago

      Helps that they get extra charity compensations picks and extra international signing room

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    • Hard to walk with four balls

      10 months ago

      That is great except the Tigers loaded up on pitching while also showing that they will spend when the time is right in FA (something KC won’t so) and the White Sox aren’t going away anytime soon either. Your “weak” AL central isn’t going to be an easy path for the Royals.

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      • Tiny

        10 months ago

        Lolz……

        Yankees
        Boston
        Tampa
        Houston
        Oakland
        Angels

        Central is weak

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        • JDGoat

          10 months ago

          It is right now. Like they said though it won’t be when the Royals are ready to compete.

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        • SportsFan0000

          10 months ago

          AL Central is not so weak. Twins and Indians are loaded. White Sox are loaded with young talent coming off a long rebuild….Royals and Tigers have completely overhauled there farms systems and are stocking up with high end, young top talent drafting in the top 5..
          In a few years, the AL Central could be stronger than the AL East…

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        • kingkeg

          10 months ago

          The Indians are far from loaded and the Twins are simply signing everyone they can.

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      • JDC

        10 months ago

        Explain to me why you think the Royals won’t go in free agency and get players they need to get them into the playoffs ect??

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        • Hard to walk with four balls

          10 months ago

          JDC, when has that happened?

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        • JDC

          10 months ago

          How about all the trades they made to make their team better and a World Series team, like James Shields, Wade Davis, Ben Zobrist ect….along with signing Kendrys Morales, Edinson Volquez ect as free agents

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        • kingkeg

          10 months ago

          You ask “when has that happened” and you’ve obviously only seen one owner
          David Glass… You must not remember Ewing Kaufmann who spent very lavishly…

          David Glass is gone…

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      • toadm

        10 months ago

        The question with the Tigers is will they spend on anyone who will actually help them win a title. And the White Sox have ‘won’ every off season for the last decade. Every year I hear about how they are the team to beat in the Central, and every year they under perform.

        The Twins are legit, with a lot of talent all over the field. And Cleveland will seemingly always have great pitching..

        The Royals haven’t developed a frontline starter in a decade, so I don’t buy into that hype either. But I am going to need to see the Tigers and the Sox actually do something before I will believe that they are the future of baseball.

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        • Hard to walk with four balls

          10 months ago

          The Tigers signed Ivan Rodriguez, Kenny Rogers and Magglio Ordonez, Drafted Verlander, traded Andrew Miller for Cabrera, traded Granderson for Max Scherzer, traded to get Doug Fister, Traded to get David Price. They had a dying owner that traded the farm for almost a decade of contention. The Tigers have a loaded farm system and very low commitment to any contracts. They are primed.

          The White Sox are loaded with talent too. Giolito and Keuchel backed by Yasmani Grandal, Yoan Moncada, Jose Abreu, Tim Anderson, Eloy Jimenez, and Luis Robert. They have Andrew Vaughn coming and a deeper farm than KC.

          The Twins window is now and it’s going to close right after the Tribe.

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        • TLB2001

          10 months ago

          It’s technically true that the Royals haven’t developed a frontline starter in a while, but it’s a little unfair since nobody knows where Yordano Ventura would be right now.

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        • RoyalsFanAmongWolves

          10 months ago

          very true. ace’s death threw a terrible curve ball at the future. the unexpected tragedy forced signing a starter for the rotation to fill the gap left behind, that was just plain bad (jason hammel). Sometimes I wonder – if Ace had not died in january 2017, could the Royals have possibly made it to the wildcard that year? It might have affected draft picks in 2018 though. We probably would have still received the compensation picks for Cain and Hosmer but I’m not sure if we would’ve still had same pick. # in 2018 That we used for drafting Brady singer, If we had managed to make it to the wildcard regardless if we won or not.

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      • mick58kc

        10 months ago

        True. What they have been shown to do is trade highly regarded prospects to put together a championship squad. Rather than$.

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        • SportsFan0000

          10 months ago

          Tigers signed their share of free agents including Pudge Rodriguez, Magglio Ordonez, Prince Fielder etc…They have cash to sign a few FAs to put them over the top if need be..

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        • SportsFan0000

          10 months ago

          That philosophy has changed…with the death of Mike Illitch. Chris Illitch, Mike’s son, wants to grow a long term contender on the farm with some trades and FAs as the cherries on top. The Tigers farm is being flooded with great young talent. A pipleline is being established. Much of the Tigers talent will come from that pipeline.

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        • TLB2001

          10 months ago

          Also signing Price Fielde was a disaster. As a Royals fan I’m fine with them not signing nine figure deals just to say we did.

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        • Hard to walk with four balls

          10 months ago

          Prince Fielder played two years in Detroit… he played ALL 162 games both seasons and was an allstar both seasons. Detroit traded Prince away for Kinsler who was an allstar his first year with Detroit.

          Your “disaster” claim is suspect.

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    • Afk711

      10 months ago

      Theres nothing impressive about what they have done. Doesn’t make it bad either, but as a team thats so far away you just need to wait and see. Their drafting has been alright. The Royals need a mountain of talent to complete again and they just don’t have it yet. Small ball is not winning a thing in modern baseball.

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      • Tiny

        10 months ago

        They went to two WS in a row. When’s the last time any other central team did that ?

        Singer was the #1 prospect going into the preseason of that draft and they took 3 college pitchers who all pitched very well in debuts. And this draft was terrible as far as talent depth and they got high reviews. Not sure how you grade acquiring talent but royals been doing alright

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        • Afk711

          10 months ago

          .

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        • Afk711

          10 months ago

          Those WS teams are long gone. They have three top 100 prospects and one of them was the #2 overall pick. They have done nothing to impress yet. They don’t even have a top 3 farm in their own division.

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        • kingkeg

          10 months ago

          LOL…. Dozier, Mondesi, Perez, Merrifield, Soler, Junis, Keller… All guys recognized for talent or promising younger talent.

          Our lineup produces runs, most are in or just getting to their prime.

          When the arms get here.. Lynch, Singer, Bubic, Kowar, Lacy… All guys w/in a year of the Bigs… we will be dangerous.

          Witt, Pena, Lee, Isbel, Hicklen, Loftin… All w-in two years of making the jump. A few are blocked by younger talent already promoted.

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        • RoyalsFanAmongWolves

          10 months ago

          I’m looking forward to the day when the Royals have a “lethal” pitching rotation.

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    • SportsFan0000

      10 months ago

      AL Central is not so weak. Twins and Indians are loaded. White Sox are loaded with young talent coming off a long rebuild….Royals and Tigers have completely overhauled there farms systems and are stocking up with high end, young top talent drafting in the top 5..
      In a few years, the AL Central could be stronger than the AL East…

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  3. SportsFan0000

    10 months ago

    AL Central is not so weak. Twins and Indians are loaded. White Sox are loaded with young talent coming off a long rebuild….Royals and Tigers have completely overhauled there farms systems and are stocking up with high end, young top talent drafting in the top 5..
    In a few years, the AL Central could be stronger than the AL East…

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  4. nentwigs

    10 months ago

    Infielder M Schmidt is joining the Kansas City Royals !!

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