Lesky’s Notes: Happy newb year
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Denny Medley-USA TODAY Sports
Ever since the Royals drafted all those college arms in the 2018 draft and hoped they were accelerating their rebuild, we’ve seen a lot of people compare this farm system to the one that was so great in 2011. We all know how that turned out, which was pretty well, but honestly a little disappointing in how fleeting the success was. Well either way, as we’re about to turn the calendar to 2021, we are about to enter the part of the rebuild where I believe we’ll begin to see a lot of players make their big league debuts. Think back to 2011 when we saw Eric Hosmer, Danny Duffy, Salvador Perez, Mike Moustakas, Tim Collins, Kelvin Herrera and a couple others. This upcoming season, while the big league depth is considerably better than that team featured, could look very similar with a lot of newbies taking the field for the Royals at various times throughout the season. And, as I’ve said quite a few