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With the draft looming on July 13, the mock drafts have begun in earnest. The Royals will be selecting with the #23 pick - their latest selection for a first pick since 2016, when they forfeited their first-round pick to sign free agent Ian Kennedy. Royals scouting director Brian Bridges is said to love prep bats (I should point out that Bridges selected just one prep bat last year - in the 18th round), so Baseball America links them to a prep bat - Georgia shortstop Daniel Pierce.

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Denny Medley-Imagn Images The Royals have been woeful offensively this year, averaging just 3.29 runs per game, worse than every other team except the Pirates. They have already been shut out eight times this year - matching their total for all of last season. But why are they so bad? Here are nine numbers that may explain a bit why they are so poor at putting runs on the board. 6.3 percentThe Royals never walk. Ever. It seems ingrained in the culture of this franchise.

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Kevin Jairaj-Imagn Images The Royals travel deep in the heart of Texas this week to visit the Rangers. For Bobby Witt Jr., it is a homecoming as he plays the team his dad spent 11 years pitching for. The younger Bobby came back to Texas last year for the All-Star Game, putting on a show in the Home Run Derby. But in nine career games at Globe Life Field, he has hit just .189.

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Jayne Kamin-Oncea-USA TODAY Sports thThis Week in the Minors is our weekly look at notable performances from all over the system, from big-name prospects and less-heralded guys alike. The mission is to answer this simple question: “Who had a good week?”The Storm Chasers have caught fire, sweeping their six-game set with Toledo, giving up just three runs in their last five games.

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Denny Medley-Imagn Images Matt Quatraro talks about why he pulled Noah Cameron on Sunday after five innings. “He was at 83 pitches and he is on regular rest,” Royals manager Matt Quatraro said. “He’s had a pretty good workload and they were right in the middle of their order, with three or four righties in a row. And we had a really rested bullpen of (John) Schreiber, (Angel) Zerpa, (Lucas) Erceg and (Carlos Estévez).”David Lesky thinks it may be time for a change at hitting coach.