Royals 2023 draft day two open thread
Will the Royals continue to go with high school players?
The draft continues with rounds 3-10 today, beginning at 1 p.m. CT with coverage at MLB.com. Tomorrow the draft concludes with rounds 11-20, again beginning at 1 p.m. CT.
With the #8 pick, the Royals selected high school catcher Blake Mitchell out of Sinton High School in Texas. At pick #44 they chose high school right-handed pitcher Blake Wolters out of Mahomet-Seymour High School in central Illinois and at #66 they selected Louisiana-Lafayette outfielder Carson Roccaforte.
The Royals will have the fifth selection in each round, beginning with the #75 overall pick in round three. On day two is typically when you find out if teams worked out deals with players that dropped due to high bonus demands.
Here are the best players available on Kiley McDaniel’s draft list at ESPN.
32. Roch Cholowsky, SS, Hamilton (Ariz.) HS, UCLA commit
36. Jack Hurley, CF, Virginia Tech
39. Trent Caraway, 3B, JSerra Catholic (Calif.) HS, Oregon State commit
40. Drew Burress, CF, Houston County (Ga.) HS, Georgia Tech commit
46. Steven Echavarria, RHP, Millburn (N.J.) HS, Florida commit
55. Paul Wilson, LHP, Lake Ridge (Ore.) HS, Oregon State commit
59. Jace Bohrofen, RF, Arkansas
60. Juaron Watts-Brown, RHP, Oklahoma State
61. Cameron Johnson, LHP, IMG Academy (Fla.) HS, LSU commit
62. Michael Carico, C, Davidson