List of Kansas City Royals first-round draft picks explained

The Kansas City Royals are a Major League Baseball franchise based in Kansas City, Missouri. The franchise, founded in 1969, plays in the American League Central division.^[1] Since the institution of Major League Baseball's Rule 4 Draft, the Royals have selected 57 players in the first round. Officially known as the "First-Year Player Draft", the Rule 4 Draft is Major League Baseball's primary mechanism for assigning amateur players from high schools, colleges, and other amateur baseball clubs to its franchises. The draft order is determined based on the previous season's standings with the team that had the worst record receiving the first pick.^[2] In addition, teams that lost free agents in the previous off-season may be awarded compensatory or supplementary picks.^[3] The First-Year Player Draft is unrelated to the 1968 expansion draft in which the Royals initially filled their roster.

Of the 57 players first-round draft picks, 31 have been pitchers, the most of any position; 20 of these were right-handed, while 11 were left-handed. Twelve outfielders were selected, and eight shortstops, three catchers, and two third basemen were taken. The team also selected one player at first base, but has never drafted a second baseman.^[4] Fifteen of the players came from institutions in the state of California, while Florida and Texas follow with seven players each. The Royals have drafted two players, Luke Hochevar (2006) and Aaron Crow (2009), who were playing in the American Association of Independent Professional Baseball at the time of their draft.^{[5] [6]} Both had been drafted previously by other major league teams but had chosen to play for the Fort Worth Cats instead.^{[5] [6]} They have also drafted one player from Puerto Rico: Juan Lebron (1995).

Seven of their first-round picks have won World Series championships with the team. Outfielder Willie Wilson (1974) and shortstop Buddy Biancalana (1978) appeared during the Royals' 1985 World Series victory,^[7] while Alex Gordon (2005), Luke Hochevar (2006), Mike Moustakas (2007), Eric Hosmer (2008) and Christian Colón (2010) were all part of the winning team in the 2015 World Series.^[8] Zack Greinke (2002) is the only first-round pick of the Royals to earn a Cy Young Award with the team, winning in 2009.^[9] Royals' first-round picks have never won Rookie of the Year or Most Valuable Player awards, and no pick has been elected to the Hall of Fame. The Royals have made seven selections in the supplemental round of the draft. They have made the first overall selection in the draft once, in 2006.^{[4] [10]} The club has had 13 compensatory picks since the institution of the First-Year Player Draft in 1965. These additional picks are provided when a team loses a particularly valuable free agent in the prior off-season,^{[3] [11]} or, more recently, if a team fails to sign a draft pick from the previous year.^[12] The Royals' first-ever pick, John Simmons (1969), did not sign with the club but they received no compensatory pick.^[13]

Key

Year	Links to an article about that year's Major League Baseball Draft
Position	Indicates the secondary/collegiate position at which the player was drafted, rather than the professional position the player may have gone on to play
Organization (Location)	Indicates the previous high school, university, or other organization the player was drafted from
Pick	Indicates the number of the pick
	Player did not sign with the Royals
§	Indicates a supplemental pick
'85	Player was a member of Royals' 1985 championship team
'15	Player was a member of Royals' 2015 championship team

Picks

Year	Name	Position	Organization (Location)	Pick	Ref
1969		Shortstop	Childersburg High School (Childersburg, Alabama)	23	^[14]
1970		Catcher	Pine Tree High School (Longview, Texas)		^[15]
1971		Right-handed pitcher	Beaumont High School (St. Louis, Missouri)		^[16]
1972	'85	Shortstop	St. Paul High School (Whittier, California)	18	^[17]
1973		Right-handed pitcher	San Ramon Valley High School (Danville, California)		^[18]
1974	'85	Outfielder	Summit High School (Summit, New Jersey)	15	^[19]
1975		Outfielder	Merritt Island High School (Merritt Island, Florida)		^[20]
1976		Right-handed pitcher	Hialeah High School (Hialeah, Florida)	18	^[21]
1977		Left-handed pitcher	Sunderland High School (Pittsford, New York)	21	^[22]
1978	'85	Shortstop	Redwood High School (Greenbrae, California)	25	^[23]
1979		Left-handed pitcher	East Tennessee State University (Johnson City, Tennessee)	21	^[24]
1980		Right-handed pitcher	Tulane University (New Orleans, Louisiana)	16	^[25]
1981		Outfielder	University of Southern California (Los Angeles, California)	23	^[26]
1982		Outfielder	Seton Hall University (South Orange, New Jersey)	10	^[27]
1983		Outfielder	North Central High School (Indianapolis, Indiana)	21	^[28]
1984		Right-handed pitcher	University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (Chapel Hill, North Carolina)	16	^[29]
1985		Shortstop	Manatee High School (Bradenton, Florida)	17	^[30]
1986		Shortstop	Don Antonio Lugo High School (Chino, California)	24	^[31]
1987		Right-handed pitcher	Antelope Valley College (Lancaster, California)		^[32]
1988		Outfielder	Jacksonville High School (Jacksonville, Arkansas)	18	^[33]
1989		Catcher	California State University, Fullerton (Fullerton, California)	13	^[34]
1990
1991		Outfielder	University of Alabama (Tuscaloosa, Alabama)		^[35]
1991		Right-handed pitcher	Rockingham County High School (Wentworth, North Carolina)	30^§
1992		Shortstop	Longwood College (Farmville, Virginia)	10	^[36]
1992		Right-handed pitcher	DuBois Area High School (DuBois, Pennsylvania)	17
1992		Right-handed pitcher	Purdue University (West Lafayette, Indiana)	31^§
1992		Outfielder	Dr. Phillips High School (Orlando, Florida)	35^§
1993		Left-handed pitcher	Texas A&M University (College Station, Texas)		^[37]
1994		Left-handed pitcher	Grants Pass High School (Grants Pass, Oregon)	16	^[38]
1995		Outfielder	Carmen Bozello Huyke High School (Arroyo, Puerto Rico)	22	^[39]
1996		Outfielder	Marlboro Central High School (Marlboro, New York)	14
1997		Right-handed pitcher	University of the Pacific (Stockton, California)		^[40]
1998		Right-handed pitcher	Stanford University (Stanford, California)		^[41]
1998		Right-handed pitcher	Virginia Commonwealth University (Richmond, Virginia)	30
1998		Left-handed pitcher	Klein High School (Spring, Texas)	31^§
1999		Right-handed pitcher	University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (Chapel Hill, North Carolina)		^[42]
1999		Right-handed pitcher	Wake Forest University (Winston-Salem, North Carolina)	25
1999		Right-handed pitcher	Pepperdine University (Malibu, California)	32^§
1999		Left-handed pitcher	John S. Battle High School (Bristol, Virginia)	43^§
2000		Left-handed pitcher	Centennial High School (Corona, California)		^[43]
2001		Right-handed pitcher	Marshall High School (Marshall, Texas)		^[44]
2002		Right-handed pitcher	Apopka High School (Apopka, Florida)		^[45]
2003		Outfielder	Kennedy–Kenrick Catholic High School (Norristown, Pennsylvania)		^[46]
2003		Catcher	University of Toledo (Toledo, Ohio)	30
2004		Third baseman	Wolfson High School (Jacksonville, Florida)	14	^[47]
2004		Left-handed pitcher	University of South Carolina (Columbia, South Carolina)	29
2004		Left-handed pitcher	University of Texas at Austin (Austin, Texas)	31^§
2005	'15	Third baseman	University of Nebraska–Lincoln (Lincoln, Nebraska)		^[48]
2006	'15	Right-handed pitcher	Fort Worth Cats (Fort Worth, Texas)		^[49]
2007	'15	Shortstop	Chatsworth High School (Chatsworth, California)		^[50]
2008	'15	First baseman	American Heritage School (Plantation, Florida)		^[51]
2008		Left-handed pitcher	Hart High School (Newhall, California)	36
2009		Right-handed pitcher	Fort Worth Cats (Fort Worth, Texas)	12	^[52]
2010	'15	Shortstop	California State University, Fullerton (Fullerton, California)	4	^[53]
2011		Outfielder	Gardner Edgerton High School (Gardner, Kansas)	5	^[54]
2012		Right-handed pitcher	University of San Francisco (San Francisco, California)	5	^[55]
2013		Shortstop	Stephen F. Austin State University (Nacogdoches, Texas)	8	^[56]
2013		Left-handed pitcher	Indiana State University (Terre Haute, Indiana)	34^§
2014		Left-handed pitcher	Texas Christian University (Fort Worth, TX)	17	^[57]
2014		Left-handed pitcher	The First Academy (Orlando, Florida)	28^§
2014		catcher	St. Thomas More High School (Lafayette, Louisiana)	40^§
2015		Right-handed pitcher	Cathedral High School (Indianapolis, Indiana)	21	^[58]
2015		Right-handed pitcher	Lawrence North High School (Indianapolis, Indiana)	33^§
2016					N/A
2017	Nick Pratto	First baseman	Huntington Beach High School(Huntington Beach, California)	14	^[59]
2018	Brady Singer	Right-handed pitcher	University of Florida(Gainesville, Florida)	18	^[60]
2018	Jackson Kowar	Right-handed pitcher	University of Florida (Gainesville, Florida)	33^§	^[61]
2018	Daniel Lynch	Left-handed pitcher	University of Virginia (Charlottesville, Virginia)	34^§
2019	Bobby Witt Jr.	Shortstop	Colleyville Heritage High School(Colleyville, Texas)	2
2020	Asa Lacy	Left-handed pitcher	Texas A&M University(College Station, Texas)	4
2021	Frank Mozzicato	Left-handed pitcher	East Catholic High School(Manchester, Connecticut)	7
2022	Gavin Cross	Outfielder	Virginia Tech(Blacksburg, Virginia)	9	^[62]
2023	Blake Mitchell	Catcher	Sinton High School(Sinton, Texas)	8
2024	Jac Caglianone	Left-handed pitcher / First baseman	University of Florida(Gainesville, Florida)	6

See also

• Kansas City Royals minor league players

Footnotes

• Through the 2012 draft, free agents were evaluated by the Elias Sports Bureau and rated "Type A", "Type B", or not compensation-eligible. If a team offered arbitration to a player but that player refused and subsequently signed with another team, the original team was able to receive additional draft picks. If a "Type A" free agent left in this way, his previous team received a supplemental pick and a compensatory pick from the team with which he signed. If a "Type B" free agent left in this way, his previous team received only a supplemental pick.^[12] Since the 2013 draft, free agents are no longer classified by type; instead, compensatory picks are only awarded if the team offered its free agent a contract worth at least the average of the 125 current richest MLB contracts.^[63] However, if the free agent's last team acquired the player in a trade during the last year of his contract, it is ineligible to receive compensatory picks for that player.^[64]
• The Royals lost their first-round pick in 1990 to the San Diego Padres as compensation for signing free agent Mark Davis.^[65]
• The Royals gained a supplemental first-round pick in 1991 for losing free agent Steve Farr.^[35]
• The Royals gained a compensatory first-round pick in 1992 from the San Diego Padres for losing free agent Kurt Stillwell.^[36]
• The Royals gained a supplemental first-round pick in 1992 for losing free agent Danny Tartabull.^[36]
• The Royals gained a supplemental first-round pick in 1992 for losing free agent Kurt Stillwell.^[36]
• The Royals gained a compensatory first-round pick in 1998 from the Arizona Diamondbacks for losing free agent Jay Bell.^[41]
• The Royals gained a supplemental first-round pick in 1998 for losing free agent Jay Bell.^[41]
• The Royals gained a compensatory first-round pick in 1999 from the Boston Red Sox for losing free agent José Offerman.^[42]
• The Royals gained a supplemental first-round pick in 1999 for losing free agent José Offerman.^[42]
• The Royals gained a supplemental first-round pick in 1999 for losing free agent Dean Palmer.^[42]
• The Royals gained a compensatory first-round pick in 2003 from the Atlanta Braves for losing free agent Paul Byrd.^[46]
• The Royals gained a compensatory first-round pick in 2004 from the San Francisco Giants for losing free agent Michael Tucker.^[47]
• The Royals gained a supplemental first-round pick in 2004 for losing free agent Raúl Ibañez.^[47]
• The Royals gained a compensatory first-round pick in 2008 from the Milwaukee Brewers for losing free agent David Riske.^[66]
• The Royals gained an extra first-round pick in 2013 as a result of the 2012 Competitive Balance Lottery.^[67]

References

General references

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In-text citations

Notes and References

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17. Web site: 1st Round of the 1972 June Draft. Baseball-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. January 10, 2010. February 18, 2009. https://web.archive.org/web/20090218225524/http://www.baseball-reference.com/draft/index.cgi?year_ID=1972&round=1&draft_type=junreg. live.
18. Web site: 1st Round of the 1973 June Draft. Baseball-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. January 10, 2010. February 18, 2009. https://web.archive.org/web/20090218225529/http://www.baseball-reference.com/draft/index.cgi?year_ID=1973&round=1&draft_type=junreg. live.
19. Web site: 1st Round of the 1974 June Draft. Baseball-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. January 10, 2010. February 18, 2009. https://web.archive.org/web/20090218225534/http://www.baseball-reference.com/draft/index.cgi?year_ID=1974&round=1&draft_type=junreg. live.
20. Web site: 1st Round of the 1975 June Draft. Baseball-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. January 10, 2010. February 18, 2009. https://web.archive.org/web/20090218224709/http://www.baseball-reference.com/draft/index.cgi?year_ID=1975&round=1&draft_type=junreg. live.
21. Web site: 1st Round of the 1976 June Draft. Baseball-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. January 10, 2010. February 18, 2009. https://web.archive.org/web/20090218225540/http://www.baseball-reference.com/draft/index.cgi?year_ID=1976&round=1&draft_type=junreg. live.
22. Web site: 1st Round of the 1977 June Draft. Baseball-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. January 10, 2010. February 18, 2009. https://web.archive.org/web/20090218224714/http://www.baseball-reference.com/draft/index.cgi?year_ID=1977&round=1&draft_type=junreg. live.
23. Web site: 1st Round of the 1978 June Draft. Baseball-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. January 10, 2010. February 18, 2009. https://web.archive.org/web/20090218224719/http://www.baseball-reference.com/draft/index.cgi?year_ID=1978&round=1&draft_type=junreg. live.
24. Web site: 1st Round of the 1979 June Draft. Baseball-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. January 10, 2010. June 29, 2011. https://web.archive.org/web/20110629051538/http://www.baseball-reference.com/draft/index.cgi?round=1&year_ID=1979&draft_type=junreg. live.
25. Web site: 1st Round of the 1980 June Draft. Baseball-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. January 10, 2010. June 29, 2011. https://web.archive.org/web/20110629082324/http://www.baseball-reference.com/draft/index.cgi?round=1&year_ID=1980&draft_type=junreg. live.
26. Web site: 1st Round of the 1981 June Draft. Baseball-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. January 10, 2010. February 18, 2009. https://web.archive.org/web/20090218225550/http://www.baseball-reference.com/draft/index.cgi?year_ID=1981&round=1&draft_type=junreg. live.
27. Web site: 1st Round of the 1982 June Draft. Baseball-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. January 10, 2010. February 18, 2009. https://web.archive.org/web/20090218224729/http://www.baseball-reference.com/draft/index.cgi?year_ID=1982&round=1&draft_type=junreg. live.
28. Web site: 1st Round of the 1983 June Draft. Baseball-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. January 10, 2010. June 29, 2011. https://web.archive.org/web/20110629082437/http://www.baseball-reference.com/draft/index.cgi?round=1&year_ID=1983&draft_type=junreg. live.
29. Web site: 1st Round of the 1984 June Draft. Baseball-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. January 10, 2010. June 29, 2011. https://web.archive.org/web/20110629082445/http://www.baseball-reference.com/draft/index.cgi?round=1&year_ID=1984&draft_type=junreg. live.
30. Web site: 1st Round of the 1985 June Draft. Baseball-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. January 10, 2010. June 29, 2011. https://web.archive.org/web/20110629051615/http://www.baseball-reference.com/draft/index.cgi?round=1&year_ID=1985&draft_type=junreg. live.
31. Web site: 1st Round of the 1986 June Draft. Baseball-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. January 10, 2010. June 29, 2011. https://web.archive.org/web/20110629051624/http://www.baseball-reference.com/draft/index.cgi?round=1&year_ID=1986&draft_type=junreg. live.
32. Web site: 1st Round of the 1987 June Draft. Baseball-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. January 10, 2010. June 29, 2011. https://web.archive.org/web/20110629082456/http://www.baseball-reference.com/draft/index.cgi?round=1&year_ID=1987&draft_type=junreg. live.
33. Web site: 1st Round of the 1988 June Draft. Baseball-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. January 10, 2010. June 29, 2011. https://web.archive.org/web/20110629082503/http://www.baseball-reference.com/draft/index.cgi?round=1&year_ID=1988&draft_type=junreg. live.
34. Web site: 1st Round of the 1989 June Draft. Baseball-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. January 10, 2010. February 18, 2009. https://web.archive.org/web/20090218224750/http://www.baseball-reference.com/draft/index.cgi?year_ID=1989&round=1&draft_type=junreg. live.
35. Web site: 1st Round of the 1991 June Draft. Baseball-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. January 10, 2010. June 29, 2011. https://web.archive.org/web/20110629082740/http://www.baseball-reference.com/draft/index.cgi?round=1&year_ID=1991&draft_type=junreg. live.
36. Web site: 1st Round of the 1992 June Draft. Baseball-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. January 10, 2010. February 18, 2009. https://web.archive.org/web/20090218225619/http://www.baseball-reference.com/draft/index.cgi?year_ID=1992&round=1&draft_type=junreg. live.
37. Web site: 1st Round of the 1993 June Draft. Baseball-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. January 10, 2010. February 18, 2009. https://web.archive.org/web/20090218225623/http://www.baseball-reference.com/draft/index.cgi?year_ID=1993&round=1&draft_type=junreg. live.
38. Web site: 1st Round of the 1994 June Draft. Baseball-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. January 10, 2010. June 29, 2011. https://web.archive.org/web/20110629051636/http://www.baseball-reference.com/draft/index.cgi?round=1&year_ID=1994&draft_type=junreg. live.
39. Web site: 1st Round of the 1995 June Draft. Baseball-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. January 10, 2010. February 18, 2009. https://web.archive.org/web/20090218224800/http://www.baseball-reference.com/draft/index.cgi?year_ID=1995&round=1&draft_type=junreg. live.
40. Web site: 1st Round of the 1997 June Draft. Baseball-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. January 10, 2010. June 29, 2011. https://web.archive.org/web/20110629083028/http://www.baseball-reference.com/draft/index.cgi?round=1&year_ID=1997&draft_type=junreg. live.
41. Web site: 1st Round of the 1998 June Draft. Baseball-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. January 10, 2010. June 29, 2011. https://web.archive.org/web/20110629083543/http://www.baseball-reference.com/draft/index.cgi?round=1&year_ID=1998&draft_type=junreg. live.
42. Web site: 1st Round of the 1999 June Draft. Baseball-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. January 10, 2010. June 29, 2011. https://web.archive.org/web/20110629083554/http://www.baseball-reference.com/draft/index.cgi?round=1&year_ID=1999&draft_type=junreg. live.
43. Web site: 1st Round of the 2000 June Draft. Baseball-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. January 10, 2010. February 18, 2009. https://web.archive.org/web/20090218225641/http://www.baseball-reference.com/draft/index.cgi?year_ID=2000&round=1&draft_type=junreg. live.
44. Web site: 1st Round of the 2001 June Draft. Baseball-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. January 10, 2010. June 29, 2011. https://web.archive.org/web/20110629083613/http://www.baseball-reference.com/draft/index.cgi?round=1&year_ID=2001&draft_type=junreg. live.
45. Web site: 1st Round of the 2002 June Draft. Baseball-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. January 10, 2010. February 8, 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20100208140525/http://www.baseball-reference.com/draft/index.cgi?year_ID=2002&round=1&draft_type=junreg. live.
46. Web site: 1st Round of the 2003 June Draft. Baseball-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. January 10, 2010. June 29, 2011. https://web.archive.org/web/20110629083636/http://www.baseball-reference.com/draft/index.cgi?round=1&year_ID=2003&draft_type=junreg. live.
47. Web site: 1st Round of the 2004 June Draft. Baseball-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. January 10, 2010. June 29, 2011. https://web.archive.org/web/20110629083745/http://www.baseball-reference.com/draft/index.cgi?round=1&year_ID=2004&draft_type=junreg. live.
48. Web site: 1st Round of the 2005 June Draft. Baseball-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. January 10, 2010. June 29, 2011. https://web.archive.org/web/20110629083754/http://www.baseball-reference.com/draft/index.cgi?round=1&year_ID=2005&draft_type=junreg. live.
49. Web site: 1st Round of the 2006 June Draft. Baseball-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. January 10, 2010. June 29, 2011. https://web.archive.org/web/20110629100632/http://www.baseball-reference.com/draft/index.cgi?round=1&year_ID=2006&draft_type=junreg. live.
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