{"id":2248585,"date":"2026-01-24T16:34:05","date_gmt":"2026-01-24T16:34:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2248585"},"modified":"2026-01-24T16:34:05","modified_gmt":"2026-01-24T16:34:05","slug":"royals-in-the-middle-infield-rankings-prospects-and-whats-next","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/royals-in-the-middle-infield-rankings-prospects-and-whats-next\/","title":{"rendered":"Royals in the Middle: Infield Rankings, Prospects, and What\u2019s Next"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"\">In this episode of the Royals Rundown Podcast, Jacob Milham and Jeremy \u201cHokius\u201d Greco take a comprehensive look at the Kansas City Royals\u2019 infield and prospect pipeline as the offseason unfolds. The hosts break down infield rankings, examine what a \u201cdown year\u201d really means for Bobby Witt Jr., and discuss why players like Maikel Garcia, Jonathan India, and Michael Massey have pivotal seasons ahead\u2014especially as lineup depth and health come into sharper focus.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">The conversation expands into a deep dive on the Royals\u2019 prospect rankings, evaluating names like Peyton Wilson, Warren Calcagno, and Daniel Vazquez, while also placing Kansas City\u2019s strategy in context with major MLB moves such as the Dodgers\u2019 acquisition of Kyle Tucker and the Mets landing Bo Bichette. From player development and injury timelines to trade speculation and roster-building philosophy, this episode offers a clear-eyed look at where the Royals stand\u2014and where they still need to go to compete.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p class=\"\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/royals-rundown-a-kansas-city-royals-podcast\/id972757794\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:View Link;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">View Link<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Email Jacob directly at: <strong><span>jm17971047@gmail.com<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Need your Royals fix? Head to <strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.royalsreview.com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:royalsreview.com;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">royalsreview.com<\/a><\/strong> for news, analysis, and to engage with Royals fans around the world! Follow us online:<\/p>\n<p class=\"\"><strong>BlueSky<\/strong><br \/>\u2013 Jeremy Greco: <span>@hokius.fromthehawkseye.com<\/span><br \/>\u2013 Jacob Milham: <span>@jacobmilhkc.bsky.social<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"\"><strong>Twitter \/ X<\/strong><br \/>\u2013 Podcast: <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RoyalRundownPod\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:@RoyalRundownPod;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">@RoyalRundownPod<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source sports.yahoo.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In this episode of the Royals Rundown Podcast, Jacob Milham and Jeremy \u201cHokius\u201d Greco take a comprehensive look at the Kansas City Royals\u2019 infield and prospect pipeline as the offseason unfolds. The hosts break down infield rankings, examine what a \u201cdown year\u201d really means for Bobby Witt Jr., and discuss why players like Maikel Garcia, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2229328,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[43],"tags":[376106,91466,435340,345065,349375,349377,313841,415229,313842,313843,435341,27155,345063],"class_list":["post-2248585","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-royalty","tag-bo-bichette","tag-bobby-witt-jr","tag-daniel-vazquez","tag-dodgers","tag-jacob-milham","tag-jeremy-hokius-greco","tag-jonathan-india","tag-kyle-tucker","tag-maikel-garcia","tag-michael-massey","tag-peyton-wilson","tag-royals","tag-the-mets"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Contracts-Royals-Catchers-and-the-Kansas-City-Stadium-Question.jpeg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2248585","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2248585"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2248585\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2248586,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2248585\/revisions\/2248586"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2229328"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2248585"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2248585"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2248585"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}