{"id":2428674,"date":"2026-05-22T22:00:12","date_gmt":"2026-05-22T22:00:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2428674"},"modified":"2026-05-22T22:00:12","modified_gmt":"2026-05-22T22:00:12","slug":"royals-farm-system-which-prospects-are-heating-up-in-kansas-city","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/royals-farm-system-which-prospects-are-heating-up-in-kansas-city\/","title":{"rendered":"Royals Farm System: Which Prospects Are Heating Up in Kansas City?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div q:key=\"QW_9\"><!--qv q:key=QW_6--><!--qv q:id=6w q:key=vcaa:https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=3Ss9MYrPzec--><!--qv q:id=6x q:key=S4yS:mL_1--><!--qv q:id=6y q:key=EEns:AJ_0--><!--\/qv--><!--\/qv--><!--\/qv--><!--\/qv--><!--qv q:key=QW_6--><!--qv q:id=70 q:key=vcaa:\n\n<p>There are several players heating up in the Kansas City Royals farm system. On the latest episode of &ldquo;Royals Pipeline,&rdquo; hosts Jared Perkins and Kevin O&rsquo;Brien discussed some of the biggest questions surrounding Kansas City&rsquo;s farm system.<\/p>\n\n--><!--qv q:id=71 q:key=lY4S:mL_1--><\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-1\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"72\">There are several players heating up in the Kansas City Royals farm system. On the latest episode of \u201cRoyals Pipeline,\u201d hosts Jared Perkins and Kevin O\u2019Brien discussed some of the biggest questions surrounding Kansas City\u2019s farm system.<\/p>\n<p><!--\/qv--><!--\/qv--><!--\/qv--><!--qv q:key=QW_6--><!--qv q:id=73 q:key=vcaa:\n\n<p>Names like Brett Squires were brought up after he recently earned a promotion to the team&#39;s Triple-A affiliate in Omaha. Perkins and O&rsquo;Brien discussed his fast start since arriving in Omaha, along with some of the underlying metrics behind his production.<\/p>\n\n--><!--qv q:id=74 q:key=lY4S:mL_1--><\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-2\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"75\">Names like Brett Squires were brought up after he recently earned a promotion to the team&#8217;s Triple-A affiliate in Omaha. Perkins and O\u2019Brien discussed his fast start since arriving in Omaha, along with some of the underlying metrics behind his production.<\/p>\n<p><!--\/qv--><!--\/qv--><!--\/qv--><!--qv q:key=QW_6--><!--qv q:id=76 q:key=vcaa:\n\n<p>Another player Perkins and O&rsquo;Brien discussed was Justin Lambkin. The left-handed pitching prospect is quickly moving through the system. They talked about what he brings to the mound and whether he could make a push toward the major leagues later this season.<\/p>\n\n--><!--qv q:id=77 q:key=lY4S:mL_1--><\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-3\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"78\">Another player Perkins and O\u2019Brien discussed was Justin Lambkin. The left-handed pitching prospect is quickly moving through the system. They talked about what he brings to the mound and whether he could make a push toward the major leagues later this season.<\/p>\n<p><!--\/qv--><!--\/qv--><!--\/qv--><!--qv q:key=QW_6--><!--qv q:id=79 q:key=vcaa:\n\n<p>In the episode, they also dove into some early MLB Draft discussion, bringing up names like Eric Booth Jr. and Cam Flukey. Perkins and O&rsquo;Brien discussed how Kansas City could lean more toward adding pitching depth in the upcoming draft.<\/p>\n\n--><!--qv q:id=7a q:key=lY4S:mL_1--><\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-4\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"7b\">In the episode, they also dove into some early MLB Draft discussion, bringing up names like Eric Booth Jr. and Cam Flukey. Perkins and O\u2019Brien discussed how Kansas City could lean more toward adding pitching depth in the upcoming draft.<\/p>\n<p><!--\/qv--><!--\/qv--><!--\/qv--><!--qv q:key=QW_6--><!--qv q:id=7c q:key=vcaa:\n\n<p>This and much more was discussed on the latest episode of &ldquo;Royals Pipeline&rdquo; on KC Sports Network.<\/p>\n\n--><!--qv q:id=7d q:key=lY4S:mL_1--><\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-5\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"7e\">This and much more was discussed on the latest episode of \u201cRoyals Pipeline\u201d on KC Sports Network.<\/p>\n<p><!--\/qv--><!--\/qv--><!--\/qv--><!--qv q:id=7f q:key=1jXG:QW_7--><!--qv q:id=7g q:key=9yVI:Ef_0--><\/p>\n<div on:click=\"q-PR6RmUkK.js#s_Ytib2zHV0Tc[0 1]\" q:key=\"WY_1\" q:id=\"7h\"><!--qv q:s q:sref=7g q:key=--><\/p>\n<div data-testid=\"google-news-widget\" class=\"my-5 p-4 flex items-center gap-4 rounded-lg bg-[#F0F0F0]\">\n<div class=\"flex min-w-0 flex-1 items-center gap-3\"><span class=\"font-group-big text-black text-[16px]\">Add us as a preferred source on <span class=\"font-bold\">Google<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"Follow si.com on Google News\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=si.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" class=\"flex h-[30px] w-[30px] shrink-0 items-center justify-center rounded-full bg-primary font-group-large text-sm font-medium text-white transition-colors hover:bg-secondary focus:bg-secondary md:w-auto md:gap-2.5 md:px-4 md:py-[5px]\"><span class=\"hidden pt-[1px] leading-[1.4] md:inline\">Follow<\/span><svg viewbox=\"0 0 4 8\" fill=\"none\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"h-[12px] w-[6px] md:h-[8px] md:w-[4px]\"><path d=\"M0.5 0.5L3.5 4L0.5 7.5\" stroke=\"white\" stroke-width=\"1.5\"\/><\/svg><\/a><\/div>\n<p><!--\/qv--><\/div>\n<p><!--\/qv--><!--\/qv--><\/div>\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 www.si.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There are several players heating up in the Kansas City Royals farm system. On the latest episode of \u201cRoyals Pipeline,\u201d hosts Jared Perkins and Kevin O\u2019Brien discussed some of the biggest questions surrounding Kansas City\u2019s farm system. Names like Brett Squires were brought up after he recently earned a promotion to the team&#8217;s Triple-A affiliate [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2428675,"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":[],"class_list":["post-2428674","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-royalty"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Royals-Farm-System-Which-Prospects-Are-Heating-Up-in-Kansas.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2428674","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=2428674"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2428674\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2428676,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2428674\/revisions\/2428676"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2428675"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2428674"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2428674"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2428674"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}