2015 KC Royals Projected World Series Depth Chart

Oh… How this moment feels like déjà vu! This particular moment in time is the culmination of a 9-year turnaround. It began with bringing in Dayton Moore as our new GM from the Atlanta Braves and his player personnel staff in 2006. Then hiring Ned Yost from the Atlanta Braves as a consultant in 2009, and then making him Manager in 2010. The significance of these 2 hires? The Atlanta Braves have been consistently good since the nineties. All those front office people who went to the Braves in the late eighties, grew up by putting the Royals of the seventies and eighties together. So, in baseball terms I guess things have come full circle. Now, with that being said, this current crop of Royals came together in 2012, and they started playing together in 2013, which led to the climax of 2014, as I’ve mentioned before. This is the greatest event in the last 10 years of KC Royals baseball. Let’s make it one to remember fellas.

As always, there are 162 games in a season for each team. That’s one every day starting usually the 1^st Sunday in April, and going until the last day of September. Playoffs and the World Series are in October. There are 25 men on the roster. Whenever a game is rained out, or postponed due to lightning, they play what’s called a doubleheader to make up for the game that was lost the day before. So, for those days, teams are allotted a 26th man for the doubleheader. And the last month of September is when the roster is expanded to 40 for the month. The whole goal is to win a series at a time, against the team you play 3 or 4 times in a row until the end of the season. If you win more than 90 games total, you usually make the playoffs.

… Also, baseball is divided into 2 leagues with 15 teams each. They’re differentiated by the Designated Hitter in the American League (a position player only bats for the pitcher and never plays defense), and in the National League, the pitcher bats last in the batting order. Someday soon, I have a feeling both leagues will have a universal DH because the pitchers don’t practice batting very often and are always an easy out. I also believe, much like the DH, the 26th man will be permanent years from now.
 

Here is my projected 2015 KC Royals World Series Roster:

Starting Lineup:
LF: Alex Gordon *favorite current KC Royal position player
CF: Lorenzo Cain
RF: Alex Rios
3B: Mike Moustakas
SS: Alcides Escobar
2B: Ben Zobrist
1B/DH: Eric Hosmer
C: Salvador Perez

Batting Order:
1. Alcides Escobar
2. Ben Zobrist
3. Lorenzo Cain
4. Eric Hosmer
5. Kendrys Morales
6. Mike Moustakas
7. Salvador Perez
8. Alex Gordon
9. Alex Rios

Bench:
OF: Jarrod Dyson
OF: Paulo Orlando
1B/DH: Kendrys Morales
IF: Christian Colon
C: Drew Butera
IF: Raul Mondesi

Starting Pitching Rotation:
1. Edinson Volquez
2. Johnny Cueto
3. Yordano Ventura *favorite current KC Royal pitcher
4. Danny Duffy
5. Chris Young

Bullpen:
Kris Medlen
Luke Hochevar
Franklin Morales
Kelvin Herrera
Ryan Madson *Set up man
Wade Davis *Closer