A look back at the Royals’ 2019 draft class, five years later

Could this be the best draft class in Royals history?

Flags fly forever, but the post-championship hangover hit the Royals hard in 2018. Once the core of the championship team departed, what was left were over-the-hill veterans and not-ready-for-prime-time players. The 2018 Royals were dreadful, losing 104 games, but their reward for enduring that misery was getting the second overall pick in the 2019 draft.

A year after going heavy on college pitchers in the 2018 draft...