The Book on Daniel Cortes

Prospect Info

Daniel Cortes
Born 3/4/1987
RHP, KC

A prospect more famous for his MySpace pictures than his talent (go Google it yourself, lazy reader), Dan Cortes is a very young and very strong righthander in the Royals organization. Cortes was a 7th round selection by the Chicago White Sox in 2005 who was later shipped to KC as part of the deal that sent reliever Mike MacDougall to Chicago. Until recently he was basically a one-pitch power arm, but his previously-serviceable curve took a leap forward late last year, when he used it effectively to strike out 120 in 124 innings of high-A ball.

His control is iffy (he walked a rather high 45 batters in those same innings), and his mechanics look a bit dangerous to some scouts, but since he's been clocked in the high-90's and hasn't yet reached a level where batters have figured him out, he has to remain high on the Royals list of cherished prospects. If his curve continues to be as effective as it looked late last season, and if he avoids injury, he projects as a front-rotation starter in a couple of years. If he struggles with either his control or his elbow, he'll likely move more slowly and make any eventual debut as a reliever.

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