The Royals’ Arizona Fall League contingent has plenty to watch, but Angeibel Gomez is the name that keeps popping.
Kansas City signed the 17-year-old in January, right when the international signing period opened, and he has spent the months since forcing his way into the conversation. Gomez has moved quickly through the Royals’ system, turning heads in the farm system and starting to draw notice beyond it.
His work in the Dominican Summer League set the tone. In 144 at-bats with Kansas City’s affiliate there, the outfielder hit .361/.467/.653 with a 1.119 OPS, along with nine home runs and 15 stolen bases.
That kind of production was enough to put him on the radar. What he has done since arriving in Surprise has only sharpened the buzz.
Through 28 at-bats in the Fall League, Gomez is slashing .321/.424/.464 with two doubles, a triple and three stolen bases. He has kept adding to the résumé every time he steps in the box, and the numbers have only fueled the belief that Kansas City may have found something special.
What makes the rise even more striking is how little time it has taken. Gomez has climbed to No. 2 in the Royals’ farm system and No. 76 among all prospects in baseball, according to MLB Pipeline, all in just 55 games. And he is still only 17.
Kansas City’s young core already includes Jac Caglianone and Carter Jensen, two players who have given fans plenty of reason to look ahead. Gomez now looks like the next wave, another high-upside bat adding to the optimism around the organization.
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