Kansas City Royals 2025 International Class Scouting Report
With the MLB international signing period opening today, teams can officially begin to sign players in their 2025 class.
For Baseball America subscribers, we have scouting reports and player notes on the classes for all 30 teams, providing information on the big names to know in each class, as well as deeper cut players to watch.
The Royals farm system needs help and their 2025 international signing class should provide a boost with several players that have a chance to rise up the rankings if they get off to good starts this year in the Dominican Summer League. Their top signing, Warren Calcaño, is a Dominican shortstop. When teams were largely scouting Calcaño early in the process, he was a skinny shortstop who weighed 140 pounds. It’s still a wiry frame, but he has grown taller to get to 6-foot-2, 165 pounds with more room to pack on weight. Calcaño looks like a true shortstop between his instincts, actions and athleticism. He has good body control, moves his feet well, has clean hands and a plus arm that could still get stronger. He’s an average runner so he’s not a burner but he is quick and well-coordinated, something that shows up defensively and offensively. He’s a switch-hitter with good bat-to-ball skills and uses the middle of the field, albeit without much power.
Dominican shortstop Ramcell Medina, signing for $950,000, has been an up-arrow player. Early on, Medina looked like he might end up a power-hitting third baseman, but he has grown taller, stayed lean and continues to impress at the plate. With an athletic, well-proportioned build (6-foot-2, 180 pounds), Medina regularly strings together quality at-bats with a knack for being on time. He has good feel for the barrel, hits hard line drives all over the field and flashes home run power to his pull side with what should be significantly more home run juice on the way once he fills out. Medina’s improved defensive actions and athleticism give him a better chance now to handle shortstop, where he has an above-average arm.
Moises Marchan, a cousin of Phillies catcher Rafael Marchan, is one of the top catchers in Venezuela this year. He has grown to 6-foot-1, 170 pounds, enhancing his physical upside to add to what was already a good core set of skills on both sides of the ball. He’s a smart player and a good athlete—he even runs plus, though will likely slow down—and that all helps him behind the plate, where he has a strong arm and projects to stick at the position. Marchan is a mature hitter for his age, using a sound righthanded stroke to make consistent contact and the power potential to hit 15-plus home runs.
The Royals are also signing Venezuelan righthander Kendry Chourio, who has developed into one of the top pitchers for 2025. He’s a compact 6-foot pitcher who stood out early in the scouting process for his pitchability and feel for manipulating his secondaries. Now his stuff has spiked considerably to where he’s touching 96 mph, high-end velocity for his age. He snaps off a sharp curveball with extremely tight rotation and has a feel for an advanced changeup, giving him a starter look with multiple weapons to miss bats. Dominican outfielder Luis Ramon King has excellent physical projection in his wiry 6-foot-3 frame and high-end tools for his age. There’s still some rawness there, but he can play center field with a plus arm and potential plus power from the right side. Luis German, another righthanded-hitting outfielder from the Dominican Republic, is a physical 6-foot-4 slugger who can put on a big show in batting practice with a power-over-hit offensive game from an outfield corner.
