Jorge Bonifacio | OF, Royals | Born:  6/4/1993

The first thing I notice about Jorge Bonifacio is that he’s not like his brother, Emilio.  Well, perhaps they have similar personalities or something.  Maybe they read the same books and watch the same TV shows and share the same wit.  But I couldn’t care less about that crap.  In terms of baseball, you might as well remove Emilio from your mind while considering Jorge — I don’t want the elder Bonifacio muddying your perception here.  Jorge ain’t a speedster.  He’s stolen only ten bags over the past two years, and he’s been caught stealing nine times during that same stretch.  No, Jorge does his damage at the plate, not on the basepaths.  He has an easy stroke from the right side and he barrels the ball — breaking pitches, fastballs… whatever.  And while his line at Low-A Kane County (.281/.336/.433, 10 HR, 61 RBI) isn’t blowing anyone away, the vibe from baseball folks around the industry is that Bonifacio is for real.  I’m just a 25-minute drive from the Kane County ballpark and I attend their games often.  Bonifacio can hit, yo.  His approach is a tad aggressive, but he’ll still work his way deep into counts, fouling off all sorts of pitches.  He flashes effortless power, projecting to hit 20+ in the bigs.  He’ll put up a nice AVG too.