Odorizzi on the move to Triple-A: The Kansas City Star reports the Royals have promoted outfielder Wil Myers and starting pitcher Jake Odorizzi from Double-A Northwest Arkansas to Triple-A Omaha. (Updated 05/16/2012)
Injury Report
No information available at this time (Updated 5/25/12).
Fantasy Analysis
Odorizzi, who is one of the Royals' top pitching prospects, went 4-2 with a 3.32 ERA and .191 opponents' batting average in seven starts for the Naturals. He also had 47 strikeouts and 10 walks in 38 innings. Odorizzi has been particularly sharp as of late, winning three of his last four starts and racking up 33 strikeouts in 27 1/3 innings. You have to think his promotion is because the Royals lost Danny Duffy to an elbow injury. The team could use some help in the rotation later this summer and Odorizzi might be the answer. Odorizzi has the strikeout potential Fantasy owners crave and is a viable long-term keeper in all formats. He might even be worth stashing in very deep seasonal formats, particularly AL-only. (Updated 05/16/2012).
02/29/2012 11:34 2012 Draft Prep: Top 50 Fantasy prospects
Which prospects should you circle on your Draft Day cheat sheets in 2012? Our Scott White unveils his Top 50 prospects and identifies which players will make an impact on your Fantasy teams this summer.
When the Royals shipped Zack Greinke to the Brewers last offseason, they were simply trying to get a maximum return for a player they knew they couldn't keep long-term. But in Jake Odorizzi, they may have landed a direct replacement for Greinke. Granted, the 22-year-old still needs to get through the upper levels of the minors before he can live up to such a comparison, and that's hardly a given considering his struggles at Double-A Northwest Arkansas late last year. But before his midseason promotion, he was lighting up Class A Wilmington with the kind of strikeout (11.8 per nine innings) and walk (2.5 per nine innings) rates that Greinke is putting up in the majors today. Like many of the Royals' top pitching prospects -- a list that includes Mike Montgomery, Chris Dwyer and John Lamb -- Odorizzi falls outside the can't-miss category, but he's coming off the best season of that group and would be the most likely to have instant success in the majors. He figures to get his shot at some point this season, making him worth a roster spot in both AL-only and long-term keeper leagues. (Updated 1/9/12)
Actual 
AccuScore Projections) Note: Points are rounded down.
= probable start