The outfielder has a well-rounded skill set.

With the calendar turning to June, we continue evaluating prospects that the Royals could target in the first round of this summer’s draft. Today we look at a position player prospect that burst onto the scene a year ago: Wake Forest’s Ethan Conrad.

Conrad was born in Poughkeepsie, New York and grew up in nearby Saugerties. He played baseball at Saugerties Senior High School, where he pitched and played first base. He didn’t get much attention from scouts in his senior season and stayed close to home for college, heading to Marist University.

On opening day 2023, Conrad was not in the starting lineup for the Red Foxes. But it didn’t take long for him to get a shot to play — starting first baseman Justin Kapuscinski was injured early in the ga

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