Those of you with a penchant for perusing potential should check out the Wichita Wranglers.

The Royals’ Class AA farm team in the Sunflower State’s largest city boasts a handful of genuine baseball prospects, a commodity rarely seen since the Wal-Martization of the Kansas City organization.

In fact, in what may be some kind of record, the Wranglers have six former K.C. first-round draft choices on their roster, or they did when I watched them play over the weekend while visiting friends in Tulsa, Okla.

One of those half-dozen is no prospect. Outfielder Dee Brown, the Royals’ No. 1 pick 10 years ago, is now 28 years old and, when I saw him, was hitting .181 as the Wranglers’ designated hitter. Talk about a mercy booking. What’s next for Brown? The T-Bones?

Questions also surround another of the six first-rounders on the Wranglers’ roster. Pitcher Zach Greinke, the Royals’ No. 1 pick in 2002, is in Wichita rehabbing from a mental funk fueled, at least in part, by losing a league-leading 17 games with the punching-bag Royals as a tender 21-year-old last season.

Greinke would appear to possess enough talent to launch a comeback. But if he doesn’t, well : he won’t be the first to fail. He’ll join a long list of K.C. first-round pitching flops. Anybody remember Jim Pittsley, Dan Reichert, Jeff Granger and Jeff Austin, to name a few?

The other four former first-rounders wearing Wranglers’ uniforms are Chris Lubanski, Mitch Maier, Billy Butler and Alex Gordon.

Lubanski, Maier and Butler are the starting outfielders which, if not a record, certainly ties one. Surely, there haven’t been many pro teams – major- or minor-league – with a starting outfield composed of former No. 1 draft choices.

Of those three outfielders, Butler appears to have the most promising future. At 6-foot-1, 240 pounds, the Royals’ No. 1 selection in 2004 looks like a linebacker. Butler packs a powerful stroke and he’s only 20 years old. He plays right field for the Wranglers, but I suspect he’ll be switched to left in Kansas City.

Lubanski, the Royals’ first draft choice in 2003, plays left for the Wranglers and, frankly, he’s pretty ordinary. Lubanski looks good in a suit at 6-3, 210 pounds, but the 21-year-old lefthander doesn’t have much power and his batting average is hovering around .250. Moreover, Lubanski’s speed is above average at best.

Lubanski was the fifth player taken in the ’03 draft and Maier was the 30th, yet they’re basically the same player. Maier is about the same size (6-2, 210), has virtually the same power numbers and bats left-handed. Maier’s batting average is about 30 points higher than Lubanski’s, but the former Toledo University standout is three years older, too.

Do Maier and Lubanski project as every-day major-league outfielders? I would say no. Butler does, however.

Gordon was given the night off when I was there so I can’t make a judgment based on watching him play. But the former Nebraska third baseman is hitting over .300 with a .540 slugging average, and he’s still just 22 years old. Gordon will be in K.C. soon.

One more thing. The Wranglers’ shortstop is Angel Sanchez, a former 11th-round draft pick. Sanchez leads the club in errors. What is it about K.C. shortstops named Angel?