Kansas City Fantasy Report Week 5
Swept by the Indians and a sweep of the struggling Twins leave the Royals at 15-13 and 4.5 behind the red hot Indians. This week, the Royals continue their home stand with Baltimore and Oakland coming...
View ArticleSeller/Buyer Options For The Royals
I heard an interesting and quite likely theory today: the 2011 Kansas City Royals could have a completely different starting rotation at the end of the season than they did at the beginning of the...
View ArticleGetting Ready To Turn the Corner
All-star voting is in full swing and at this point, it looks like a few Royals players are putting together, some would argue, all-star caliber baseball during the first two and a half months of this...
View ArticleEvaluating the Minors at the Midway Point: The Position Players
Ask Eric Hosmer and Mike Moustakas how easy it is to make the jump from the minor leagues to the big show. A month ago, everyone thought calling up Hosmer and Moustakas was the kick-start the Royals...
View ArticleBack Where He Belongs
During the six weeks that Mike Aviles was in Omaha, something was missing. Up until last week, if the Royals had wanted to rest Chris Getz, their only option at second was Wilson Betemit. If Alcides...
View ArticleSlight Improvments
Coming off the All-Star break losing three of the first four to the Twins is not what you want to do during the dog days of summer. However, coming home and taking two out of three against the Chicago...
View ArticleMoves By Royals Not Exactly Utilitiarian
When I was a kid, there was always a player or two on the Royals team that seemed like dead weight (see Jerry Terrell, Rance Mulliniks, Greg Pryor…) He couldn’t hit very well, and he wasn’t good...
View ArticleYuni? That’s Your Answer? You Must Be Joking!
I never thought I would be one of those writers with a cause célèbre, a single issue that I address frequently and passionately. But it would appear I have finally found my hot button issue. I’ve...
View ArticleWelcome back, Royals!
For the last 2 years, the Kansas City Royals have been masquerading as an organization that is finally headed in the right direction, only to be ultimately exposed once again as the disgraceful Royals...
View ArticleRoyals Finally Tire of Yuniesky Betancourt
Sometimes it’s fun to say “I told you so.” Now, no one wants to read a punk blogger who goes around trying to act like he could run a major league team. So I don’t want to go there. But after writing...
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