The Royals And A Prince.
30Jan2012The State of the Royals as a franchise has oscillated over the last two weeks, through no fault of their own. Twelve days ago Victor Martinez blew out his knee, costing the Detroit Tigers the services of their second-best hitter (and third-most highl... more ...
Royals Report Card 2011: Part Five.
17Jan2012Finishing up the hitters with the second half of my outfielder review: Jeff Francoeur: A- A year ago, Jeff Francoeur was even more of a punch line than Melky Cabrera. Today, well, Francoeur is still a punch line among a certain element of baseball a... more ...
Royals Report Card 2011: Part Four.
6Jan2012We continue to wait and hope for the price tag on either Edwin Jackson or Roy Oswalt to drop, Dutch auction-style, until Dayton Moore puts up his hand. In the meantime, let’s move on to the DHs (i.e. Billy Butler) and the first half of the outfield... more ...
YUUUUUUU-NOOOOOOO!
28Dec2011I swear, sometimes I think Dayton Moore is deliberately screwing with us. Like the swallows to Capistrano, like the Trekkies to Comic-Con, Yuniesky Betancourt has returned home. The Kansas City Royals, the one organization in baseball with a greater... more ...
Royals Report Card 2011: Part Three.
19Dec2011I apologize for the long gap between posts, but – aside from the fact that it has been a surprisingly (happily so) busy time at the office, the Royals just haven’t done anything really worth talking about. I have a sneaking suspicion that this pe... more ...
For Want Of A Pitcher: Jonathan Broxton?
4Dec2011First off, I need to revise my analysis of the Bruce Chen signing to include a very important point that I somehow overlooked last time. It’s not entirely correct to say that Chen will cost the Royals $9 million (with incentives) over the next two... more ...
For Want Of A Pitcher: Bruce Chen.
29Nov2011Last week I took my first real vacation in a long while, unplugging from the grid on a 7-day cruise with my family aboard Royal Caribbean’s Oasis of the Seas, which along with its sister ship the Allure of the Seas is, I believe, the largest cruise... more ...
Royals Report Card 2011: Part Two.
19Nov2011I normally save the off-field personnel to the end, but there are special circumstances here: Nick Kenney, Kyle Turner, and the Rest of the Training Staff: A+ Two years ago, the Royals’ Head Athletic Trainer was Nick Swartz. He had been the team’... more ...
Royals Report Card 2011: Part One.
17Nov2011Unlike the last several off-seasons, the Royals are unlikely to have a lot of transactions this winter. The transactions they do make might be particularly significant, like the Cabrera-Sanchez trade, but they’re also likely to be rare. This is a t... more ...
For Want Of A Pitcher: Jonathan Sanchez.
8Nov2011Naturally. After five articles and nearly 23,000 words to discuss dozens of pitchers that the Royals might acquire this off-season, Dayton Moore goes out and trades for a guy I didn’t mention even once. It’s not that Jonathan Sanchez was complete... more ...
