Kansas City Royals

By royalsreview Royals: The Royal Tower: Team Review - Wilmington Blue RocksThe Royals' Fear of the Unknown Strikes Again - Royals AuthorityWell, It’s Over. " The Unknown Royals FanIn which I try to explain why Royals fans are devastated today " Getting to First Base Greinke-ganda: Why a vote against Zac...

By royalsreview Royals: Greinke Slides Closer To The Cy - Royals AuthorityNick Sloan's Official Web Site: Greinke Finds Cy Young Speculation AnnoyingZack Greinke Ejection - Was the Strike Zone Different for Kansas City Compared to Boston? - Beyond the Box ScoreI'm Just Saying: Greinke big part of AL...

By royalsreview Huge number of links for you today. Nothing like a few wins and some Greinke greatness to revive the Royals blogosphere. Royals links on Zack Greinke, Luke Hochevar and other assorted stuff, including a review of the Burlington Royals. Royals:

By royalsreview Thanks to their late season 10-3 spurt, the Royals have risen/fallen (its impossible to ever use the right phrase in these situations) from the second overall pick in next season's MLB Amateur Draft into a tie with Cleveland for the fourth pick. (Thanks to 306008 for posting the standings...

By royalsreview Royals: Central Processing: 2009 Prospect Review (1s) | Kings of Kauffman | A Kansas City Royals BlogThe Pipeline: Royals on the Farm 9/18 -- NWA makes its last standROYALS: Translating 11-0 | Upon Further ReviewRoyally Speaking: The great twitter (Robinson Tejeda) debate Royal Refl...

By royalsreview Royals: The Pipeline: Royals on the Farm 9/14 -- Bees on to MWL finals to defend titleRoyally Speaking: Greinke may feel Appier's painRoyals on Radio Etc: Superstiton out the windowNick Sloan's Official Web Site: BaseballAmerica: Patience Needed With RoyalsRoyal Blues | A Shallow Mo...

By royalsreview Royals manager Trey Hillman said on Thursday that Meche would most likely be shut down for the final weeks of the season. He declined to speculate on whether Bannister would need surgery. The Royals did not disclose the exact nature of the problems.

By royalsreview The Royals have had one of the easiest to define historical archs of any Major League baseball team. While nearly every team has its wide swaths of good and bad years, the Royals are an especially extreme case. From expansion birth through the late 1980s, the Royals were consistently very go...

By jjbjhawk I saw that the Royals were holding a 5K this past Saturday and I thought it'd be fun.  It benefited Royals Charities and the Autism Awareness fund.  The race ran around the Truman Sports Complex (no sight of Pioli or Haley as we neared Arrowhead) but the best part was we got to finish the race...

By nwroyal Pitcher stats are listed: K-9ip/W-9ip/FIP.  Batting stats are listed: avg/obp/slg Low-A 7.8/3.6/3.16 High-A 7.6/2.1/2.51 High-A 196/260/272 AA 330/369/531 AA 312/352/424 AAA 298/358/426 AAA 3.9/1.0/3.68 High-A 12.1/1.9/1.83 AAA 1.0/5.0/7.99 Low-A 189/230/236 Low-A 182/250/182

By royalsreview It's a book about the Royals. It's good. You'll like it. What was your research process like in writing the novel? You mention Kansas City broadcaster Jack Harry in your preface, did you talk to local Kansas City guys? Drive around town?

By royalsreview Rany on the Royals: Minor League Update, Part 3.The Pipeline: Royals on the Farm 8/22The Pipeline: Royals on the Farm 8/21 -- Lamb slaughters for Idaho Falls, close to perfectRoyal Reflections: Queue the circus music Royal Reflections: Oops we did it againROYALS: Wierd Questions II | Up...

By royalsreview Gritty & Clutch: Billy Butler: One of These Things Is Like the Other...You Can Stop Making Your Royals Jokes, They're a Serious Club Now! - Walkoff Walk Royals close to deals with unsigned draft picks - Kansas City StarWhat's Wrong With Bannister? - Royals AuthorityRany on the Royals: M...

By royalsreview Ethan Skolnick's Season Ticket | Sun-Sentinel Blogs: Florida Marlins: Serious about winning? Get a starting pitcher (like Brian Bannister, he proposes)Royals Fielding Calls For Brian Bannister - MLB Daily DishDFA’d Player Update, Josh Anderson, and Royals Related Rumors | Kings...

By royalsreview Darren@ Royals Review: The state of the Royals system continues to improve. The Royals have several good prospects on each team from Northwest Arkansas, Wilmington, Burlington-IA, Idaho Falls, Burlington-NC. The Royals last two drafts look very good so far and we are seeing fruit from t...

By royalsreview RR: Does Mike Aviles have a future with the Royals? But, like I said, the bulk of the blame goes to the Royals. RR: When you talk to people around baseball, is there still the old consensus that Dayton Moore can and will rebuild the Royals?

By royalsreview Ryan Freel: An analysis | Upon Further ReviewAcquiring Ryan Freel: More Than Meets The Eye - Royals AuthorityRoster Moves: Buck, Hulett, and Freel | Kings of Kauffman | A Kansas City Royals BlogCubs Trade Ryan Freel To Royals For PTBNL - Bleed Cubbie Blue The Pipeline: Royals on the Farm...

By royalsreview Royals Authority goes negative: What We Learned - Royals Authority(Not necessarily) The Top 10 things broken about the Royals so far, Part 1 | Mellinger's Blog on the Royals and BaseballSports Radio 810 WHB - Wins don't attract fans, T-shirt Tuesdays do!Royal Reflections: Royals Stil...

By nwroyal 5th Round 6th Round 7th Round We took Missouri State LHP Buddy Bauman.  His numbers:  11-1 3.23 ERA 101-32 K-BB ratio in 86 IP.  Buddy was ranked as the 179th best draft prospect by Baseball America.  8th Round We took RHP Gardner Odenback from UCONN in Round 8.  He makes excellent popcorn. 

By nwroyal The Royals took Aaron Crow at #12 overall.  He was ranked #7 by both Baseball America and Baseball Prospectus.  I've never been a huge Aaron Crow guy--so I'm a little lukewarm on this pick.  I had him ranked #8--so I don't think he's a dud--I just had Green ranked a little higher.  But a lot of fans...

By nwroyal In some ways, Johnny Giavotella is the type of player you would expect the Dayton Moore/ Trey Hillman Royals to take: known for his leadership and getting the most out of his talent.  At the same time, he doesn't fit the Royals draft pick profile-a college player who walk more than he strikes...

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By nwroyal The 2005 Royals lost 106 games and earned for the first time in franchise history the #1 overall pick the draft.  The 2006 draft was the Orphan Draft.  Allard Baird was fired in May and Dayton Moore was set to take over but since Moore had been helping his previous employer (the Braves) prepare...

By nwroyal Stephen Drew-D-Backs #15 overallBilly Butler-Royals #14 Philip Huges-Yankees #23Josh Fields-White Sox #18David Purcey-Blue Jays #16Glen Perkins-Twins #22Greg Golson-Phillies #21Scott Elbert-Dodgers #17Chris Lambert-Cardinals #19Trevor Plouffe-Twins #21 http://www.th...

By royalsreview “We saw him as the best available guy based on our scouts’ assessment,” general manager Dayton Moore said. “Our scouts saw him in the WBC and were very aggressive in their recommendation that we need to bring him in here so we could evaluate him ourselves.”

By NYRoyal One of the favorite pastimes of Royals Review posters is to comment or complain about the number of former Atlanta Braves players that Dayton Moore has acquired for the Kansas City Royals.  Sometimes this is a joke and sometimes it is a genuine complaint.  I've always thought that the argum...

By nwroyal Zack Greinke--Royals (pick #6)Prince Fielder--Brewers (#7)Scott Kazmir-Mets (#15)Joe Saunders-Angels (#12)Jeff Francis-Rockies (#9)Jeremy Hermidia-Marlins (#11)Khalil Greene-Padres (#13)Russ Adams-Blue Jays (#14)Scott Morre-Tigers (#8)Drew Meyer-Rangers (#10) Sin...

By royalsreview The jury is still out, of course, and we'll have to see whether the Pirates will raise payroll once they're in a position for a free agent or two to put them over the top, and we'll also have to see what sorts of players they pick when it gets to the point where it really matters who their supporti...

By royalsreview Waynesville, Missouri Topeka, Kansas Storm Lake, Iowa Vinita, Oklahoma California, Missouri Garden City, Kansas Ulysses, Kansas Trenton, Missouri Fairbury, Nebraska Winfield, Kansas Mount Pleasant, Iowa Butler, Missouri Enid, Oklahoma Tulsa, Oklahoma Bolivar, Missouri

By Jim McLennan For amusement, I also ran the same analysis over in the American League, using the 13,287.2 innings pitched by 145 different starters there. The methodology was the same, and the chart below shows the results, with the addition of an additional column - that shows the results obtained by Ro...

By royalsreview Finally, not that you asked, but here's my Official Royals Review Trade Deadline Prediction Proclamation: Mahay, Grudzielanek and one stunner/out-of-nowhere guy (i.e. not Olivo) get shipped. And so, here we are. Mahay now, Nunez now, Grudzielanek now, Teahen now, Olivo now. Bannister no...

By royalsreview With memories of "All-Star Mark Redman" dancing between our ears, let us take a look at the bullpen work Dayton has done: 2006ERA+2008ERA+CLBurgos85Soria286RPDessens104Ramirez152RPSisco66Mahay229RPNelson106Nunez250RPPeralta107Peralta76RPGobble91Gobble56RPWood82H....

By Royals Nation Signed by the Royals as a non-drafted free agent on 9/6/05. Signed by the Royals as a nondrafted free agent, 5/18/05. Signed by the Royals as a nondrafted free agent, 7/2/05. Signed by the Royals as a nondrafted free agent, 9/3/03. Signed by the Royals as a nondrafted free agent, 3/15/06.

By Jim McLennan If not quite out. We plugged one of those runs back in the bottom of the third, and got the tying run on base, before Tracy flew out. That was as close as we got: Arizona and Kansas City traded 1-2-3 innings in the fourth, but  four of the first five batters Johnson faced in the fifth reached base. Th...

By royalsreview Why don't you trust Dayton Moore? Yes... Where do you put Hillman in this wedding analogy? What about Alex Gordon? Do you think the Royals can compete in 2009? How is Royals Review going? Umm... the website I guess. Royals Review is a greybeard now.

By royalsreview 2010 - $3 Million 2011 - $4 Million Then, if the club option part of the contract is bought out at this point, the Royals owe Soria a 750K buyout. Are you surprised that it was Soria that got the first "lock-up" contract of the Dayton Moore Era?

By NYRoyal BB  SO  4 9 23 23 55 50 6 29 78 W  L  G  GS  IP  H  R  ER  HR  BB  SO  0 1 3 3 9 3 2 0 8 9 Carlos Rosa, RHP W  L  G  GS  IP  H  R  ER  HR  BB  SO  2 2 5 5 28 17 6 5 1 5 25 W  L  G  GS  IP  H  R  ER  HR  BB  SO  1 2 5 5 28 27 10 10 1 8 23 W  L  G  GS  IP  H  R  ER  HR  BB  SO  1 2 5.40 5 5 25 34 15 15 2 6 12 1.60 W  L  ERA  G  GS  IP  H  R  ER  HR  BB 

By royalsreview Billy Butler: This nomination isn't suggesting that Butler will be out of baseball in two seasons, but he's the closest approximation to a pure Quinn candidate on the roster, thanks to Alex Gordon already disappointing us and lowering expectations last season. Butler gets constant cri...

By royalsreview Fernando Vina pointed out that the Royals love playing hard for Brian Bannister. That is great! Its good that they play hard for Bannister, because he deserves it the most because he did well on his SAT. Why play hard for someone like Odalis Perez? Is he even American? Na, you can slack on those...

By Leitch Today: The Kansas City Royals. Your author is Will McDonald. Will McDonald writes Royals Review and is a grad student writing his dissertation on eighteenth-century American poetry. His words are after the jump. Are you ready for a universe in which the Royals are good?

By Jim McLennan Eric Byrnes led off the third with another homer; Kansas scored two off Lyon in the fifth, then Arizona came back once more with four in the bottom half of the same inning. Kansas City got two in the seventh, starting with a bizarre one: John Buck struck out, but Easley, unaware the umpire had r...

By NYRoyal The Royals situation with Soria is mirrored by the Yankees quandry with Joba Chamberlain.  He dominated as a reliever and scouts think he has the stuff to be a very successful starting pitcher.  Many commentators think the Yankees should keep in the bullpen and groom him to be Mariano River...

By royalsreview The bullpen was a huge question mark in the offseason, because when it was at its best last year (and when it was, it was one of the best in baseball) it was primarily Riske, Soria, Dotel and Greinke. Only Soria is back, and in a different role than when the pen was at its best last year. Yabuta will...

By Craig Brown Last season, Grudzielanek was the only regular to hit over .300 and led the Royals with a .302 batting average - Joey Gathright hit .307, but in about half the number of plate appearances. He slugged .426 - which was higher than anyone in the Royals starting outfield. (Emil Brown was at .347, David D...

By Clark Fosler Let’s assume the Royals are keeping 12 pitchers, 2 catchers and four outfielders (DeJesus, Teahen, Guillen & Gathright). Now, you have Gordon, Pena, Grudzielanek and Gload around the infield and Billy Butler at the DH. The Royals just traded for another infielder in Alberto Callasp...

By royalsreview Don't worry about that five game losing streak, or about losing six of seven, or about having the worst offense in the American League, or about purported ace and team leader and tone setter Gil Meche getting bombed, or about looking like the worst baseball team on the planet twenty four ho...

By royalsreview In sum, its a press conference and a happy day for Trey Hillman. Its also possibly another set of clues into just what team Dayton Moore wants to build. Its possible that looking at three or four transactions next month will be both more worthwhile, and more relevant.

By JQ The more I look over Kosuke Fukudome's career numbers the more I like him.  He is an outright free agent now so the Royals can sign him without bidding for his rights.  He has already expressed interest in playing in the States.  He will be 31 years old, which means he will probably start to decli...

By marbotty Sam Mellinger: I do think it's sustainable, if by "sustainable" you mean that the Royals will continue to progress --- not that they'll continue to beat John Lackey with John Thomson. The free agent thing, there is the argument that the Royals could be in line for an extra draft pick by losin...

By Leitch We watched all three Cardinals-Royals games over the weekend, on the Royals television affiliate — which had a charming, low rent, public access, Wayne's World feel — and we can say with as much certainty as we can muster that the Royals are the worst team we've seen in a long, long time. It's...