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kingsofkauffman.com - 21 hours ago
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The other night while writing about the signing
of Brad Thompson I started thinking about Tim Lincecum
and Zack Greinke winning the Cy Young Awards in their respective leagues. More specifically I started wondering how many times the leaders in ERA+ from both the AL and NL won the CYAs. I sat ...
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When Good Posts Go Bad: ERA+ and the CYA
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kingsofkauffman.com - 45 hours ago
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Another day, another minor league free agent for
Dayton Moore and the Royals. Enter 31 year old,
RHP-Jorge Campillo who has the distinction of having been signed twice and released once by the Atlanta Braves. Campillo was signed by the Atlanta Braves as an amateur free agent on February 14th, ...
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RHP-Jorge Campillo Joins the Royals
kingsofkauffman.com - 2 days ago
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My IRF (Inner Royals Fan) got some good
news* when it was announced the Royals had signed
RHP-Brad Thompson to a minor league contract. *You may be asking yourself about my usage of “good news” when referring to the Royals signing Brad Thompson. If you are, let me remind you that ...
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IRF Reacts to Brad Thompson
kingsofkauffman.com - 2 days ago
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Midnight is fast approaching and with it open
season on the current class of free agents. This
can be an exciting time for fans of certain teams or for people obsessed with pretty much anything baseball. I fall into the latter category so I am fired up to see who goes where and for how [...]
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FA Open Season Approaches, My IRF Sleeps
kingsofkauffman.com - 3 days ago
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Welcome to the final Wednesday edition of the
Rafters Report. Monday, November 16th (6-4 Win) CF-Jarrod Dyson:
1-4, 1 R, 1 2B, 2 RBI, 1 BB, 1 SO 2B-Jeff Bianchi: 1-4, 1 SO Tuesday, November 17th (9-2 Win) CF-Jarrod Dyson: 3-5, 1 R, 1 2B, 2 RBI 3B-Mike Moustakas: 1-5, 2 R, 1 HR, 2 RBI, 1 ...
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Wednesday Rafters Report: End of AFL Season Draws Near
kingsofkauffman.com - 5 days ago
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Zack Greinke has officially won the 2009 AL
Cy Young Award. The voters did the right thing
by giving the award to Zack, but they did an even better job by voting Felix 2nd. In a bit of a surprise, Justin Verlander took 3rd over C.C. Sabathia, who finished 4th, and Roy Halladay who was [...]
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As it Should Be: Zack and Felix 1 & 2 in AL Cy Young Voting
kingsofkauffman.com - 5 days ago
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Time for another update on the Royals playing
in the Caribbean Winter Leagues. Venezuelan Winter League: 2B-Alberto
Callaspo (26) [Zulia] 10 G, 39 AB, 0.308/.372/.513, 5 R, 3 2B, 1 3B, 1 HR, 12 RBI, 3 BB, 4 SO LHP-Michael O’Connor (29) [Margarita] 12 G, 8.2 IP, 3.12 ERA, 11 H, 4 BB, 6 ...
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Royals Caribbean Report (11/16)
kingsofkauffman.com - 5 days ago
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Today the AL Rookie of the Year award
went to Oakland reliever Andrew Bailey. I’m stunned that
he actually won the award, but outside of maybe Rangers SS Elvis Andrus, I think Bailey was the correct choice. Now that the award has been announced, the question that sticks out to me is ...
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Ranking the AL ROYs of the Aughts
kingsofkauffman.com - 6 days ago
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The AFL season wraps up this week so
this will be the final Sunday edition of the
Rafters Report. The Surprise Rafters will play their last game on Thursday, but I will probably keep the normal routine and post again on Wednesday. At some point after the final game on Thursday I’ll do a ...
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Sunday Rafters Report
kingsofkauffman.com - 7 days ago
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November 20th marks the day that teams can
sign free agents that played for other teams last
season. It also marks the day that teams need to finalize their 40-man rosters for the purposes of protecting eligible players from being selected in the Rule 5 draft. So, it may seem kind of out of ...
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2010 Draft and Prospects
kingsofkauffman.com - 8 days ago
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It’s been a busy week full of minor
transactions for the Royals. In this edition of Crown
Gems is news on Edwin Bellorin, Yasuhiko Yabuta, Lenny DiNardo, Mitch Webster, Wilson Betemit, Alberto Callaspo, Miguel Olivo, Bruce Chen, John Bannister, Cody Clark, and Irving ...
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Crown Gems: Royals Transactions
kingsofkauffman.com - 8 days ago
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I had designs on recapping the movements of
all the teams this offseason, but quickly realized the
enormity of my grand plan. Since time constraints don’t allow me to cover things on a such a level, I have resolved to dedicate myself to keeping tabs on the transactions and rumors of the ...
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Crown Gems: Twins, Tigers, Indians, and White Sox
kingsofkauffman.com - 9 days ago
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Today the Puerto Rico Winter League kicks off.
In the spirit of consistency, here is a look
at Royals’ players who are currently assigned to rosters. Puerto Rico Winter League: RHP-Mario Santiago (24) [Gigantes de Carolina]: The Royals drafted Mario in the 16th round of the 2005 draft ...
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Royals in the Caribbean: Puerto Rico League Primer
kingsofkauffman.com - 9 days ago
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SimonOnSports is running a series, Blogging the Offseason,
featuring a blogger from each MLB team. I had
the honor of representing the Kansas City Royals in his series. He published the Royals edition this afternoon so head on over and check it out. While you are there, take some time to ...
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Simon on Sports is Blogging the Offseason
kingsofkauffman.com - 10 days ago
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It’s Wednesday which means it’s Rafters Report time.
It’s also Veteran’s Day so please take a moment
to reflect on the sacrifices made by the men and women that have fought for and represented our country over the years. Also take a moment to reflect on the sacrifices ...
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Wednesday Rafters Report, Dominic Brown, Colt Griffin, ...
kingsofkauffman.com - 11 days ago
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Today is one of those days where my
lack of motivation has, for the most part, won
the battle over my compulsive urges to write. This is likely due to my recent lack of sleep and the fact that I have been fighting a cold off and on for what seems like a month now. [...]
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Cold Wins the Battle of Motivation
kingsofkauffman.com - 12 days ago
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There are times in life when you come
across something and you experience opposite emotions at the
same time. Today I had one of those moments when I read an article posted by Bob Dutton of the Kansas City Star. About a month ago, I took a look at the position of catcher for the Royals [...]
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Crown Gems: Alberto Callaspo for A.J. Ellis?
kingsofkauffman.com - 12 days ago
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Another Monday evening, another Royals Caribbean Report. Venezuelan
Winter League: 2B-Alberto Callaspo (26) [Zulia] 5 G, 17
AB, 0.059/.111/.176, 1 R, 1 3B, 4 RBI, 3 SO LHP-Michael O’Connor (29) [Margarita] 11 G, 6.2 IP, 2.70 ERA, 10 H, 3 BB, 4 SO LHP-Carlos Rivas (24) [Lara] 4 G, 5.2 IP, ...
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Royals Caribbean Report (11/9)
kingsofkauffman.com - 13 days ago
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Time for the Sunday Rafters Report which includes
my notes on Mike Moustakas’ performance in Saturday’s AFL
Rising Stars Showcase. Thursday, November 5th (8-7 Loss) CF-Jarrod Dyson: 1-4, 1 R, 1 2B, 1 RBI, 1 BB, 2 SO SS-Jeff Bianchi: 0-4, 1 SO, 1 E RHP-Aaron Hartsock: 2.0 IP, 3 H, ...
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Sunday Rafters Report & Moustakas’ AFL Rising Stars ...
kingsofkauffman.com - 14 days ago
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Featured in this edition of Crown Gems: at
least five links for each AL Central team. The
two big news items are, of course, the Mark Teahen trade and the Twins acquisition of J.J. Hardy, but there is plenty of other good AL Central news to pass along and read about. To properly assess and [...]
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Crown Gems: AL Central Link Roundup
