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40-Man Set
Out: Devon Lowery, Doug Waechter, Tug Hulett and Julio Pimentel
In: Jeff Bianchi, Jarrod Dyson, Jordan Parraz, Manuel Pina and Blake Wood.
Good news that we protected Bianchi and Parraz... but I guess we still kept Luis Hernandez... why, again?
MLB
Devon Lowery
Doug Waechter
Luis Hernandez
Kansas City Royals
Last night at the Plaza branch of the Kansas City Public Library, Denny Matthews and his ghost writer Matt Fulks had a promo event for Denny’s new book that included an audience Q and A at the end. While most of what Denny had to say dealt with reminiscences of old time good ...
MLB
Kansas City Royals
The Royals continue to the be the most active bidders on the minor league free agent market. Not content with guys like Wilson Betimet, John Bannister , Edwin Bellorin or Brad Thompson , the Royals today announced the s igning of P Jorge Campillo . Campillo, 30, has the benefit of being both an ...
MLB
Kansas City Royals
Jorge Campillo
You know its a good week when two of Greinke's pitches get specific breakdowns.
Royals :
Greinke’s Slider | FanGraphs Baseball
The Curves of Zack Greinke - Beyond the Box Score
Royalscentricity: Cy Greinke
Zack Greinke wins the AL Cy Young Award " Royal Reflections ...
MLB
Kansas City Royals
Zack Greinke
The Royals have signed former Cardinals right hander Brad Thompson to a one year minor league deal. Thompson, 27, was 2-6 with a 4.84 ERA in 80 innings in 2009, and has a lifetime 4.36 ERA in 385 MLB innings. He is a groundball pitcher, with a career groundball rate of 52.2%. His strikeout ...
MLB
Kansas City Royals
Brad Thompson
St. Louis Cardinals
Horacio Ramirez
royalsreview.com - 15 hours ago
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We cover prospect #24-19 in this installment of
the our Prospect List. I decided to drop adding
pics because it was such a headache last time. We've got some high ceiling players on this section--if even one of them came close to reaching ...
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Royals Top 30 Prospects:#24-19
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Steve Kornacki Defends Verlander Pick
Steve Kornacki defends his Cy Young pick. The brief article provides, in pertinent part:
"Verlander received my first-place vote because nobody was tougher on the mound with the season on the line for his team. "
This seems like sound ...
MLB
Cy Young
Kansas City Royals
Mike Montgomery comfortably gets the call as the Royals Top Prospect on our poll. He beat out Mike Moustakas and Aaron Crow. So now the fight for #2 begins. As before, the choices are listed alphabetically and you can make your case in the comment section. I've added a ...
MLB
Kansas City Royals
Aaron Crow
"David DeJesus had our best zone rating," Bannister said, referring to the Royals’ left fielder. "So a lot of times, Zack would pitch for a fly ball at our park instead of a ground ball, just because the zone rating was better in our outfield and it was a big park."
To that end, Bannister ...
MLB
Zack Greinke
Kansas City Royals
David DeJesus
Cy Young
royalsreview.com - 2 days ago
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royalsreview.com —
Zack Greinke capped a memorable 2009 Tuesday, winning
the Cy Young Award, presented annually by the Baseball
Writers of America. Greinke led the Major Leagues with a sterling 2.16 ERA, despite pitching in front of one of the worst defenses in the ...
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Zack Greinke Wins the 2009 Cy Young Award!
Does Greinke take home the award or not?
Poll
Will Greinke win the Cy Young?
Yes
No
120 votes | Results
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Cy Young
Kansas City Royals
Zack Greinke
Before we get to the top of my personal Royals Prospect List, I thought we would let you all voice who you think the Royals Top Prospects are. I think we did this last year, I can't remember who spearheaded it, but I'll go ahead and get the ball rolling. I haven't decided if we'll ...
MLB
Kansas City Royals
Aaron Crow
More photos »
by Charlie Riedel - AP
This is better than any award. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)
Browse more photos »
Dear Zack,
Thank you for an amazing 2009.
We ...
MLB
Kansas City Royals
Zack Greinke
Cy Young
Cubs actively courting Dayton to get the Guillen for Bradley trade done.
Royals are in the running for the Bradley sweeptakes due to having Jose Guillen on the team. How much money would the Cubs need to throw in and take Guillen for Dayton to bite? Will an additional 3 million in cash ...
MLB
Milton Bradley
Chicago Cubs
Kansas City Royals
Jose Guillen
Saturday in the AFL:
Mike Moustakas managed to drag his morbidly obese body around the bases for a double and a triple-he's 2-2 so far
Aaron Crow: 4ip 1h 0r 0er 0w 4k 7 ground outs, 1 flyout
Blake Wood pitched a scoreless inning
MLB
Aaron Crow
Kansas City Royals
An emerging scenario has Getz replacing Callaspo as the starting second baseman, with veteran Willie Bloomquist available if Getz, a left-handed hitter, struggles against left-handed pitchers.
Fields would become the starting third baseman, with Alex Gordon shifting to first base and ...
MLB
Kansas City Royals
Willie Bloomquist
Alex Gordon
The big news in Royalsville are the DeJesus rumors and the announcement that Alberto Callaspo did not qualify for arbitration as a Super Two. Expect Moore to get great anti-value for these guys any day now. The little news, but maybe a growing meme, is the Mike Moustakas weight gain. Sickels ...
MLB
Kansas City Royals
Bill Simmons
Pete Rose
Did the SB Nation baseball bloggers get it right?
Rk Player Team 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th Pts
1
Joe Mauer
Minnesota Twins
24
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Ben Zobrist
Tampa Bay Rays
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10
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MLB
Kansas City Royals
The Hardball Times ranks top 10 Royal Prospects
Looks like last season's list with Myers and Crow added in.
MLB
Brett Myers
Kansas City Royals
Because it's amusing to figure out who is similar to who.
Batters
is most similar to
or
In 2008, he was most similar to
Alberto Callaspo
Smoky Burgess
Don Slaught
Alex Gordon
Howard Johnson
Darnell Coles
Joe Foy
Billy Butler
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