baseballamerica.com - 11/24/2008
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A rundown of who are Kansas City's top 10 prospects.
sports.espn.go.com - 11/19/2008
boston.com - 11/19/2008
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boston.com —
The Red Sox have traded center fielder Coco
Crisp to the Royals for righthanded relief pitcher Ramon
Ramirez, a major league baseball source has confirmed to the Globe's Nick Cafardo. The deal was first reported this morning on Kansas City...
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Crisp traded to Royals
baseballanalysts.com - 11/28/2008
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There are only 15 more shopping days left.
Major League Baseball's Rule 5 draft will occur on
at the end of the Winter Meetings on Dec. 11. The draft, which is explained here , has become extremely popular in the eyes of online fans, but ...
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The 2008 Rule 5 Draft: Previewing the Pitchers
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Baseball America's Top Ten Royals Prospects
Royals Review —
Good stuff from Baseball America this morning:
Like the Athletics before them, the Rays have become the hope for the hopeless. While the disparities between large- and small-revenue clubs stacks the deck in favor of the Yankees, Red Sox and others, Tampa Bay proved again in 2008 that a less-advantaged club can succeed if it drafts well, develops its own players and makes wise trades. That's good news for the Royals. But it also leads to the question: If the Rays can do it, why hasn't Kansas ...
The Future: KC's Top Prospects
Around the Horn in KC —
... Baseball America highlighted the Royals today as they continue their team-by-team summaries of top prospects. Seven pitchers and three position players make up KC's Top 10. Five of the players were honored at the 2008 Futures Night (above). The future, both near and long-term, appears extremely bright. ...
A Quick Chat with Baseball America's J.J. Cooper
Royals Review —
... Last week, deep in the Thanksgiving sinkhole, Baseball America announced their rankings of the Top Ten Royals prospects. (You can read the initial site reaction ...
Is Royal Prospect Jose Duarte Done?
Royals Review —
... Duarte the "best defensive outfielder" and the "best outfield arm" in the system. Duarte again snagged those labels this off-season, but has yet to emerge as one of the team's top prospects. ...
Yuniesky Betancourt Traded to Kansas City
SeaTown Sports —
... However, it doesn't stop there. Amazingly, Royals GM Drayton Moore actually gave us one of their best pitching prospects in Dan Cortes. Although Saito is not considered a big prospect, Cortes was ranked at #3 in the Royals system by Baseball America. A big guy at 6'6 and 205 lbs, Cortes throws his heater around 92-95mph, but needs to refine his offspeed stuff and his command. His stats thus far this year aren't overly impressive but with pitching prospects, who knows when/if he could make the next step. ...
Mariners Dump Yuniesky Betancourt On Royals
Beyond the Box Score —
... The two relievers that Kansas City sent over have shown some promise in the minor leagues. Cortes, a right-hander, was KC's 3rd best prospect according to Baseball America. Cortes has had a rough go of it this year in AA, with 57 Ks to 50 BB in 83 IP, but in his career in the minors has a 425/204 K/BB in 485 IP. Derrick Saito, the other piece involved, is only in A ball but has a very solid 53/15 K/BB ratio in 53 IP and is left-handed. Certainly, these prospects are worth a flyer, especially when you're able to also rid yourself of a bad ...
Stephenom! Washington Nationals' Stephen Strasburg Hits Triple Digits In Arizona.
Federal Baseball —
... ' top-rated prospect, (according to Baseball America), Mike Moustakas, was followed by a two-out single, and then a weak groundout as Strasburg retired the final batter of his second scoreless frame. ...
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Giants target SS Furcal and Renteria (AP) —
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