Under The Knife: Aces Down by Will Carroll
Baseball Prospectus —
... has done it for me in far more detail than I'd do in this column. Crisp's shoulder is going to be a big question mark heading into next season. While it's much easier for position players to come back from this kind of injury than it is for pitchers, Crisp is going to be bumping up against spring training in his comeback. The good news, if you can consider it that, is that it was as simple an injury of this type as possible; the labrum was cleaned up and there was no other serious damage beyond "normal wear" according to a source. Crisp should be able to return to level, but ...
Go Read Rany's Post
Royals Review —
... Instead, go read Rany's most recent post on the Royals' injury situation. It's easily one of the most important commentaries on the team that will appear this season, in any format, and I hope that it reaches as many eyeballs as possible. ...
Thursday News, Notes, and Links
Kings of Kauffman | A Kansas City Royals Blog —
... from the NW Arkansas Naturals. He was hitting .214/.314/.233 in 103 AB in double-A. Since joining the Blue Rocks he is hitting .333/.444/.333 in his 6 AB. Johnson was a 3rd round pick of the Royals in the 2004 draft.
The Omaha Royals released C-Matt Tupman this week. Head over to Royals Review to read A Sad Story: Matt Tupman Leaves Royals.
Rany has yet another excellent post up. Head over to his site to read Release The Hounds.
Check out Interesting Day 2 and 3 Draft ...
Pregame Royals Links: Firesale Edition
Royals Review —
... I've been on the road this weekend, and won't get back til late tonight. I'm emotionally destroyed that I missed Royals-Pirates.
Has Billy Butler been traded yet?
The Royal Treatment: Our Defense
Royals Fire Sale?
Baseball Prospectus | Events | Chat with Joe Sheehan
Rany on the Royals: Release The Hounds.
YouTube - Church Going with Larkin and Betjeman
Royal Reflections: Royal Reflections Podcast #5 with Brian McGannon ...
The Tragically Hip: Revisiting an Unfortunately Popular Injury
Walkoff Walk —
... So how do we fix these huge hip happenings and keep our favorite East Coast stars in the lineup? Maybe it's not time to start calling for the heads of assorted major league trainers, but in some situations, that might just be the hip move.
The Firing Squad: Dave Owen Edition
Kansas City Royals —
The rumblings are growing louder by the day. This team stinks like a rotting carcass and people are looking at someone to whom they can pin the blame. Some are calling for the manager. Our friend Rany wants the trainer fired. You kind of get the feeling Dayton Moore is feeling some heat. There are obviously a ton of issues with this team. It's not going to be a simple fix. Firing one guy isn't going to solve all our problems. Having said that, this brand of baseball we're seeing in Kansas City is pathetic. ...
Stupid is …
Joe Posnanski —
... Wednesday’s jaw-dropper, though, was much more ominous. Start here: If you’re a Royals fan, you have probably read Rany Jazayerli’s screed about Royals trainer Nick Swartz. It’s pretty strong — I don’t happen to believe Swartz is the problem, I believe that at the end of the day the trainer only advises and it’s the team decision makers that make calls. But I would not argue with Rany’s basic points … or his three main examples: ...
Rany Gets Banned By The Geniuses Who Run the Royals
Driveline Mechanics —
... Read the link for the details... basically, in a previous blog entry he dared to criticize the Royals handling of injuries. ...
Rany is banned by the Royals
The Hardball Times —
Rany Jazayerli sent a heat-seeking missle in the directon of the Royals' medical staff last week. The Royals read it. As a result, ...
KC Bans Writer For Thoughtful, Accurate Analysis
SPORTSbyBROOKS —
... followers, after he wrote a blog post criticizing Kansas City’s head athletic trainer. Oh, and this isn’t your typical blogger writing from his parents’ dimly lit basement. He co-founded Baseball Prospectus. But then, as their win-loss record will tell you, the Royals aren’t much for numbers. Dr. Rany Jazayerli started Baseball Prospectus in 1996, and has been breaking down the game ever since. He started his own blog, Rany on The Royals, to apply his analytics to his favorite team. In a post last week , he noted how the Royals have had a miserable history of injuries since ...
Team "Bans" Baseball Prospectus Writer, Pain In The Royal Ass [Mlb]
Deadspin —
... on the study of pitcher abuse. He knows whereof he speaks, and when he speaks like this, in a raging 3,000-word indictment of the way the Royals handle and mishandle injuries, the organization would do well to pay attention. The Royals, being the Royals, did no such thing. Today, Jazayerli ...
Royals To Rany : Fuck Off
Can't Stop The Bleeding —
... “Nick Swartz needs to be fired. Immediately.” So declared Rainy On The Royals’ Rany Jazayerli (above) of K.C.’s trainer of some 19 years. “If there was an award for worst training staff in the majors, the Royals would be the runaway leaders at this point in the season.” Despite providing rather compelling evidence that makes the Mets’ Ray Ramirez come off like a medical magician compared to Swartz, Jazayerli’s reward for such constructive criticism was an announcement from the Royals that he’d ...
Upsetting the Royals
baseballmusings.com —
On June 24th, Rany Jazayerli called for the firing of long time Royals trainer Nick Swartz:
But what if I told you that there is, in fact, one person who has been with the Royals for the last 15 years? What if I told you that he occupied a position of considerable importance; that by all appearances he was as bad at his job as anyone in the organization; and that, despite this, he enjoys unparalleled job security? Wouldn’t that trouble you a little?
It certainly troubles me. It especially troubles me that, even though this person is having probably ...
Cheer Up! Things Could be Much, Much Worse!
"MyTeamRivals" via MyTeamRivals.com in Google Reader —
... Empire this season, the Twins have slid back to the .500 mark for the hundred-somethingth time (oh, and you're welcome, Yankee fans). They currently sit in third place, four games behind the division-leading Kittehs and two behind the second-place Pale Hosers. All of which is very, very depressing. But take heart Twins fans, we're not the only ones sharpening our razor blades and drawing a bath: The Royals are teh suck. This is hardly news. But this team has so many problems, it's difficult to know where to begin. I ...
Already Down Meche, Royals Await News on Brian Bannister
Royals Review —
... Hmm... maybe these problems aren't necessarily so new. In any event, we should all feel totally comfortable that the Royals will handle these injuries well. ...
