The Official Site of The Kansas City Royals: News: Royals weigh pitching with hitting needs

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MLB Rumors - MLBTradeRumors.com found this 5/7/2008 on kansascity.royals.mlb.com [flag]
For years, the Royals concentrated on pitchers in the first round of the First-Year Player Draft. Only the last of eight straight picks of pitchers really worked well, though: Zack Greinke, class of 2002. Since then, however, the Royals have mixed it up, and with successful results. Recent first-rounders include three other players currently having a Major League impact -- first ... [link]

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Royals Mulling Options For No. 3 Pick
Published 5/7/2008 by Tim Dierkes at MLB Rumors - MLBTradeRumors.com
In MLB.com articles here and here, Dick Kaegel attempts to decipher the Royals' plans for their #3 pick in the June draft. Comments from Royals' scouting director Deric Ladnier have been understandably cryptic.  Kaegel's interpretation is that the Royals will lean toward a college power hitter such as Pedro Alvarez (if available) or Justin ...

The Week In Quotes: May 5-11 by Alex Carnevale
Published 5/12/2008 at Baseball Prospectus
... scouting director Deric Ladnier , on the top talent in this year's amateur draft. (Dick Kaegel, MLB.com ) "While we cannot turn a blind eye to history, we also cannot close off a significant portion of the talent pool because of less-than-desirable prior results. We believe that our revised scouting system and points of emphasis will enhance our probability for success regardless of position." -- ...

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The Word On The Street by Phil Brody — 5/5/08

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No Laffey Matter Aaron Laffey’s debut on Monday against the New York Yankees was impressive. You might look at his line of 5.2 IP, 3 H,4 ER, 1 BB, 1 K and think otherwise, but he was the victim of some bad luck and lethargic defense.
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Demote the whole team

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Why are the Detroit Tigers so bad? Should they be demoted???? Check out what I have to say.
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The Official Site of The Kansas City Royals: News: Royals keeping Draft cards close

MLB Rumors - MLBTradeRumors.com found this 5/7/2008 on kansascity.royals.mlb.com

KANSAS CITY -- Around here, of course, 2005 was the year of the Alex Gordon Draft. Gordon was the overall No. 2 choice by the Royals that year after the Diamondbacks made Justin Upton the top pick of the First-Year Player Draft. Others who were ...
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Eric Rasmussen Needs a Date

Hugging Harold Reynolds found this 5/7/2008 on gemmintten.blogspot.com

Eric Rasmussen hasn't been pulling the tail like he once did. This online dating site profile of the notorious skirt-chaser was passed along to us. He seems like a catch. Name : Eric Rasmussen About Me : Ugh, yeah, um, I am a professional ball ...
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