JOHNNY GIAVOTELLA RUMORS
Multi-team trade looming for Kansas City Royals?
This guest post stems from a conversation that began on Twitter when @CrownCrazed asked the question "Why is everyone so upset Johnny Giavotella will not be the every day starter? I am upset Christian Colon is not yet in the majors. He was supposed to be on the fast track"Here is the Twitter conversation that preceded this email from Matt, which we have transformed...
Via Crown Crazed
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21 days ago
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21 days ago
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Johnny Giavotella joins the Royals, but for how long?
What an interesting Wednesday for the Kansas City Royals. Before the game with the Boston Red Sox, the Royals called up infielder Johnny Giavotella and put LHP Jonathan Sanchez on the 15-day disabled list with biceps tendinitis. Then for Wednesday’s game, Manager Ned Yost put Giavotella in the lineup as the designated hitter, Billy Butler at first base and Irving Falu at third...
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21 days ago
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21 days ago
Giovotella wants to help Royals win
The conventional wisdom has been that when Royals prospect Johnny Giavotella was going to get promoted from Triple-A Omaha this season, he would then become the full-time starter at second base.
The organizational philosophy is simple: It's better for Giavotella to get his at-bats and work on his defense at Omaha rather than sit at the big-league level.
Well, interestingly...
Via Fox Sports Kansas City
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22 days ago
For now, Johnny G must wait at Omaha
For now, Royals second base prospect Johnny Giavotella must wait. And it may be a long, long wait.
Giavotella had far higher expectations than spending 2012 back at Triple-A Omaha. He came up to the Royals for 46 games in 2011 and showed just enough pop offensively (.247, nine doubles, four triples, two homers) to give Royals fans hope they had found their second baseman of the...
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27 days ago
Kansas Citys Top 5 Prospects
Kansas city has one of the most promising prospect farms of any team in the MLB, mainly because of the countless losing seasons that have given us high draft picks. So lets look at Kansas Cities top 5 most promising prospects.
1: Will Myers AA OF: The 21-year-old has a lot of promise having risen through the minor leagues very fast, but he had some problems last year only hitting...
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March 31, 2012
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March 31, 2012
Kansas City Royals, surprise contenders in 2012?
Could this be true?
Despite the loss of Joakim Soria and Salvador Perez, with Johnny Giavotella being sent back to the minors and Bruce Chen, the opening day starter, being blown up in spring training, are the Royals really a contender in 2012?
The Royals have just one winning season in the last 17, when they went 83-79 in 2003 to finish third in the American League Central...
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March 28, 2012
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March 28, 2012
Johnny Giavotella sent to the minors, more Chris Getz to come
As if the spring couldn't get any worse for Kansas City Royals fan than losing closer Joakim Soria to season ending Tommy John surgery, 2nd baseman Johnny Giavotella was sent to the minors on Sunday.
This re-opens the door for Chris Getz and Yuniesky Betancourt to get more playing time. Anyone excited? Didn't think so.
Now, I am in now way praising Giavotella'...
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March 26, 2012
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March 26, 2012
Royals Shock World, Send Giavotella To AAA
Since the 2011 season ended and the offseason began, people largely assumed that Johnny Giavotella would break camp as the starting second baseman for the Kansas City Royals. He mashed Triple-A last year to the tune of .338/.390/.481 and was named player of the year in the Royals’ minor league system. Furthermore, the organization benched starter Chris Getz late last year in...
Via Fangraphs
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March 26, 2012
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March 26, 2012
Royals 2B Giavotella getting pushed for job
SURPRISE, Ariz. (AP) In the hall outside the Royals' spring training clubhouse, there's a life-size portrait of Johnny Giavotella above an inscription that reads, "The George Brett 2011 Hitter of the Year."
Talk about a lot to live up to.
Giavotella led all minor leaguers with 153 hits last year at Triple-A Omaha, and compiled a .305 average over four minor league...
Via Fox Sports Kansas City
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March 02, 2012
Giavotella makes Topps Triple-A All-Stars
Royals second baseman Johnny Giavotella, who earned his promotion to the Majors with a big season for Omaha, was named to the Topps Triple-A All-Star team.
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November 08, 2011
THE ROYALS HOT 25
