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Royals sign Brad Thompson to minor league deal
10 days ago by
Tireball.com
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The Royals agreed to terms with RHP Brad Thompson on a one-year minor league contract. Thompson could be an option at the back end of the Royals rotation, the bullpen or as minor league depth in 2010.
The front end of the Royals rotation figures to made up of Zack Grienke and Gil Meche...
Blogging the Offseason: Kansas City Royals
17 days ago by
Simon On Sports
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Blogging the Offseason is a 30 team series in which I ask a blogging representative from each MLB team a series of ten questions about their desires and thoughts surrounding the offseason. Check out all of them here.Today's team AL is the Kansas City Royals and our guest is Wally...
Two-a-Days: Kansas City Royals
17 days ago by
Fragile Freddy's
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65-97, 4th Place (Tied) 21 ½ GBPositional MVP: Alberto Callaspo - .297/.351/.440 – The 26 year old second baseman has become a solid performer. His defense does not rate particularly well but he’s a solid line drive hitter.Cy Young: Zack Greinke – 13-8, 2.19 – What, you were...
Royals Prefer Trades
17 days ago by
MLB Trade Rumors
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Bob Dutton of the Kansas City Star dishes on the Royals...
Dayton Moore...step away from the free agent market. The Royals are moving toward trades, with an eye on the long-term. Owner David Glass says the plan is to "turn over some of the club." Moore...
A QUICK STOP THEN I GOTTA GO
26 days ago by
The Eddie Kranepool Society
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Quick hits on the World Series so far:
I don’t know what the pundits wanted Joe Giraridi to do other than pitch AJ Burnett on three days rest. Do these experts know the other choice to pitch is Chad Gaudin? The same Chad Gaudin who was cut by the Padres this season and a guy who...
Sherman's Second Plan To Top Atlanta
October 20, 2009 by
Amazin' Avenue
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Recently at the Post, Joel Sherman threw some water on the John Lackey dreams of many Mets fans, instead proposing a series of buy-low candidates the Mets would be prudent to acquire. His criteria reads:
So if the obvious avenues are blocked, where do the Mets...
Odds & Ends: Mets, Yankees, Brewers
October 18, 2009 by
MLB Rumors
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A few links to browse while you recover from last night's 13-inning marathon in the Bronx....
The New York Post's Joel Sherman has a plan for the Mets' rotation: take advantage of spacious Citi Field by pursuing fly ball pitchers instead of the ground ball pitchers...
A Farewell To Right Arms
October 08, 2009 by
Royals Review
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A Farewell to Right Arms is a semi-autobiographical novel written by Trey Hillman, first published in 2009.
The novel is told through the point of view of a big league manager, an American who wishes he was in fact Japanese citizen, and who might as well be an ambulance driver...
Soren Petro: Dayton Moore said there was a concentrated effort to extend guys, to try to get the...
September 30, 2009 by
Royals Review
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Soren Petro: Dayton Moore said there was a concentrated effort to extend guys, to try to get the starting pitchers to go deeper into games. That's obviously a process, its a great idea in theory. Is that process one of the major reasons why Gil Meche and Brian Bannister are...
Cocktail Napkin Trading
September 26, 2009 by
Cub Reporter
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My how the sports writers love to speculate. They don't start a rumor mind you, they get an out of contest quote to make it seem like it's from a real source. We all know Captain Wrongway Phil Rogers loves to do this stuff in his Sunday 'mlb whispers' column. The...
How we can win in 2010
September 23, 2009 by
Royals Review
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There has been much doom and gloom around here about the prospects of a winning season next year. For the most part I can agree with that sentiment. However, while slaving away at my job I have found myself daydreaming a lot lately. What would it take for...
Gil Meche’s fastball
September 23, 2009 by
Royals Review
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Gil Meche’s fastball
"Assuming he gets healthy, Meche may still have problems if hitters lay off his fastball, if this survey is any indication."
PECOTA v. Pipeline -- the rundown
September 22, 2009 by
The Pipeline
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Back in March I ran through the Royals' PECOTA stat predictions as listed by Baseball Prospectus and then put my own predictive spin on them. I gave the 50th percentile (most likely) projection as a solid average of what the system said....here's how it's shaken out.CMiguel...
The Royals 2010 roster
September 21, 2009 by
Royals Review
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The Royals season is over. We all know it, but there is still plenty of things to discuss regarding this team. The Royals going into next year have several key situations to address. Moore will have several key decisions to make to improve the team and put some talent around...
Kansas City Royals' Bullpen Is the Real Cause of Disasterous 2009
September 18, 2009 by
Bleacher Report
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A few days ago, we examined the effect or non-effect of injuries with relation to a rather pitiful Royals offensive effort this season. In doing so, it appeared that the Royals might have come up thirty or so runs short of what their reasonable expectations should have been entering...
Unsolicited advice: Gil Meche
September 15, 2009 by
kansascity.com
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Nobody asked me, and for good reason, but here's some advice anyway on how the Royals could better project themselves to their fans.
This all comes with the caveat that no words can polish the most disappointing season in franchise history. Short of refunding season ticket...
Royals notebook: Meche likely done for '09; Bannister seeks second opinion
September 10, 2009 by
kansascity.com
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Gil Meche is now unlikely to pitch again the rest of the season, and Brian Bannister is headed to New York for a second opinion, both Royals pitchers dealing with shoulder injuries. Royals manager Trey Hillman would not reveal what Bannister’s diagnosis is from team...
Already Down Meche, Royals Await News on Brian Bannister
September 10, 2009 by
Royals Review
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Brian Bannister may be the latest Royal to have his season end prematurely due to injury. Yes, those terribly unlucky Royals just can't catch a break! I'm stunned that one of the most retrograde teams in the game would have a worn down pitching staff by September.
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Meche probably done, Bannister seeks 2nd opinion
September 10, 2009 by
Seattle Times
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Royals starter Gil Meche is probably done for the year with a shoulder problem, and fellow right-hander Brian Bannister is flying to New York for a second opinion on his shoulder.
Kansas City Royals' Gil Meche done for season, Brian Bannister getting second opinion on shoulder
Royals starter Gil Meche is probably done for the year with a shoulder problem, and fellow right-hander Brian Bannister is flying to New York for a second opinion on his shoulder.
Meche probably done, Bannister seeks 2nd opinion
September 10, 2009 by
Miami Herald
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Royals starter Gil Meche is probably done for the year with a shoulder problem, and fellow right-hander Brian Bannister is flying to New York for a second opinion on his shoulder.
Odds And Ends: Giambi, Wainwright, Meche
September 10, 2009 by
MLB Trade Rumors
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Some more links for the morning...
ESPN.com's Buster Olney believes NL teams should consider Jason Giambi next year if they're looking for a powerful, high OBP bat off the bench.
Olney also hears from a scout who raves about Adam Wainwright. In case you're...
Royals' Gil Meche not likely to pitch the rest of the season
September 10, 2009 by
kansascity.com
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Gil Meche is now unlikely to pitch again the rest of the season, and Brian Bannister is headed to New York for a second opinion, both Royals pitchers dealing with shoulder injuries.
Meche scratched from start because of tired shoulder
September 04, 2009 by
kansascity.com
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Gil Meche’s nightmare season continued with a late scratch from a scheduled start Friday. The Royals are calling it a tired shoulder, similar to what brought Brian Bannister out of his Wednesday start after 1 1/3 innings. Both pitchers were examined by a doctor on Friday...
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