Michael Urriola

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I am a long time hard core Royals fan who loves to see the boys in blue win.

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Do The Kansas City Royals Have a “Tommy John Curse” On Them?

With Felipe Paulino being diagnosed with a torn ligament in his right elbow, he becomes the Royals 4th pitcher to have a season ending injury. It begs the question is Kansas city cursed or is it the coaching staffs fault? When I first saw the news that Joakim Soria, had a serious injury, I wasn’t Keep Reading

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5 Free Agents Who Could Help The Royals Now

We are still in the month of may, meaning playoff hopes ares still alive. Is there a free agent that could help the royals? Lets take a look. 1: This might shock you but, Roy Oswalt is still a free agent. Yes. the former all-star pitcher who had a 3.69 ERA last year, and played Keep Reading

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Should The “Cap System” Be Brought To Major League Baseball?

The long debated topic of bringing the “Cap system” to the MLB, has been debated, criticized and praised, but should we bring the “cap system” to Major League Baseball? Basically the cap system would  assign each MLB team an equal amount of money, that each team could use to pay players. The most notable sports Keep Reading

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Could Josh Beckett Become a Kansas City Royal?

Josh Beckett is currently throwing a 5.97 ERA with 2 wins and 4 losses. That is not good enough, when you are making 17 million dollars a year. This could mean that the Boston Red Sox could cut Josh Beckett. Josh Beckett is also under heat because he said he was hurt and skipped a Keep Reading

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Who deserves to represent the Royals at the All-star game?

With the all-star game being in Kansas City this year, who will represent the Royals? The most obvious choices would be Mike Moustakas, Eric Hosmer or Billy Butler. But, we only have one choice, because it is highly unlikely any Royal will get voted in by other fans meaning we will only get the league Keep Reading

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MLB’s 2012 Top 5 Draft Prospects

With the MLB’s draft coming up in June, its time to look at the top prospects available to teams. 1: Bryon Buxton OF Appling County High school Bryon Buxton is most similar to Carl Crawford when he played for the  Tampa Bay Rays. Bryon has lightning fast speed, a good glove, great bat and he Keep Reading

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Kansas City’s Offense On A Hot Streak

In the last five games the Royals have scored more than 3 runs every game. That is very promising news for a team that’s offense was very slow in the month of April. Last nights game against the New York Yankees, Alex Gordon had one of his best games of the season, getting 4 hits, Keep Reading

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GameDay Preview: New York Yankees vs Kansas City Royals 5/5/12

Tonight’s Matchup: New York Yankees (14-12) Vs Kansas City Royals (8-17) Game time: 7:10pm Kansas City, Missouri Kauffman Stadium Lineup: Kansas City                                                                New York 1: Jarrod Dyson CF                                             1:  Derek Jeter SS 2: Alex Gordon LF                                              2: Curtis Granderson CF 3: Billy Butler DH                                                3: Alex Rodriguez DH 4: Eric Hosmer 1B                                              Keep Reading

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Is it too early for the Royals to call players up?

While the Royals have played better this week, they still have a record of 8 wins and 17 losses. There are moves that we can make to get us back on track. We can add more depth to the outfield by sending down Mitch Maier and calling up Derrick Robinson.  Mitch Maier is only hitting Keep Reading

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5 Must Have Royals Players For Fantasy Baseball

Even though the MLB season has started it’s not too late to create a fantasy team. Here is my list for the top 5 Royals players to get for Fantasy baseball. 1: Billy Butler Billy Butler is red hot right now with 2 home runs and a OPS of .953, along with a .286 average. Keep Reading

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