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Is Aaron Crow a Bust?
You may remember Aaron Crow’s amateur career. Stud starting pitcher at the University of Missouri. He was a high first round draft pick for the Washington Nationals in 2008 (9th pick) but they were unable to sign him and he went back into the draft in 2009. The Kansas City Royals grabbed him with the 12th pick Keep Reading
Jeff Francoeur triples, celebrates with an Eddie Rodriguez sac slap
On Monday night, the Royals broke their 2 game skid, winning 8-2 over the Tampa Bay Rays (I still want to say Devil). Batting 7th, Jeff Francouer had a nice game, going 2 for 4 with an RBI and a triple… and a celebratory tap of 3rd base coach Eddie Rodriguez’s balls. The best part Keep Reading
Are the 2013 Kansas City Royals really just Zack Siler?
Today I stumbled across the following post on a Kansas City Royals message board that I frequent: “Just remember when the team started 18-11 a few years back, how good that felt, then reality set in and the true Royals showed up…it could still all fall apart.” This is perhaps the most difficult war that Keep Reading
2013 Kansas City Royals: Pessimist Edition
There are a lot of Kansas City Royals fans who are excited for 2013. The possibility of contending for the division title, a wild card spot, or at least breaking .500 for the first time in 10 seasons has them ready for April 1st. The man pictured above is not one of them. There are Keep Reading
Hope for the Royals in 2013 (no, seriously)
Spring Training is here!!! Royals pitchers and catchers have reported and the rest of the squad is due in late this week. As they say in Major League Baseball, hope springs eternal. Every team has a chance for hope-even if they lost 100 games the previous season. There are constant examples of worst to first Keep Reading
Luke Hochevar is the Hot Girl You [Dated] Back in the Day
This just in…..Luke Hochevar sucks. This also just in…….the Kansas City Royals are a bunch of god-damned idiots. I could just stop there and you would nod silently and go about your day. Instead, let us delve into the latest chapter of whichever of those first two statement you think should be the title of Keep Reading
Free Agent Pitcher Preview: 8 Pitchers That Should Draw the Royals’ Interest
As the Kansas City Royals 2012 campaign meets its ultimate conclusion, the organization must improve their starting pitching heading into 2013. With a roster burgeoning of young, capable talent in the field, the 2012 rotation pitched the Royals from relevance and into a top-ten draft slot next season. Although likely to field a 2013 rotation Keep Reading
A Sneak Peek at the Royals 2013 Rotation
Starting pitching is the name of the game. As the season winds down into another losing campaign, the Royals have one clear problem to address in the offseason—starting pitching. Fielding a rotation with a record of 36-50 and an ERA of 5.22 (as of August 16th), the Royals’ rotation has effectively decimated their chances of Keep Reading
Did the Kansas City Royals just become… SMART?!!!!
Today we learned that Melky Cabrera has been suspended for 50 games for violation of the MLB performance-enhancing substance policy for having tested positive due to elevated testosterone. One cannot help but wonder if Dayton Moore (or someone else within the Kansas City Royals organization) had knowledge of Cabrera’s use of PEDs last season when Keep Reading
Kansas City’s young talent showing promise for successful 2013 season
General Manager Dayton Moore has said many times that the team will be very aggressive in the off-season following the 2012 season. But will the fans see any “aggressive” moves? I’m not so sure. Before the Wednesday trade deadline, Moore had plenty of chances to get a decent to good starting pitcher and he didn’t. He also Keep Reading
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