Topic: Kansas City Royals
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
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
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
2012 Trade Deadline, The Kansas City Royals, and Ludacris
“In this life, one thing counts. In the bank, large amounts.” Prior to the 2011 season, the Kansas City Royals’ minor league system was rated as the best in the history of the entire galaxy since it was formed by [insert name of the supreme deity you follow on Twitter these days]. In terms of Keep Reading
Royals & Blue Rocks Renew Player Development Contract For 2 More Years
Thursday it was announced that Kansas City Royals and Wilmington Blue Rocks have renewed their player development contract for 2 more seasons. This means the Blue Rocks will continue to the Advance ‘A’ minor league baseball affiliate of the Royals through the 2014 season. Courtesy of Blue Rocks assistant director of media relations Jeff O’Connor, Keep Reading
The 2012 Kansas City Royals and lessons from “The Princess Bride”
If you have ever seen the movie The Princess Bride, consider yourself lucky. Within the movie, there is a scene in which the characters Vizzini and Westley (the hero) engage in a battle of wits where Westley must choose to drink from two glasses of wine: one glass of wine is poisoned with iocane powder; and Keep Reading
Developing: Blue Rocks Player Development Contract With the Royals Up For Renewal At The End of Season
While this probably isn’t big news yet, The Wilmington Blue Rocks Player Development Contract with the Kansas City Royals ends after this season. The reason I don’t think this will amount to anything is that the Royals and the Rocks have an outstanding relationship and from a geographical point of view, their are no Advanced Keep Reading
Choosing the Kansas City Royals’ backup catcher
Kansas City Royals fans are excited that the return of stud catcher Salvy Perez to the Royals lineup is imminent. This creates a potential problem on the roster because they traded for Humberto Quintero when Perez got hurt in Spring Training, giving up a legitimate pitching prospect to do so. No good MLB roster is constructed with 3 players who Keep Reading
Kansas City Royals Renew Contract with Omaha Storm Chasers
The Kansas City Royals announced today the team has renewed its player development contract with the Omaha Storm Chasers through 2016. The Omaha team has been an affiliate with the Kansas City Royals since the Royals were formed in 1969. The Storm Chasers play in the Pacific Coast league, winning the PCL Championship in 2011. Omaha currently Keep Reading
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