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With the All-Star break and the trade deadline fast approaching the Royals find themselves in somewhat unfamiliar territory. Normally, at this point in the season the Royals would be looking to unload talent and the fans would say goodbye to a Johnny Damon or a Carlos Beltran. But this year might be different … this [...]
First it was closer Joakim Soria in Spring Training, then on May 13th it was starter Danny Duffy followed by reliever Blake Wood, and now starter Felipe Paulino. That’s the list of Royals’ pitchers to undergo Tommy John surgery this season. That’s four pitchers, an All-Star closer, a solid reliever, and two young starters, gone [...]
Okay, I admit that I may not be the most patient man, as my diligence in honking my horn to encourage slow moving traffic stands testament to. That being said I also realize baseball is a game which inherently demands a good amount of patience. It’s not like the NFL or NBA where a team [...]
They say hind-sight is 20/20. Case in point, last November Royals general manager Dayton Moore made an off-season trade; centerfielder Melky Cabrera to the Giants for starting pitcher Jonathan Sanchez. At the time the trade made good sense, the Royals needed to bolster the starting rotation and Jonathan Sanchez had been putting up decent to [...]
It would be easy to say A-Rod “got jiggy” with Royals rookie starter, Will Smith, Wednesday night taking him yard twice in his short three innings of work, (and I guess I just did) but it wouldn’t be fair to the 22-year-old lefty. I mean c’mon, the kid before Wednesday had never even been in [...]
