Last week, we learned that the Royals and RHP stud prospect Daniel Gutierrez had a disagreement over…well, something. The problems arose when Gutierrez, who has been in Arizona all spring rehabbing a hurt shoulder, switched agents to Scott Boras and started working out at the Boras facilities. The team sent Guz home “for personal reasons.” …
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May 12
Breaking: Jose Duarte promoted to Omaha
Just got word from Greg Schaum…To fill a void left by Mitch Maier being in the Majors and Shane Costa and Chris Lubanski being on the disabled list, outfielder Jose Duarte has been promoted to Omaha, effective right…now. The 24-year-old Duarte was batting .250 in 28 games at Northwest Arkansas with 3 doubles, a triple, …
May 12
ORoyals notes: Shealy hurt, Rosa’s weird season, etc.
Ryan Shealy sat out the last four games, and I wasn’t sure why. Turns out (via Greg Schaum) that Shealy has hurt his knee, but he doesn’t know what he did to it. My guesses were much scarier after Shealy disappeared from the dugout during yesterday’s game. I wondered if he had been traded, or …
May 07
All you’ll read about Manny here.
This blog is a Royals blog, not a general MLB one. I would like to avoid any and all Manny discussions here after this post. However, I just wanted to share this very human thought, free of ESPNesque preachiness, from Bart Given. I know better – should have seen this coming. Got to admit, I’ve …
May 07
Money for SABR, and chicks for…wait, what?
If you are a member of SABR, you can get a grant for your research efforts. I don’t personally have any research to contribute to the greater good of baseball knowledge, but I respect and appreciate all the hard work, innovation and sharing of the SABR-minded people of the world. From Susan Petrone: This is …
May 06
Category: Words I NEVER thought I’d read
“The Royals are officially unstoppable.” -David Pinto After a soul-crushing 9th inning loss in Omaha this afternoon, it was great to just destroy something, even if that “something” was just Kansas City destroying Carlos Silva. This is the Royals’ 17th win of 2009. The team got to that very fast compared to the last few …
May 05
In case you weren’t already astounded enough by Greinke…
When I was little, I bought a postcard in Colorado that featured a beautiful photo of the Rocky Mountains. On the back there was a quote from Teddy Roosevelt that described the scenery as something that “bankrupts the English language.” I thought that was such an awesome way to describe something breathtaking without copping out …
May 01
All-Star Voting – Vote Brewers and Royals
The talented proprietor of CuteSports (who is one of the newest writers at Ladies…) and I are once again teaming up to get some All-Star votes for our oft-forgotten Midwestern Teams. Here’s a link to her side of the proposal. The way I see it, ASG voting is stupid anyway. Sure, you could labor over …
Apr 25
Rainy night Omaha Royals thoughts
I don’t want to talk about the way Kansas City managed to make Zach Miner look like a Cy Young candidate (again), and the Omaha game got rained out, so I have a few moments to address some questions that were brought up in a comment in another post. Reader KMartin said: What’s you early-season …
Apr 24
The end of all things: Soria out with a sore shoulder
Via Bob Dutton…Joakim Soria is out with a sore shoulder. Let the wailing and gnashing of teeth begin. This is bad.