2011 Key Player: Jeff Francoeur
Dayton Moore’s affinity for former Braves players is no secret. Last November David DeJesus was traded to the Oakland A’s for two pitchers. Royals fans just assumed Jeff Francoeur was landing at...
View ArticleDealing With Depth
The Royals have been making tallies in a stat column that they do not see very often. I am not talking about the Win Column. Even the 1899 Cleveland Spiders, the worst team in Major League history,...
View ArticleAnother Quality Week in the Books
The Royals are heading in the right direction once again. Sweeping the Twins at home and looking good while doing it gives more sparks to the fire of success that has started to grow in Kansas City...
View ArticleLet’s Take A Look
The Royals are back home to close out the first half of the season this weekend against Detroit after coming off a sub-par road trip that included a five-game losing streak and only one series win....
View ArticleYou Got To Know When To Hold ‘Em
Dayton Moore and the Royals management need to pay heed to the advice of The Gambler as the mid-season trade deadline draws near. For as there is a time to fold ‘em, there also comes a time to hold...
View ArticleA Relative Onslaught: 2011 Royals Offense
On the surface, the 2011 Royals season is just another in a long string of terrible won-lost records. Their record will not look much different from any other year of the Dayton Moore era, which has...
View ArticleStrength In Right Field
In his position rankings ESPN’s Buster Olney ranked the St. Louis Cardinals outfield as a whole the sixth best in Major League Baseball. Here we are going to break in down a bit further. Today we take...
View ArticleConcluding The WAR On The Trades Of The GMDM Era
In the final piece of this series, we use the WAR data to finish taking a look at the trades that Dayton pulled off in 2010, and try to determine what all of this really means. August 13, 2010: The...
View ArticleThe Great Giveaway: Royals Past Attempts to Trade for Pitching Net Nada
Jonathan Sanchez recently gave up five runs before he could record an out. I didn’t think anyone could pitch that poorly. But the next night, Ryan Verdugo did Sanchez one better (or worse) by...
View ArticleRoyals Arizona Fall League roster
So I assumed you’ve already tuned out the playoffs, what with the Tigers, Yankees and Cardinals all advancing. Instead, let’s take a look at October baseball Kansas City Royals style, the Arizona Fall...
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