Friday afternoon, the San Diego Padres signed catcher Yorvit Torrealba to a one-year $1.25 million contact with a $3.5 million mutual option for 2011. Continue Reading »

Project Prospect posted it’s top-50 rankings today.  Cleveland Indians catching prospect Carlos Santana, ranked #5, was the only player from the AL Central included in the top-10 and top-25 lists.  With slots 26-50 now revealed Carlos finally has some company. Continue Reading »

During the 2000s, no major league team lost more games than the Kansas City Royals.  It was a decade where the positives far outweighed the negatives.  This is the final installment of the 11-part Royals Rotten Decade series. Continue Reading »

Drew Cisco is a RHP who attends Wando HS in Mount Pleasant, South Carolina.  He is the topic of a quick post tonight because he is eligible for the 2010 draft, and is someone I will be keeping an eye on in the months leading up to said draft. Continue Reading »

It’s the first Friday in February and that means pitchers will be reporting to camp in about 2 weeks.  It also means that it’s time to take a stroll around the MLB blogs of FanSided. Continue Reading »

During the 2000s, no major league team lost more games than the Kansas City Royals.  It was a decade where the negatives far outweighed the positives.  This is the tenth installment of the 11 part Royals Rotten Decade series.  I will briefly examine each season in the last decade before wrapping up the decade in the 11th and final part. Continue Reading »

Lots of action on the recently DFA’d guys guys so I thought I put together a quick post to sum things up before I get to work on something else. Continue Reading »

Yesterday, 26-year old LHP-Dana Eveland was one of three players to be designated for assignment by the Oakland Athletics.  Now that he is fresh on the market, does he fit into the present or future of the Kansas City Royals?  Let’s take a look to find out. Continue Reading »

In this edition of From the Fish Pond:  Ryan Theriot, the list of potential Market Fresh subjects grows, Jimmy Gobble, Horacio Ramirez, Eric Hosmer, Danny Duffy, John Sickles, Project Prospect, and the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum. Continue Reading »

Outside of opening day, April 12th is the next day I am anxiously awaiting.  Why April 12th?  Because that is the day that the Minnesota Twins will again be playing baseball, not in a dome, but in a brand new open air stadium.  It is a day I have dreamt of* since I was a young boy. Continue Reading »

During the 2000s, no major league team lost more games than the Kansas City Royals.  It was a decade where the negatives far outweighed the positives.  This is the ninth installment of the 11 part Royals Rotten Decade series.  I will briefly examine each season in the last decade before wrapping up the decade in the 11th and final part. Continue Reading »

Time to take a quick stroll around the MLB blogs of FanSided. Continue Reading »