Archive for June, 2009

Back for a 3rd time to reviewing the 2007 draft class of the Kansas City Royals.  Read on as we focus on the picks made from rounds 16-25.

The Royals finished the week with a 3-3 record, and are now 32-42 on the season.  They remain in 4th place but lost a game in the standings to the 1st place Detroit Tigers and are now 9.5 games back.  The offense has again disappeared as the Royals were outscored 18-22 in the 6 games.  They should have taken advantage of their NL competition but instead finished interleague play with an 8-10 record.

A lot of news items to catch up on that have happened over the weekend.

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Last week we covered a pitching statistic, so this week I’m taking a look at an offensive statistic.  I chose doubles because, in my opinion, they are generally underappreciated, and because I love them for some weird reason.  Give me a triple or double over a home run any day of the week.

In honor of Michael Jackson’s life and recent passing, I thought it would be appropriate to pay his music its due respect, Kansas City Royals style. Michael Jackson was a legend, an icon, a musical genius, and a creative inspiration. I grew up listening to the music of MJ, and while I may not admire the man he became, I sure do love his music. Let’s take a walk down memory lane and reminisce about some of the Kansas City Royals 1st round and supplemental round draft picks of the recent past. To give it a little extra flavor they [...]

Some news, notes, and links to enjoy this evening. It has been a rough week for Kyle Farnsworth.  Last night he fell to his knees after throwing a pitch in the 8th inning of the Royals 4-3 win over the Astros. 

Today, Coco Crisp is scheduled to undergo surgery to repair a labrum tear in his right shoulder.  There was a lot of speculation that Crisp was done for the year, leading up to the official announcement yesterday.  Now that we know that the speculation was indeed correct, the logical question is what will the Royals do without Coco Crisp? 

Last week I led off with the question, “was this the week of the long awaited turnaround?”  After their third 1-5 week out of four, we now know the answer to that question. 

First off I am pleased to annouce that 2 new blogs have joined the Fansided.com Sports Network.  RaptorsRapture.com is our new Toronto Raptors blog and MarlinManiac.com is our new Florida Marlins blog

Back again to continue the review of the 2007 draft class.  This time we will be covering picks 6-15.  I have made a few improvements to this edition.  First I have listed their stats in chronological order instead of in reverse chronological order.  I have also included the 2007 season statistics for the players that follow, which is something I neglected to do on the players picked in rounds 1-5.

After two dreadful games by the Kansas City Royals, I thought now would be a good time to kick-off a new series.  That said, welcome to the first edition of Central Processing.  The goal of this series is to see how the Royals stack up against their divisional foes in a specific statistic or at a specific position.  If all goes as planned, I will post a new edition of Central Processing every Friday.  To start this new venture off on a positive note, I selected starters’ ERA.