While the rest of the division was pulling off deals to make a run at the division or having a fire sale to improve in the near future, the Royals sat on their collection of, pardon the use of the term, talent.  Queue the crickets!

The MLB non-waiver trade deadline is just about 24 hours away and there is a lot of movement going on across MLB.  In this post I have included; an update on the 5 players I wrote about earlier in the week, my thoughts on the acquisition of Josh Anderson, some news items about Royals trade rumors, and [...]

Bryan Lee Roberts was born January 24, 1986 in Madrid, Spain. He was raised in Hermosa Beach, California and attended Mira Costa High School. Lee was signed by the Royals this summer as an undrafted free agent after completing his college career at Loyola Marymount University. In his senior season with the LMU Lions, Lee [...]

In the latest edition of Ask BA, posted yesterday, over on BaseballAmerica.com, Jim Callis responded in depth to a question about Mike Moustakas and Red Sox power-hitting 1B prospect Lars Anderson.  I am glad another well respected expert is on the “Moose will be just fine” side of the discussion.  It is important to me [...]

Five players have been designated for assignment in the last 3 days.  All five times my initial reaction was that the Royals would be a better team if they claimed each particular player.  It is a sad state of affairs at the major league level for the Royals these days.  Even Sidney Ponson throwing 6 shutout innings can’t stop [...]

Lee Warren over at Royal Reflections has become a champion for Kids’ Day at the K.  You can read his initial post and updates here, here, and here.  Royals Review has also taken up the effort, click here.  Please consider donating to the cause to help some youngsters take in a Royals game that otherwise might not [...]

Cleaning up some odds and ends from the last several days.  In this issue of Crown Gems you will find:  RSS feed reminder, Jose Guillen to the DL, a link to a Joe Posnanski post, more TPJ news, Omaha Royals stadium news (a bit late), and an update on Ka’aihue.  I have opted to go with [...]

The way things stand now, Felix Hernandez and Roy Halladay are Zack Greinke’s only legitimate competition for the 2009 AL Cy Young Award.  Taking a look at the stats, Greinke is the clear cut favorite to win the award despite playing on an awful team.  Now is a perfect time to break each of their [...]

I mentioned in yesterday’s post that our front office is apparently subject to massive delusions.  Many of you who read other Royals blogs are already aware of our GM’s quotes so I apologize for the redundancy contained herein.  To minimize said redundancy, I thought it would be best to provide links that address this issue. 

Strange things are happening in the Royals minor league system these days.  Quality pitching performances are popping up all over the place.  Yesterday I wrote about Michael Montgomery and John Lamb.  Today a lesser known Royals farm hand was promoted to NW Arkansas after pitching brilliant baseball for the Wilmington Blue Rocks.

I recognize that I am double dipping by going back to Mike Montgomery, who was reason #6 in Volume 2, but he deserves some additional attention in lieu of his promotion to the Wilmington Blue Rocks today.  After watching Bruce Chen and Sidney Ponson pitch yesterday, I needed to find a rotational “happy place” and [...]

The Royals’ season got a little more bizarre with some of the quotes being thrown out there over the last several days.

Due to the All-Star break and my vacation last week, this edition of Pitching Perspectives covers the last 2 weeks of the season. The Royals are now 37-54, in 4th place, and 11.5 games back of the 1st place Detroit Tigers. Their 2-8 record in their last 10 games is the worst in the division.

Sunday is traditionally a day of rest, but for yours truly, it is typically a day of site maintenance, networking, and all things Kings of Kauffman that don’t directly relate to writing an article.  One of my main goals for today was to add some sites to my blogroll/favorite sites but in doing so, I [...]

With Tony Pena Jr. gone I have felt like a ship without a rudder for the last day or so.  Who could possibly fill the role as the Kings of Kauffman least favorite Royals player (KoKLFRP)?  Today it became official.  Gil Meche was placed on the DL with a lower back injury and he was [...]