Archive for December, 2009

What follows was written in Baseball America a few weeks ago about a MLB GM.  Reading it caused me to immediately formulate a connection between that GM and Royals’ GM Dayton Moore.

It’s time for a good ol’ fashioned link dump, so here are links to the work of some of our other FanSided MLB blogs.  I’ll be back at some point tomorrow with at least 1 more Rule 5 player profile, but until then, have a great Friday night!

Atlanta Braves RHP-Tim Gustafson is the fourth player profiled here on Kings of Kauffman that is eligible for the Rule 5 draft held on December 10th.  Like the three before him, my decision to write about Gustafson is based largely on his solid performance thus far in winter ball.

After writing about Dustin Martin and Ben Jukich, Josh Schmidt is the subject of my third Rule 5 post on this site.  No use setting the table since Schmidt is the third serving.  Let’s get right into it.

Yesterday I did my 1st profile of a player available in next week’s Rule 5 Draft.  Last night it was Twins minor league CF-Dustin Martin.  Today’s first profile, yes there should be more than one, is Reds minor league LHP-Ben Jukich.

The Rule 5 draft is held at the end of the Winter Meetings which run from December 7th-10th this year.  Always on the ball, Baseball America’s John Manuel posted his Early Rule 5 Draft Preview today.  In it Manuel gives us 10 names with a brief write-up for each, and quickly mentions another 10 players to watch on top of that.  On top of the 20 players Manuel identifies, there are some guys performing in the Caribbean Winter Leagues that might be worth a look.

The Royals declined to offer C-Miguel Olivo arbitration today.  This hardly comes as a shock to anyone, but there has been plenty of news surrounding other catchers the last several days.  Since the Kansas City clearly has a need at the position every one of these moves or rumors can have an impact on the organization’s plans.