Royals Rewind: 5/3-5/9 – U G L Y
After some (mostly) strong pitching at Tampa Bay, the Royals moved on to Chicago and Texas, spending all week on the road while shifting the makeup of the major league roster. Some of the bats that propelled…Read More
Project Prospect reveals top-50 prospect list
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.…Read More
Central Processing: Home Field Advantage
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…Read More
2000 Draft Recall: Best, Worst, and in Between
On Thursday, while working on an article about Philip Humber, I noticed a number of things about the Royals’ 2004 draft class. What stood out? Well, after the team selected Billy Buckner 55th…Read More
Crown Gems: AL Central News and Other Notes
The non-tender news is coming in at a fairly good clip this evening. To prevent duplication, I’m going to wait until tomorrow to publish some thoughts on who was let go. Until then, however,…Read More
Crown Gems: AL Central Winter Meeting News
It’s just about noon on day number three of the Winter Meetings in Indianapolis. I have done…Read More
Crown Gems: Gil Meche and Other AL Central News
Day 1 of the Winter Meetings has been relatively quiet thus far, but a few minor moves were made in the…Read More
Central Processing: 40-Man Rosters and How They Were Acquired
Never in my life have I paid attention to the 40-man roster of any team like I have this year. Writing…Read More
White Sox Sign Andruw and Omar, Consider Coco
GM Ken Williams clearly has fond memories of days gone by. This week, that fondness was exposed as…Read More
AFL Results for Twins, Tigers, White Sox, and Indians
What follows is a summary of the 2009 AFL stats for the players from the other AL Central teams. Read…Read More
Crown Gems: Twins, Tigers, Indians, and White Sox
I had designs on recapping the movements of all the teams this offseason, but quickly realized the enormity…Read More
Crown Gems: AL Central Link Roundup
Featured in this edition of Crown Gems: at least five links for each AL Central team. The two big news…Read More
Central Processing: 2009 Prospect Reviews (2s)
Back on September 18th, I published my 2009 Prospect Reviews of the number 1 ranked prospects for each…Read More
Mark Teahen for Chris Getz and Josh Fields Reaction
Several news sources and blogs have already chimed in on the news, so I’m a little late to the…Read More
Crown Gems: AL Central Links and News
This edition of Crown Gems features a rundown of relevant links from each of the AL Central teams with…Read More
AL Central Prediction Review
It seems like it was years ago that I wrote my 3 part AL Central preview. I suppose following and writing…Read More
Central Processing: 2009 Prospect Review (1s)
I thought it would be interesting to take a look at how the #1 pre-season prospects from each AL Central…Read More
Central Processing – Team OPS+ & ERA+ = Worst Royals Team?
There has been quite a bit written recently about whether or not the 2009 Kansas City Royals are the…Read More
Central Processing – Pitching Components
It has been over a month since an edition of Central Processing has been posted, but today it makes a,…Read More
Crickets in Kansas City, Rest of AL Central Busy
While the rest of the division was pulling off deals to make a run at the division or having a fire sale…Read More


