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Jason Parks was kind enough to join the Royalman Report for discussion about the team’s performance through the first week of spring training games, including his impressions of  Bruce Chen, Bubba Starling and Mike Montgomery (among others). He’s not a fan of Chen’s and said that Bubba Starling might not have great odds to make the big leagues. How bad are those odds? Well, Jason explains.

You can follow Jason on Twitter at @ProfessorParks and read his work on Baseball Prospectus. If you’re interested in his first appearance on the podcast, that episode is archived for your listening enjoyment.

You can listen below or download the mp3 directly.

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Spring training is in full swing and after talking with Joel Goldberg, Danny Duffy, Brooks Pounders and others about what’s going on, maybe it’s time we get someone who isn’t tied to the Royals to discuss our team.

Jason Parks from Baseball Prospectus and the Up and In Podcast (along with Kevin Goldstein) usually covers the Rangers. Conveniently enough, the Rangers and Royals share the complex in Surprise, Arizona. Parks can offer his opinion about how the Royals look, the expectations we should have, and how the farm system stands going into 2012.

We enjoyed having Jason on the show last October and you can check out that episode here.

The chat room and livestream broadcast will be below for you to chime in and interact with us in the studio as well as fellow listeners:

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This week features a packed house in studio, with KC Royalman, myself, Chris Kamler and Jeff Herr. It’s for a good reason, too, since we had two special guests this week.

After a recap of the week’s Royals news, we welcomed Bob Kendrick, the President of the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum. He shared his experiences with growing the museum and moving it to 18th and Vine and the story the museum tells. We also discussed the upcoming celebration of Buck O’Neil’s 100th birthday, which will be marked by a city-wide celebration on November 13th.

More information on the events and ways to donate to the museum can be found here.

But that’s not all. We also had Jason Parks, creator of TexasFarmReview.com and writer for BaseballProspecutus.com on the show to talk about Royals prospects. The most recent episode of the Up and In Podcast with Parks and Kevin Goldstein covered a brief look at Royals prospects, including Wil Myers. We asked Jason about Myers’s work in the Arizona Fall League, and also talked a lot about Bubba Starling and Cheslor Cuthbert‘s future outlook. He had some great insight to share and it’s a must listen.

Click the embedded player below to listen to this week’s show or you can download the mp3.

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The Royalman Report, LIVE Sunday at 7 p.m. CST

We have a huge show tonight with two special guests on the phone.

After we catch up on the latest Royals news and commentary, we’ll be joined by Bob Kendrick, President of the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum. We’ll ask him about the upcoming celebration of Buck O’Neil’s 100th birthday next month plus general discussion of the Negro Leagues and the museum.

If you’re a baseball fan anywhere near Kansas City, you should make it a goal to get out there and see it. For directions and other information, you can visit their site. You can follow Bob Kendrick on Twitter at @nlbmprez.

Then, we’ll finally get Jason Parks from Baseball Prospectus and the Up and In Podcast to talk about Royals in the instructional and Arizona Fall Leagues. You can follow Jason at @professorparks on Twitter.

As always, we’ll have our chat room up during the broadcast for any questions and comments and whatever discussion arises.

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