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Andre Ethier And Cost

Fangraphs had this article up about Andre Ethier being available yesterday, and it mentioned Jeff Francoeur and the Royals because the Royals obviously need an every day right fielder.  I have to be honest,…Read More

Francoeur’s Swing Doing Just Fine

Jeff Francoeur isn’t burning through American League pitchers at the moment, but he’s certainly doing enough to turn his critics snide remarks into more of questions of disbelief. For instance,…Read More

Positional Power Rankings Reaction

I highly recommend going over to Fangraphs and checking out this piece, and all of the individual articles it was built from.  They ranked each team on each position based on their projections from Steamer…Read More

Platoon or Bridge

Dayton and friends have come to their senses as of late.  First they took Luke Hochevar out of the starting rotation.  Then they said they would at least try to mitigate the damage done by Jeff Francoeur…Read More

Battle For Right Field: Why Lough Deserves His Chance

Imagine you’re Royals’ manager Ned Yost and attempting to fill out his roster for the upcoming season. Most of the positions are clear cut and dry, with little need for competition. However,…Read More

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More Facts About Jeff Francoeur

Jeff Francoeur’s 2011 season will go down as the most overrated season any Royal has ever had. It wasn’t…Read More

A Word From The Basement

One of the things that’s amused me this off season is the criticisms leveled at those who aren’t…Read More

An Ode To Jeff Francoeur: A Dayton Moore Production Using “Lovers’ Eyes” by Mumford & Sons

Well, love was kind for a time Now just aches and it makes me blind I was there to see you drafted, Jeff.…Read More

Francoeur Wants To Prove 2011 Wasn’t A Fluke, Asks Fans To Ignore All The Other Years

“My goal is to go out there and prove (the fans) wrong this year. I want to prove to Kansas City…Read More

A Tale of Two Players

For all the advancements in statistics and projections, baseball is never a perfect science. Players…Read More

Market Fresh: Thomas Neal

When the Cleveland Indians signed Nick Swisher, they made room for him on the 40 man roster by designating…Read More

The Facts About Jeff Francoeur

Even though the Kansas City Royals aren’t in a position to actively tear down or discredit the merits…Read More

Hey-la, Day-la, Getz Is Back

Oh come on, you knew this was coming. Engel already wrote about it, but I’m going to get in on this…Read More

The Monday Rant: Dollars and Sense, and Offense

Trading from a position of strength can often lead to nothing but weaknesses. In the case of the Kansas…Read More

How bad can he be?

Jeff Francoeur is likely going to be a Kansas City Royals player when opening day 2013 rolls around.…Read More

Keeping A Good Man Down

Jeff Francoeur entered 2012 the darling of the casual Royals fan. I’m referring to those people…Read More

The Best Player in the Minors VS the Worst Player in the Majors

Several years ago I played on a “D” league softball team sponsored by my employer.  It was supposed…Read More

What Are the Royals Doing With Wil Myers?

Earlier tonight Royals prospect Wil Myers hit his 35th homer in 2012, with 22 of those coming for Triple…Read More

The Monday Rant: Trading From A Position of Perceived Strength

How far away are the Royals from contending, really? That’s an important question that needs to be…Read More

Jeff Francoeur – Dayton Moore’s Last Stand

Have you ever known someone who was completely, totally, and utterly wrong about something, yet stubbornly…Read More