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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

I’m Not Dead Yet

After signing Cheslor Cuthbert in 2009 Baseball America put him as the 17th ranked Royals’ prospect at a time when the farm system was very strong.  He debuted as a 17 year old and showed some power…Read More

Can Alcides Escobar do it again?

Alcides Escobar took a big step forward in his batting production last season, but no one actually believes he can do it again.  Every projection system on Fangraphs, including fan crowdsourcing, is projecting…Read More

Why The Royals Can Beat Detroit

Just like last year, everyone expects Detroit to waltz to an AL central victory.  It was far from easy last year, and I tend to think the same for this year.  Let me run down all of the concerns I would…Read More

LIVE on the Royalman Report at 7 p.m. – A Superfan Showdown and the Royals Homestand

The Royalman Report takes its name from KC Royalman, a superfan who can be seen at most Royals games throughout the season. Tonight, superfans collide, as the Baltimore Orioles version of a superfan will…Read More

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Chris Getz’s Season Ends With Fractured Thumb

While going for a bunt in Friday’s win over the White Sox, second baseman Chris Getz suffered a…Read More

KC Baseball Vault Episode 15: KC A’s All-Star Jim Gentile and Talking About the Good Old Days

Download the full mp3 here or listen in the embedded player above.As season one of the Kansas City Baseball…Read More

Royals-White Sox Series Preview Q&A with Southside Showdown’s Matt Adams

This weekend, the Royals host the White Sox. In the last series between the two teams August 6-8, the…Read More

Dreaming About Pitching

Let’s face it, any Royals team in the next block of however many years it takes to build a contender…Read More

LIVE at 6 p.m. on the Kansas City Baseball Vault (ESPN 1510 AM) – KC A’s Slugger Jim Gentile

Tonight we continue an exciting new venture for Kings of Kauffman and its podcast, the Royalman Report. Jeff…Read More

Thoughts On the Melky Cabrera Suspension and His 2011 Season

It came as a surprise to many when a report on Wednesday afternoon stated that Melky Cabrera had tested…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

Jeremy Guthrie Deals, Inspires Fact-Finding

When last we saw Jeremy Guthrie, he was shutting down the White Sox for eight innings, holding them scoreless,…Read More

Thus Ends the Yuniesky Betancourt Era

Earlier today, the Royals requested unconditional release waivers on Yuniesky Betancourt after they’d…Read More

Royalman Report 8/12 – Tape Delayed from 1977 and Converting Relievers

The Royals just had a decent road trip but still came away with a loss on Sunday, so the Royalman…Read More

Finding Royals Fame

I think one of the things you have to do as a fan when your team stinks is look at the glory days and…Read More

Royalman Report – Talking Pitching Development, Home Runs and Perhaps Nonsense

We’re back on at our normal time of 7 p.m. CST tonight and talking about the state of the Royals…Read More

Chasing Balboni: Billy Butler

I love writing about Billy Butler. In the last couple of years, Butler’s gotten a bad  rap. He’s…Read More

Kansas City Baseball Vault Episode 14: Freddie Patek, Johnny Giavotella and David Lough

Download the full mp3 here or listen in the embedded player above. Freddie Patek was a fixture in the…Read More

Series Preview Royals at Orioles August 9-12

Kansas City (47-63) took two-of-three on the South Side of Chicago to open their seven game road trip…Read More