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Wil Myers: Finally Free – a Royal Retrospective
Wil Myers will make his Major League debut on Tuesday in Boston after being called up by the Tampa Bay Rays. For many Royals fans, it’s a year too late, and in the wrong uniform on top of it, but…Read More
Catching Up On Departed Royals: “The Trade” Edition
The Royals had to make a lot of decisions and changes during the offseason. So far, they’re paying off, as they stand alone in first place. The rebuilt pitching staff looks good, the hitting is waking…Read More
Wade Davis and THE TRADE
I have been considering building a capital budgeting framework for valuing baseball trades, and Wade Davis’ start this week pushed me to starting. Davis’ potential is actually intriguing to me, so…Read More
Moving on from Myers
Remember Wil Myers? Of course you do. For some of you, it’s still an open wound. You’re still heartbroken. He’s like that old girlfriend/boyfriend you always wonder about (is he the one that got…Read More
Kings of Kauffman Mailbag – Ep.8
Spring Training has started. The bickering has begun. Will the 2013 Kansas City Royals be a 90-game winner and make the playoffs, or have marginal improvement and make the Wil Myers fans out there even…Read More
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The What Ifs Of One Of The Biggest Blockbuster Trades In Royals History
When the news broke that general manager Dayton Moore and the Royals agreed to ship the organization’s…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
Royals Trades: Context and Impact
It may have been a week ago when I saw Bob Dutton from the Kansas City Star answering reader questions…Read More
2012 Royals Moments
The Kansas City Star is taking submissions on Twitter about fans’ best Royals moments of 2012. With…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
Kansas City Baseball Vault: “The Trade” with Fox Sports KC’s Joel Goldberg
After the blockbuster trade of Wil Myers (plus) for James Shields and Wade Davis, we had to go out and…Read More
Inserting Shields’ Numbers into Royals Rotation
I love baseball statistics and statistical analysis. The problem is I’m not very good with numbers.…Read More
Processing The Wil Myers/James Shields Trade
So many reactions. So many opinons. So much chaos. The Royals and Rays put themselves into the spotlight…Read More
Royals Trade Wil Myers, Jake Odorizzi, Mike Montgomery to Tampa for James Shields, Wade Davis
A tweet by Ken Rosenthal confirming a previous report by Marc Topkin of the Tampa Bay Times indicates…Read More
To trade, or not to trade, that is the question
The winter meetings have been, for the Royals at least, a whole lot of speculation without much activity.…Read More
Wil Myers for James Shields Rumor Gains Steam
The rumor that started before the Winter Meetings gained some steam on Wednesday night when Ken Rosenthal…Read More
Winter Meetings Day 2 Wrap Up: Royals Still Lurking and Someone’s Interested in Jeff Francoeur
Day two of the Winter Meetings wrapped up with still little movement overall. A few players signed deals…Read More
A Look Back at the Royals Top 31 Prospects: #3 Wil Myers
After a disappointing 2011 season (though he rebounded in the Arizona Fall League), Baseball America…Read More
All I Want for Christmas…
I have two items, not really items I guess…but wishes, on my Christmas list this year. The first…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
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