He's really inconsistent at the plate. Hitting .302 this year, but only hit .234 and .230 the previous two years. A .250 career hitter with a .314 OBP. Has some power (14 HR per 162 games in his career). I could be wrong, but I think he's known for playing very good defense.

Danny Knobler ‏@DannyKnoblerCBS 8m

One more infield guy Royals have asked about: Kevin Frandsen. http://cbsprt.co/19vj2Vw

He's also young, right? Like 26?

Who?

Exactly. Sounds like a Royal already.

This has nothing to do with the Royals, but Peavy has been scratched for the Sox tonight.

Career: .269/.328/.371 and .700 OPS and 15 HR's! - he's basically Chris Getz with slightly more pop. YAY!

And it's about time for another Repository. This thread is starting to get teh Aids

Sounds to me like David Glass is putting a cap on spending this season, if we actually acquire Getz's brother.

Hey, never mind that Walmart said he'd spend what was needed if we were "in contention."

Well he was supposed to pitch against Cleveland so it does kind of effect us. :mad:

http://www.baseball-reference.com/pl...ri01-bat.shtml

Looking at R. Weeks numbers: he's looks to be a free-swinging slugger with higher SLG than other 2Bs mentioned. I've noticed his WAR went negative when he strated making $10 million a season. Does salary factor into WAR?

He heard that fast food $15/hr thing and puckered up.

Would the Chi Sox deal a starter to a division rival?

If they do I would consider it a bad sign of things to come for us and that player.

a 31 year old AAAA guy, but we'll likely trade a legitimate prospect for him and he'll be our starting 2nd baseman even though we have like 10 AAAA infielders in the system already.

"more of a utility player ...."


sounds like us

I am really excited at the idea of the Royals actually acquring talent at the deadline for a change that can help them on the major league team today.

C'mon, guys, Frandsen beat Holland earlier this year!

I'm more suspect of the actual "talent" that we are looking at versus excited about the prospects of acquiring it.

LMAO

Well I should have specified acquiring Kendrick, not talent in general considering he is really the only one at all linked to us that I am interested in us obtaining. :D

Tonights lineup

Bob Dutton ‏@Royals_Report 9m
#Royals vs. Minn RHP Pelfrey: Gordon 7, Hosmer 3, Butler DH, Perez 2, Lough 9, Tejada 4, Moustakas 5, Escobar 6, Dyson 8 and Santana 1.

and

Bob Dutton ‏@Royals_Report 1m
Just talked to one #Royals official. "Anything cooking?" Answer: "Stove's not even on."

OK then . :LOL:

LMAO

JFC

Dutton would be the last to know. Or maybe not. I can't decide.

3:50pm: The Royals are one of 12 teams to which Kendrick can block a trade, notes Ken Rosenthal of FOX Sports.


**** **** ****

Smokescreen

Dang. Hopefully he would decide to allow it, but that is surely a buzz killer.

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Cardinals - Kolten Wong, Memphis: The former University of Hawaii star arrived as the 22nd overall pick in the 2011 draft, then hit .335 at Quad Cities. He hit .287 last season at Springfield after fading late. He is trying to avoid that his summer. “I think it was more mental, just understanding that this is a long season and you play seven months out of the year,” Wong told the Memphis Commercial Appeal earlier this season. “It’s a lot longer than I did in college. Once you understand that and you go through a whole year, you kind of know what it’s going to take.”

He is ready for the big leagues right now. His six-game hitting streak pushed his season average to .298 at the Triple-A level. Wong offers gap power (19 doubles, eight triples, eight homers) and some base path speed (17 stolen bases in 18 tries). Wong could become No. 2 or No. 7 hitter in the National League and play a long, long time.

Sweet

BBQ

I bought French Quarter seats and they didn't give me a t-shirt because they were out. You would think that Seats sold=T-Shirts. Nope. Then they said they would mail me the shirts. SHIRTS 3 Shirts!! Then they cut that butthole...and I just recieved one shirt that was a medium (I ordered all xxl)

No Cain, who promised to be ready to go by Tuesday.

I'd take a chance on him before I would jump in on some of these other recycled shit bags (sans, Howie Kendrick/Chase Utley). I want NOTHING to do with Rickie Weeks.

depends if the Cardinals make a trade to get Peavy that includes Wong

If they don't then maybe we can pick him up without actually "selling" this season

Amen.

I'm willing to ride Wong to the finish.

Nick Swartz has been hired on by the Royals.
Cain out longer than expected.

Kendrick can blow himself and rot in that halo encircled shithole for the rest of this season.

Upset? Yes, I am upset.

Have we been linked to Wong at all? I must have missed it if we have.

No, just intrawebz rumors about moves that seem plausible and logical.

Not in the media. That is just a name thrown out there. Don't think the Cardinals are trading him though.

Not at all. Rany brought it up.

We won't get him. Why? Because Royals.

Internet gossip........

:shake:

"I'm very close. I'll be back Wednesday."

Wednesday: Cain on 60-day DL.

Hehehe....he said ride Wong
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The Royals Tuesday said Lorenzo Cain needed an extra day of workouts to rehab his slightly pulled groin muscle and expect him to be in the lineup Wednesday.

The Royals Wednesday said Lorenzo Cain is very close to returning and they expect him to be in the lineup Thursday.

The Royals Thursday said they are holding Lorenzo Cain out one more day just as a precaution and expect him to be in the starting lineup Friday.

The Royals Friday said that because Jarrod Dyson is playing so well, they want to give Lorenzo Cain one more day of rest for his very slightly tweaked, hardly anything to talk about, groin muscle.

Wouldn't shock me. Since coming to KC, there have been a couple of indications that he might have a glass vagina.

Mike DiGiovanna ‏@MikeDiGiovanna 10m
#Angels 2B Howie Kendrick said he doesn't even know who 12 teams on no-trade list are. "I'd have to check with my agent," he said.

"Although I'm sure Kansas City is on it. I've always said I'd never play in the shithole town."

How's Colon's defense at 2B? As others have said he is having a pretty good July. I wouldn't mind giving him a shot, couldn't be any worse than what we are trotting out there.

Mike DiGiovanna ‏@MikeDiGiovanna 13m
#Angels 2B Howie Kendrick said he doesn't even know where KC is and know who the Royals are. "I'll have to check with my agent," he said.

No clue, but it was supposed to be plus/above average.

He was an average, sure-handed SS prospect with limited range. Those types usually make pretty good 2Bmen.

LMAO

I dunno man, the last guy we had from Hawaii sucked. And I can't even remember how to spell his last name.

Nice to be a dick about it.

Indians traded for Scrabble from the Cards. Scrabble has an era of almost 8 from what a buddy of mine in STL says

LMAO

Deberg is an idiot, and it's not real.

LMAO

Was referring to Kendrick.

Wouldn't shock me if GMDM sits

If you're going for it do it now

...that tweet's not real.

I' m that naive? F$$$ me.

Michael Morse of the M's just coming off the DL is available too...wonder if he's worth a look.

Picked the wrong week to quit huffing.

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Dutton's latest goes through our options at 2B in his latest article. He says White Sox are asking a lot, as Beckham is young, controllable beyond this season and has been their best player. Wha? He's hitting .302. Yipee. His Babip is an unsustainable .340. Beyond that, his OPS this season is .730, which is with that inflated BA. His OPS the last two years was .668 and .633. Why would we want to give up anything valuable for this guy? Oh yeah, he has 2 home runs this season.

Dutton also references Rickie Weeks' batting average when evaluating his performance. I thought Dutton was smarter than that?

He's not. In fact, he starts getting pretty testy when pushed with new school, statistical, "magic," which he understands only slightly better than DM.

Dutton will just state facts, i wouldn't expect much speculation

That's what a reporter does, hopefully.

I agree actually. Duffy is a unique talent. Left, throws upper 90s when he wants to. Good stuff. BUT, the guy pitched 3/4 of a season and had a 5.64 ERA. And as you said, who knows if his mind is in it or if he has the control. If you put a gun to my head if I had to pick Ventura or Duffy it would be really, really close. I'd go back and forth depending on the day.

From mlb.com trade buzz:

Howie Kendrick and Erick Aybar appear to be the most likely to be traded, given how solid they’ve been on both sides of the field and the team-friendly extensions they signed last year. The Royals — with Chris Getz, Elliot Johnson and Miguel Tejada — are looking for a second baseman with offense and would be willing to include veteran starter Bruce Chen or Luke Hochevar, who’s been effective out of the bullpen but hasn’t started all year, in a deal. They also have two top guys in the Minors in Danny Duffy and Yordano Ventura, but Royals reporter Dick Kaegel doesn’t believe they’ll be included in a deal.

http://mlb.mlblogs.com/2013/07/30/an...f-phone-calls/

Colon would most likely be worse than Chris Getz, both offensively and defensively. He could possibly be that bad. But I don't even care, cuz you never know. We know Chris Getz sucks. Let anybody with a pulse give it a shot at 2b

Who's starting the game thread?

I thought SPChief might take it. He won the last.

Chen or Hoch for Kendrick would be theft.
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Duffy has the stuff to beat MLB hitters consistently, he has a lot of Scott kazmir in him if he can locate

Am at a BBQ and on my phone

And that is his issue without a doubt. He did not locate his pitches in the strike zone very well during his time up here. He's gotten hit because of it... But his "stuff" is nasty.