The Royals would improve their approach if they could hire a decent hitting coach. I hear the **** at Central Missouri State is available.

You joke, but its a pretty damn good D2 baseball program. They always have multiple players drafted.

Yes, they are. But D-2 baseball is about as legitimate in terms of professional baseball as hiring Anderson to lead Mizzou hoops.

They get guys drafted, but it's typically in very late rounds, and such picks barely qualify as lottery tickets. I know this pretty well.

For sure. My point is: for as much as you just downplayed D2 baseball...D2 basketball is significantly worse than that.

The difference between D1 and D2 football? Negligible at best. Actually, at best, some D2 teams are better than many FCS teams. D2 football and to a lesser extent baseball are relevant to the pros. D2 basketball? NOPE.

Cuthbert went yard at Hammons' Field a while ago.

I agree with everything above.

Royals Sign Mitch Maier
By Steve Adams [May 1, 2014 at 10:51am CDT]
Here are today’s minor moves from around the league…

The Royals have signed Mitch Maier to a minor league deal and assigned him to Double-A, reports Andy McCullough of the Kansas City Star (on Twitter). The Royals originally drafted Maier with the 30th overall pick of the 2003 draft, and he batted .248/.327/.344 for them in 1117 plate appearances from 2006-12. Maier hasn’t appeared in the Majors since, though he hit well in 31 games for Boston’s Triple-A affiliate last season.

He's Chen's replacement.

It is still early but...

It's May 1st...

Too early for Butler-Hos-Gordon but not too early for our middle infield. Uh, ok. That said I'll agree with you that both have been playing exceptional and are saving our ass offensively (defensively as well, Escobar is playing gold glove defense and Infante's range is much better than I expected).


We are entering May at 14-12 and the trio above have 1 home run. 1. As in, combined. That's stunning.

We won't be competing for a playoff spot if that continues into May. That's just amazingly bad.

No question. But I'll continue to give DM credit for building such a good pitching staff and defensive team. Small markets can't have it all. He has allocated his funds in such a way that he's coming out of April with a winning record. By hook or by crook, we are 14-12.

Clutchscobar is our MVP, right now he is leading the team in OPS. Right now we have 8 regulars over .700 in OPS, but nobody is special. We need Butler and Moose (showing signs) to get theirs over .700 and we can somewhat resemble the BoSox last year where there is potential to do damage all though the lineup.