Yes if the second baseman could be a long term solution. If we're that far back, a couple of starts from Santana aren't going to matter much.

if the royals are 4.5 behind the wildcard two months before the playoffs I'll jizz in my pants

and post pics of it.

I was thinking about this as well. Need a stick and need to trade for some.

Pretty interesting...

http://sphotos-d.ak.fbcdn.net/hphoto...79768115_n.jpg


Would be funny if another fight broke out. But this time in Sydney. LMAO

And where the hell is Dyson? Dude pulls something so stupid that Ken Harvey laughed, and the player is still on the DL?

Because KC.

High ankle sprain. He's slated for a mid-June return.

Almost done with rehab at Omaha, I think (hope?).

He started out rough there (0-11 in his first 2-3 games) but has started hitting in the 3-4 games since.

Sounds good. Paulino was incredible last year before he got hurt.

I think he's also out of options, which Duffy still has. And I'm not sure they bring him back after this season (though that will depend on how he pitches down the stretch). So might as well get what you can out of him now.

Plus, it saves time on Duffy's clock, which isn't a bad thing, and I'm not 100 percent sure he's ready to go. We'll see how his second OMaha start goes.

I like the thought of Duffy in the starting rotation more.

I like having at least one lefty in the rotation.

Showcase Paulino. Somebody may overpay for him.

19 hits and 6 walks in 13 IP in his rehab starts. I know that depends on what they are having him do for rehab. They may just want him to throw strikes and get his velocity back up to speed. At this point, I don't think he is anywhere close to ready to come back to the bigs yet.

Control/command are the last thing to come back after Tommy John, usually.

It sounds like Duffy's velocity is just fine (he's been pumping 95-96).

His first start in Omaha was really bad (7 hit, 2 BB in just 2 IP) and is skewing those numbers a bit.

Walk rate was a little high in his three starts at NWA (4 in 10 2/3 works out to about 3.4 BB/9, which isn't great but isn't awful, either), but that was the only real concern there.

We'll see how he does in his next few Omaha starts. That BB rate still needs to come down. Would like to see him get down to around 2 BB/9 rate at Omaha, which is where he was in 2010 and 2011.

I heard yesterday that they wanted to get him 25-35 at-bats before taking him off the DL. As of yesterday he was at 41.

They have to know Frenchy at this point is worthless and it's best to just eat the money and go with Dyson and Lough right?

please don't

The catch and the homerun...lough should be playing everyday in my eyes.

Cain?

Please ease please please please DFA Frenchy. Platoon Lough/Dyson. Sell Hosmer's firstborn for a 2B.

FYP

I meant in place of Frenchy's spot to join both Cain and Gordon.

Royals are tied with Boston for best record in the month of June right now.

Too late, I've already given up.

We were #8 in April, ahead of the Cardinals actually. And the stinker of May, we were #28.

That was a hell of a catch, but Dyson gets there without leaving his feet.

I'm not so sure about that.

Dyson has pretty poor judgment when the ball flies off the bat.

The Royals will most likely be bad enough to just miss the playoffs... and just good enough to not trade James Shields for prospects.

They won't DFA Frenchy. They just won't. GMDM is very hard headed about some guys. Look how long he trotted Kyle Davies out there. If a guy came here from the Braves, he's a "made man." Plus the promotions wanks have "Frenchy Quarter" days scheduled into September. I'm not kidding. The Royals are the kind of crappy organization that would keep a guy on the 25 man roster just because they had some T-shirts printed up that they didn't want to waste.

Please prove me wrong.....pleeeeeeeeze.....

If our pitchers continue their insane performance so far (it's a lot to ask, we're currently #1 in the league in E.R.A), we would only need to average around four runs a game to be a seriously threat in October.

I only hope Dayton has the foresight to be willing to deal for a bat at 2B when August comes along.

J.C. Gutierrez is who I would DFA. Frenchy is next on the list though.

There was nothing to judge there, though. It was a line drive into the gap.

Now that Hosmer is making more consistent contact, I really hope we can see him start to recognize bad pitches sooner and start to turn on them. Hopefully a more relaxed yet aggressive attitude will help him with that. Early in the season he always seemed to be on the defensive.

Sure there was. Playing outfield you have to have some sort of judgment.

And me saying Dyson has poor judgment was a generalization, not in relation to Lough's play.

http://deadspin.com/eric-hosmers-wal...f-ba-513191305

Billy's sauce getting more pub on Deadspin.

All women crave Billy's sauce.

LMAO @ this comment:

Luckily Jeff Francoeur's Shit-It-A-Ton colostomy bag never made it out of the prototype stage.

Last 2 posts = LMAO

Dyson's defense has seemed to improve some this year. Last year he looked like the dudes that played right field in Little League

Yesterday I watched the movie 'Major League' for the first time in 20 years. Not only does it work as a comedy, but its also a pretty legit baseball movie. It definitely stands the test of time. I'm not sure they could have cast a better actor to play the skipper.

After we win the World Series this year maybe they will finally make a movie about the Royals. All the elements are there from the BBQ sauce to complete ineptitude for a whole month.

I watch that every year at the beginning of spring training. It never gets old.

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Sean Manaea signing watch:

There's a great thread on the Royals scout board tracking draft signings. Currently, the Royals have signed 7 of the 11 picks whose bonuses count towards the draft pool.

They signed second-round pick Cody Reed for exactly his slot value. All others have seen savings, some significant.

If the Royals can sign 3rd-round pick Cody Hope and 4th-round pick Zane Evans for slot, they would have about $3.75 million to offer Manaea. That would involve paying the tax for going the 8 percent over your draft pool you're allowed without loss of picks.

What would be great is if Hope is willing to sign for 500k, saving another 160k. They could get that deal pretty darn close to $4 million flat if that's the case.

Also, don't know if it has been discussed here, but the Royals drafted a guy whose last name is Fukofuka. He's probably an under-slot signing throwaway guy (the only video of him playing baseball on the web is 2 minutes long and features him picking at a blister on his hand in the BP cage for 1/2 of it, and fouling balls off in soft toss for the other half), but the name is awesome.

Seriously, as soon as I saw that pic I smelled the bubble gum.

The brain is an amazing thing.

I can't see it at work. Who is it? When I think of 86 I think of Canseco.

Dyson going to Iowa...
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It's the worst prospect highlight vid I've ever seen

This! The next thing that came to mind is that this gum lasted all of 30 seconds before the flavor left.....

Am I the only one who thinks Eric Hosmer looks like Peter Pan?

yes, you are.

I think he looks more like this:


http://www.csnphilly.com/sportsnetPh...ages/thumb.jpg

Weird.

I think Alex Gordon looks like Boo Boo Bear.

Aside from its obvious baseball skills, is this Billy Butler BBQ sauce actually worth a flip?

Hahaha, he actually does. Also, he looks like Jim Halpert.

Trey Hillman's managerial return.......

Well, at least for one night.

http://espn.go.com/mlb/story/_/id/93...-suspended-mlb

Although when I saw the fight video it looked to like he was just standing around and not trying to break things up.

Both wrong. He looks like the sloth from Ice Age.

http://i.imgur.com/4y2F3jV.jpg

LOL

I swear to God, after the first time you said that some time ago, that's all I see when I see Alex Gordon.

This.

Name the two pitchers who have gone 6 or more innings every start this year in MLB. Hint: one of them has done it 28 straight times.

Official Starts - Shields and Santana (of course Santana had the 1 start rained out prior to it becoming an official game)

Santana has played himself into

A) quite the trade chip and
B) a huge contract

Isn't there an option for his contract next year?

It will be interesting to see how Moore handles him come July.

If we're in the race, which it looks like we well could be, you have to keep him. We'll get draft compensation when he walks.

However, it wouldn't be the dumbest thing in the world to try to extend him. Wouldn't go crazy, but I'd probably offer.

We would have to make an offer to receive compensation if he leaves, right? (Paging Duncan)

I thought that was only if they are arbitration eligible (?)

This is definitely possible, I am unsure about the exact stipulations of the revised MLB rules on this issue.

I just noticed our next series is vs the Indians. Very crucial series there.

I remember all offseason discussing potential pitchers. I believe Duncan correctly assessed that Santana's fastball being a little low in speed was his problem. I do t recall the why but I am certainly glad it is fixed. If we do play our way into serious contention there is no way we can trade him. The chemistry on the pitching staff is excellent right now.

You have to make a "qualifying" offer, which is a contract of at least one year for at least a set amount based on average contracts of other FA pitchers or some such (kind of like the franchise tag).

If you don't make the offer, you don't get compensation for the pitcher. If no one signs the pitcher before the MLB drat, you don't get compensation.

I'd be hesitant to offer Santana a long-term deal because of his age, his tendency to have terrible years, and his heavy reliance on his slider. But he's been damn good for KC and the trade has worked out perfectly.

If they stay in it, you keep him. You will need him down the stretch and would like to line up Shields and Santana 1-2 in a potential playoff series.

What's crazy is that Santana's AVG FB velocity is up, but only slightly (0.2 MPH). I think the main difference is that his HR/FB rate was crazily high last year.

He's locating better and playing in front of a tremendous run-prevention defense. He does seem to be working in the change and two-seam fastball more, but not a HUGE change.

I miss the "next 5 games" in your sig. But since you've stopped listing them we've been on fire. Might be best not to mess with the good mojo

Well.... that's where the Omaha storm chasers are playing so I would hope so.

Dyson is out of options. They have 10 minor league games to bring him up or they have to DFA him or bring him up. They'll wait that long offering Frenchy up for trade and then Frenchy will be DFA. Lough has force their hands on Frenchy.

Haha! I have thought the exact same thing which is why I haven't changed it at all.

Only 1 game out of .500. Didn't think I'd say that this soon after the losing streak.

I would think if the Royals can be within spitting distance close to the trade deadline they have to make a move to get a bat, probably at RF most likely and 2b