* – This is totally about free-agency I’ve tried to avoid talking about the impending free agency loss of every recognizable Royal for two reasons. It’s no fun to get a head start on pretending that Logan Morrison, Jarrod Dyson and Yunel Escobar manning positions that used to be owned by Eric Hosmer, Lorenzo Cain […]
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A Brief History of Why Lavish Spending on First Basemen is Bad
I’d like to talk to you today about why it’s a bad idea to give a first baseman a lot of money for a long period of time. Obviously, this has a lot to do with Eric Hosmer, but before we talk about him, I’d like to talk about Ryan Howard. In 2010, Ryan Howard […]
Major Need for Minor
The Royals signed Mike Minor as a starter with shoulder issues. He now approaches free agency as a reliever with a “proven” ability to close games. I think it’s safe to say the Royals didn’t get what they expected from him on his two-year deal but they probably got more value than they were banking […]
Friday Notes
I guess you can never say never until there’s no way, but last night’s loss was probably the final final nail in the 2017 Royals coffin. In the end, they just didn’t have the firepower to play a full six months with various injuries to more than half of their rotation, some of their bullpen, […]