I bet you thought you wouldn’t get your regular dose of Friday Notes, huh? Well you’re wrong. With BP Kansas City still up and running for at least a couple more weeks (we’re actually done at the end of the month), I’m going to make like the orchestra on the Titanic and continue to write […]
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And now Mike Matheny is here
It is probably important to remember that Mike Matheny has nothing in the way of real power for the Kansas City Royals right now. As I have it from the Royals press release, Matheny will be a special advisor for player development, which I know has many who observed his Cardinals tenure in stitches. He […]
Friday Notes
I hope everyone had an awesome Thanksgiving. For those of you who are like me and have two full Thanksgiving meals with two families, I hope you’re not nearly as full still today as I am. Worth it, though. I always think about how Thanksgiving is a day where nothing in baseball happens, but then […]
Let’s Talk 40-Man
With the World Series now in the books, we’re on to the offseason and that means the Royals have some massaging to do in order to make the 40-man roster one with, well, 40 or fewer players. There are currently 44 players on that roster including players on the 60-day disabled list and two free […]
Friday Notes
It’s been a pretty hectic last few weeks for me. I somehow convinced someone to both say ‘yes’ to marrying me and then to go through with it, so I’ve been out of commission for a bit. Now I’m back, a married man, and ready to get on with this offseason. Of course, if you’re […]
Building a Non-Contender
The Royals are actually, from a practical standpoint, in good position heading into the offseason. For a team that blew past 100 losses, they have actual big-league caliber ballplayers in many spots. I know that probably sounds pretty snarky and mean-spirited, but it’s true: if the Royals took the team that finished the season, lock […]
Open bidding for the Royals TV rights
With the focus on the World Series starting Tuesday, there’s little in the way of news for the teams other than the Dodgers and the Red Sox. Still, we have a job to do and darn it, we’re going to accomplish at least something today. — How about an update on the Royals and their […]
Don’t call it a rebuild
An October with no baseball means it’s time for Dayton Moore to hold his state of the franchise press conference. Things got off to a rollicking start as Moore insisted the rebuild took hold when they stopped talking about… the rebuild. You know, I think what jumpstarted the rebuild is we quit talking about the […]
He’s back! Yost to return for 2019
Just ahead of Game 162, the Royals removed all the drama from their October. Ned Yost will return as manager for the 2019 season. Despite protestations from the manager that he hadn’t thought about or discussed his future with the Royals, it was clear the two sides wouldn’t let this drag out beyond the final […]
RECAP: Fin.
Ned Yost wanted to get Eric Skoglund another start to end the season, and he wanted him to do it against a quality opponent. Not a bad little idea Ned had. That’s actually the kind of Nedism that probably earned him at least one more year at the helm, as his extension was announced prior […]