With Aviles now hitting over .300, I'm wondering what you guys think about his future and specifically his future on our team. I'm a fan, personally.

I've always liked him and think he has the talent to be a solid, not too expensive piece of the puzzle.

A platoon with he and Getz at 2B next season until Giovatella is ready...then a decent utility guy off the bench.

The Royals are on the front of ESPN w/ a bunch of articles for some reason.....

It's a long articles, but read worthy in my view.

Yea...good stuff....but not much none of us dont already know..

Some good news. Tonight NW Arkansas won the AA Texas League championship with a 2-0 win. Will Smith (acquired for Callaspo) pitched 6.2 scoreless innings. Wasn't too much offense but Hosmer did have an RBI single for one of the two runs.

He has a limited future, at best. Fundamentally, he's atrocious at the plate, and he's mediocre, again at best, in the field.

Aviles is little more than a muted light on an otherwise bleak team.

Yuni is #6 in homers for all MLB shortstops this year.

FYI - former Royals pitching prospect Dan Cortes made his major league debut for Seattle today. He was said to have reached 98 MPH as he pitched one scoreless inning (0 hits, 0 walks, 1 strikeout) for the Mariners. Dayton traded Cortes to acquire Yuniesky Betancourt.

Glancing at his stats, looks like he had a bit of a rough year in 2010 (Cortes that is). 196 strikouts in @182 innings, which is great, but he allowed 180 hits and 114 walks. ERA over 5. I can't remember much about him now from when he was in the system except that he had a plus fastball. I think I read somewhere he asked to go into the bullpen earlier in the summer.

He'll probably make a bad-ass setup man. Closing potential? Maybe. I can say with some certainty that he wasn't going to make it to the bigs as a starter.

He'd been in trouble with the law a couple of times I believe, and was considered a bit of a headcase. Combined with his lack of control the year we traded him, I don't think it was a great loss. If he turns his life around (matures?) and can find the plate more often, good for him.

Royals with the 6th-worst record in MLB at the moment, but we're in position to catch everyone but the Pirates, especially with an upcoming 4-game set against TB.

Go Royals!

Got tickets for mondays game for free, 100 level and gold parking, go royals!11111