ChiefsPlanet - Royals 2013 Kansas City Royals Repository Thread

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The Royals have released outfielder/first baseman Xavier Nady, according to the Pacific Coast League's transactions page. Nady had been playing on a minor league deal that he agreed to after being cut in advance of the Article XX(B) free agent retention bonus deadline, back in late March. It is not presently known whether Nady exercised an opt out clause to trigger his release, or indeed whether he had any such clause in his contract.

Nady was hitting a robust .310/.382/.486 in 289 plate appearances for the Triple-A Omaha Storm Chasers. After a well-documented power outage over his last several seasons, moreover, Nady had swatted a promising 11 home runs thus far for Omaha. In a combined 166 big league plate appearances last season for the Nationals and Giants, Nady hit just .184/.253/.316.

The only hope of power in the entire organization.

Al Bundy

06-30-2013 08:45 AM

Ken Rosenthal ‏@Ken_Rosenthal 9m

#Rockies signing Xavier Nady to minor-league deal. Scout who saw him recently says Nady, "swung as well as I have seen him in a while."

Mother****erJones

06-30-2013 08:48 AM

Nick Cafardo of the Boston Globe reports that the Royals have discussed the possibility of trading for Chase Utley.
It's not clear how far those discussions went, but, at least on the surface, Utley would make sense to fill the Royals' hole at second base. To this point, Phillies general manager Ruben Amaro has expressed a hesitancy of being a seller at the trade deadline, but he could certainly change his mind over the next few weeks.
Source: Boston Globe Jun 30 - 10:28 AM

Chiefspants

06-30-2013 08:51 AM

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Originally Posted by Mother****erJones (Post 9784531)

SELL SELL SELL SELL

Archie F. Swin

06-30-2013 05:02 PM

Why did Biancalana only play five or six major league seasons?

Captain Obvious

06-30-2013 08:55 PM

http://espn.go.com/mlb/stats/pitchin...-2/order/false

I thought this was interesting. There are two SPs on the Royals who receive less run support than Shields. Santana and Guthrie.

Stanley Nickels

06-30-2013 09:23 PM

Jair Jurrjens Designated For Assignment
By Edward Creech [June 30 at 2:51pm CST]
The Orioles have tweeted they have designated Jair Jurrjens for assignment off the 25-man roster to clear a spot for Brian Roberts. Roberts, who had been on the 60-day disabled list recovering from a right hamstring strain, is in the lineup tonight against the Yankees as the DH batting ninth.

Somewhere, Moore has a load full of jizz rags in the washing machine.

Nightfyre

06-30-2013 09:29 PM

We have no room for Jurrjens, imo.

Coach

06-30-2013 09:43 PM

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Originally Posted by Nightfyre (Post 9785631)

We have no room for Jurrjens, imo.

GMDM will find a way, I wouldn't be shocked....

lewdog

06-30-2013 09:44 PM

How long will we continue to go with Davis in the rotation?

Nightfyre

06-30-2013 09:44 PM

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Originally Posted by lewdog (Post 9785657)

How long will we continue to go with Davis in the rotation?

Until Duffy/Paulino are ready. He's only really had one bad start in his last five starts. I think he gets a little bit of a bad wrap.

Ceej	06-30-2013 09:59 PM

Rick Sutcliffe picked KC as his team who isn't currently first in their division to win their division.

He's an alcoholic right?

Prison Bitch

06-30-2013 10:02 PM

He lives here.

WhawhaWhat

06-30-2013 10:02 PM

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Originally Posted by CJizzles (Post 9785682)

Rick Sutcliffe picked KC as his team who isn't currently first in their division to win their division.

He's an alcoholic right?

He's from Independence so sometimes you gotta let things slide.

Also, yes, a bit of a drinker:

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