2010 Kansas City Royals Repository thread

[SPchief]

All Royals All The Time!

After consultation with others who peruse the game threads we decided to create this as a repository for all things Royals. Minor league news, AL (ahem) Central (thanks Vonne) news and anything Royals can be found here.

alnorth, me and atleast 5 others will continue the game threads as usual. But if you locate something of interest.. ANYTHING.. deals on apparel, best ways in/out of the stadium, giveaways, great stories from this season or from seasons gone by, rumors, trades, anything.... feel free to post it here.

If a big story breaks, you can still start a thread about it. There is merely an all inclusive thread that will make a easy for us all to keep up with all things Royals.


Welcome! "Grab a Brew... don't cost nuthin"...[spills beer on feet]

[Demonpenz]

Flip Francour at the deadline. I wonder if we could have possible put together a rag tag team but with #1 pitching like the giants did.

[DeezNutz]

Originally Posted by siberian khatru

Meh, who? The loser of the CF sweepstakes (Dyson/Blanco/Meier)? It's not like we have a real prospect corner OF he'd be blocking.

One year, on something that I KNEW was going to happen anyway ... I'll survive. Doesn't really hurt the team. Just won't really help it, either.

Probably would be best if they platooned Frenchy, though.

Any of those three, actually. And I hold, probably irrational, optimism for Meier.

[DJ's left nut]

Originally Posted by Demonpenz

Flip Francour at the deadline. I wonder if we could have possible put together a rag tag team but with #1 pitching like the giants did.

Yeah, but how could they have ever gotten a pitcher as talented as Tim Lincecum?

Oh wait...

[siberian khatru]

Originally Posted by DeezNutz

Any of those three, actually. And I hold, probably irrational, optimism for Meier.

I'm sort of that way with Dyson.

[KevB]

Originally Posted by siberian khatru

I'm sort of that way with Dyson.

Me too. I like Maier as well, but all three guys are probably best as 4th OFs. You could start any of the three in CF if you had two good sticks in the corners.

[siberian khatru]

Originally Posted by KevB

Me too. I like Maier as well, but all three guys are probably best as 4th OFs. You could start any of the three in CF if you had two good sticks in the corners.

I agree with that.

I have irrational exuberance for Dyson because, unlike Blanco and Meier, who I see as mediocrities (hit a little, run a little, field a little), he actually has two plus skills: defense and speed.

Problem is, he has one huge weakness: He can't hit.

But a guy can dream, can't he?

[cookster50]

Nothing new, other than the "should" has turned into "will"
The Royals will announce a deal with Francoeur later today, tweets Bob Dutton of the Kansas City Star.

[joesomebody]

http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/20...ose-to-a-deal/

I saw Dayton Moore and the Royals signing Jeff Francoeur at the paddock before the second race. I saw Dayton Moore and the Royals signing Jeff Francoeur outside the men’s room before I placed my bet. I saw Dayton Moore and the Royals signing Jeff Francoeur before they got up this morning.

Now Ken Rosenthal reports that it’s close to going down. A one-year deal. Possible option for 2012. There are things that are more inevitable than this was, but they are only measured on a geologic time frame.

And unless it’s crazy money — which I doubt it will be — it’s not going to kill anyone. Jeff Francoeur will not be the difference between the Royals winning and not winning the AL Central in 2011, even if he gets 600 at bats (note: I don’t use plate appearances for Francoeur because including a metric that covers walks is pretty pointless with Jeffy). He’s a decent-defending body in right field, hopefully on a platoon basis, but if he’s not going to be there every day, it’s no biggie. At least not on this team.

He’ll just be there long enough, I presume, for there to be a whole new round of “Jeff Francoeur is focusing on working the count” articles this spring, as there are every spring. He’ll be there just long enough for people to realize that that one lucky first-pitch homer he hit the first week of the season is not indicative of his talents. He’ll be there long enough for him to depress Royals fans who want him to be their Great White Hope, and to cause Ned Yost to bench or platoon him. He’ll be there long enough for either him or his agent to complain in the press about him being an everyday player and wanting a trade because that’s what they do every year.

And then, in July or August, he’ll get traded to the Giants.

Enjoy Kansas City, Jeffy. Lots of good food there.

[joesomebody]

Per Twitter
@Royals

#Royals sign OF Jeff Francoeur to a one-year deal with mutual option for 2012.

[DeezNutz]

When you can sign a fourth fourth outfielder who will get paid more than the other three but is the worst option of the four, you simply have to make that move.

Take all your talk about OBP and shove it straight up your ass, Dayton.

[siberian khatru]

Originally Posted by DeezNutz

Take all your talk about OBP and shove it straight up your ass, Dayton.

That ship sailed a loooong time ago.

While DM's at it, why not sign Andruw Jones to play CF?

[AirForceChief]

So much for Alex Gordon's promised break out Season O' Dominance...bugh.

[Reaper16]

What now, Zack Greinke? Dayton signed Jeffy Lockeroom! How can you say that the Royals aren't trying to win?

[DeezNutz]

Originally Posted by siberian khatru

That ship sailed a loooong time ago.

While DM's at it, why not sign Andruw Jones to play CF?

I would have been ok with signing Jones to play RF, actually.

[DeezNutz]

From Royals Corner:

"picture the lineup with Kendall, Yuni and Francoeur taking up 1/3 of it. Opposing pitchers will have to call timeouts often to go into the dugout and masturbate at how easily they are gonna get their stats padded."

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