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]

[Sure-Oz]

Nice to hear....i heard Justin Smoak was called up today

[Demonpenz]

Moustakas has to be a 30 and 100 for any value he sucks in the field.

[MoreLemonPledge]

Royals recalled 1B/DH Kila Ka'aihue from Triple-A Omaha.

It's great to see, though it's hard to see where he fits in the lineup as currently the constructed. Ka'aihue was batting .304/.466/.620 with seven homers and 20 RBI with Omaha this season and has earned the reputation as an on-base machine in the minor leagues. Unfortunately, he's also viewed as a liability with the glove, and since Billy Butler is the current first baseman, he fits best as a designated hitter. He's worth watching for now, but might not get a real chance to profile his skills until the Royals can find a taker for Jose Guillen.

http://www.rotoworld.com/content/pla...ort=MLB&id=952

[Sure-Oz]

http://sports.yahoo.com/fantasy/blog...fantasy,238814

Kila Ka'aihue called up. It's your move, Trey Hillman

By Andy Behrens

http://a323.yahoofs.com/ymg/ept_spor...mJYwFDDPa7LC08.

To the delight of Kansas City fans — and people everywhere who are sick of watching the Royals not score runs — Kila Ka'aihue(notes) has been recalled from Triple-A Omaha. In 103 plate appearances this season, Ka'aihue has hit .304/.466/.620 with seven homers and 20 RBIs. He's walked more often than he's struck out, per his usual, and he's been equally productive against lefties and righties.

Kila first hit the fantasy radar in 2008, when he was named the Texas League Player of the Year. He played 124 games across two minor league levels that season, delivering ridiculous numbers: 37 HR, 100 RBI, 104 BB, 67 K, .314 AVG, .456 OBP, .628 SLG. His rate-stats dipped the following year at Omaha, and he exchanged a few home runs for doubles, but he appears to have returned to dominance in 2010.

On Tuesday, when Rick Ankiel(notes) landed on the disabled list with a quad strain, a path was finally cleared for the 26-year-old Ka'aihue … sort of. No one seems to know where he's actually going to play, or how much he'll play.

The two lineup spots Kila can easy handle are first base and DH, which happen to be occupied at the moment by Billy Butler(notes) and Jose Guillen(notes). Butler is batting .321, and he led his team in average, OBP and slugging percentage last year; Guillen currently leads the Royals in home runs, RBIs and OPS, and he tops all KC position players in salary ($12 million).

Royals manager Trey Hillman can play Guillen in right field, but the man isn't exactly a defensive wizard. Whatever the team decides to do, there will be trade-offs.

Here's Hillman discussing the Ka'aihue dilemma, via the Kansas City Star:

"We’ll see where it fits day to day," manager Trey Hillman said. "It depends on what I do with the outfield. It depends on how I use Willie [Bloomquist]. It depends on how productive Mitch [Maier] is.

"Right now, you can view it as an extra bat off the bench. He might play some first base. If he plays first base, Billy [Butler] might do some DHing. That would necessitate putting José [Guillen] back in right. We'll mix and match."

The Royals would surely love to deal Guillen, but if you've ever attempted to trade him in a fantasy league (no easy task), then you can appreciate how difficult it might be to unload him when there's an eight-figure pricetag attached.

For now, while we wait for confirmation that Mitch Maier(notes) can't be productive, Kila is officially "an extra bat off the bench." In a mixed league of respectable depth, I'd still add him, depending on my category and position needs. He's an obvious pick-up in formats that use OBP. Ka'aihue seems to have mastered the minor leagues; there's power upside here, if Hillman decides he's interested.

[BigCatDaddy]

Did anyone post anything on the Carlos Rosa trade? I searched but couldn't find anything on here.

[MVChiefFan]

I think we should move DeJesus to left, Podsednik to center and put Guillen in right. I know his defense sucks but his bat is on fire right now and I'm not in favor of letting Kila just toil on the bench waiting for pinch hit opportunities.

[BigCatDaddy]

Originally Posted by MVChiefFan

I think we should move DeJesus to left, Podsednik to center and put Guillen in right. I know his defense sucks but his bat is on fire right now and I'm not in favor of letting Kila just toil on the bench waiting for pinch hit opportunities.

Ankiel was stinking it up anyways. Sounds good to me.

[Bowser]

Originally Posted by MVChiefFan

I think we should move DeJesus to left, Podsednik to center and put Guillen in right. I know his defense sucks but his bat is on fire right now and I'm not in favor of letting Kila just toil on the bench waiting for pinch hit opportunities.

Works for me. Sounds like a pretty logical move, so I'm betting the Royals won't do it. (And hell, at least Guillen has a cannon for an arm. You want a good arm in RF, right?)

[BigCatDaddy]

Originally Posted by Bowser

Works for me. Sounds like a pretty logical move, so I'm betting the Royals won't do it. (And hell, at least Guillen has a cannon for an arm. You want a good arm in RF, right?)

Yes, which is whey DDJ should be in left, Pos in Center and Ankiel in Right anyways.

[Sure-Oz]

DDJ is an above avg LF and an average RF for sure

As for the trade of Rosa, we did get a SS in high A

[Mama Hip Rockets]

Originally Posted by MoreLemonPledge

Royals recalled 1B/DH Kila Ka'aihue from Triple-A Omaha.

It's great to see, though it's hard to see where he fits in the lineup as currently the constructed. Ka'aihue was batting .304/.466/.620 with seven homers and 20 RBI with Omaha this season and has earned the reputation as an on-base machine in the minor leagues. Unfortunately, he's also viewed as a liability with the glove, and since Billy Butler is the current first baseman, he fits best as a designated hitter. He's worth watching for now, but might not get a real chance to profile his skills until the Royals can find a taker for Jose Guillen.

http://www.rotoworld.com/content/pla...ort=MLB&id=952

but...but...I thought he didn't have any power? I thought he was on steroids and 2008 was a fluke?

[MVChiefFan]

Yeah, I agree with you guys. Ankiel needs to go and if we make these moves and Kila keeps it going in the bigs then we may have something. But, like you say, this is the Royals.

[Sure-Oz]

I am sure they will try Kila in CF

[ChiTown]

Nice start for Monty in AA ball

NW Arkansas
Player IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
Montgomery (W, 1-0) 5.2 2 1 1 4 8 0 1.59
Coleman (H, 1) 2.1 1 0 0 1 3 0 3.07
Hardy, B (S, 2) 1.0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0.00


Naturals win sixth straight Wednesday
Montgomery fans eight in Double-A debut
By Frank Novak / Northwest Arkansas Naturals05/05/2010 4:11 PM ET

SPRINGDALE, AR- Mike Montgomery was a little wild but fanned eight and allowed just two batters to hit safely as he and two relievers combined on a three-hitter as the Naturals beat the Springfield Cardinals 3-1 Wednesday on the first of three Swepco School Kids Daygames.
Hits were few but walks and wild pitches were aplenty on the sun-splashed afternoon, as the two teams' staffs combined to yield just nine hits and four runs, but tossed four wild pitches and issued fifteen walks.

Three of those wild pitches were thrown by Springfield starter Shaun Garceau (0-5), and the Naturals capitalized on two of them. Garceau uncorked a wild pitch with runners on second and third in the bottom of the second inning, giving the Naturals an early 1-0 lead.

After Springfield tied it up in the third on an RBI single from Andrew Brown, Garceau's wildness cost his team the lead again in the fifth. He plunked Kurt Mertins to start the frame, and then walked Mike Moustakas. After consecutive groundouts by Clint Robinson and Nick Van Stratten, the Cards elected to walk Tim Smith intentionally to load the bases and set up a force at each base with the struggling Ernesto Mejia at the plate. Garceau fired off another wild pitch which rolled to the backstop, scoring Mertins for what would end up being the winning run.

Mike Moustakas hit a solo homer to right with one out in the seventh off Cardinals reliever Blake King to give the Naturals a 3-1 lead and provide some insurance. It was Moustakas' team leading sixth homer of the season for the third baseman who joined the club just two weeks ago.

That was more than enough offense for Montgomery (1-0) and the Naturals' bullpen. Montgomery was pulled after 5 2/3 innings. Springfield drew four walks off the southpaw, running up his pitch count, but managed to get two hits and just the lone run. The youngest pitcher ever to make a start for the Naturals, the 20-year old Montgomery fanned eight in his debut.

Louis Coleman and Blaine Hardy blanked the Cardinals offense the rest of the way. Hardy, who hasn't allowed an earned run in 17 innings from the Naturals pen this year, earned his second save of the season.

It was the sixth straight win for Northwest Arkansas (17-8), which ties the franchise's longest team win streak. Springfield (13-13) falls to the .500 mark as they've lost 9 of 11. The Naturals now have a 4 1/2 game lead in the Texas League North Division.

Game three of the series is Thursday evening with first pitch coming at 7 P.M. Left-hander Everett Teaford (3-1, 4.34) will get the start for Northwest Arkansas. He'll oppose left-hander Nick Additon (1-2, 4.91) for Springfield. If you can't make it out for the game, you can listen to the it live on ESPN 92.1 The Ticket or online at nwanaturals.com.

The Northwest Arkansas Naturals are the Double-A Texas League affiliate of the Kansas City Royals and play at state-of-the-art Arvest Ballpark, located in Springdale. The Naturals have a toll-free ticket hotline (1-877-444-2637) for fans to purchase Naturals tickets. Our website, nwanaturals.com offers fans the opportunity to purchase tickets online and avoid lines at the ticket windows by printing their tickets at home or at the office.

[OmahaChief]

There is hope in the minors. A lot of guys are looking pretty good so far this year.