2009 Kansas City Royals Repository.

[WilliamTheIrish]

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 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.


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[Coach]

Originally Posted by Ari Chi3fs

Tonights loss is painful... bases loaded... 1 out... and don't get ANY runs home in a one run game. Redonkulous.

Yeah, it was frusterating. Still though, while they can't win it all, gotta give them props for at least making it interesting.

It's the best you could do, I guess.

[Sure-Oz]

Originally Posted by Coach

Yeah, it was frusterating. Still though, while they can't win it all, gotta give them props for at least making it interesting.

It's the best you could do, I guess.

Nah, they shouldve gotten 1 run home period, and we had 9 walks in the game.

Royals made too many mistakes and lost because of it. Simple fundamentals

[Coach]

Originally Posted by Sure-Oz

Nah, they shouldve gotten 1 run home period, and we had 9 walks in the game.

Royals made too many mistakes and lost because of it. Simple fundamentals

Meh, can't win them all. If they can win today, taking 2 out of 3 against Cleveland, I'd be satisifed.

[Sure-Oz]

Originally Posted by Coach

Meh, can't win them all. If they can win today, taking 2 out of 3 against Cleveland, I'd be satisifed.

But they have to win today, esp with Zack at the helm...

I am pretty critical of this team though...and im tired of meche having a solid game only to not get a win.

No excuse for teahen and ddj at bats, as well as billy swinging at a 2-0 pitch. Hope hillman had a word with each of them.

[Great Expectations]

That Teahen at bat was horrid. Wood walks the bases loaded and Teahen swings at the first two pitches out of the strike zone. He should have been keying fastball out over the middle of the plate and swinging at nothing else. He is the worst clutch hitter in the Majors.

[Coach]

[Sure-Oz]

http://www.kansascity.com/385/story/1208438.html

Posted on Wed, May. 20, 2009
Royals notebook: Moore offers assessment as club nears one-quarter mark
By BOB DUTTON
The Kansas City Star
Royals general manager Dayton Moore is among those who view the season’s first 40 games _ roughly the first one-quarter of the season, as a shake-out period where strengths are revealed and weaknesses exposed.

The Royals hit that milestone Wednesday night.

So?

“I like our pitching,” Moore offered, “and we’re still capable of doing better _ especially in the rotation. Offensively, I think we have the potential to be very explosive. We haven’t hit that stride yet. I think that will happen. I know we’re going to score more runs.

“Defensively, in the middle of the diamond, it’s important that we be more consistent. Our biggest need is we have to catch the ball. We’ve got holes. Every major-league team has holes, but I think our holes are fixable.”

It’s hard to quibble with the pitching. The Royals’ team ERA of 3.63, entering Wednesday, was the best in baseball.

The flip side: Only three American League clubs had committed more errors, and their .982 fielding percentage ranked ninth among 14 AL clubs.

The Royals also ranked 11th in runs scored, 11th in batting average, ninth in on-base percentage and seventh in slugging percentage.

“(Alberto) Callaspo has been good,” Moore said. “Coco (Crisp) has been good. Billy Butler has been good. And everybody else is capable of doing much, much better (offensively).

“Our guys just have to produce. These guys are going to get their numbers.”

Bale to Omaha

Rehabbing reliever John Bale passed through the clubhouse Wednesday on way from Class AA Northwest Arkansas to Class AAA Omaha.

“My velocity has been going up,” he said. “I think when I come back here, when the adrenaline gets going, it will naturally go up even more.”

Bale reports no setbacks in his recovery from March 3 surgery to remove a hyperactive thyroid. He had his fifth straight scoreless outing Tuesday in working two innings against Tulsa.

“Counting extended (spring training),” he said, “I probably have 23 or 24 innings in. All my weight is back (to 220 pounds). The medication is working. I’m doing well.”

The Royals, barring a bullpen injury, appear content to allow Bale to serve all 30 allowable days in his rehab assignment. That would mean a June 4 return to active duty.

Soria throws again

Injured closer Joakim Soria tested his strained right rotator cuff by throwing from flat ground in a pre-game workout for the second consecutive day.

His assessment: “Very good.”

Soria is still three to five days away from throwing from a mound. That points to at least two more weeks before he returns to active duty since current plans call for him to make a minor-league rehab assignment.

Aviles back in lineup

Shortstop Mike Aviles returned to the lineup after missing the last four games because of a strained right forearm.

“He didn’t have any unusual stiffness or soreness,” manager Trey Hillman said, “from what was a good workout for him (on Tuesday). Hopefully, that’s one of the answers in productivity.”

Aviles carried a .194 average into Wednesday’s game after batting .325 last season as a rookie.

Farnsworth on roll

Veteran reliever Kyle Farnsworth has a streak of 10 straight scoreless appearances, covering 11 innings, after working a one-two-three ninth inning Tuesday against the Indians.

That success has lowered his earned-run average from 18.90 to 4.40. He has allowed just six hits in his streak while striking out eight and walking two. Opponents are batting just .154 against him, and he has thrown 113 of his 166 pitches for strikes.

The streak is the fourth longest in Farnsworth’s 11-year career. He had a 16-game run for Detroit from May 11-June 14, 2005. After being traded that year to Atlanta, he had a 13-game streak from Aug. 16-Sept. 11, 2005.

Farnsworth also had an 11-game streak last season for the Yankees from June 27 to July 25.

Minor details

Third baseman Mike Moustakas, the No. 2 overall pick in the 2007 draft, got three more hits Tuesday night in Class A Wilmington’s 9-7 victory at Salem. Moustakas has a 10-game hitting streak that has raised his average to .288.

He also has 12 RBIs in his last nine games for a club-leading 30, which ranks fourth in the Carolina League.

[Coach]

That success has lowered his earned-run average from 18.90 to 4.40. He has allowed just six hits in his streak while striking out eight and walking two. Opponents are batting just .154 against him, and he has thrown 113 of his 166 pitches for strikes.

Somebody check his locker for HGH....

[DeezNutz]

Heard this morning that the Pirates might consider trading Jack Wilson.

Thoughts? Defensively, he's be a HUGE upgrade.

[Sure-Oz]

Originally Posted by DeezNutz

Heard this morning that the Pirates might consider trading Jack Wilson.

Thoughts? Defensively, he's be a HUGE upgrade.

I wonder how much it'd take

[DeezNutz]

Originally Posted by Sure-Oz

I wonder how much it'd take

Couldn't possibly be THAT much.

Dude will be 32 this December, and, offensively, well...he's just meh:

.269/.312/.375 (career)

That said, if he could catch the ball and have greater range, I'd be happy with the acquisition. Dude is supposed to have some "baggage," though. Weird cat, apparently.

[Sure-Oz]

Originally Posted by DeezNutz

Couldn't possibly be THAT much.

Dude will be 32 this December, and, offensively, well...he's just meh:

.269/.312/.375 (career)

That said, if he could catch the ball and have greater range, I'd be happy with the acquisition. Dude is supposed to have some "baggage," though. Weird cat, apparently.

I'm sure Dayton has to be on the phone if he is available...hopefully trade some minor league reliever

[DeezNutz]

Originally Posted by Sure-Oz

I'm sure Dayton has to be on the phone if he is available...hopefully trade some minor league reliever

Absolutely.

We have to be more solid up the middle to have a chance at this thing.

[Demonpenz]

send guillen home to the pirates

[DeezNutz]

Originally Posted by Demonpenz

send guillen home to the pirates

Complete with that ****ing YouTube video of him gunning that dude from the RF track.