That sucks. Seems low.

Jonny Gomes going to Japan for 2016 -

http://www.foxsports.com/mlb/story/j...waiting-020216

More than double what we've ever had in the past. I was excited at the announcement!

I really had hope for Louis Coleman too. In Omaha last season, 38 games, 64 innings, 8-2 record, and 1.69 ERA. It just seems like a player with those kind of stats would be something you could work with.

It will be interesting to see what team picks him up.

I hope they go 60 feet 6 inches to get them.

And they run out 60 feet 6 inches to get them.

So we get to humiliate the Mets two games in a row? I'm OK with that.

WAD

Happy 61st Birthday, Rusty Kuntz!

Wade Davis ranked as top relief pitcher in majors by MLB Network
http://www.kansascity.com/sports/spt...e58621233.html

No one really need confirmation on this, right?

The MLB Network has been doing rankings of various positions (“Top 10 Right Now!”) and it got to relief pitchers.

Atop the list: Wade Davis of the Royals.

Davis was 8-1 with 17 saves and a 0.94 ERA last season. He was an All-Star, finished sixth in the Cy Young Award voting and 28th in MVP voting. Davis had a 0.79 WHIP (walks and hits per innings pitched). He struck out 10.4 batters per nine innings.

In 2014, Davis had a 1.00 ERA, a 0.85 WHIP and struck out 13.6 batters per nine innings.

The MLB Network special notes that Davis has the lowest opposing batting average (.148) and ERA (0.97) over the last two years.

“That’s the lowest two-year ERA in the history of the game,” MLB Network’s Brian Kenny said. “He deserves to be No. 1.”

Here is the top 10

1. Wade Davis, Royals

2. Dellin Betances, Yankees

3. Aroldis Chapman, Yankees

4. Andrew Miller, Yankees

5. Zach Britton, Orioles

6. Mark Melancon, Pirates

7. Ken Giles, Astros

8. Tony Watson, Pirates

9. Darren O’Day, Orioles

10. Craig Kimbrel, Red Sox

You can watch as the top two relief pitchers are unveiled during the MLB Network broadcast:

**** the NYY...and the Mets for that matter.

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We knocked the Mets dude out of contention during the World Series!

I would quote this statement all g.d. day.

Thank you [emoji122]

DAMN, the Yankees had the #2,3,4

Have the Royals been invited to the WH yet?

Yes, think the visit is later this month.
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Thanks, Obama!

LMAO

**** it, I'm ordering new shit!

Thanks, I hadn't heard anything about it.

In 2015 the Giants did not visit the White House until the first week in June.

I assume a White House visit would be at the same time the Royals are on an east coast trip.

Kansas City Royals have a 4 game series with the New York Yankees May 9 - May 12 and a 3 game series with the Baltimore Orioles June 6 - June 8. KC has one day off on June 9 before they fly to Chicago for a series with the White Sox.

June 9th might be the White House Trip.

Jonny Gomes was asked the other day if he would come back from Japan and wear his American flag jacket for a trip to the White House. He said that the team (Boston Red Sox?) signed it and it had been donated, so he no longer had it.

Obummer only cares about his bros in the NBA.

Should be a great bullpen.

I've been following the Caribbean Series because Royals outfielder Jose Martinez is playing in it for Venezuela.

In 5 games so far, Jose is batting .524, 1 HR, and 7 RBIs.

I'm really interested to see what Martinez looks like in spring training.

I've asked this question on here before...have any of you seen him play the outfield?

I've seen some video of his hitting and his .384 average in Omaha looks promising.

He is a slender 6'7" and I just wonder what he looks like in the field.

Eibner will also be someone to follow.

I'm soooo ready for baseball. I miss it. It's like I had a girlfriend that is a 10... and she left me for 3 months... and she's not coming back for another month.

Well shit I was way off. They were talking about it on the radio like it was happening soon. Why do they do it during the season?
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Are they ever gonna restock the World Series jerseys? Pisses me off.

I'm guessing it's because a good amount of the players return to Latin America (or Japan, Korea, etc) and it would be difficult to coordinate an event with the entire roster in the offseason. It's much easier to bring the team along when they're in the area already.

Oh the Internet is a curse and a wonderful thing...

I can't find anything about a scheduled 2016 White House trip for the Kansas City Royals.

BUT

San Francisco Giants won in 2014 - June 4, 2015 White House trip - off day before @ Philadelphia Phillies series.

Boston Red Sox won in 2013 - April 1, 2014 White House trip - off day during @ Baltimore Orioles series.

San Francisco Giants won in 2012 - July 29, 2013 White House trip - off day before @ Philadelphia Phillies series.

St. Louis Cardinals won in 2011 - January 17, 2012 White House trip - Only recent off-season meeting at White House.

San Francisco Giants won in 2010 - July 25, 2011 White House trip - off day before @ Philadelphia Phillies series.

New York Yankees won in 2009 - April 26, 2010 White House trip - off day before @ Baltimore Orioles series.


So for the past few years only the St. Louis Cardinals White House visit has been during the off-season.

I think the logical choice would be the Baltimore series (June 6-8) and the off day on June 9th will be the WH visit before they leave to Chicago.

Agreed.

LMAO I like this guy already.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Ian Kennedy on Sal Perez: &quot;He sets a good, low target.&quot; <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/SubTweet?src=hash">#SubTweet</a></p>&mdash; Sam Mellinger (@mellinger) <a href="https://twitter.com/mellinger/status/693169441744515074">January 29, 2016</a></blockquote>
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Forgot the joke. Wasn't it Cueto who hated the low targer

I think Cueto complained that Sal's target wasn't low enough.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">So have the <a href="https://twitter.com/Royals">@Royals</a>. We&#39;ll be back. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/KeepPounding?src=hash">#KeepPounding</a> <a href="https://t.co/9jlR9YGzk0">https://t.co/9jlR9YGzk0</a></p>&mdash; Carolina Panthers (@Panthers) <a href="https://twitter.com/Panthers/status/696706428598243328">February 8, 2016</a></blockquote>
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That's a great Twitter thread.

RoidBoy JD Maetinez gets 2/18 today. No word yet on what happens when he fails his drug test

There's a whole Twitter exchange between the Panthers, Royals and Chiefs I saw on CBS Sports. It's awesome! If I knew anything about technology, I'd link it here. But go check it out.

Yeah fox4kc mornings showed a little of it monday. I was unable to find it on twitter as I am in the same boat as you twitterwise or unwise I suppose.

This billboard at southwest trafficway and Westport Road looks cool.

http://fox4kc.com/2016/02/01/iconic-...est-billboard/

The Mets tweeted out:

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Congrats <a href="https://twitter.com/Broncos">@Broncos</a>. <a href="https://twitter.com/Panthers">@Panthers</a> we&#39;ve been there. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Mets?src=hash">#Mets</a> ⚾️ <a href="https://t.co/tnq1VUOjcX">pic.twitter.com/tnq1VUOjcX</a></p>&mdash; New York Mets (@Mets) <a href="https://twitter.com/Mets/status/696538893559205889">February 8, 2016</a></blockquote>
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The Panthers responded with:

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">So have the <a href="https://twitter.com/Royals">@Royals</a>. We&#39;ll be back. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/KeepPounding?src=hash">#KeepPounding</a> <a href="https://t.co/9jlR9YGzk0">https://t.co/9jlR9YGzk0</a></p>&mdash; Carolina Panthers (@Panthers) <a href="https://twitter.com/Panthers/status/696706428598243328">February 8, 2016</a></blockquote>
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The Royals answered:

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">.<a href="https://twitter.com/Panthers">@Panthers</a> Redemption makes it that much sweeter. Good luck! <a href="https://t.co/SoGHubnZic">pic.twitter.com/SoGHubnZic</a></p>&mdash; Kansas City Royals (@Royals) <a href="https://twitter.com/Royals/status/696713275120037888">February 8, 2016</a></blockquote>
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Then the Chiefs jumped in with this:

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="und" dir="ltr"><a href="https://twitter.com/Royals">@Royals</a> <a href="https://t.co/7fHPX1chjc">pic.twitter.com/7fHPX1chjc</a></p>&mdash; Kansas City Chiefs (@Chiefs) <a href="https://twitter.com/Chiefs/status/696717099650170880">February 8, 2016</a></blockquote>
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Which the Royals responded to:

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr"><a href="https://twitter.com/Chiefs">@Chiefs</a> Don&#39;t worry, you&#39;re still our #1. <a href="https://t.co/pqNUvnI6Zn">pic.twitter.com/pqNUvnI6Zn</a></p>&mdash; Kansas City Royals (@Royals) <a href="https://twitter.com/Royals/status/696721489110773761">February 8, 2016</a></blockquote>
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I think I did that right.

Wow...how far we have come from the Tony Muser days. I mean this team was on life support and now they are cool again and actually doing cool things like this. It is great that the team I grew up with is using this time to reintroduce themselves to the fans and get a whole new legion of kids to love the team. Those late 70s and 80s teams sold me on being a Royals fan and now my son is True Blue and I could not be more excited to make a ton of memories with him..

Forever Royal. (some reborn)

I won't paste in all the text, but CBS opens up its power rankings with us at #2 (behind the Cubs). Read it all at the link below.


<table class="powerranks"><tbody data-bind="foreach:rankLine"><tr class="mlbKC" data-bind="attr:{ 'class': dynamicCSSclass()}"><td data-bind="text: rankNumber" class="rankNumber">2</td> <td class="teamRankLogo">http://sports.cbsimg.net/images/mlb/logos/90x90/KC.png</td> <td data-bind="text: content" class="powerrankingcontent">As alluded to above, the projection systems that have already released figures for this season hate the Royals again. I'm not buying it. They are very similar to last season and we saw how dangerous they were.</td></tr></tbody></table>

http://www.cbssports.com/mlb/story/2...tside-top-spot

That Twitter shit is awesome. Really really ****ing awesome. I normally don't buy into marketing, especially social media marketing, but that is really really well done from a business perspective.

Well done from the Royals. I feel like the Chiefs were just like "HEY GUYS, WE EXIST, TOO!"


...Is it baseball season yet?

Well, that pretty much sums up the franchise. They should use that as a slogan next year.

I got an e-mail about a Class Action Settlement involving MLB.TV...looks like a new option will be available for those of us "out of market" guys that we can just follow Royals games and get all their games for $85 for the season. Great deal!

Duncan, how does Law's list of prospects compare to yours?

Anyone care to share some of the R's player excerpts from said list?

I don't have the article up anymore, but as a general summary he had 2 Royals in his top 100. Mondesi around 70 and Zimmer around 85 I believe.

Said Mondesi had a throwaway year with the back injury and then an awful season at the plate. Defense and speed ML ready.

Kinda the same about Zimmer. Mentioned that IF he stays healthy, he's still ace potential with 3 above avg offerings. Had some late success last season, but probably be limited in innings again this year until he proves health for a longer period.

I haven't looked at Law's, but my top 20 (with August comments on the prospects) is in the OP.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Moutakas, royals avoid arbitration with 2-year, $14.3M deal</p>&mdash; Jon Heyman (@JonHeyman) <a href="https://twitter.com/JonHeyman/status/697975132443250688">February 12, 2016</a></blockquote>
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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Moustakas deal believed to be $5.6M and $8.7M. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Royals?src=hash">#Royals</a></p>&mdash; Jeffrey Flanagan (@FlannyMLB) <a href="https://twitter.com/FlannyMLB/status/697975306242678784">February 12, 2016</a></blockquote> <script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

Everybody is signed now. Time to get it on!

Oh **** yes!


MOOOOOOSSSSSSSSSEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

I'd just like to know how many birthday parties KC Connection is going to for the MLB playoffs.

I'll be at quite a few spring training games this year. Hit me up if you wanna get Bill Cosby'd.

GMDM never goes to arbitration

It's amazing really. Hopefully he can extend that goodwill to get Moose signed beyond those next two years.

Rep

Seems like a fair deal for Moustakas and glad it is done.

Will be interesting to see what happens with Holland at this point. Rest of the roster is set... Wonder if they work a two-year deal with a team option or something like that for him.

Not really Royals related but I thought it was interesting.

I Read the Entire Collective Bargaining Agreement and Here's What I Learned.

The whole column is interesting but the stuff in the "I did not know these things." section I liked the best.

I liked this one too - Every player who does an initial physical examination has to tell his new club whether he is missing his eyes.

http://www.baseballprospectus.com/u/...iller0211b.png

Or his nuts!

I wonder how many players have answered yes to this one. Josh Donaldson? :hmmm:

Anyone now if a player has come out of retirement in Aug-Sept to join a team before?

Just a guess because I dont know but if anyone did I would say Roger Clemens.

That would've been a good strategy to use by a crafty coach.

Royals 21st.

http://www.baseballamerica.com/minor...rankings-list/

Got the email this afternoon about the MLB.TV court settlement over the antitrust issue.

The base package will drop to $109.99. If you want to pick an individual team, it's $84.99. MLB also has to reach agreements for 'in-market' streaming for every team by 2017, or they can't raise the price until 2020. Comcast/DirecTV have to offer Extra Innings at a 12.5% discount too, and MLB will provide them the opportunity to sell individual team packages too, but they aren't obligated to sell them to their customers.

There's also supposed to be a "follow your team" option, which should help reduce blackouts. It seems a bit confusing... but basically if you have cable and are blacked out of seeing the Royals, you can buy MLB.TV and pay an extra $10 for "follow your team" and you'd get the games. If I'm understanding it right, anyway.

Can't wait for opening day! Here's a couple of gifs I just made.

https://media.giphy.com/media/udKYKwo7cpgUo/giphy.gif

http://i.giphy.com/zvi9r93jOoMVO.gif

Here we go again.....


<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">PECOTA projections have Royals going 76-86 and finishing last in the AL Central, which means, hey, a 4-game improvement over last year&#39;s.</p>&mdash; Rustin Dodd (@rustindodd) <a href="https://twitter.com/rustindodd/status/699609788661891072">February 16, 2016</a></blockquote>
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These things are about as useful as used toliet paper.

Picture of Prison Bitch right now
http://southparkstudios.mtvnimages.c...each-16x9.jpg?

Fixed

No respect for the World Champs!!

http://sports.yahoo.com/news/mlb-pow...29342-mlb.html