The Mariners have a lot of good stuff in the farm system, so that’s good.

We’ll never see 95% of that good stuff in Mariners uniforms, though, because the team has Jose Guillen Irrational Veteran Man-Crush syndrome.

So enjoy being a sucky team with young players – it’s so much better than being a sucky team with old players. I’d give a testicle for a guy like Gathright, because at least you can dream about young players improving – old players just suck more as the days go by.

It’s right here.

May 19th Pessimitic about Royals Future:
http://insider.espn.go.com/espn/blog/index?entryID=3403841&searchName=Neyer_Rob

shouldn’t be overlooked. He’s hit at every level of the minor leagues with authority and I predict he will do it in the majors. Until he actually does it in the majors though it’s kind of hard to call him a good major league hitter.

I’m still pessimistic about this franchise’s future, mostly because the farm system is nearly destitute (at least at the higher levels). Why do I say the farm system is nearly destitute? Because the Royals don’t have many prospects. Simple as that. Every day, I receive Baseball America’s Prospect Report via e-mail. It’s easy to check the Royals because they hardly ever show up at all. Today’s a beautiful example. Today there are 69 players listed; 39 hitters, 30 pitchers. How many Royal farmhands? None. And typically there might be one or two listed. There is some young talent in the organization, to be sure. But most of it’s on the major league roster already.

“working with him” part is kind of scary. The only thing anyone should tell Billy is that thinking hurts the ballclub. See ball, hit ball, listen to your base coaches and try not to hurt yourself playing first base.

somewhat after trading Berdard and Tejada. They still have Roberts to trade and a much higher payroll. I’d say we’re in worse shape overall.