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    Hochevar's pitching after being called a bust on Sportsline

    is pretty impressive. I do like the mentality he puts across of being a tough bulldog pitcher. And if he saw what CBS Sportsline said, and it lit a larger fire, then that’s good too. The article came out on June 10th.

    And this is coming from someone who wasn’t happy with Luke until he went on his current tear.

    Enough is Enough - Fire Trey Hillman

    by BHWick on Jul 26, 2009 10:49 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

    you have a link i can't find any article

    cbssportsline is the same as cbssports right? You get redirected there anyway.

    by GobbleforCyoung on Jul 27, 2009 8:03 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

    Why subject yourself to the torture of seeing the KC Foibles get destroyed in a foreign park?

    I already did this in St Louie earlier – not pleasant. Although, I will say no St Louie fans said a word to me. I think they almost “feel our pain”.

    Fuck This Team. Period.

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    by kabrink on Jul 26, 2009 11:07 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

    that's alright

    I am a beer snob and I certainly looked down on their stadium for only having 3 beers available – all shitty Bud products.

    Fuck This Team. Period.

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    by kabrink on Jul 26, 2009 11:34 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

    We're very friendly in Baltimore

    plus I feel that our ball clubs are kindred spirits.

    Besides, have you seen the Orioles? Very likely the Royals won’t get destroyed at all.

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    by Stacey on Jul 27, 2009 3:38 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

    Is Tillman debuting this series?

    In a year or so, our Rays envy will give way to O’s envy.

    by Gopherballs on Jul 27, 2009 4:29 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

    Yes.

    Damn you, Bavasi.

    Your source for replacement level commentary

    by RATW on Jul 27, 2009 5:14 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

    Yes!

    Tillman is on my fantasy team

    I also have Branyan.

    I only wish Langerhans had come over to the AL sooner — we have “waiver bidding” and I wasn’t willing to go $20+ on him.

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    by devil_fingers on Jul 27, 2009 5:54 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

    so they're definitley too smart

    to just give Pie away

    My desire for (near) F.A.T. combined with the Royals current situation has me craving every once-a-prospect OF under 25.

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    by devil_fingers on Jul 27, 2009 5:56 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

    Like Balentien, it would probably take something shiny

    maybe a little shinier since he plays a decent CF. But the O’s outfield is set for, what, the next six years, so I doubt the asking price would be cost prohibitive. The O’s gave up little to get him, and his stock has not exactly gone up this year.

    Pie would not be a bad choice as a cheap Endy Chavez-style, defense-first stopgap. He would at least be a different type of low OBP hitter for the Royals, as it would be the lack of contact, not walks, keeping him off the bases.

    Anyway, it beats giving Marlon Byrd (who I like) a Gary Matthews Jr. contract or using the proceeds from non-tendering Teahen and Bannister for a Johnny Damon homecoming.

    by Gopherballs on Jul 27, 2009 6:33 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

    Re: Byrd

    Yes, Dayton Moore will probably eventually get around to getting hte guys I like… I look forward to Byrd getting 3/$24, Branyan getting #/$36, and Ryan Langerhans getting acquired for Duffy and Pie for DDJ+Teahen.

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    by devil_fingers on Jul 27, 2009 7:00 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

    Pie's minor league performance was always really impressive

    especially since he was almost always young for the leagues, right?

    I’m not saying he could still be an offensive superstar, but it’s not like he doesn’t have some upsdie there as well, right?

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    by devil_fingers on Jul 27, 2009 7:01 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

    Marlon Byrd might be a potential career path for him

    Walks and contact percentage are both up this year.

    by Gopherballs on Jul 27, 2009 7:21 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

    These things need to happen this week:

    1) Signing of Balentein and immediately inserting him into the starting lineup
    2) 2 or 3 changes made with bullpen personnel
    3) At least one trade of a Royals veteran where the team actually gets a good player or prospect in return

    I expect none of these things to happen, but if at least 2 of the 3 occur, I may salvage some respect for DM. He would have already completely lost me by now

    if he hadn't so astutely drafted Greinke, Hochevar, Gordon, and Butler

    by jsolo on Jul 26, 2009 11:17 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

    Moore seriously failed the team last season when he made no trades of note...

    but now I feel that really he has no good trades to make

    If we assume that Greinke & Soria are untouchable, then who could he trade?

    by royalsreview on Jul 26, 2009 11:27 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

    I think he could still get some value from

    Teahen or Dejesus, maybe even Olivo (though he should have traded him after his career month in June)

    I could see Buck going for a minor prospect to a contending team in need of catching depth, but that’s a long shot.

    I don’t know if he’d trade Callaspo, but I think given how well he can hit and how cheap he is, it could be a very good move. The Royals need his bat, but since the team’s only strength this year is starting pitching, they really should just work on shoring up the defense for now. Callaspo gives up much of his offensive advantage with awful defense. Some GM is sure to overpay for a young 2B who can hit very well. I honestly don’t believe his defense will improve though, making him expendable to the Royals. Having Betancourt and Callaspo in the middle – well, you’d be better off putting Buck and Olivo out there.

    by jsolo on Jul 26, 2009 11:56 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

    There aren't any Gms in baseball who are so inferior to DaytoN Moore that he can pull stuff on

    Callaspo is almost exaclty average when you combine his bat and glove. At $400,000, there’s no point in givingup on his for anything less than that. He’s 26. Again, if there’s something out there for him, pull the trigger, but I doubt he’s valued that highly.

    he used to trade relievers… but teams are much more excited to trade for young, cost-controlled, and good relievers than terribel guys on terrible contracts in their 30s… so, yeah, Dayton’s usual “tricks” won’t work with this team.

    He’s done a heckuva job.

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    by devil_fingers on Jul 26, 2009 11:59 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

    is his nickname "Brownie"?

    "Things could always be worse." - Buddy Bell

    by buddyball on Jul 27, 2009 1:42 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

    Meche if he was healthy

    but he’s not, selling low

    some people would say gordon… but that’d really be selling low

    The team has seemingly been trying to trade or maringalize Butler for a while… not sure it’s quite the right time yet.

    DDJ’s bat is returning to norma. PRetending that Dayton Moore had a clue about player valuation, DDJ’s got value, especially on his screw-the-player contract. I love DDJ, but now’s the time for a team like the Royals to be selling all their guys 29 and over.

    Teahen’s revived his career (where are all the “non-tender Teahen!” people now?), and while he costs a bit more in arb and isn’t as good a player as DDJ was at his age, he’s younger, can play some 3B as well as the OF corners — and, contrary to some people, isn’t just a “super-utility” except maybe on the top 2-3 teams in baseball. He’s not a star, but he’s a solid starter. That has value.

    I guess anyone’s tradable if Moore knows what they are worth. I have doubts about that, of course. Yes, that includes Greinke. Seriously, just hypothetically, putting emotions aside, I think you’d have to take Longoria straight up for Greinke — Longoria’s arguable the best positoin player in the American League, he’s still getting better, and he’s tide up in a horrific (for him and his agent, who should have his license pulled) for the next 8 years or something. he’s good enough no defense he could probably play above average SS. Greinke’s historically great, but relative to Longoria, he’s more expensive and only under control for 3 more years. Even ifyou think he’s a bit more valuable straight up,t he contract makes Longoria a more valuable trade chip.

    The point being, anyone should be available. Some guys just require things teams would be stupid to giveup (i.e., the Rays would need more than just Greinke to make the Longoria trade fair on their side).

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    by devil_fingers on Jul 26, 2009 11:56 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

    There are rumors

    Of a Brian Bannister for Lorenzo Cain, a CF prospect for the Brewers, deal

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    by RoyalsRetro on Jul 27, 2009 9:55 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

    how good is he?

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    by Home Run Tony Cogan on Jul 27, 2009 12:45 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

    Top ten Brewers prospect according to John Sickels

    He says: Grade B-: Tools guy continues to improve his skills.

    I’ve heard he has excellent defense, can steal bases, can draw a walk now and then and isn’t totally bereft of power. Sounds a lot like a young Coco Crisp to be honest.

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    by RoyalsRetro on Jul 27, 2009 1:04 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

    Sounds good, although one word makes me doubt Dayton's that high on him

    “young”

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    by devil_fingers on Jul 27, 2009 1:37 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

    not to mention

    “can draw a walk”

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    by benfunke on Jul 27, 2009 2:04 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

    "Can draw a walk"

    isn’t necessarily a negative in Dayton’s book. It’s the “openly willing to take a walk (or TWO!!), in blatant contravention of The Process” that DM has a big problem with.

    "Now…put that in your [BLEEP]ing pipe and smoke it." -Hal McRae

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    by Sweep_the_Leg on Jul 27, 2009 2:22 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

    isn’t totally bereft of power

    what the heck does that mean? if it means what I think it means, we already have about 13 of these guys on the club now.

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    by buddyball on Jul 27, 2009 1:45 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

    Has some pop, but won't hit a lot of home runs

    Could possible hit double digits, but more likely will hit 5-10 home runs a year.

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    by RoyalsRetro on Jul 27, 2009 2:21 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

    how about having some pop off the bench?

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    by buddyball on Jul 27, 2009 4:17 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

    MLEs etc, have questions aroun them

    and rightly o

    But neiher PECOTA, the Davenpot translations taken in themseles, nor CHONE are impresse with him at all, offensively speaking.

    The only one of his PECOTA comps I’ve ever head of his Ben Fransisco, and he’s #9.

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    by devil_fingers on Jul 27, 2009 2:14 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

    I haven't figured out the Balentien thing yet

    Are lousy outfielders the new currency of baseball? Wladi is young, it’s just that his OBP doesn’t impress me and he’s not being held back by Safeco (he hits better there). We seem to be running a surplus on guys who can’t get on base.

    Wilkin Ramirez. John Bowker. Sam Fuld. I’d like a young outfielder not on the verge of losing his ML job. Someone blocked by another player, or by organizational ineptitude

    Enough is Enough - Fire Trey Hillman

    by BHWick on Jul 26, 2009 11:53 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

    people want him on the condition that he's close to free

    I’d give up a Saito-type for him in the next 10 days, but then he goes to waivers

    he doesn’t have enough of a sample at Safeco to sa much about it; moreover, all hitters generally hit better at home, so he might be getting that bump. I used Brian Cartwright’s regressed component park factors and Wlad’s neutralized stats and he would hit a bit better at Kaufman.

    He’s worth taking a chance on for nothing. Better than wasting PAs on the usual Dayton Moore crap.

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    by devil_fingers on Jul 27, 2009 12:01 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

    Definitely worth taking a chance on

    When you have Freel or Bloomquist starting everyday in your OF, there is absolutely no reason whatsoever that you don’t take a chance on Balentein.

    That being said, the current FO thinks that the bullpen is fine with its current personnel after blowing game after game. Meanwhile perfectly legitimate replacement options waste away at Omaha. So I doubt they’d actually make the intelligent decision here.

    by jsolo on Jul 27, 2009 12:06 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

    we just gave up two guys for Yuniesky

    what makes you think the asking price for Wladi is going to be just 1/3 of a Yuniesky? I’d imagine that the Seattle GM wants to take us to the woodshed again and will do so here. He’d want to be to Dayton what Billy Beane was to Allard Baird.

    And 222 PAs isn’t a small sample. Perhaps having the equivalent of a half season of PAs would be nice. The differences between his home and away lines is 10 PA, 15 AB, 10 Hits, 2 doubles, 7 walks, and 2 strikeouts. And every stat is higher at Safeco, except his walks (11 in 222 at home, or 18 in 218 on the road).

    Walks, that would go up here. But it’s not exactly encouraging and i’m getting sick of these low walk-rate/low OBP types on this team.

    If we’re looking for a young outfielder who won’t cost us much, i’d imagine there are still options out there.

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    by BHWick on Jul 27, 2009 12:10 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

    Wladi's already DFA'd though

    The Mariners don’t have a lot of leverage.

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    by NHZ on Jul 27, 2009 12:14 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

    He'll still cost something shiny

    DFA does not always mean the player will cost virtually nothing, especially with the trade deadline already looming. The M’s had likely decided to trade him this week anyway (and probably have at least one deal in their pocket), so the move was probably made to free up a roster spot in the interim. There were several teams interested in Lugo even after his DFA, and the Sox got a decent return in Duncan. Wlad certainly should not cost anybody who would be seriously missed, but he will cost something.

    by Gopherballs on Jul 27, 2009 12:09 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

    i am very disappointed

    that we don’t seem to be making any moves. the ONLY way this team is going to get significantly better is to make some major and minor moves.

    i just can’t believe that Dayton is going to stand pat with this roster.

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    by Home Run Tony Cogan on Jul 27, 2009 12:18 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

    yeah

    now if Freel were to hit the wall again, a trade might be more likely.

    Unless the plan involves waiting for Parraz to take Guillen’s spot, and hoping everything doesn’t crumble by 2011.. i’m pretty sure Dayton doesn’t have it

    Look at our sterling OBPs/OPS’s in the minors.. it’s like we have mini-Royals teams in our system

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    by BHWick on Jul 27, 2009 12:25 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

    Don't have time for the level of snark this calls for
    222 PAs isn’t a small sample

    yes it is

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    by devil_fingers on Jul 27, 2009 1:44 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

    Anything you can run up in under 45 days

    is small. I admit that 222 isn’t preferable to a half season of PAs too.

    But the amount of ML time he has is twice the amount of time that Callaspo had before coming to KC.

    As for the minor league stuff, it’d take some complex work since Bert played a good chunk of his minor league ball at hitter friendly locations (I’m pretty sure Tucson has a good rep, SLC’s 4000 feet above sea level does, Provo too). Balentien’s walk rate only spiked in San Antonio which would tell me “unintentional intentional walk” since he’s the only guy on that team that hit for power.

    I’m not sure if I can buy into a guy with OBP issues and power for this park.

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    by BHWick on Jul 27, 2009 3:07 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

    I’m not sure if I can buy into a guy with OBP issues and power for this park.

    He’s basically free. His ceiling is much higher than St. Willie’s or Freel’s, why not grab him and run him out there the rest of the year to see?

    He can get 4, NOT 5.

    by Warden11 on Jul 27, 2009 9:51 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

    I'm not saying he's good

    I’m saying he’s worth taking a flyer on if he’s cheap or free

    He has potential.

    half a season isn’t an adequate sample, either.

    Do I really need to make a list of players who hit about as bad as Balentien over 200 or 300 MLB PAs then later turned out to be good hitters?

    Here’s just one:

    In his first two MLB seasons, his age 25 and 26 years (this is Balentien’s age 24 year, since he turned 25 after July 1), his hitter had 303 PAs and his .200/.234/.509.

    Since then, Ben Zobrist has hit .282/.384/.547 in 568 PAs.

    Balentien probably won’t = Zobrist. Heck, the current Zobrist doesn’t = Zobrist. But it does give an idea of what the sample size issue is.

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    by devil_fingers on Jul 27, 2009 11:33 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

    As long as everyone keeps in mind that Wlad is a project

    not an immediate solution or someone to plan around, this would be a reasonable gamble. This would be exactly the type of move the Royals should be making over and over again (even if Wlad is not the best example).

    He might not make enough contact to play regularly (and while he might walk at a league average clip, he will not walk enough to make up for a seriously low batting average), but the power is real and the solid defense makes him useful even if he never quite figures things out.

    by Gopherballs on Jul 27, 2009 12:16 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

    Just this - Please no more Mariners

    Haven’t we had enough?

    Fuck This Team. Period.

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    by kabrink on Jul 28, 2009 1:22 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

    What the heck?

    I now love potatoes even more than I always have.

    Fuck This Team. Period.

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    by kabrink on Jul 26, 2009 11:22 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

    Now I know about Irish Travellers

    The whole gypsy thing puzzles me. That cannot be an easy or enjoyable lifestyle.

    by hippdoghipp on Jul 26, 2009 11:51 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

    I read Jenn's blog and was close to suicidal;

    luckily the bit about English literature of the late 70’s(when it appeared their civilization was collapsing) was so much cheerier I was able to recover.

    by hunter s. royal on Jul 27, 2009 12:22 AM EDT reply actions   0 recs

    It was hideous.

    Kind of like wandering through the internet and accidentally clicking on some grotesque autopsy photo site and not having the sense to get away from it. If she was a happy go lucky bimbo it would have been fine, but she creates this bizarre psycho-babble world where she seems to be in constant inner torment. Way too similar to the musings of DMGM & Trey when the media dares question them.

    by hunter s. royal on Jul 27, 2009 12:57 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

    I'll be at the O's-Royals game tomorrow night

    I’m hoping to not run into rain and I’ll try to post if I get a chance like I did from the game today.

    This will be game 4 of 4 on our trip
    Mon: O’s at Yankees
    Thu: Cards at Phils
    Sun: Pads at Nats
    Mon: Royals at O’s

    by sterlingice on Jul 27, 2009 12:38 AM EDT reply actions   0 recs

    breaking news

    update to a previous breaking story!…“Michael Jackson’s nose missing in morgue”…mr jacksons nose has been located at an undisclosed location in kansas city…rumor has it that daydream moore, the royals gm, plans to announce soon that mr jacksons nose has been signed to a long term deal by the royals…also signed, recently and secretly, was ted williams frozen head…mr moore says that these 2 new additions will compete for the 2nd base job now being ‘handled’ by a group of dazed individuals who stagger manfully around the infield during games trying to dodge batted balls which appear to suddenly and mysterioulsy materialize out of nowhere…it is presumed that one of these 2 new sighnees will quickly claim the 2nd base job and bat cleanup, and the other will go to the bullpen to fill in as trey hillmans desperately needed ‘8th inning guy’ to bridge the gap to the REAL bullpen…moore is quoted as saying ‘the future is now…these 2 are the type of ’complete’ players we need.’

    by willy will, son on Jul 27, 2009 4:57 AM EDT reply actions   0 recs

    boy, and it sounded so good

    in my head…

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    by Home Run Tony Cogan on Jul 27, 2009 8:03 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

    I'll be there...

    From KC…in Baltimore today and tomorrow, so I will be heading to both of those games. Tomorrow I’m taking the tour of the stadium. Anyone have any requests for a report/photos?

    by biancalana is my buddy on Jul 27, 2009 9:21 AM EDT reply actions   0 recs

    I'll take a few crab cakes from Phillips

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    by Sweep_the_Leg on Jul 27, 2009 2:24 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

    be sure to get some Thrasher fries too!

    "Things could always be worse." - Buddy Bell

    by buddyball on Jul 27, 2009 4:18 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

    Anyone listen to Petro today for the first 20 minutes?

    Interesting stuff there. Soren was saying that Hillman has been saying privately that SORIA was the one said he wasn’t sure he could go more than 4 outs.

    Total opposite story than the one presented by Ryan on Friday night. I only heard a part of it, so hopefully it gets posted online.

    He can get 4, NOT 5.

    by Warden11 on Jul 27, 2009 11:50 AM EDT reply actions   0 recs

    also posted in Fanshots

    Royals Authority article on Hoch’s change in pitch selection and whether it is a cause for his recent success.

    http://royalsauthority.com/2009/07/luke-hochevar-comes-into-his-own.html

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    by benfunke on Jul 27, 2009 1:25 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

    Anybody

    hear what Peter Gammons said about KC losing the 2012 AllStar game if we go ahead with the deals we have in place with some of our draft picks?

    That's the worst lookin' hat I've ever seen...

    by royalblue69 on Jul 27, 2009 2:25 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

    Selig Black Ops

    at it again.

    Fuck This Team. Period.

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    by kabrink on Jul 28, 2009 1:23 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

    Selig

    and his wig… Need to go…

    That's the worst lookin' hat I've ever seen...

    by royalblue69 on Jul 27, 2009 3:20 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

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