The Most Random Kansas City Royal of 2010
by Freneau on Oct 12, 2010 3:00 AM EDT
in Honoring & Remembering Former Kansas City Royals
Email
PrintAnd now, we present to you, in the tradition of Josh Anderson, Hideo Nomo, and Jason Standridge... the most random Royal of 2010!
Close, but not random enough:
Jai Miller: Vaguely interesting AAA player picked up by the Royals in season. Appears to be a classic tweener: isn't a CF and can't really hit well enough to be a good COF. Is named Randall but goes by annoyingly spelled middle name of "Jai." A sure bet to cycle through four more organizations, at least, in next six years, before leaving baseball. Truly random organizational filer, yet can't be the most random Royal of 2010, because Yost gave him 60 PAs. It seemed like 600.
Greg Holland: A 2007 draft pick who drew a random callup in August. Holland has been decent in the minors, but even the relatively insane world of prospectdom doesn't usually get too excited over minor league RPs. Holland was one of the first (the first?) Moore draftee to make the squad. Although he appeared on the roster out of nowhere, Holland can't win the award because he likely has a long future with the organization. Maybe not a great one, but one. Also, he struck out a zillion guys in his 15 appearances.
Philip Humber: Gave the Royals 21.2 random innings late in the season. Was not terrible, yet inspired no one. He can't be the most random because he's a formerly hyped prospect and was a part of one of the biggest trades of the decade.
Bryan Bullington: Similar to Humber, Bullington's third chance with the Royals is a classic example of how bad teams and once-loved players are a match made in heaven. He was about as blah as we expected, but he was also around a fair amount, pitching over 40 innings and even inspiring a "wait, is he ok?" post from me.
The Two Finalists... You Pick:
Lucas May: At mid-summer, Lucas or Luke May was a soon-to-be minor league free agent trying to reinvent himself as a catcher in the Dodger system. Then, the Royals decided to trade Scott Podsednik and the Dodgers, to the surprise of many, decided to be buyers. For whatever reason, May became a part of the trade. Later, the Royals beloved Jason Kendall injured himself, allowing Kendall to appear in KC. May gave us 39 random PAs, at a time when 99% of the fans had completely zoned out on the season. All in all, one of the least memorable .421 OPS with probably bad catcher defense seasons imaginable.
John Parrish: The Royals, in spite of a fair number of deadline deals, actually had a pretty stable roster in 2010. For a bad team, they didn't really feature a high number of players. Parrish however, hearkened back to some classically bad Royals teams. He was old (32) and was in the wandering phase of his career. A flameout of/from the Baltimore system, Parrish has, since 2005, spent time in the Blue Jay and Mariner organizations, and has either also missed multiple seasons due to injury and or played in Japan/elsewhere. Does it matter which? Parrish made the team's bullpen out of Spring Training, and in the first 17 games of the season, made nine appearances, totally six innings. I think I follow the Royals closer than 99.9% of Americans and I can vouch to you that a) back in April I had only the flimsiest notion of his existence and b) by June I would not have recognized his name at all. Random. The funnier thing is that Trey Hillman, Dayton Moore, or someone, actually kinda sorta liked him for a time being.
65 comments
|
1 recs |
Do you like this story?
Comments
Gotta go with Luke May
Mainly because I actually recall Parrish from his time with Toronto (and from his brief stint with the R’s this year.) And considering I zoned out midseason, this was the first I ever remember hearing about May.
Does this mean that even an injury to Kendall wouldn’t ensure Brayan got at-bats?
batter nine you sucky
Luis Mendoza
Acquired just before the season in an utterly random trade/cash deal, despite being total crap for Texas. Pitches 4 incendiary innings and then is demoted to (presumably) never be seen again.
Ned Yost
What was “special advisor to baseball operation” anyway?
by Yamfun Cheng Kamfun on Oct 12, 2010 8:39 AM EDT reply actions
Parrish
Though I think having Chavez on our team is still more random
I think Chavez was more random than Parrish
for when I'm too lazy to come here, http://twitter.com/AtTheWall
I am not sure about May, he may be around to annoy us for years to come.
Parrish get my vote
- .-. ..- … – / – …. . / .—. .-. - .. . … …
same here
The only people who really know where [the edge] is are the ones who have gone over it.
by SagehenMacGyver47 on Oct 12, 2010 6:37 PM EDT up reply actions
I have to give the nod to Mendoza as well.
WTF would anyone ever sign this guy? I remember being at the last game before we killed him just praying that HIllman would not give him the nod to come in. Seriously. If the Rangers from 2-3 years ago think that you suck in their bullpen…
Please God if you're listening, don't let Dayton Moore sign Francouer!
by mitchfreakingmaier! on Oct 12, 2010 9:44 AM EDT reply actions
Going ot have to disagree
Edwin Bellorin was far & away the most random Royal…I didn’t even know he existed until the post-season transaction wrap up thread.
BOOM! ROASTED!
It's almost unfair to count him
Did he even play in a game for us?
No
He didn’t play. He was brought up pretty much solely to be traded.
"This is a very simple game. You throw the ball, you catch the ball, you hit the ball. Sometimes you win, sometimes you lose, sometimes it rains."
by MinnesotaRoyal on Oct 12, 2010 11:42 AM EDT up reply actions
I think that qualifies him as being pretty darned random then
"Things could always be worse." - Buddy Bell
Does it?
If he wasn’t truly “on the team”? I feel like that eliminates him as an option.
"This is a very simple game. You throw the ball, you catch the ball, you hit the ball. Sometimes you win, sometimes you lose, sometimes it rains."
by MinnesotaRoyal on Oct 12, 2010 6:13 PM EDT up reply actions
wasn't he on the team for like 24 hours?
that is pretty random
"Things could always be worse." - Buddy Bell
I wasn't in internet contact that weekend
So I don’t know for sure what happened. Just seems that he was added to be traded. But then again, if Brian Anderson counts, Bellorin counts double.
"This is a very simple game. You throw the ball, you catch the ball, you hit the ball. Sometimes you win, sometimes you lose, sometimes it rains."
by MinnesotaRoyal on Oct 12, 2010 9:15 PM EDT up reply actions
He was never even with the team
Not sure if the asignment to the Royals was even accurate. After he was traded, he never played for the Astros and there were no transactions stating he was ever on their active roster (no dfa’s to remove him or anything). And he’s not currently on their 40-man roster. I’m kinda confused by this one.
I googled it and it seems that Minda was there (in Omaha) when he was traded (and she states that he was headed for Round Rock):
http://www.realclearsports.com/blognetwork/royal_blues/2010/07/fireworks-america-and-a-trade.html
do we even know if he really exists?
maybe he was Ghost Royal
"Things could always be worse." - Buddy Bell
hard to miss him
he’s…big. yeah.
R.I.P. cwhitman412, Frederick0220, & Mets2k9
http://twitter.com/doublestix
And even though he didn't log any time in the majors
I’d say Brian Anderson and his whole lease on life is pretty random.
for when I'm too lazy to come here, http://twitter.com/AtTheWall
by AtTheWall on Oct 12, 2010 10:52 AM EDT reply actions 1 recs
My Pick, Too
And he is on a MLB contract.
I used to be an A's fan until they left town and got good.
by philofthenorth on Oct 12, 2010 5:18 PM EDT up reply actions
Diddo
May is a prospect. Parrish is the next closest thing. Even Miller is more random than May. Mendoza was traded for for God knows why and pitched for about 4 innings on the season. Doesn’t get more random than that.
"This is a very simple game. You throw the ball, you catch the ball, you hit the ball. Sometimes you win, sometimes you lose, sometimes it rains."
by MinnesotaRoyal on Oct 12, 2010 11:44 AM EDT up reply actions
May is a catching prospect with fairly good numbers in AAA
i don’t see how that classifies as random that he got called up in September. that’s normal. ditto Holland. even if they’re marginal prospects, calling those guys up isn’t random. they could play a future role.
Parrish though, that IS random. there’s a guy that’s barely even pitched the past 5 or whatever years.
R.I.P. cwhitman412, Frederick0220, & Mets2k9
Holland came up in August
May had to end up on the Royals, which involved an unlikely Pods trade on both ends. And, maybe he would have been called up, but Kendall getting injured definitely helped
Parrish
I remember Parrish being the only effective guy out of the bullpen the first few weeks. Am I dreaming that?
I vaguely remember
him being a fairly effective LOOGY a few times before his arm fell off.
Feh.
by The Ol' Perfesser on Oct 12, 2010 2:22 PM EDT up reply actions
I can't go with May...
…everyone saying he’s going to be around a while is right (for better or for worse).
I also agree with those who have suggested Luis Mendoza, who has pitched 84.1 innings in his 4-year career, and seems unlikely to reach 100.
But, given the constraints of this exercise, I’ll go with Parrish.
P.S.
I was about to post that I disagree with the assessment of Jai as a less-than-adequate CF, when I realized that I had him confused with Dyson. Duh. They all seem a little random at the moment.
Jai's problem: no Random Walks
"Shot by my own men."
by StonewallPDS on Oct 12, 2010 4:10 PM EDT up reply actions
Parrish
Parrish was a “I forgot about him” guy coming and going. When he made the team out of spring training, the reaction was “this guy is still around?” And then at the end of the year, the reaction was “this guy pitched for the Royals this year?”
May got some notoriety because of the trade — Pimentel may be end up being the random guy from that trade.
For guys who were already in the system, Holland was probably the most random — relief prospects are usually pretty random to begin with, but Holland was barely acknowledged both before and after he was called up. But despite the inflated ERA, he probably pitched well enough to stick around for a little while.
Holland is pretty random.
At first I thought, “Wow the Royals already called up the LHP college pitcher they drafted this year?” Then I figured out that that was Chapman. Then I was like, “Oh, this is the pitcher out of LSU the Royal took in the 5th round the year before.” But then I found out that kids name is Coleman. Then I was left wondering, “Where did this Holland guy come from?” Still waiting on an answer to that.
Mendoza!
Or if you prefer your references with a ska slant:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JzpAi2QHA-0 (I imagine DM singing the song before he traded for him)
My vote has to be..
Shaving Cream Man…one appearance. Never to be seen again. Anthony Lerew supposedly knows his whereabouts…
by KennyPowers_from_Scout on Oct 12, 2010 4:39 PM EDT reply actions
I Forgot His
Name. He made a lasting impact.
I used to be an A's fan until they left town and got good.
by philofthenorth on Oct 12, 2010 5:26 PM EDT up reply actions
Good God
I love the posts this team inspires!
Hell, we have a veritable all-star team of potential “most random” Royals every year!
Seriously, there is more to this discussion than a discussion of who was the most valuable Royal!
"We're gonna win with pitching and defense" General Manager Dayton Moore, circa winter 2009
"Where did all these Indians come from?" General George Armstrong Custer, circa summer 1876
I would go with Brian Anderson...
..due to the completely random-ocity that his career is taking.
Dr. Ausgiano schools me in the classroom and on the field of battle
by MarioVanPeebles Republic of China on Oct 12, 2010 7:32 PM EDT reply actions
Mendoza.
He even has a line named after him.
Proud member of the Toledo Computer Club since 2010.
by KeepItCopacetic on Oct 12, 2010 8:21 PM EDT reply actions
Dunno about Mendoza
Random doesn’t necessarily equal horrible, and Mendoza was truly horrible. When someone is that terrible and inspired so much hatred among the fan base, he wasn’t unremarkable enough to remain “random.” You hear his name, you think, “Yeah, that guy sucked hard. I hate him so much. Thanks for that terrible acquisition, Dayton?” You hear “John Parrish,” you think, “John Parrish was on the Royals? Really?” Brad Thompson also would be a “random” guy. I truly had forgotten both of those guys were on the team this year until reading this thread. Plus, both are pitchers, which puts them in the Nomo/Joe Mays/Brett Tomko line of randomness.
It's all ball bearings these days!
by CentralChamps20?? on Oct 12, 2010 10:03 PM EDT reply actions
He's random because DM seemingly traded for him completely out of nowhere
he had zero track record of success, and no one even knew who he was. But DM went out and got this guy after ST. You could insert any name into that slot with the same outcome. DM just happened to zero in on Mendoza for some reason.
That's a really good explanation of it.
Though Parrish sort of falls into that category, too.
"This is a very simple game. You throw the ball, you catch the ball, you hit the ball. Sometimes you win, sometimes you lose, sometimes it rains."
by MinnesotaRoyal on Oct 13, 2010 2:45 PM EDT up reply actions
doesn't get a whole lot more random than Jai Miller
I hadn’t ever heard of him when the Royals acquired him from the A’s. I thought for sure he’d never sniff the majors. 60 PAs notwithstanding, this is going to be one of your more humorously obscure names in Royals history in about five years.
by jackie ballgame on Oct 12, 2010 10:33 PM EDT reply actions
that's true, especially since "Jai" isn't even his real name
The only people who really know where [the edge] is are the ones who have gone over it.
by SagehenMacGyver47 on Oct 13, 2010 3:35 PM EDT up reply actions
Here's a thread
with a bit of Parrish content:
http://www.royalsreview.com/2010/4/12/1417563/singlin-royals-needle-tigers-to
Feh.
by The Ol' Perfesser on Oct 12, 2010 10:36 PM EDT reply actions
Gotta be Parrish
He was around MLB, then he wasn’t, and then he paradropped into the Royals for a week.
by BlueEyes_Austin on Oct 13, 2010 12:57 AM EDT reply actions
Greg Holland was the 1st ever & still the only...
DM drafted or Intl FA player to be recalled by the Royals. The fact that it was a 10th rounder from Western Carolina University to initate the bread & butter part of “the process” was extremely random…
It has to be a tie between Mendoza & Miller:
- Mendoza, bc after the end of spring training the Royals made a random PTBNL trade for Mendoza & then handed him a 25 man roster spot to start the season then after 4inn he was DFA to Omaha like we all new would happen.
- Miller, bc after Dyson gets injured in ST the Royals picked up Miller, who was DFA by the Athletics, to take Dyson’s spot in Omaha & give Miller a 40 man roster spot. Then Miller went on a HR terror right before Dyson came off the DL to earn a call up.
Parrish is no different then Rupe, Thompson, Bullington & Humber…
by PREGNANT ROLLERSKATE on Oct 13, 2010 3:54 AM EDT reply actions
I think I'll look back and think...
“Anthony Lerew, I remember that guy had huge sideburns” – pretty random for me.
Will what's up w/ you &...
your hate of uniquely spelled names? “Wil” Myers & “Jai” Miller….this is a random pet peeve to have….
by PREGNANT ROLLERSKATE on Oct 14, 2010 2:36 AM EDT reply actions
What the hell does "random" mean. If you mean, who was the best player
who showed up that you expected to nothing but wound up doing a pretty good job, with little experience at the major league level….
It’s Gregor Blanco in a landslide.
Amazing. It’s almost as though nobody who posts here watched any games.
"You sons of bitches. Give my love to Mother."
Francis "Two Gun" Crowley, (1900-1931) (American bank robber and murderer, before his execution in the electric chair)
excuse me..."who showed up that you expected to DO nothing......"
"You sons of bitches. Give my love to Mother."
Francis "Two Gun" Crowley, (1900-1931) (American bank robber and murderer, before his execution in the electric chair)
The thing that aggravates me the most....is that if I could just put all the Royals roster plus all of
our prospects on a list, and then pick from that list, the starting pitchers, and the regular starters, I could field a World Series talent level baseball team.
But the Royals lack the management skills to find the right mix of guys, and the skills to get them all on the team in the right positions.
"You sons of bitches. Give my love to Mother."
Francis "Two Gun" Crowley, (1900-1931) (American bank robber and murderer, before his execution in the electric chair)
Sounds Like A
Good Fanpost.
I used to be an A's fan until they left town and got good.
by philofthenorth on Oct 16, 2010 1:20 PM EDT up reply actions
Comments For This Post Are Closed
Secondary Sidebar
User Tools
Related FanPosts on Royals Review
FanPosts
Community blog posts and discussion.
Recommended FanPosts
Recent FanPosts
In Association With
Big League Stew - MLB - Yahoo! Sports
- Evan Longoria confirms he’s dating Playboy model Jaime Edmondson
- Matt Moore understands Rays promise him nothing
- Stan Musial or not, it’s time for Albert Pujols to finally accept the ‘El Hombre’ nickname
- The 10 best things about being a Giants fan
- Spring Swing: Joe Maddon and Co. welcoming big expectations for Rays
Certain photos copyright © 2012 by Associated Press or Getty Images. Any commercial use or distribution without the express written consent of Associated Press and Getty Images is strictly prohibited.
