Tejeda to the DL

surprise, surprise

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Blake Wood

is back.

http://twitter.com/#!/Royals_Report/status/58607109721423872

by MkeRoyal on Apr 14, 2011 3:08 PM EDT reply actions

Add Wood?

for when I'm too lazy to come here, http://twitter.com/AtTheWall

by AtTheWall on Apr 14, 2011 3:17 PM EDT up reply actions

and Adcock

- .-. ..- … – / – …. . / .—. .-. - .. . … …

by Jeff Zimmerman on Apr 14, 2011 3:19 PM EDT up reply actions

I can see the headline now

“Wood relieves Adcock in victory over Fister” 5th Graders everywhere (and all of RR) rejoice

Is it 2012 yet?

by Gantz9 on Apr 14, 2011 3:32 PM EDT up reply actions 3 recs

Dr. Nick all over the problem once again.

Go Royals!

by BabyBlues on Apr 14, 2011 7:35 PM EDT up reply actions

Wish it was Coleman

by vic1124 on Apr 14, 2011 3:28 PM EDT reply actions

Me too

I’m not that excited about adding Wood. Especially since we already have Adcock.

by Sweep_the_Leg on Apr 14, 2011 3:30 PM EDT up reply actions

he does have 8 Ks in 5 scoreless innings so far

lets see if he can strike guys out up here now

Is it 2012 yet?

by Gantz9 on Apr 14, 2011 3:31 PM EDT up reply actions

Has he gotten rid of his godawful beard?

Or will Soria make him grow it back out anyway? (Even though he’s not technically a rookie.)

by Sweep_the_Leg on Apr 14, 2011 3:34 PM EDT up reply actions

Both of them are very talented and can get strikeouts. I don’t get Moore’s attraction to Wood (no pun intended). He hasn’t been able to strikeout batters at any level above A-ball. And it’s not like he’s got pinpoint control and never walks anybody. I don’t think there’s any reason to believe he’ll ever have success in the majors.

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by Scott McKinney on Apr 14, 2011 3:36 PM EDT up reply actions

8 Ks in 5 innings so far at Omaha this year

Plus he was hitting 99 reportedly. We all know about Dayton’s fascination with hard throwers.

Is it 2012 yet?

by Gantz9 on Apr 14, 2011 3:38 PM EDT up reply actions

Yes

I miss Farnsworth’s STRAIGHTBALL OF DOOM. Hopefully Wood will be able to replicate it.

by Sweep_the_Leg on Apr 14, 2011 3:42 PM EDT up reply actions

if he can replicate what farns did in his time here....

that’ll beawesome….i dont see it though

Fire Everyone

by billybeingbilly on Apr 14, 2011 4:36 PM EDT up reply actions

for once

i agree with Mckinney. Leave it to Moore to continue to defy the laws of common sense.

by DaytonSucks on Apr 14, 2011 3:42 PM EDT up reply actions

he never went to law school

"Things could always be worse." - Buddy Bell

by buddyball on Apr 14, 2011 4:06 PM EDT up reply actions

I have an irrational love of Wood

there I said it.

I think it has to do with all the movement I see on his pitches. At least it looks like it moves a lot from the center field camera. I see no reason to not give him another shot in a wasted year. I don’t think that is in conflict with acknowledging that Holland and Coleman will probably be better.

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by sfeldkamp on Apr 14, 2011 4:25 PM EDT up reply actions

I know that took guts

Much respect.

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by Scott McKinney on Apr 14, 2011 4:47 PM EDT up reply actions

Any love of Wood is irrational.

Sure, he’s big with the ladies, and even some guys—but it’s never based on statistics. The numbers say he will let you down every time, and he’s certainly not buying you flowers to apologize.

by hawkinscm87 on Apr 14, 2011 6:02 PM EDT up reply actions

I hope things have changed for Wood

5 innings worth of data don’t convince me. There’s a lot more data out there which points in a bad direction. But like I said, I hope he’s improved.

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by Scott McKinney on Apr 14, 2011 4:46 PM EDT up reply actions

Me want Holland.

by hawkinscm87 on Apr 14, 2011 6:00 PM EDT up reply actions

Then agian, in a non-contending season....

Seeing if he can is not that bad of an idea.

Go Royals!

by BabyBlues on Apr 14, 2011 7:36 PM EDT up reply actions

Can't the same be said of better prospects like Holland and Coleman

I’d be much more interested in developing them in the majors and evaluating them, as their track records make them more likely to succeed in the majors.

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by Scott McKinney on Apr 15, 2011 12:29 AM EDT up reply actions

They are both pretty sure bets to be sucessful in the majors.

Wood however, is a pretty up in the air case as to if he can be good enough to hold down a reliever job. He and Chavez are both in that boat. Seeing if they should be traded/released is a pretty good argument for seeing them up in the majors. Plus Coleman has service time issues for a few more days and is not on the 40 man roster. Holland was up in September, so delaying him another month or so delays his service time.

Go Royals!

by BabyBlues on Apr 15, 2011 4:36 AM EDT up reply actions

Sure bets?

No one is a sure be to be successful in the majors, least of all non-elite reliever prospects. I like their chances, but to say that they are certain or even very likely to succeed in the majors is unsupportable. And I’m not just talking about “1.5 WAR per season” success. I’m just talking about being a decent MLB reliever. We have no idea. It’s not like every prospect who gets a lot of strikeouts in AAA becomes a successful MLB reliever.

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by Scott McKinney on Apr 15, 2011 8:25 AM EDT up reply actions

Coleman didn't look great in Round Rock

by BlueEyes_Austin on Apr 14, 2011 9:00 PM EDT up reply actions

We have to have the most arousing bullpen in the majors

Is it 2012 yet?

by Gantz9 on Apr 14, 2011 3:30 PM EDT reply actions 1 recs

If only we could acquire Chien Ming Wang

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by RoyalsRetro on Apr 14, 2011 3:35 PM EDT up reply actions 2 recs

patience

Is it 2012 yet?

by Gantz9 on Apr 14, 2011 3:36 PM EDT up reply actions

I'll bet we could coax

Lim Sun-Dong out of retirement. He’s only 37—he might have something left in the tank.

by Sweep_the_Leg on Apr 14, 2011 3:41 PM EDT up reply actions

Maybe a little left in the sack as well

by Your_Moms_Boyfriend on Apr 15, 2011 10:59 AM EDT up reply actions

Start with Wang, then Adcock and end with Wood.

"We don’t have guys with a long history of being effective in the seventh and eighth innings."
~Trey Hillman, master of understatements.

by RoyalPug on Apr 14, 2011 3:43 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs

then a cigarette and $11 Taco Bell

"Things could always be worse." - Buddy Bell

by buddyball on Apr 14, 2011 4:07 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs

Do we not have Johnson any more?

Blake that is.

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by RoyalsRetro on Apr 14, 2011 4:08 PM EDT up reply actions

yes

i’m amazed by how long he’s been around without moving up the ladder

by 9il on Apr 14, 2011 4:55 PM EDT up reply actions

Sadly, Tom Purpleheadedwarrioroflove and Jack Clitcrusher..

Remain unsigned somewhere…

by KennyPowers_from_Scout on Apr 14, 2011 4:21 PM EDT up reply actions 3 recs

Best laugh I've had all day!

I need to go take a Davies and wipe my Elarton. Excuse me.

by royaldaddy on Apr 14, 2011 5:04 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions

And maybe we could coax

Bobby Cox out of retirement to be the pitching coach, eh? spaz

You want optimism? My glass is half full of emptiness.

by DanielSmith on Apr 14, 2011 4:10 PM EDT up reply actions

Cox for bench coach

Rusty Kuntz, first base coach
Dick Pole, pitching coach

I need to grow up

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by RoyalsRetro on Apr 14, 2011 5:28 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs

Don't you ever, EVER

grow up. That’s an order.

You want optimism? My glass is half full of emptiness.

by DanielSmith on Apr 14, 2011 7:48 PM EDT up reply actions

What the fuck

does Louis Coleman have to do to earn a callup? Please tell me we arent gaming relief pitchers service time now……

by DaytonSucks on Apr 14, 2011 3:41 PM EDT reply actions

Him not being on the 40 man is what is doing him in

Is it 2012 yet?

by Gantz9 on Apr 14, 2011 3:44 PM EDT up reply actions

Plenty of dead weight on the 40 man

Im not buying it. Another Dayton Fail is all this is. Fuck, at least call Holland up. He has more than earned it.

by DaytonSucks on Apr 14, 2011 3:47 PM EDT up reply actions

I'm not too worked up over it

This is probably Wood’s last chance, and god knows this won’t be the last move we will see in the pen.

Is it 2012 yet?

by Gantz9 on Apr 14, 2011 3:50 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs

it's not as if Wood was pitching poorly either

by 9il on Apr 14, 2011 4:00 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs

isn't Wood GMDM's first signing?

"Things could always be worse." - Buddy Bell

by buddyball on Apr 14, 2011 4:08 PM EDT up reply actions

nah he has been around forever

Is it 2012 yet?

by Gantz9 on Apr 14, 2011 4:25 PM EDT up reply actions

Holland was his first drafted player to make the majors

by 9il on Apr 14, 2011 4:50 PM EDT up reply actions

Ah yes. Thanks

"Things could always be worse." - Buddy Bell

by buddyball on Apr 14, 2011 6:32 PM EDT up reply actions

I think we got him from the Dodgers

by BrRoyal on Apr 15, 2011 10:00 AM EDT up reply actions

probably not worth the F-bomb,

but okay.

Pour yourself a Tim Collins

by labbadabba on Apr 15, 2011 12:17 AM EDT up reply actions

Pitching better, for a start

by BlueEyes_Austin on Apr 14, 2011 9:01 PM EDT up reply actions

I don't think the deciding factor on who should be called up should be based upon what their stats look like after one week of minor league play

Coleman has all of 4 innings pitched so far this season. Does that data outweigh everything else in his professional career? And is 8 k’s and 3 bb’s in 4 ip really that bad? Regardless, this is a tiny sample of data which should be given the appropriate consideration.

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by Scott McKinney on Apr 15, 2011 12:33 AM EDT up reply actions

Someone called this

Can’t remember who.

by Mark LaFlamme on Apr 14, 2011 3:44 PM EDT reply actions

That's one way to "ease Tejeda out of the setup role"

Tension is the enemy. - Charlie Lau

by aHorseWithNoName on Apr 14, 2011 3:46 PM EDT reply actions

Wood

Wasn’t he kept down because he was slow to the plate and Billy Butler was stealing on him in SP intrasquad games?

by Jim Fetterolf on Apr 14, 2011 3:52 PM EDT reply actions

Yeah but

he throws really really really really hard

Is it 2012 yet?

by Gantz9 on Apr 14, 2011 3:54 PM EDT up reply actions

good memory

I’d forgotten about that

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by sfeldkamp on Apr 14, 2011 4:27 PM EDT up reply actions

According to the article on the official Royals website ("Major League Moments")

he is much faster to the plate now. He apparently did this by . . . speeding up his delivery.

GENIUS!!

by Black and Gold on Apr 15, 2011 12:05 AM EDT up reply actions

That's why they get paid the big bucks

by Sweep_the_Leg on Apr 15, 2011 9:27 AM EDT up reply actions

Louie, Louie....

What’s the point of drafting a quick to the majors college reliever and stashing him in AAA? We know what Coleman is, and it’s time for him to prove it.

Besides, how great would it be in the 5th inning of a crappy Davies or SOS start at the K to hear the crowd start singing “Louie, Louie” to get Ned to put Coleman in?

by thelaundry on Apr 14, 2011 4:16 PM EDT reply actions