Jeff Suppan Returns to Kansas City, Will Report to AAA Omaha
by Freneau on Apr 4, 2011 1:25 PM EDT
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PrintJeff Suppan is a Royal once again. Well, almost. Suppan has signed a minor league contract with the Royals and will report to AAA, where he will teach a three semester course in pitching, veteran presence and leadership. The textbooks have been ordered and can be picked up at the on-campus bookstore starting Tuesday afternoon. Guest lecturers include Jason Kendall, Jeff Francoeur and Kyle Davies.
"We've got young pitchers there that could benefit from his experience and obviously Ned has a comfort level with him," Royals general manager Dayton Moore said.
Yost joins an exclusive list of every other manager ever that can claim to be comfortable with an old starting pitcher on his zillionth team.
Should Suppan ever make another Major League start with the Royals, which seems likely, he will reach the odd distinction of having played for three teams on two separate occasions. Suppan pitched for Boston from 1995-7, then returned to Boston in 2003. He was a Cardinal from 2004-06, then randomly pitched for St. Louis last season. And, as you will likely know, he was a Royal from 1999-2002.
Suppan has a career ERA+ of 97, in 411 career starts (wow). He's working on that first lecture, titled, "A Path to Wealth- Being League Average" as we speak.
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Two stints with the Royals
Who else has done this? Joe Randa, Mike MacFarlane, Michael Tucker, Brent Mayne, Jeff Conine all come to mind. Matt Treanor kinda counts I guess. I think Juan Berenguer back in the day.
This is also an obvious ploy by Jeff to move up the list of 100 Greatest Royals.
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Jaime Quirk 3 times
75-76
78-82
85-88
Also, Gene Garber had 2 stints – 73-74 and 87-88.
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by aHorseWithNoName on Apr 4, 2011 1:56 PM EDT up reply actions
He Was Brett's
Caddy.
I used to be an A's fan until they left town and got good.
by philofthenorth on Apr 4, 2011 4:27 PM EDT up reply actions
Others not yet mentioned
Jeff Conine 1990-1992, 1998
Opening Day hero Mendy Lopez 1998-1999, 2003-2004
Tom Poquette 1973-1979, 1982
Tim Spehr 1991, 1997-1999
Michael Tucker 1995-1996, 2002-2003
Jamey Wright 2003, 2009
Bob Schaefer had two seperate stints as interim manager, once in 1991 and once in 2005.
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At least put up the appropriate picture
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by Mas Cervezas on Apr 4, 2011 7:37 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
Rick Ankiel
next year.
I'm waiting for my wave of talent to arrive.
by mitchfreakingmaier! on Apr 4, 2011 4:34 PM EDT up reply actions
Shut your mouth!
But, having said that, I admit that I had the same thought about Bloomy (btw, he had a leadoff HR today for the Dbacks)…..
Tension is the enemy. - Charlie Lau
by aHorseWithNoName on Apr 4, 2011 4:49 PM EDT up reply actions
For old times sake (courtesy of Lookout Landing)...
Let’s remember the Willie Ballgame Bat Flip. D-Backs fans are only just learning how lucky they are this season.
by Sweep_the_Leg on Apr 4, 2011 5:55 PM EDT up reply actions
Horacio Ramirez
Let's just trust the process.
by trusttheprocess on Apr 4, 2011 4:58 PM EDT up reply actions
Tony Graffanino like eighteen times
Let's just trust the process.
by trusttheprocess on Apr 4, 2011 4:58 PM EDT up reply actions
Sounds like he's there
to teach our prospects how to grit their way to a quality start
Former Royals
Anyone want to speculate on how many former Royals will come back to the team this year? If you count Sweeney for his 1-day we have had 3 now according to my count.
maybe GMDM
will bring back Dos Carlos. Not sure where Febles is right now, but Beltran should be available by the All Star Game
by don_jerovanni on Apr 4, 2011 1:37 PM EDT up reply actions
Last time I looked
Febles was a coach in the Red Sox system.
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by Sweep_the_Leg on Apr 4, 2011 3:04 PM EDT up reply actions 3 recs
I was really hoping
that he was signed so he could retire a Royal like Sweeney, but it looks like he’s going to try and make a comeback. DM seems to think he’s going to be another pitching coach in Omaha. Not sure how well he would do in that role, but it seems that a lot of good pitching coaches were only mediocre pitchers.
FUCK YEAH
“Soup’s Troop” shirt coming back out of retirement
by Official Arrowhead Pride Parade on Apr 4, 2011 2:46 PM EDT reply actions 1 recs
SCOTT ELARTON, NOW!
I'm waiting for my wave of talent to arrive.
by mitchfreakingmaier! on Apr 4, 2011 4:36 PM EDT up reply actions
He's our 2012 or 2013 Pitching Coach
I’m serious as a heart attack.
He’s forming the relationships with the kids down in Omaha in the next year or two…and he is trying to help figure out which of the four lefties are really going to hit in the majors.
One of the classic parts of the Braves success in the minor leagues was developing a huge amount of hype over their arms and then strategically trading away the guys who were more hype than reality. Think Kevin Millwood.
The biggest decision of Moore’s GM period thus far will be which of the four lefties he trades away.
An interesting thought
If Yost is really as high on the dude as it sounds I could see it. I always felt Suppan was one of the most empathetic figures in Royals history.
The real question is is Suppan>Chen, Davies, or Mazzaro? I don’t know the answer to that.
Is it 2012 yet?
The answer is "no"
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by Matt Klaassen on Apr 4, 2011 3:53 PM EDT up reply actions
I doubt it, but you never know.
Hating Zack Greinke irrationally since 2010.
by royaldaddy on Apr 4, 2011 3:56 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
Yeah, but if you're horrible in the NL Central
by some sort of quantum logic you’ll be GREAT in the AL Central.
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by Matt Klaassen on Apr 4, 2011 3:47 PM EDT up reply actions
"Jeff Suppan signs one day contract, retires as an Omaha Royal."
Not true, but it would be nice.
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Could be purely psychological
I don’t want to give the Royal’s brass too much credit, and I’m not sure if they could have come up with this. But perhaps this signing was purely psychological. How?
Well, how would you like to be any one of the four marginal and highly suspect starting pitchers currently in the Royals rotation, and find out that your bosses signed a ML veteran starter underneath you? Granted Suppan sucks just as bad as they do, but he is a veteran and could take a spot from them. If I were one of the four current starters, it would spur me on to try to improve and not get my spot taken by Suppan.
Or, maybe then want Suppan to take the #5 position in the rotation instead of SOS?
What are your thoughts?
David
I think
the crop of highly regarded prospects waiting in the wings is probably motivation enough.
by don_jerovanni on Apr 4, 2011 6:42 PM EDT up reply actions
maybe after seeing Suppan pitch...
…the young pitchers will think to themselves, “This guy got major leaguers out with this stuff? I throw way better than that…hmph, I guess I’ve got more room to suck and still be decent than I thought”
If women only slept with nice guys...guys would only be nice. And they don't. And we're not.
I think this is what the poster above is saying
but the only possible psychological effect Jeff Suppan could have on other pitchers is “wow, I thought I was bad, but this guy does every single thing worse than me, even when he gets to pitch to other pitchers, and he’s made craploads of money. I guess there’s a sucker GM born every minute. No gym for me tonight.”
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by Matt Klaassen on Apr 5, 2011 1:23 AM EDT up reply actions 2 recs
Maybe
If women only slept with nice guys...guys would only be nice. And they don't. And we're not.
by setupunchtag on Apr 4, 2011 7:12 PM EDT reply actions 1 recs
I always thought Suppan was a rich man's Brian Bannister.
Was. Now, I think Jeff Suppan is a poor man’s Jeff Suppan.
If women only slept with nice guys...guys would only be nice. And they don't. And we're not.
Is.
If women only slept with nice guys...guys would only be nice. And they don't. And we're not.
by setupunchtag on Apr 5, 2011 12:46 PM EDT up reply actions
And now that Brian Bannister isn't playing in Japan anymore
maybe he can be a man-of-average-wealth’s Brian Bannister.
by Sweep_the_Leg on Apr 5, 2011 4:24 PM EDT up reply actions
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