A good test of Royals knowledge. I can't believe how many of these players my mind has effectively blocked. I think my vote for the worst is 2005, although 2006 is close.

I still strongly dislike the trade, and he would be better in right field today than Francoeur. However, Is this just talk to avoid arbitration, or is there a deeper problem there? Or - is this simply a case of taking time to unlearn the Royal way? Who do the Rays think they are trying to change a prized Royals prospect? It's not like they have a lot of success they can .... oh wait, nevermind. Maybe this is why every prized Royals prospect seems to take three years to adjust to the major league level.

Keith (INSIDER) has the Royals taking LHP Sean Manaea, Indiana State University. Jonathan Mayo has the Royals taking RHP Braden Shipley of Nevada. http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20130515&content_id=47666630&vkey=news_hou&c_id=hou

Proposed trade by MLBTR writer Jason Martinez that will never happen. The Wong was the 84th ranked prospect by BA, and is a second baseman hitting .309/.335/.434 in AAA.

plus Yost preaching patience and Davies and Sanchez toiling in obscurity in the minors for other teams. This story is really working for me.

Kinda low hanging fruit Joe. Expecting Rex to know about sabermetrics is like expecting my dog to know about quantum physics.

Making the Case for Termination of the Kansas City Royals' Incompetent Manager

...and that fan was me. I think I speak for quite a few of us on most things.