Weekend Rumblings - News for May 25, 2019

Weekend Rumblings - News for May 25, 2019

David Cone has a new book out and he talks about how he was traded out of Kansas City.

“I was completely floored by it,” Cone said of the trade. “I was the hometown kid, about to crack the rotation. ... I went to my locker, packed up my bag and left as quickly as I could. I didn’t know how to act. You just feel rejected.”

Cone had an idea why he was traded, and that day more than three decades ago is never far from his mind.

“To this day still,” Cone said. “The best I can tell, it’s a combination of things. My reputation as a minor-leaguer, butting heads with pitching coaches and being stubborn and my style of pitching, changing arm angle and throwing sidearm was really frowned upon by some of the pitching coaches.”

Sam McDowell writes about when the Royals might make changes to the rotation.

The Royals don’t appear to make wholesale changes. With a young team finding its way, there’s an element of patience.

But with a limit.

“There’s still urgency to it,” Royals manager Ned Yost said. “You’re going to have to come out and do something. We’re not gonna look at it all year long like that. You’re gonna have to do something.”

Drew Storen will be throwin for the Naturals.

John Cavalgno at Notes from the Sally scouts some Royals pitchers at Lexington, like Jonathan Bowlan.

Bowlan is an interesting arm, for a big man he pounds the zone and he has two effective pitches. I wouldn’t expect him to have too much difficulty in the lower levels but he’ll need something else vs lefties in the high minors. Right now I’m leaning 7th inning arm or perhaps a hybrid multi inning reliever. If there is in a fact a 3rd pitch, maybe he’s a #4 SP.

Drew Osborne at Royals Farm Report looks at the Perfect Game mock draft.

Royals Farm Report has a draft guide available for just $3, check it out.

The Twins become the fastest team ever to 100 home runs.

Nationals manager Dave Martinez gets a vote of confidence from management.

The Mets sign Matt Kemp and Ervin Santana to minor league deals.

Can MLB do anything about fake injuries?

How does Cody Bellinger stack up to others who have pursued .400?

What would each team have to give up under the new CBA to sign Dallas Keuchel or Craig Kimbrel.

The earliest known baseball will be commemorated in England.

As ACL tears pile up, doctors worry kids are playing too much basketball.

How Liverpool used analytics to propel them to one of their best seasons.

The Sonic the Hedgehog movie has been delayed to February to fix Sonic.

What you need to know about the Deadwood movie.

Your song of the day is Ella Fitzgerald with Take the A Train.