A particularly harsh year for the passing of baseball greats sees another gone. Or, the over-90 team loses its ace.

They've got Mark Prior now. (The sarcasm font needs to be extended to FanShots, by the way.) Actually kind of a "why not" deal, just odd to see the Yankees making it.

I'm thinking there should be something funny to be said about this, but I can't come up with it. Oh, wait: "They might outhit the Royals." There it was.

One key suggested here: Leo Nunez...

Unless Scotty Pods declines his end of the option the Dodgers will keep him. Guess it's just a question of how much he loooooves the Royals...

Since I wasn't really around to follow the Royals closely during Pena's tenure, any of the long-timers care to comment on how stupid or smart it would be for the Marlins to pursue him as manager?

Duffy, Montgomery, Collins, Teaford, Moustakas, Hosmer.

The Nats are calling up a pitcher who proves that if you do it right, there's no "i" in "Yunesky". So there, Betancourt. I know there was a post of some sort earlier this season about the odd propensity for that name but I can't find it at the moment.

Hadn't seen this particular Dutton report linked or mentioned, so here it is. We're talking stuff being detached and such. Yost talks tough about how Kendall can't rush back, but then doesn't (still shooting for April return).

It got discussed briefly at the end of a FanPost thread somewhere; perhaps this can be a place for more discussion of who might or could or should get a September look.

On Yuni.

It has been noted somewhere amidst all the threads here that Soria has the Yankees as one of six teams on his no-trade list. Leaving aside just what that means; anybody know who the other five teams are?

Beyond the "oops" aspect of the story, I confess to a weakness for these guys who look like they're headed for minor-league liferdom, only to get their one shot a la Crash Davis. I actually used to see this guy playing in the Florida State League, which adds a little extra interest to the story for me.
Not to get all mushy, but I can't help but enjoying these moments when they happen. Don't know if he'll play again or not, but he's gotten to the majors, and that's more than I can ever say. And hey, he's a catcher. He could probably hang on for years as the stereotypical journeyman backup.

So when is Garth Brooks gonna do a benefit so the Royals can sign their draft picks?

Column about a baseball game between the two local high school squads, in which two highly-touted pitching prospects had rough outings. Coincidentally, this column appeared in the print edition on the same page as news of Trey's firing. The columnist finds it necessary to include mockery of stats-based evaluation, despite the rather obvious likelihood that a true stat geek would consider one bad game too small a sample size to make a good evaluation possible. Grit disease lives, even if Trey is gone...

(Sorry, subscription required) Apparently BP's the last non-pitcher who was on an opening day roster not to have a hit yet this season. Admittedly the opportunities have been few.

Money quote:

"The Royals spent all offseason adding outfielders so Guillen’s aging legs wouldn’t have to play the field, and they signed his longtime friend Jason Kendall in part for a strong presence in the clubhouse."

Ah, ha...

Scroll down to the blurb on "Scouts Night" at the Naturals ballpark in August. Apparently last year during this promo event, the kiddies had a special guest for the on-field campout.

But what do you really think?

on the subject of Alex Gordon.

Wtih commentary by our very own Jose Guillen. Let's just say that if Moore tries to trade Jose to the Diamondbacks, I don't think he'll go.

Left the Astros for a couple of days to be with his family.