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Several recent posts have talked about what it would take for the Royals to be in contention next year. Is it as simple as adding two decent starting pitchers? Yost said YES - but what do the...

Using play-by-play data from ESPN's website (there were missing games, missing plays, etc) for 2002-2011, punt data was tabulated by yard-line. Noting that the closer to the goal-line, punters...

Rummaging thru the 2012 splits on Good Luke/Bad Luke provided a series of insights into his bipolar pitching: -Had 16 Good Luke starts, and 16 Historically Bad Luke starts. -Three starts with 6+...

The Royals pitching has been awful the entire year - with J. Sanchez and half of Luke's starts getting the most attention. However, some interesting stats suggest things may not have been as bad...

The recent observation that Luke's problem is pitching from the stretch seems plausible. Being curious, I compiled some data related to this notion to see how closely the numbers supported this. ...

Introduces a new stats - RATS - that shows that Luke Hochevar ain't half bad.

An analysis of what production a #1 starter gives a team, and where the Royals starters fit in the #1 thru #5 league average production - hint, not good.

Examines the effect of strikeouts in a game on other at-bats for Gordon, Butler, Escobar and Hosmer, finding that Gordon has significantly different production levels based on strikeouts.

Take a digital tour of the Minor League Stadiums in the Kansas City Royals' farm system.

Taking a look at the apparent disconnect between the Royals High-A and AA pitching.

Looking for clues from the Tampa Bay draft and develop success for when to expect a bump in wins in Kansas City, assuming it is theoretically possible for the Royals to win games.

An entertaining look at the similarities in the four no-hitters thrown against the Tampa Bay Rays over the last four years.

When Luke Hochevar is scheduled to start, fans openly wonder which Luke will show up for the game. The ‘Good' Luke is an awesome pitcher, the ‘Bad' Luke is an awful pitcher. Things can be going...

As sure as the sun rises in the East every morning, any team with the All-Star game would use the promise of game tickets to gain a bump in regular season attendance. Good business sense. Through...

If Michael Young is out in Texas (speculation), could he fit the role of utility infielder and veteren presence that the Royals could use? (kind of replacing both Yuni and Frenchy)

Third straight year Houston has dumped front line players at the trade deadline - resulting in a higher draft order - on pace to have back-to-back overall number one picks - just like the recent Nationals and Rays.

As the trade deadline approaches, the Royals are supposedly looking for near ML ready pitchers (good thing). At this point, fans would take just about anybody that can put together a string of...

Hoch's splits for Day/Night are very telling this year. Day _ERA=8.68 _WL=1-4 _GS=6 _IP=28.0 _BB=9 _K=22 _AVG=.342 _GB=40 _FB=61 Night _ERA=3.62 _WL=5-4 _GS=13 _IP=82.0 _BB=24 _K=59...

A trip down memory lane when the Yankees were a really bad team - yes they were bad, once.

The post explores the growing divide in baseball between large and small market teams. This split is developing a Quad-A league within Major League baseball.

The 2012 MLB Draft used a new method of determining bonus money paid to draft picks. This idea could be extended to major league salaries - creating a level playing field and cost certainty for teams.

Compares the draft history of the Royals, Braves and Athletics for the past 14 years.

Plate Apps, Catchers ERA: _2011_ Treanor 2347 4.64 BPena 2325 4.49 Perez 1461 4.23 MPina 147 2.75 _2012_ Quintero 1529 4.11 Pena 1316 4.30 Perez 664 5.68 While Catchers ERA isn't the greatest...

An entertaining look at replacing Royals' General Manager Dayton Moore.

Just going by the stats, why is Brett Eibner considered a prospect? 2012 Avg .204, 114 K's in 280 At-bats with 11 HRs That is a 41% strikeout rate - wow. Is he the next coming of Adam Dunn? 2012...

Explores the effect of walks given and received on the win-loss record.

Watching the Sunday Night Baseball game on ESPN - does it seem like ESPN enhances the audio of slides into second base? And every hit has a crisp sound - seems like it would have more stadium noise...

Royals have twice drafted guys who didn't sign (Hoch & Crow) the previous year. If Appel is available in the 2013 Draft do they take him?

Discusses and compares the effect of doubles and homers on winning ballgames.