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Dayton Moore's Top 5 One-Track-Mind Acquisitions

  1. Veteran/Mentor Catcher - Jason Kendall
  2. True SS - Yuni Betancourt
  3. RBI-Man - Jose Guillen
  4. Power Bat - Mike Jacobs
  5. Hard-Throwing Reliever - Professor Farnsworth

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HawkDigest recruiting corner

Some recruiting bits as we wait for the outcome of the coach search. Good to see that we haven't lost anyone yet and that the coaches are apparently hard on the trail trying to keep the class intact.

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David DeJesus and Dayton's Destiny -- Fangraphs

Generally an approval of DDJ (and his contract) and Moore's strategy to trade older players for prospects.

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Fangraphs minor league review - KC Royals

I haven't read it yet, but I did notice Tim Smith and Jose Bonilla getting mentioned.

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2010 Hitters/Fielders - Snapshot of the roster and salaries

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Similar to the 2010 Relievers post from several days ago, this is meant to present a snapshot of who remains on the roster, can we jettison some dead weight, and are there any holes to be filled?  The particulars about how many batters the team keeps on the 25-man and how many infielders/outfielders/Teahen-Bloomquist-IF/OF hybrids are kept will have a factor in the final roster (please allow some leeway for fudged arbitration numbers, contract minimums for guys like Pena and Maier, and depending on how you allocate the cash contribution from the Mariners for Yuni). But, given what we know:

--Salaries adapted from Cot's, with some estimations made (nothing crazy); wOBA from Statcorner

Player/Bats/wOBA/2010 Salary

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BBTF's Royals Minor League Park Multipliers, 2008

  1. Omaha 1.02 0.99 0.95 1.10 1.05 1.01 R/H/2B/HR/BB/K
  2. NWA 1.00 1.01 1.05 0.97 1.01 1.00
  3. Wilmington 0.94 0.96 0.94 0.84 1.06 1.07
  4. Burlington (IA) 0.99 0.98 1.01 1.01 1.06 1.00
  5. Burlington (NC) -- not available

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Greinke interview from Team Site

Nothing out of the ordinary, but any Greinke interview is a good interview. From a couple days ago.

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2010 Starters/Relievers: Surprise, Surprise - not much changes

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As it stands, here are the pitchers for 2010.  The analysis was to look at who remains, can we jettison some dead weight, and are there any holes to be filled.  (Obviously there are some holes to be filled, just hopefully not by the likes of Sidney Ponson or Lamey Wrong.)  --Salaries adapted from Cot's, with some estimations made (nothing crazy).

 

  Starters / tRA / 2010 Salary  
1. 1 Z. Greinke / 2.35 / 7.25  
2. 2 G. Meche / 5.4 / 12  
3. 3 B. Bannister / 4.13 / Arb3 2.5 
4. 4 R. Tejeda / 3.37 / Arb2 2 
5. 5/LR L. Hochevar / 5.42 / Arb 1.5 2009
6. 5/LR K. Davies / 5.91 / Arb3 2 
      
  Bullpen    
7. CL J. Soria / 2.88 / 3  
8. 8 K. Farnsworth / 3 / 4.5  
9. 8 J. Cruz / 5.8 / 3.25  
10. 7 C. Rosa / 4.78 / 0.5  ?
11. 7 J. Wright / 5.2 / FA 1 
12. 6 D. Hughes / 4.63 / 0.5  ?
13. LR B. Chen / 6.035 / FA 0.75 
      
  AAA    
14.  A. Crow / N/A / 1.5  
15.  J. Bannister / N/A / 0.5  ?
16.  L. DiNardo / 6.37 / FA 0.75 
17.  V. Marte / 7.28 / 0.5  ?
18.  A. Lerew / 8.43 / 0.5  ?
19.  D. Lowery / N/A / 0.5  ?
      
  Release/DFA    
20.  J. Bale / 5.12 / Arb3 1.5 
21.  R. Colon / 5.29 / FA 0.6 
22.  H. Ramirez / 5.87 /   ?
23.  S. Ponson / 5.13 /   ?
24.  D. Waechter / 9.3 / Arb3 0.75 
25.  Y. Yabuta / 8.57 / 0.5  buyout

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NY Mets 67 90 .427
Cleveland 64 92 .410
Kansas City 64 93 .408
Baltimore 60 96 .385
Pittsburgh 59 96 .381
Washington 53 103 .340

Royals in line for 4th overall draft pick, with Indians hot on the trail. Pirates and Orioles nearly impossible to catch since they need to win 6 of 7 and 5 of 6 respectively while the Royals would need to get swept by the Yankees and Twins.

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AL attendance - (KC leads AL Central?)

That KC has the highest attendance in the AL Central is something for four other teams to be embarrassed about.

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