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Moore chat transcript is up

cookierojas73 — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 02:02:52 -0000

Moore chat transcript is up

While some of his answers are discouraging, I at least give him credit for taking a few non-cream puff questions.

Interesting Q & A with former Royal pitcher Al Fitzmorris

cookierojas73 — Sun, 01 Mar 2009 19:56:51 -0000

Interesting Q & A with former Royal pitcher Al Fitzmorris

Sweeney- classy as always and proud of his clean record

cookierojas73 — Sat, 21 Feb 2009 18:11:50 -0000

Sweeney- classy as always and proud of his clean record

Some interesting comments from an old friend...

Interesting comp to Greinke contract- U. Jimenez signs

cookierojas73 — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 23:11:59 -0000

Interesting comp to Greinke contract- U. Jimenez signs

One day after the Royals signed Greinke, the Rockies locked up Ubaldo Jimenez to a 4 year deal of their own that:

"...guarantees $10 million, with club options for 2013 and '14 that could bring his total earnings to $22 million...He will receive $750,000 in 2009, $1.25 million in 2010, $2.8 million in 2011 and $4.2 million in 2012. The club options are for $5.75 million in 2013 and $8 million in 2014. There is a $1 million buyout on the options. "

Perhaps Moore misread his name and thought Soria had an equally talented brother?

cookierojas73 — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 23:37:40 -0000

Perhaps Moore misread his name and thought Soria had an equally talented brother?

"The Royals moved to replenish their depth-depleted bullpen by signing former-Pittsburgh reliever Franquelis Osoria to a minor-league contract that includes an invitation to big-league camp.

Osoria, 27, was 4-3 with a 6.08 ERA last season for the Pirates in 43 games."
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I will be more impressed than ever with Moore's ability to build a bullpen on the cheap if this guy pitches well in the bigs in 2009. Ugly numbers (87H alllowed in 60.2 IP) last year, and not exactly dominant when he was in AAA, either. Looks like his recent, decent performance in the Dominican League convinced the Royals to take a shot. Hopefully we'll all be pleasantly surprised.

Kaegel officially has lost it

cookierojas73 — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 19:36:21 -0000

Kaegel officially has lost it

Dick Kaegel at royals.com is getting further and further out there...now he's hinting that bringing back Odalis Perez wouldn't be the worst idea for KC and also suggesting that Khalil Greene to the Royals "does make a lot of sense...doesn't it?"

Uh, no, Dick.

What scares me is that he writes for the official club website...let's just hope that this isn't a case of "where there's smoke, there's fire"...

The Star strikes again

cookierojas73 — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 00:32:48 -0000

The Star strikes again

I'm shocked that no one has commented on the scary, oversized, outdated photo of Paul Splittorff published at the KC Star website today. Positively frightening, and perfect with Halloween just a couple of weeks away. And really, it's nothing compared to some of the famous gigantic, megapixel player photos we've seen there in the past couple of years. Who is it there that makes the decisions to publish this stuff?

Burgos in big trouble

cookierojas73 — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 23:50:41 -0000

Burgos in big trouble

It appears that ex-Royals Ambiorix Burgos was involved in a fatal crash and is being sought by police in the Dominican Republic. Sad and troubling story...

Shealy- a viable option next year?

cookierojas73 — Sun, 14 Sep 2008 21:25:16 -0000

It's interesting to see Shealy making the most of his opportunity. With 2 HRs today and 4 in all since his call-up less than 2 weeks ago, he has already surpassed Gload's season total (which only serves to irritate me more, as we see the actual proof that we utterly wasted a season's worth of ABs starting Gload at first base this season). Shealy is also hitting .370 and slugging .815.

While I'm sure we're all in agreement that this hot stretch won't last forever, it does give me pause re. our first base situation for next year and makes me wonder if it does the same thing for Dayton Moore. Is Shealy still regarded by the Royals as a prospect and can he possibly help the big club next year? If Moore is not impressed yet, what would it take for him to reconsider Shealy for next year's KC roster? I'm thinking he'd have to continue tearing the cover off the ball for the balance of the season, then basically do the same in Spring Training to even have a shot. Even then, there is still ol' Ross to compete with, plus Butler, and Ka'aihue...thoughts?

"I look at statistics all the time,"- Trey Hillman

cookierojas73 — Sun, 24 Aug 2008 23:58:50 -0000

"I look at statistics all the time,"- Trey Hillman

Trey Hillman, stat-head...who knew?

This article is pretty revealing (and fairly negative) for something published at the team website. It's also (in my humble opinion) all the evidence we need for bringing in a new hitting instructor for next year.