SB Nation User Blog: daverclear

royals win...all of them

daverclear — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 04:41:05 -0000

royals win...all of them

All Royal's affiliates in action Monday night won. KC 4-2, Omaha, 2-0, NWA 5-2, Wil. 7-3, Bees off-night, B. Royals 8-5, IF 10-2. Not often that everyone gets the W.

some fresh fish to watch while the big boys flounder

daverclear — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 05:26:59 -0000

some fresh fish to watch while the big boys flounder

At least with the Chukars and the Burlington (of the carolina persuasion) Royals starting up we can check out some of our 2009 draftees like Cole White (Chukars) and Ryan Wood (Burlington) just to name a few. Another one to watch will be Travis Jones in Burlington. The Royals took a chance on him in the 50th round last year and he signed (I think he had a scholarship to ASU). Supposedly he could be a big surprise from the 2008 draft.

Royals get no love from Gammons

daverclear — Mon, 06 Apr 2009 15:48:00 -0000

Royals get no love from Gammons

Maybe some of the Royals' young talent is a year away from getting noticed, because Davies is the only player mentioned by the scouts Gammons talked to in this story.

Uh-oh

daverclear — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 15:50:37 -0000

Uh-oh

Does Hernandez's demotion mean TPJ will make the 25-man roster?

Teahen to Indians?

daverclear — Sun, 26 Oct 2008 22:09:52 -0000

Teahen to Indians?

Bob Dutton says there are talks for Teahen for Franklin Gutierrez, Ben Francisco or minor-leaguer Trevor Crowe.

who do we root for?

daverclear — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 15:08:42 -0000

who do we root for?

If Detroit wins today they will tie with the Royals in overall record, so really they would finish in last again. I believe KC had the advantage in games vs. Detroit, which technically wins the tie-breaker. So do we root for the Sox to win today or Detroit? I would say the Sox for two reasons. 1. It forces an old-fashioned playoff for the playoffs. 2. It gives us fourth place outright. PS What's with teams not playing all of their games? Oakland is one game short and has the same number of wins as KC but one less loss. I guess that moves the Royals in front for draft order, but seems a little off in the grand scheme. PPS I hadn't noticed that the Yanks had the fourth-best record but didn't make it. Way to go under-performing AL Central.

Bees starters are the currency of the future

daverclear — Fri, 12 Sep 2008 02:52:33 -0000

Bees starters are the currency of the future

We hyped up the NW Arkansas pitching staff going into this year. Does the foursome of starters for the Bees this year of Gutierrez, Caldera, Mitchell and Duffy become our next most-watched group? Wilmington's starters had some strong numbers as well. GMDM is rolling in the dough of baseball currency.

Top pitching picks update

daverclear — Sun, 10 Aug 2008 14:05:38 -0000

Top pitching picks update

Second round pick Michael Montgomery has pitched well this summer in Arizona. He's 2-1 with a 1.76 ERA, 24 ks to 7 bbs in 30.2 innings. Tyler Sample has struggled with control 24 walks in 19 innings but he's also missing a lot of bats (27ks). His last two outings have been strong with 10 IP, 10 ks, 0 bbs. and 0 ERs.

Kilamonster (rhymes with gila monster) kills another pitch

daverclear — Sat, 09 Aug 2008 16:04:05 -0000

Kilamonster (rhymes with gila monster) kills another pitch

Kila hit his fifth home run in nine games in Omaha on Friday. This dude in en fuego. Is he starting to challenge for Shealy's chance next year?

interesting day for omaha

daverclear — Sun, 03 Aug 2008 22:59:47 -0000

interesting day for omaha

Shealy ejected. Kila the baseball killer hit his third long ball since call up. I didn't even notice Atencio was called up. He k'd six in three innings today.