i thought some of you might appreciate this, sporcle now lets you create your own quizzes and i have created a minorleaguequiz to try it out. im sure it will be easy to fairly easy for you guys, its pretty basic.

http://www.sporcle.com/games/Gex/Minorleaguequiz

SPOILER ALERT: DO NOT READ COMMENTS UNTIL YOU HAVE TAKEN THE QUIZ

I assume all of you will get at least 15 out of 17.

a harder poll should be made by one of us later to see what we really know.

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Royals repeatedly go after players with one thing in common: Name Alliteration.

the royals found a correlation between the success of players and name alliteration and are using the information to the fullest. the royals could be on to something smart.

the kansas city royals currently have approximately 27% of all alliterated players in the American league according to rosters, not including the farm. they also have 13% of alliteration in the entire MLB, not including farm, including three players in the starting outfield.

list of recently sought out royals players (this is NOT a coincidence):

Brian Bannister

Billy Butler

David Dejesus

Mitch Maier

Coco Crisp

Danny Duffy

Michael Montgomery

Kila Ka'aihue

Yasuhiko Yabuta

MIke Moustakas

Mike MacDougal

Steve Stemle

Scott Sullivan

Billy Buckner

Thinking about the upcoming draft, it would be wise to presume that the Royals are really hoping to aquire Grant Green, Bobby Borcerhing maybe Mike Minor. further analysis hypothesizes that Bobby wouldnt make sense here, because of the great young third baseman Alex Gordon and the excessive but powerful Mike Moustakos. Green could be someone they are very very interested in. do not be surprised if Green falls to them, they most likely will pounce, although they would have to move someone out of Hosmer, Moustakos and Butler to the outfield. Luke Gil and Minor would be a nice back end of a roation filled with solids.

Who do you think will be better for the next 2-3 years? Alexi seems to have entered his prime despite the fact that his age of 26 seems iffy, and will Cano find a way to put up great  second half numbers year round? or will he continue to struggle? Who is the better player for 2009, and who will have a longer, more successful career?

I think Cano will bounce back from his awful first half this year, and put up respectable first half numbers hopefully. Alexi is showing brilliant power and overall had an amazing year in only 136 games. He showed a .290/.317//475 despite getting off to a slow start  in April and May. I am not sure who my pick is for the better 2009, probably Alexi, but I would like to hear any feedback from anyone on their opinion.