Update: After days of weighing his options, Soria has elected to undergo Tommy John surgery according to Bob Dutton of the Kansas City Star. And with that, Soria’s 2012 season is over. Original Post, 3/20/12: The Kansas City Royals have had a tough go of it this spring in terms of injuries. They already have [...]
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Every year, there are players who just rip it up during spring training. A lot of times, those players carry it over to the regular season. Last year, Mark Trumbo hit six HR’s during the spring and carried that over to the regular season to the tune of 29 big flies. Here is a quick [...]
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Update: Perez underwent surgery on Friday to repair a lateral meniscus tear in his left knee and will be sidelined 12-to-14 weeks. Ouch. That really stinks. A 12-to-14 week injury puts Perez on track to come back after the All Star break. Original Post, 3/15/12: The catcher position for the Kansas City Royals franchise hasn’t [...]
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Next up in our projecting starting lineup series are the Kansas City Royals. The Royals are an interesting team headed into 2012 and many are expecting big things from them in 2012. I still think they are still a year or two away from being major players, but 2012 should mark another year of improvement [...]
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On Friday, we took a very early look at some National League postseason predictions, so it’s only fitting that we take a look at some early American League postseason predictions. American League East 1. Z – Tampa Bay Rays: A full year of Matt Moore and Desmond Jennings and Evan Longoria, B.J. Upton, and David [...]
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I was watching Anchorman this weekend and I could just picture Kansas City Royals GM, Dayton Moore acting like Champ Kind when Ron Burgandy missed the pancake breakfast when he was courting Yuniesky Betancourt to come back to Kansas City. Moore definitely missed Betancourt’s musk. After a year apart, the Royals have signed Betancourt to [...]
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