2011 Pre-Season Preview: AL Central – Kansas City Royals
March 26, 2011 by Jeffrey Brown · Leave a Comment
Royals Designated Hitter Billy Butler Kansas City Royals (2010 record: 67-95) Kansas City is one more year away from beginning their slow, inexorable climb up the standings. While Royals fans have heard similar promises for years, their patience is finally (mercifully) about to pay off. GM Dayton Moore and his front office staff have developed […]
Toronto Acquires Davis, Increases Outfield Options for 2011
November 18, 2010 by Aaron Somers · Leave a Comment
When the Oakland Athletics acquired David DeJesus from the Kansas City Royals one week ago there appeared to be a logjam created within their outfield as the team simply had too many players for the positions available. To further complicate the situation, four of the eight outfielders that were on the team’s 40-man roster as of this morning have […]
A’s Acquire DeJesus, KC Gets Mazzaro
November 10, 2010 by Aaron Somers · Leave a Comment
When word came out that the Oakland Athletics had submitted the highest bid in the posting process for Japanese righty Hisashi Iwakuma earlier this week the early speculation was that Oakland would then turn their pitching surplus into a much needed bat. Presumably nobody expected that GM Billy Beane would make a trade so soon after, especially considering Iwakuma […]
