William Bradford Myers

Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3", Weight: 205 lb.

Born: December 10, 1990 in Thomasville, North Carolina, US
High School: Wesleyan Christian Academy (High Point, NC)

Drafted by the Kansas City Royals in the 3rd round of the 2009 from Wesleyan Christian Academy (High Point, NC).

• 5/20 Sports Talk Florida: Jake Odorizzi Makes HIs Rays Debut In Afternoon Affair Versus Blue JaysJake Odorizzi ready to make his Rays debut against a struggling Blue Jays. Lineups Posted....
• 5/20 Kings of Kauffman: The Rookie’s Smile [Guest Post]: [The following is a guest post by Chris Kamler, a columnist for the Platte County Landmark and operator of the Rambling Morons...
• 5/20 Rays Colored Glasses: The Undercards: Taylor Guerrieri Tosses Six 1-Hit Innings as Hot Rods Split Doubleheader: Sunday was a return to normalcy for the Rays organization from the major leagues all the way down: the offense wasn’t that...
• 5/19 Kings of Kauffman: Frustration and Royals Baseball: Every now and then I think about my fandom. This isn’t a crisis of confidence, but more of my assessment of where things...
• 5/19 Bush League Chronicle: Prospect Wil Myers refuses to approach hitting like Rays want him to: Tampa Bay Rays minor league outfielder Wil Myers is regarded by nearly every baseball scout as one of the top prospects in the...
• 5/19 MLBTradeRumors: Rays Notes: Price, Odorizzi, Loney, Johnson: Over the last ten games, the Rays share a league-best 8-2 mark. Here are a few notes on the team as it looks to carry that momentum...
• 5/19 Rays Colored Glasses: The Undercards: Alex Colome Sharp Again as Bulls Win Rain-Shortened Game: The Rays gave up 6 runs to the Orioles on Saturday but found a way to win. Rays affiliates averaged 6.4 runs allowed but went...
• 5/18 Baseball News Source: Jake Odorizzi To Start Against Toronto Blue Jays: As first reported by Marc Topkin  of the Tampa Bay Times Jake Odorizzi will make his Tampa Bay Rays  debut starting against...
• 5/18 Kings of Kauffman: Jarrod Dyson, Danny Duffy, Jorge Bonifacio Injury Updates: Just as he was starting to get in a groove, Jarrod Dyson went and sprained his ankle. The Royals had been mum about his condition...
• 5/18 The Baseball Haven: Sizzlin’ Future Stars: Minor League Report, 5/18: With the season underway and some fans already looking forward to next year, even this early, it is a good time to look down on...
• 5/18 Rays Colored Glasses: The Undercards: Patrick Leonard Hits First Home Run of the Year As Hot Rods Shut Out Whitecaps: One of the seemingly forgotten pieces in the James Shields – Wil Myers trade is Patrick Leonard. Leonard hit for nice power...
• 5/16 Baseball Big Bro. Proj.: MLB Prospect Top 10 Power Rankings - 5/16/13: Archie Bradley: Mandatory Credit - MILB.com You know what I love about prospect rankings, is that they are tumultuous at...
• 5/16 Sports Talk Florida: Rays Notes: Price To DL, Torres Up, Lineups PostedDavid Price to disabled list, Alex Torres to help bullpen, Jake Odorizzi to start Monday....
• 5/16 The Baseball Haven: Paying the Price: When David Price left his start on Wednesday night due to tight triceps, the season probably flashed before the eyes of the Rays...
• 5/16 Kings of Kauffman: Arrested Development: For all the talk of Ned Yost tinkering with lineups, and yeah…when you score 11 runs one night, you might want to just go ahead...
• 5/16 i70baseball.com: The Evolving Kansas City Royals: The Pitching: Pitching, pitching and maybe a little pitching. This is where general manager Dayton Moore earned his paycheck this offseason....
• 5/15 Rays Colored Glasses: Will Wil Myers’ Strikeouts Prevent Him From Becoming A Star for the Rays?: If there is a topic that no Rays fan wants to discuss right now, it’s Wil Myers‘ tendency to strike out. In exchange...
• 5/14 Rays Colored Glasses: Rays Taking Their Time With Matt Moore is Paying Off: Back when the they were the Devil Rays, and stuck in a seemingly unending cycle of mediocrity, the Rays would grasp at anything...
• 5/14 Rays Colored Glasses: The Undercards: Rehabbing Mike Montgomery, Parker Markel Combine to Lead Charlotte to Shutout: Is there anything better than dominant pitching? You’ll get different answers depending on who you ask, but most Rays fans...
• 5/13 Rays Colored Glasses: The Undercards: Taylor Guerrieri, Tyler Goeddel Break Through as Hot Rods 2-Hit Lake County: Sometimes you never know which game can be the turning point. One good game could be the start of a run, and one bad game could...
• 5/12 Rays Colored Glasses: Wil Myers, The Tampa Bay Rays, and Stage Five: Whenever you talk to Joe Maddon about a prospect, it seems like the same speech comes up every single time: Joe Maddon five stages...
• 5/11 Rays Colored Glasses: The Undercards: Brandon Guyer Proves the Value of Getting on Base: It is always easier to score runs when the leadoff man is getting on base. The Durham Bulls proved this point last night, as Brandon...
• 5/10 Kings of Kauffman: Royals Lineup Change Results in Win, Homers, and Other News: The Royals, after their first three game losing streak of the year, shuffled their lineup on Thursday night, and the result was...
• 5/10 The Baseball Haven: Sizzlin’ Future Stars: Minor League Report, 5/10: With the season underway and some fans already looking forward to next year, even this early, it is a good time to look down on...
• 5/10 Rays Colored Glasses: Rays Notes: Wil Myers Call-Up False Start, Scott Kazmir Dominates for Indians: Was it happening? As soon as Adam Sobsey of Indy Week sent out this tweet from the Triple-A Durham Bulls game, Twitter erupted...
• 5/10 Rays Colored Glasses: The Undercards: Wil Myers Leaves After Two, Speculation Abounds: When a top prospect is pulled from a game after two innings, all kinds of speculation is to be expected. Is he about to get called...
• 5/9 Indians Baseball Insider: Second Thoughts Game #31: A's 3, Indians 4: The Indians catch a break Unless my admittedly questionable eyesight is failing desperately theAdam Rosales homerun/double...
• 5/9 Rays Colored Glasses: The Undercards: Richie Shaffer, Jake DePew Slam Clutch Home Runs As Stone Crabs Come Back to Win: The past couple days, there has been a bizarre trend for the Rays. Roberto Hernandez pitched extremely well on Tuesday but the...
• 5/8 Sports Talk Florida: Checking In On Rays Top Prospect Wil MyersRays top prospect Wil Myers struggling to let skills take over with Durham Bulls....
• 5/8 Baseballhotcorner.com: Prospectology: Christian Yelich And Gerit Cole Stock Rising: Each week Marisa Ingemi will rank the top 10 prospects in baseball, talk about what they did and also go over scores around the...
• 5/7 Rays Colored Glasses: When Should The Rays Sign Wil Myers To A Long-Term Contract?: While it is still early in the season, the Rays’ 14-17 record makes fans wonder when the team will begin to turn things around...
• 5/7 Rays Colored Glasses: The Undercards: Jeff Ames Throws 6 Shutout Frames, Justin O’Conner Drives in Two in Hot Rods Win: If you’re coming here to restore your faith in humanity after yesterday’s Rays loss, read the Bowling Green game and...
• 5/6 Rays Colored Glasses: The Undercards: The Ben Zobrist Decision, Triple-A No-Hitter, Jeremy Hellickson, Alex Cobb Getting Lucky?: When Ben Zobrist‘s grandmother passed away, Zobrist left the team and the Rays were immediately forced to make a decision:...
• 5/6 Rays Colored Glasses: The Undercards: Jake Odorizzi, Durham Bulls No-Hit Pawtucket in 2-1 Win: History isn’t always pretty. Not every no-hitter is a 15-strikeout display of unparalleled dominance. But sometimes that...
• 5/5 KC Kingdom: The Kansas City Royals Right Field Situation: Here’s something I’m sure most Royals fans don’t want to hear.  Thus far, Jeff Francoeur has had as bad this...
• 5/5 Rays Colored Glasses: The Undercards: Jesse Hahn Rolls Again, Jeff Malm Homers Twice, But Stone Crabs Fall to Hammerheads: When a player has a great game, fans react differently based on how good that player has been touted to be. For one player, greatness...
• 5/4 The Baseball Haven: Sizzling Future Stars: Minor League Report, 5/4: With the season underway and some fans already looking forward to next year, even this early, it is a good time to look down on...
• 5/4 Rays Colored Glasses: The UnderCards: Mikie Mahtook Plays Key Role in Biscuits’ Victory: It was a rough night for the farm teams, as they went 1-4 overall, including being swept in a doubleheader. Fortunately, the great...
• 5/3 MLBTradeRumors: Baseball Blogs Weigh In: Smith, A's, Stanton, Floyd: On this date in 1947, Brooklyn Dodgers manager Branch Rickey traded five players to the Pirates for Al Gionfriddo and $100K....
• 5/3 Rays Colored Glasses: The Undercards: Matt Buschmann Dominates Pensacola in Victory: Some days, everything seems to go your way, no matter what else is happening around you. Despite the struggles for the rest of...
• 5/2 mlbreports.com : 2 And A Hook Podcast Episode #4: The Blue Jays Are Finished in 2013 + The Angels Are Close: Like us on Facebook here Friday, May.02/2013 People in this Podcast: Chuck Booth – Guest (Lead Baseball Analyst/Website...
• 5/1 KC Kingdom: Royals Recap: Mike Moustakas Hits HR; James Shields Recovers Nicely: It was a strange night at Kaufman Stadium. The Kansas City Royals (14-10) were coming off a couple for poor hitting, poor pitching,...
• 5/1 Rays Colored Glasses: The Undercards: Doesn’t Get Much Better Than Chris Archer Tossing Shutout Ball and Wil Myers Homering: The Durham Bulls are 18-8 so far in 2013, the best record in the International League’s South Division. At the end of the...
• 5/1 Baseball News Source: Patient Shields and Royals Overcome Cobb and Rays: After giving up a tw0-run homer to Matt Joyce in the first inning, James Shields settled in to beat the Rays 8-2. Alex Cobb was...

• 4/30 Rays Colored Glasses: Game 26 Preview: Facing Royals’ James Shields A Critical Checkpoint in Rays History: How are the Rays supposed to react when they step up to the plate and see the most dependable pitcher in the history of their...
• 4/30 Rays Colored Glasses: Rays-Royals Series Preview With Kings of Kauffman’s Mike Vamosi: After a relaxing off-day Monday, the Rays are back in action today to begin a quite-anti**** series versus the Kansas City Royals....
• 4/30 Rays Colored Glasses: Rays Notes: Bizarre Feeling as Rays Go Up Against James Shields: For the first time, James Shields will face the Rays as an opposing player. It’s a moment that has been inevitable since...
• 4/30 Kings of Kauffman: Series Q&A with Rays Colored Glasses: Tonight the Royals welcome the Rays to the K for the first time since the big offseason trade between the two teams. As luck would...
• 4/29 Baseball Big Bro. Proj.: MLB Prospect Top 10 Power Rankings - 4/29/13: Courtesy of Rant Sports The first month of the 2013 Major League Baseball season is coming to a close and we're starting...
• 4/29 MLBTradeRumors: AL East Notes: Sox, Jays, Rays, O's, Yanks: In a poll of over 13,000 MLBTR readers, 9.72% ranked the Rays' Andrew Friedman as the best GM in baseball (technically his title...
• 4/29 mlbreports.com : MLB Power Rankings – Apr.29/2013: Like us on Facebook here Monday Apr.29/2013 By Chuck Booth (Lead Baseball Analyst/Website Owner): With it coming up to the 4...
• 4/29 Rays Colored Glasses: The Undercards: Todd Glaesmann Has 3 Hits and 5 RBI, But Biscuits Lose in Slugfest: Sunday was a rarity in the Rays organization: in all four minor league games, plus the Rays game, the Rays affiliate won or lost...
• 4/28 mlbreports.com : The Pitching Artist Formerly Known As Fausto Carmona Needs To Be DFA’d!: Like us on Facebook here Sunday, Apr.28/2013 By Jake Bullington (Rays Correspondent):  Roberto Hernandez,  ( AKA Fausto Carmona),...
• 4/28 Kings of Kauffman: How Is Jeremy Guthrie Like Justin Verlander?: Often, in evaluating players, scouts and analysts will throw out comparisons to other players to simplify their report. Wil Myers...
• 4/28 Rays Colored Glasses: Wil Myers And The Rays Are Playing The Waiting Game: As Spring Training began for the Rays this year, many questions still needed to be answered. Who would be the fifth starter in...
• 4/28 Rays Colored Glasses: The Undercards: Merrill Kelly, Felipe Rivero Dominant in Shutout Outings: Especially for prospects in the minor leagues, stats certainly don’t mean everything. Seeing a pitcher’s stats tells...
• 4/28 Kings of Kauffman: Catching Up On Departed Royals: “The Trade” Edition: The Royals had to make a lot of decisions and changes during the offseason. So far, they’re paying off, as they stand alone...
• 4/27 mlbreports.com : Kansas City Payroll In 2013: Royals Organizational Rosters + Depth Charts – (MLB + MiLB): Like us on Facebook here Saturday, Apr.27/2013 By Chuck Booth (Lead Baseball Analyst/Website Owner): and welcome Jeff Kleiner...
• 4/26 MLBTradeRumors: Trade Candidate: Kendrys Morales: After the Mariners moved in the fences at Safeco Field and acquired several veteran bats in the offseason, it has to be disheartening...
• 4/26 Kings of Kauffman: So Far, So Good: We now have five games of James Shields as a Royal in the books.  I wanted to go over the performance so far to see if anything...
• 4/26 Rays Colored Glasses: The Undercards: Cameron Seitzer Notches 4 Hits, 3 RBI as Biscuits Win in Blowout: They call High-A to Double-A the largest jump from one level to another aside from Triple-A to the major leagues. That makes what...
• 4/25 My Pinstripes: Rays Continue to Churn Out Pitchers: Cobb Chews Up Yankees: The Rays key to pitching success While the Yankees have been waiting for their pitching prospects to pan out, the LA...
• 4/25 MLBTradeRumors: MLBTR Mailbag: Stanton, Harvey, Hamilton: I answered over 40 questions in my hourlong chat on Tuesday, but there are always some good ones that fall through the cracks....
• 4/25 Kings of Kauffman: Growing Pains: There shouldn’t be much to complain about this year. The Royals are 10-7 right now and sitting in first place. They actually...
• 4/25 Rays Colored Glasses: The Undercards: Tim Beckham, Cole Figueroa Impress as Bulls Edge Mud Hens: There is no conceivable way that Tim Beckham will end up becoming superstar the Rays thought he would be when they selected him...
• 4/24 The Baseball Haven: Sizzling Future Stars: Minor League Report, 4/24: With the season underway and some fans already looking forward to next year, even this early, it is a good time to look down on...
• 4/24 Rays Colored Glasses: The Virtue of Patience With the Rays Prospects: It can get maddening at times. There appears to be an obvious hole at a position, where the player on the Rays roster just is...
• 4/24 PaulLebowitz.com: Kansas City Royals: Early Season Notes: Because it’s unquantifiable on their spreadsheets many stat people ridicule the concept of “veteran presence.” The most...
• 4/24 Rays Colored Glasses: The Undercards: Luke Scott Begins Rehab as Stone Crabs Rally to Beat St. Lucie Mets: The funnest part of following minor league baseball is watching the top prospects with the ability to be the big league superstars...
• 4/23 Redbird Rants: Shelby Miller has the Talent and Support to Succeed Long Term: In July of 2011 I took a golf trip down to Northwest Arkansas, and made sure to time it so one of the post-golf evening activities...
• 4/23 The Intelligent Fan: Semi-Educated Guesses for the 2013 MLB Season: Every year since the first grade, I have written down my predictions for the upcoming Major League Baseball season.  Up until...
• 4/22 Mets Merized: Jim Callis And His Baseball Prospect Dream Team: Jim Callis of Baseball America had little fun this morning  with his mailbag piece and fielded the following interesting question:...
• 4/22 Rays Colored Glasses: The Undercards: Patrick Leonard Drills Go-Ahead Single in 9th as Hot Rods Rally to Beat Dayton: In his first season in the Rays organization, Patrick Leonard has had himself a tough time. The only piece acquired in the Wil...
• 4/22 mlbreports.com : Triple Play Podcast Ep #5 – An Interview With James Paxton And A Full Farm Report: Like us on Facebook here Monday, April.22/2013 By The Big Ticket Show ( AKA Triple Play Podcast on http://www.mlbreports.com)...
• 4/21 Rays Colored Glasses: Injury to Rays Top Prospect Hak-Ju Lee Reminds Us How Quickly It All Can End: It looked like Hak-Ju Lee had finally broken through. Everyone knew about Lee’s defensive talents, his ability to make dazzling...
• 4/21 MLBTradeRumors: MLBTR Originals: A look back at the original reporting and analysis found on MLBTR this past week: Tim Dierkes revised MLBTR's 2014 Free Agent...
• 4/21 mlbreports.com : 2 And A Hook Podcast Ep #3: Wil Myers, Mets + Baseball’s Importance To The World: Like us on Facebook here Thursday, April.18/2013 People in this Podcast: Chuck Booth – Guest (Lead Baseball Analyst/Website...
• 4/21 MLBTradeRumors: Baseball Blogs Weigh In: Rasmus, Beavan, Stanton: Fifty-seven years ago, the Dodgers faced the Phillies in Jersey City, New Jersey, marking the first major league game ever played...
• 4/21 Rays Colored Glasses: The Undercards: Bulls Win DoubleHeader But Happiness Negated by Hak-Ju Lee Injury: Winning is the priority for any baseball team. But especially given the length of the season, if you lose a key player in the...
• 4/20 Baseballhotcorner.com: Is Joe Maddon’s Seat Warming Up?: The American League East this season is the total opposite of what was expected after a flurry of impact moves made by the Toronto...
• 4/20 Mets360.com: Twilight zone: The Mets that could have been: You’re traveling through another dimension — a dimension not only of sight and sound but of mind. A journey into a...
• 4/19 Fire Brand of the American League: The Advanced Scout – Kansas City RoyalsThe Advanced Scout is glued to Twitter and his television while he analyzes the Kansas City Royals...
• 4/19 Seedlings to Stars: Hak-Ju Lee on Fire at Triple-A, Plotting Course for Tampa Bay: The Tampa Bay Rays are off to a disappointing (5-10) start and their offense, which had many a pundit worried coming into the...
• 4/19 Kings of Kauffman: Wade Davis and THE TRADE: I have been considering building a capital budgeting framework for valuing baseball trades, and Wade Davis’ start this week...
• 4/19 Baseball Press: Under the Radar - Mixed Leagues and AL/NL Only: Yonder Alonso's high batting average gives him value. (US Presswire)Each week, Baseball Press will be providing some "Under...
• 4/19 Rays Colored Glasses: The Undercards: Blake Snell Goes 5 Shutout Frames as Hot Rods 3-Hit Great Lakes: Amazingly the Rays weren’t the only team in their organization to lose by 4 runs in an extra inning. But it was far from...
• 4/18 mlbreports.com : 2 And A Hook Podcast Ep #3: Wil Myers, Mets + Baseball’s Importance To The World: Like us on Facebook here Thursday, April.18/2013 People in this Podcast: Chuck Booth – Guest (Lead Baseball Analyst/Website...
• 4/18 KC Kingdom: Royals Recap: Wade Davis Brilliant; Greg Holland & Kelvin Herrera Bounce Back: The stalwart starting rotation again covered for the struggling bats of the Kansas City Royals (8-6) on Wednesday when the Royals...
• 4/18 Rays Colored Glasses: Wil Myers Removed for Pinch-Runner in Durham Game! He’s Coming Up to the Rays…Or Not: It’s the moment we’ve all been waiting for. Per the Durham Bulls Twitter account, Rays top outfield prospect Wil Myers...
• 4/18 Baseball Big Bro. Proj.: MLB Prospect Top 10 Power Rankings - 4/18/13: Photo: SI.com In the last several seasons, the value of prospects in Major League Baseball has skyrocketed. Teams are becoming...
• 4/18 Rays Colored Glasses: Will the Right Moment Ever Arise for the Rays to Trade David Price?: We were sure that it was inevitable. The Rays had been unable to sign B.J. Upton to an extension, and as he approached free agency,...
• 4/18 Rays Colored Glasses: Rays Notes: Scott Kazmir Set to Debut, Wade Davis Impresses for Royals, David Price: Way back on April 6th, Scott Kazmir was ready to make his long-awaited return to the major leagues, taking the ball for the Indians...
• 4/18 mlbreports.com : Rays Need To Call Up Will Myers Pronto!: Like us on Facebook here Thursday Apr.18/2013 By Chuck Booth (Lead Baseball Analyst/Website Owner): First off, I wanted to say...
• 4/18 Baseball Ruminations: April 17, 2013 – Royals at Braves: Wednesday, 12:10 PM Turner Field Atlanta, GA Whoever said that too much of a good thing is bad clearly wasn’t a sports fan....
• 4/18 mlbreports.com : Sully Baseball Daily Podcast – April 17, 2013: On today’s episode of The Sully Baseball Daily Podcast, I look at the negative things in our life that we can express as...
• 4/18 Kings of Kauffman: Royals Relievers Provide Relief About Royals Relievers: There were plenty of questions leading up to the start of the Royals 2013 season. Would Jeff Francoeur be productive enough to...
• 4/17 Baseball News Source: Kansas City Royals Wade Davis Shuts Down Red Hot Braves: How do you shut down the red hot Atlanta Braves? Send Wade Davis to the mound. Davis  threw  seven shutout innings,  scattering...
• 4/17 Rays Colored Glasses: Why It May Be Best for the Rays to Wait on Wil Myers: When looking at the Rays heading into the season, the biggest question mark appeared to be in regards to how well they would hit....
• 4/17 Rays Colored Glasses: The Undercards: Jeff Ames Strikes Out 8 as Hot Rods 1-Hit Great Lakes: Tuesday saw pitching all across the spectrum in the Rays system from dominance to frustration and even a position player making...
• 4/16 MLBTradeRumors: AL East Notes: Red Sox, Yankees, Blue Jays, Rays: Baseball, like the rest of the country, has its mind on yesterday's tragedy at the Boston Marathon. SI.com's Tom Verducci explores...
• 4/16 MLBTradeRumors: Light-Hitting Rays Willing To Wait For Wil Myers: Several Rays players told MLBTR that the departure of mainstay James Shields in an offseason trade was easier to take than...
• 4/16 Baseball Big Bro. Proj.: 30 Players, 30 Teams - Kansas City Royals: Source: Jamie Squire/Getty Images North America In this series, we are going to spotlight one player on each of the 30...
• 4/16 TheFantasyFix.com: Rookie Report, Week 3: Matt Adams, Archie Bradley, Wil Myers, Tony Cingrani: Matt Adams is a big man. Matt Adams is a strong man. Matt Adams hits baseballs very, very far. His three homers in only five games...
• 4/16 Rays Colored Glasses: Rays Notes: Jackie Robinson Day, Evan Longoria Reacts to Bad Call, Wil Myers’ ETA: With the Rays in Boston on Monday, the bombing following the Boston Marathon hit a little more close to home for the Rays and...
• 4/16 On The Way Home: Will Jurickson Profar Get Traded By Texas Rangers?: Jurickson Profar has been chosen by many baseball analysts to be the breakout rookie in the American League this season. ... keep...
• 4/16 Rays Colored Glasses: The Undercards: Wil Myers Delivers Go-Ahead Hit in 9th as Bulls Beat Knights: The Rays traded for Wil Myers because they know he can be that player who you want coming to the plate with 2 outs in the 9th...
• 4/15 MLBTradeRumors: Service Time And The 40-Man Roster: The beginning of each season typically brings up many debates regarding service time for top prospects, and this season has been...
• 4/15 Rays Colored Glasses: James Shields’ Leadership Role With The Royals Offers Much Promise For The Franchise: While having good team chemistry and keeping things laid back in the clubhouse is part of the infamous “Rays Way” that has...
• 4/14 mlbreports.com : Rays Say No Time To Panic: It Has Just Been 10 Games: Like us on Facebook here Sunday, Apr.14/2013 By Jake Bullington (Rays Correspondent):  Ben Zobrist aside, the Rays have started...
• 4/12 Mets Chronicle: Mets Rumors: Marlins Giancarlo Stanton to the Mets? It will cost Wheeler and possibly d'Arnaud: According to Andy Martino of the NY Daily News, the Mets then spent time at the winter meetings debating whether to make Wheeler...
• 4/12 Rays Colored Glasses: Rays Pitching Prospect Jake Odorizzi Reminds Everyone Not to Forget Him: Rays right-hander Jake Odorizzi has been a really good pitching prospect for years now. Wherever he goes, though, it always...
• 4/12 Mets Merized: A More Realistic Poll On Stanton To Mets: After discussing my earlier post with me on Twitter, Mike Newman of FanGraphs conducted his own polling to one of the largest...
• 4/12 MLBTradeRumors: East Links: Harvey, Myers, Zobrist, Marlins: Matt Harvey has been one of the most dominant pitchers in baseball this season, and the Mets hurler appeared on the Baseball...
• 4/12 Rays Colored Glasses: Callup Date Unclear for Wil Myers- But Rays Certain He’ll Be Worth The Wait: It’s so easy to doubt Wil Myers. The player the Rays traded to get him, James Shields, happens to be the most dependable...
• 4/12 Rays Colored Glasses: Rays Notes: Themed Road Trip, Offensive Struggles, Lineup Shift, Wil Myers: How do the Rays react after a tough three-game series in Texas? They put on lettermen jackets and pretend they’re back in...
• 4/12 Mets Merized: Almost 75% Of MB Readers Would Rather Have d’Arnaud and Wheeler Instead of Stanton: I am well aware of how every Mets’ site has their own readership of Mets fans, especially so when it comes to their commenting...
• 4/12 Rays Colored Glasses: The Undercards: Alex Colome Rolls, Wil Myers Shows Off the Patience as Bulls Shut Out Tides: No one questions Wil Myers‘ potential- the only question is where he’ll be able to actualize it in the major leagues....
• 4/11 Billy-Ball.com: Shutout Wednesday: The Reds Homer Bailey took a 23-inning scoreless streak into the 5th inning of his game against the Cardinals yesterday. But four...
• 4/11 Rays Colored Glasses: The Undercards: Leslie Anderson Erupts for 2 Home Runs as Bulls Win in Slugfest: It’s human nature that after years of seeing someone not do something, we assume they can’t do it. That has been precisely...
• 4/11 Mets Merized: Mets Have Giancarlo Stanton and Carlos Gonzalez On Their Radar: The Mets “retain an unfilled craving for a marquee outfielder,” writes Andy Martino of the Daily News. Martino says...
• 4/11 MLBTradeRumors: Mets Monitoring Giancarlo Stanton, Carlos Gonzalez: The Mets "retain an unfilled craving for a marquee outfielder," writes Andy Martino of the New York Daily News, and are monitoring...
• 4/10 mlbreports.com : Kansas City Royals Starting Rotation Built for Stability in 2013: Like us on Facebook here Wednesday, April.10/2013 By Michael McGraw ( Royals Correspondent) It was obvious through General Manager...
• 4/10 Rays Colored Glasses: The Undercards: Brandon Guyer Belts 2 Home Runs, Alex Torres Tosses 5 Shutout Frames in Bulls Win: While the Rays offense sputtered on Tuesday, their minor league affiliates averaged over 8 runs a game while still getting great...
• 4/9 Baseball News Source: Tampa Bay Rays Issues Extend Beyond Bad Call: The Tampa Bay Rays  had a ninth-inning rally snuffed out by a bad call by home plate umpire Marty Foster on a 3-2 pitch to Ben...
• 4/9 Rays Colored Glasses: The Undercards: No Blown Calls Here, Just Dominant Pitching From Rays Prospects: As we all know by now, things were hectic in the Rays Republic and the entire baseball universe after the egregious blown call...
• 4/8 Rays Colored Glasses: The Undercards: Brandon Guyer Has Big Day as Bulls Split Doubleheader Vs. Norfolk: The past year was rough for Brandon Guyer. After being acquired by the Rays in the Matt Garza deal before the 2011 season, he...
• 4/7 Baseball News Source: Cleveland Indians Pound Rays David Price and Avoid Sweep: In his career David Price had never loss to the Cleveland Indians. Before Sunday,  Indians starter Justin Masterson  was 1-7...
• 4/7 MLBTradeRumors: MLBTR Originals: A look back at the original reporting and analysis found on MLBTR during the first week of the 2013 season: MLBTR was the...
• 4/7 Rays Colored Glasses: The Undercards: Jesse Hahn, Jake Floethe Shine As Stone Crabs Take No-Hitter Into 9th: The past six years, teams across baseball have been envious of the Rays’ seemingly endless supply of quality young pitching...
• 4/6 Rays Colored Glasses: The Undercards: Chris Archer Pitches Well in Bulls Victory: Welcome to Minor League Opening Day – Part Two. Thursday night, the top four minor league affiliates for the Rays were slated...
• 4/5 Mets Merized: What Determines A Prospect’s Promotion: Super Two Or Team Need and MLB Readiness?: Andy Martino of the Daily News, answers the question as to why Aaron Laffey will get the start on Sunday instead of some guy...
• 4/4 MLBTradeRumors: AL Notes: Valverde, Rays, Viciedo, Wells: Baseball America has released this useful chart showing where each of baseball's 100 best prospects is currently playing. Elsewhere...
• 4/4 Seedlings to Stars: Tampa Bay Rays Hitting Prospects: Everybody Loves New Ray Myers: Our Seedlings to Stars scanner takes spring break in Florida with a STAT-Scan of  the Tampa Bay Rays.   After years of growing...
• 4/4 Seedlings to Stars: Kansas City Royals Hitting Prospects: Will Starling Step Up to Fill Myers Void?: Kansas City is the next stop for the Seedlings to Stars 2012 STAT-Scan series, and the biggest blip on the screen is still the...
• 4/4 Seedlings to Stars: 2013 Seedlings to Stars Top Prospects: #1-10: The Top 10. It’s arrived. After a week’s worth of prospect rankings, statistics, and bold(ish) predictions we’ve reached...
• 4/4 MLBTradeRumors: Rays Say Timing Of Shields-Myers Deal Was Key: by Chuck Myron for MLBTR In December, the Rays parted with their all-time leader in wins, strikeouts and games started when...
• 4/3 Birds Watcher: O’s dealt with hardball all winter: I was very interested to read this column last night by CBS’ John Heyman regarding the Baltimore Orioles. This is in effect...
• 4/3 TheFantasyFix.com: 2013 MLB Staff Predictions: Nationals Favorite at the Fix: So it took a little longer than expected, but here are the staff predictions for the 2013 MLB season. The Fix staff favors the...
• 4/3 MLBTradeRumors: Quick Hits: Red Sox, Posey, Cano, Indians: Pirates GM Neal Huntington and Rays GM Andrew Friedman claim that their decisions to leave Gerrit Cole (Pirates) and Wil Myers...
• 4/2 Monkey with a Halo: The Monkey predicts the 2013 Angels season: One of my favorite posts to write each year is my official predictions for the season (as opposed to my unofficial predictions,...
• 4/2 Red Sox Maineiacs: Brandon's 2013 MLB Predictions: I’m a couple days late with these, but here we go: AL East Tampa Bay - With a full season of Evan Longoria, the...
• 4/2 Red Sox Maineiacs: Cousin Jason's 2013 Predictions: With opening day here and an outstanding Sox victory in the books, here are my predictions. American League East Toronto-...
• 4/2 Rays Colored Glasses: One Year Makes All The Difference for the Tampa Bay Rays in the AL East: In recapping offseason moves, analyst want to lump teams into two categories: the teams that gained and the teams that lost. The...
• 4/2 MLBTradeRumors: Quick Hits: Rookies, Rays, Cubs: Jose Fernandez of the Marlins, Aaron Hicks of the Twins, and Jackie Bradley, Jr. of the Red Sox are all on their teams' Opening...
• 4/1 Rontrarian Report: Top 100 MLB Prospects: 2013 Assignments . . . → Read More: Top 100 MLB Prospects: 2013 Assignments...
• 4/1 StlSportsMinute.com: Fantasy baseball: 4 players poised to have breakout years: As the baseball season gets set to officially start on Easter Sunday, that only means one thing. Fantasy baseball is set to...
• 4/1 Rays Colored Glasses: A Look at the Some of the Rays on ESPN’s Top 500: Recently, ESPN unveiled their list of the top 500 players in baseball, according to their rankings. The rankings were compiled...
• 4/1 BoSox Injection: John’s Reaction To JBJ And Final Standings Prediction: For anybody who’s read my comments from other posts regarding this issue, you definitely know where I stand. To those of...
• 4/1 Through The Fence Baseball: MLB power rankings: Washington Nationals start season at top: Spring training has finally come to an end, and opening night features the Texas Rangers and the Houston Astros, two teams headed...

• 3/30 BoSox Injection: Red Sox AL East Roundup: Tampa Bay Rays Q&A: The Tampa Bay Rays have been a perennial contender in the AL East for quite some time and it’s no surprise. I hate Joe Maddon...
• 3/30 Baseball Big Bro. Proj.: The Baseball Big Brother Project 2013 American League Season Predictions: With games starting as Sunday night when the newly minted American League Houston Astros host their cross-state rival Texas...
• 3/29 MLBTradeRumors: Baseball Blogs Weigh In: Buehrle, Yankees, Rangers: On this date in 2001, Todd Helton signed a nine-year, $141.5MM contract extension with the Rockies, making him the highest-paid...
• 3/29 KC Kingdom: American League Predictions: Detroit Tigers The Team To Beat?: This time of year predictions are always a fun part of sports. Everyone has their opinions on what will happen throughout of the...
• 3/29 BoSox Injection: Red Sox AL East Roundup: Toronto Blue Jays Q&A: It was readily apparent from the outset of the 2012-13 offseason that the Toronto Blue Jays were all in and playing for keeps....
• 3/29 StoopSports.com: MLB X Factors: Jeff Israel-  It takes 25 players to make a baseball team. Nine guys on the field playing a smooth, crisp game giving maximum...
• 3/28 TheLeadoffWalk: James Shields and Life Outside the Trop: Late on December 10, the Kansas City Royals agreed to a trade that, in principle, sent highly-touted outfield prospect Wil...
• 3/28 Call to the Pen: What Do We Expect From Our General Managers?: It’s five o’ clock in the evening and Heyman, Rosenthal, Morosi be tweeting. They’ve got some big breaking news...
• 3/28 Kings of Kauffman: Moving on from Myers: Remember Wil Myers? Of course you do. For some of you, it’s still an open wound. You’re still heartbroken. He’s like that...
• 3/27 Rontrarian Report: Top 100 MLB Prospects: 2013 Assignments . . . → Read More: Top 100 MLB Prospects: 2013 Assignments...
• 3/27 Rays Colored Glasses: Reasons for Optimism Abound on the Tampa Bay Rays in 2013: With the upcoming season fast approaching, baseball ‘experts’ everywhere are making their preseason predictions. Sports...
• 3/27 Baseballhotcorner.com: Yasiel Puig- SuperStar In The Making: Yasiel Puig is an absolute beast, future franchise player and on any other team would be breaking camp with his major league team...
• 3/26 Through The Fence Baseball: Tampa Bay Rays preview: Will youth be served in the AL East?: When you consider this past offseason for the Tampa Bay Rays, what becomes clear is the club’s biggest move — dealing for...
• 3/25 Kings of Kauffman: Kings of Kauffman Predicts the Future: Opening day is in one week, which means there’s a light at the end of the the tunnel and we can all stop saying “yeah...
• 3/25 Rays Colored Glasses: Rays Notes: Prospect Injuries, Matt Joyce’s Non-Injury, Nick Weglarz Released: The injury bug: the one thing that can take down any team in baseball, no matter how talented. Has it already struck the Rays?...
• 3/25 CardinalsFarm.com: American League Prospect Projections – UCB March Project: Every March, each member of the United Cardinal Bloggers (UCB) makes predictions for the upcoming season. The UCB is a loose collection...
• 3/25 Fantasy Baseball Crackerjacks: March Madness: 16 Sweet Fantasy Baseball Prospects for Dynasty Leagues: It’s March Madness folks, which means it’s time to think about…baseball prospects! Specifically, we’re looking...
• 3/25 MLB Dirt: 2013 Tampa Bay Rays Top 16 Prospects: The Tampa Bay Rays continue to contend and continue to replenish their loaded farm system. The recent trade of James Shields and...
• 3/25 Kings of Kauffman: April Showers: If you ask someone for a Royals win prediction for 2013, you’re bound to get a plethora* of answers. The response you receive...
• 3/24 Kevin Slowey Was Framed: American League Award Predictions: Predictions are fun.  In March and April, anyone worth their weight in stubby pencils and blog ink will make preseason predictions. ...
• 3/24 Jays Journal: Vernon Wells To Be Traded And More AL East News In The AL Feast: Week 1 (24/03/2013): Here at Jays Journal we like to keep you up to date with breaking news, statistical analysis and opinion pieces on the players,...
• 3/24 Rays Colored Glasses: Red Sox Even Thinking About Calling Up Jackie Bradley More About Desperation Than Team Philosophy: Easily the most talked about player in spring training for the Rays this year was outfielder Wil Myers, the high-profile acquisition...
• 3/24 Did The Tribe Win Last Night?: AL Preview: Central States Edition: With Spring Training underway throughout baseball, we will take a look at the offseason moves made by the other American League...
• 3/21 Rays Colored Glasses: Where Will The Rays Turn If Sam Fuld Isn’t Ready for the Start of the Season?: The past two years, Sam Fuld has been a spark-plug on the Rays’ roster, not being a starting player most of the time, but...
• 3/21 Pinstripe Pundits: Division Preview: Tampa Bay Rays: Leading up to Opening Day, we’ll be previewing the divisional rivals the Yankees will be competing with in 2013. Today,...
• 3/21 Kings of Kauffman: Royals’ Lorenzo Cain Could Be Ready to Break Out: Much of the Royals offseason and spring training has been spent digging into the changes in the starting rotation or discussing...
• 3/20 Mets Merized: 2013 Annual Preview: American League East: AL East At A Glance New York Yankees: A lot of writers and analysts are picking the Yankees to finish third, and in the most wide...
• 3/20 MLBTradeRumors: Offseason In Review: Kansas City Royals: After improving their starting rotation the Royals can be considered a sleeper team entering the 2013 season.  Major League...
• 3/20 Kings of Kauffman: I’m Not Dead Yet: After signing Cheslor Cuthbert in 2009 Baseball America put him as the 17th ranked Royals’ prospect at a time when the farm...
• 3/20 Through The Fence Baseball: Kansas City Royals preview: Playoff dreams not unrealistic: If you’ve been a Kansas City Royals fan for long, as I have, then you’ve been hearing “they’ll be good in a couple...
• 3/20 Kings of Kauffman: Kansas City Royals Spring Training: Minor League Assignments, Hall of Fame Hijinks, and Awards: It’s starting to hit that point of spring training where the excitement of pitchers and catchers reporting has dwindled...
• 3/19 Rays Colored Glasses: Does The Rays’ Strategy of Leaving Big League-Ready Pitchers at Triple-A Make Any Sense?: There was a time when the Tampa Bay Devil Rays were infamous throughout baseball for rushing their pitching prospects to the major...
• 3/18 Baseballhotcorner.com: American League East Preview-Team By Team Breakdown: Why it’s good for baseball for the Yankees to be bad I can’t recall a time I was more excited for baseball than I am in 2013. ...
• 3/17 MLBTradeRumors: Poll: The Most One-Sided Trade Of The Last Decade: Yankees GM Brian Cashman spoke last week about how his team nearly traded Mariano Rivera to the Mariners for Felix Fermin in...
• 3/17 MLBTradeRumors: AL Notes: Rays, Dice-K, Indians, Red Sox, Boesch: Gary Shelton of the Tampa Bay Times expressed concern the Rays don't have enough power in their lineup to compete over the long...
• 3/17 Rays Colored Glasses: The Importance of Desmond Jennings Continued Development: When one thinks of the keys to the Rays offense, the first things that come to mind are likely the health of Evan Longoria, and...
• 3/17 Rays Colored Glasses: Sky-High Expectations The Only Thing Awaiting Rays’ Wil Myers in Triple-A: We could see it coming. Wil Myers is one of the very best prospects in baseball, and on a team in the Rays that has never had...
• 3/17 Rays Colored Glasses: Rays Notes: Fernando Rodney’s Hitless Streak Ends, Roster Moves: Fernando Rodney continued his impressive showing in the World Baseball Classic today as the Dominican Republic defeated Puerto...
• 3/16 Southside Showdown: Chatting Royals With Mike Vamosi of Kings of Kauffman: Opening Day is still a couple of weeks away, but it’s nearing. The White Sox open up with the Royals at U.S. Cellular Field...
• 3/15 Baseball Big Bro. Proj.: 7 Burning Questions For the 2013 MLB Season: The 2013 Major League Baseball season is just weeks from first pitch. Teams are starting to make cuts in camp, pitchers are...
• 3/15 Rays Colored Glasses: Looking For Treasure in Rays Non-Roster Players: As a non-roster invitee in a major league camp, virtually nothing is a given. Essentially camp bodies to fill out the lineup and...
• 3/14 Baseball Jerks: Tampa Bay Rays 2013 Preview: The Rays undeniably had the best pitching staff in all of baseball last season but their mediocre offense kept them to just third...
• 3/13 Seedlings to Stars: Tampa Bay Rays Hitting Prospects: Everybody Loves New Ray Myers: Our Seedlings to Stars scanner takes spring break in Florida with a STAT-Scan of  the Tampa Bay Rays.   After years of growing...
• 3/13 We Talk Fantasy Sports: Same Face, New Place - Starting Pitching: Last season, A.J. Burnett was the beneficiary of a trade to the Pittsburgh Pirates.  Sounds weird, especially coming from...
• 3/13 Mets Merized: Sickels’ Features Five Mets In Top 150 Prospects: Here is a list of Top 150 Prospects for 2013 by Minor League Ball’s John Sickels. Sickels explains that the rankings presents...
• 3/12 Fantasy Baseball Crackerjacks: Dear Mr. Fantasy Baseball Podcast: March 12, 2013The Dear Mr. Fantasy Podcast has worked its way around the infield (The other episodes are here: C, 1B, 2B, More......
• 3/12 Baseball Jerks: Tampa Bay Rays 2013 Preview: The Rays undeniably had the best pitching staff in all of baseball last season but their mediocre offense kept them to just third...
• 3/12 Kings of Kauffman: What’s the Royals Window to Contend? Jason Martinez Discusses On The Vault: Dayton Moore has talked about “the Process” of building a contender. It’s taken a rebuild of the farm system...
• 3/12 Rays Colored Glasses: The Jim Hickey Effect Makes All The Difference for the Tampa Bay Rays: Following the 2013 MLB Season, a key Tampa Bay Ray is set to hit free agency. He’s entering his seventh and final season...
• 3/11 Rays Colored Glasses: Rays Notes: Rays Owner Sternberg Talks David Price’s Future in Tampa Bay: It’s the question that won’t go away- how much longer will David Price last as a Tampa Bay Ray? Is an extension possible?...
• 3/11 PaulLebowitz.com: Keys to 2013: Kansas City Royals: Starting Pitching Key: Wade Davis The Royals can write down what they’ll get from the majority of their starting pitchers. That...
• 3/10 Rays Colored Glasses: Could the Rays’ Wil Myers Really Deliver a Mike Trout or Bryce Harper-Esque Rookie Year?: Before the 2012 MLB Season, if you asked someone about the top two outfield prospects in baseball, everyone would name the exact...
• 3/9 Rays Colored Glasses: B.J. Upton Could Be The Next Leader For A Young Atlanta Braves Team: For the past nineteen years, the Atlanta Braves were identified by two words: Chipper Jones. The eight-time All-Star third baseman...
• 3/9 Mike Scioscia's Tragic Illness: If Rubby De La Rosa Went to Tampa Bay…: What if the Dodgers had traded Rubby De La Rosa not to Boston, but to Tampa Bay? That’s the question John Tomase asked in...
• 3/9 PaulLebowitz.com: Get Your Thetans Tested At Citi Field: The thetans are important to judging one’s overall mental health. At least that’s what I’ve heard. Or is that Scientology?...
• 3/9 Call to the Pen: The Tampa Bay Rays: The Little Market Team That Could: The little market team that could, the Tampa Bay Rays keep chugging up the nasty American League East hill towards another 90...
• 3/9 Kings of Kauffman: Wade Davis Dealing With Shoulder Soreness: On Friday afternoon, the Royals informed Bob Dutton that right-hander Wade Davis would be skipping his next scheduled start due...
• 3/8 KC Kingdom: KC Headlines: Wil Myers, Branden Albert, and Ferrari Crashes: The Royals lost. Sam Mellinger reports the Royals are keeping their sense of humor about the Cactus League. Pete Grathoff has...
• 3/8 Lasorda's Lair: Why the Dodgers are better than your team: Kansas City Royals: How many fans of the Royals think, “Dayton Moore is the worst GM in baseball.” I almost have sympathy for Royals fans....
• 3/7 Through The Fence Baseball: 2013 top 50 MLB prospects countdown: 10-1: The top 50 MLB prospects thus far have given us an idea of the direction several franchises are going. The Chicago Cubs, for example,...
• 3/6 Bronx Baseball Daily: Across the AL: Undefeated Royals Look Strong in Spring: With an 8-1 victory over the Reds on Sunday afternoon, the Kansas City Royals earned their ninth straight win and thus remain...
• 3/6 Rays Colored Glasses: Matt Moore Struggles In His Second Outing But Brandon Guyer Steals Home as Rays Rally to Win 8-5: The Rays’ starting lineup was filled with six players who are expected to have regular playing time in the season, but magic...
• 3/5 Rays Colored Glasses: Do The Tampa Bay Rays and Los Angeles Dodgers View Their Rotation Surpluses The Same Way?: When you’re looking for the exact opposite edge of the financial spectrum in major league baseball for teams looking to...
• 3/5 mlbreports.com : Kansas City Royals Payroll in 2013 – And Contracts Going Forward: Like us on Facebook here Tuesday, March.05, 2013 By Michael McGraw ( Royals Correspondent) With the Royals finishing the 2012...
• 3/5 MLB Injury News: Royals rumors: Kansas City seeking outfielder: The Kansas City Royals would like to add an outfielder this spring, according to Danny Knobler of CBS Sports, and the club will...
• 3/5 Rays Colored Glasses: Rays Notes: Wil Myers “The X-Factor”, Tim Beckham’s Potential, Tuesday Lineup: The Rays have the potential to be a very good baseball team in 2013, but there’s one player with the potential to make them...
• 3/4 Kings of Kauffman: Draft Stock And Who To Keep A Watchful Eye On: The Royals have had a busy offseason, and will continue to have a busy spring  leading up to the MLB draft come June. General...
• 3/4 Rays Colored Glasses: Rays Notes: Monday Lineup, Luke Scott Injury Update, Backup Catcher Competition: With a win and an Orioles loss on Monday, the Rays would take over first place in the Grapefruit League. What does mean? Not very...
• 3/4 SOX & Dawgs: Red Sox Spring Training Delight - 3/4: After falling to the New York Yankees 5-2 yesterday, the Boston Red Sox continue Grapefruit League action with a game against...
• 3/4 Rays Colored Glasses: Price K’s 5, Johnson and Gimenez Both Have Multiple RBI Games As Rays Roll Over Twins: The Rays’ pitchers were in control and the offense impressed once again as the Rays’ easily got past the Twins in...
• 3/3 mlbreports.com : Tampa Bay Rays Player Roster in 2013 Part 1 – The Hitters: State Of The Union: Like us on Facebook here Sunday, Mar.03/2013 By Jake Bullington (Rays Correspondent) Part 1: The hitters: 2012 saw the Tampa Bay...
• 3/3 Rays Colored Glasses: Rays Notes: Reginatto Impresses in WBC, Future Power Rankings, Chris Archer, Roster Moves: The World Baseball Classic features some of the best players from all around the globe representing their home countries. Considering...
• 3/3 Rays Colored Glasses: The Tampa Bay Rays, The Kansas City Royals, and The Margin for Error: On December 9th, 2012, the Tampa Bay Rays and Kansas City Royals executed one of the most talked-about trades in baseball in a...
• 3/3 KC Kingdom: KC Headlines: K-State Wins, McLemore Goes Off, Tigers Coast, Justin Bieber Had a Very Bad Birthday, A Man Has His Sperm Stolen, And More: Wow, last night was crazy for Kansas State. A buzzer-beater three by an obnoxiously wide open Rodney McGruder vaulted the Wildcats...
• 3/2 Rays Colored Glasses: Continued Innovation the Rays’ Only Way to Survive: The past five seasons, the Rays have become the poster-children for how to go from worst to first in baseball- and stay there....
• 3/2 Baseballhotcorner.com: American League East Preview-Team By Team Breakdown: Why it’s good for baseball for the Yankees to be bad I can’t recall a time I was more excited for baseball than I am in 2013. ...
• 3/1 Yanks Go Yard: State Of The AL East: Tampa Bay Rays: Over the course of the last few seasons, a new contender has emerged in the American League East. The division is no longer the...
• 3/1 SOX & Dawgs: Gigantic Sox and Dawgs 2013 MLB Preview – Day 6 – AL East: Welcome to the Gigantic Sox and Dawgs 2013 MLB preview.  Over the next few days you will get a team by team look at its...
• 3/1 Kings of Kauffman: Kings of Kauffman Mailbag – Ep.8: Spring Training has started. The bickering has begun. Will the 2013 Kansas City Royals be a 90-game winner and make the playoffs,...

• 2/28 Baseball News Source: 5 Top Prospects Headed for Minors, But For How Long: Promoting a Major League-ready prospect seems like a logical move for any organization looking to win. Yet, even the most consistently...
• 2/28 Baseball News Source: Royals News: Shields Perfect in Spring Debut: It’s just one inning. It was only 13 pitches  In a spring training game in February.  James Shields acquired in a trade...
• 2/28 Baseball News Source: Top Prospects Headed for Minors, But For How Long: Promoting a Major League-ready prospect seems like a logical move for any organization looking to win. Yet, even the most consistently...
• 2/28 StoopSports.com: 30 in 30: Tampa Bay Rays: Harry Tomback- The Tampa Bay Rays made one of the biggest splashes of the offseason in acquiring highly touted power-hitting outfield...
• 2/28 Kings of Kauffman: The What Ifs Of One Of The Biggest Blockbuster Trades In Royals History: When the news broke that general manager Dayton Moore and the Royals agreed to ship the organization’s two brightest and...
• 2/28 Rays Colored Glasses: James Shields Looks To Add Social Planner To His Leadership Role In Kansas City: Rays fans remember James Shields for his leadership role in the clubhouse, but it looks like Shields is also taking on a new role...
• 2/28 PaulLebowitz.com: Keys to 2013: Tampa Bay Rays: Starting Pitching Key: Matt Moore Moore’s done his flashy playoff introduction to the world as David Price did. He had an inconsistent...
• 2/28 The Beanball: Top Prospects Headed for Minors, But For How Long: Promoting a Major League-ready prospect seems like a logical move for any organization looking to win. Yet, even the most consistently...
• 2/28 MLB Dirt: Why The Royals, Mariners, and Indians Will Vie For a Wildcard: Unlike past seasons….the three teams that made the boldest moves during the off season were the Royals, Mariners, and Indians. ...
• 2/28 Baseball News Source: Top Prospects Headed for Minors, But For How Long: Promoting a Major League-ready prospect seems like a logical move for any organization looking to win. Yet, even the most consistently...
• 2/28 Rays Colored Glasses: Rays Notes: Matt Moore, Joel Peralta Make First Appearances, Rays Top 15 Prospects: In 2013, the Rays are expecting to have one of the best rotations in baseball once again. But for that to happen, a key pitcher...
• 2/28 MLBTradeRumors: Offseason In Review: Tampa Bay Rays: The Rays addressed long-term needs with a blockbuster trade and the most lucrative contract in franchise history. They addressed...
• 2/27 Kings of Kauffman: The New Guys: Thursday might be the most hyped up 20 pitch performance that the Kansas City Royals organization has had in some time. I don’t...
• 2/27 The DoubleDay: The Dayton Game | Competitive Rotation Edition: Tyler Drenon   Dayton Moore has been busy in Kansas City, constantly re-shuffling the deck in his game of rotation...
• 2/27 MLBTradeRumors: Royals Notes: Shields, Davis, Tejada: The Royals are looking for their first .500 finish since 2003, and there's optimism that the team could surprise people following...
• 2/26 MLBTradeRumors: Rays Notes: Myers, Johnson, Escobar: The Rays allowed the fewest runs of any MLB team in 2012, posting a team ERA of 3.19. Here’s the latest on the 2013 version...
• 2/26 Rays Colored Glasses: Rays Notes: Evan Longoria, David Price Set to Make Spring Debuts, Rhyne Hughes Signs With Mets: There’s a 50% chance of precipitation in Port Charlotte today, but if the game between the Tampa Bay Rays and Houston Astros...
• 2/26 Motor City Bengals: MLB Farm System Rankings: #4 Tampa Bay Rays: It’s that time of year again. Time to give this prospect junkie his fix. Last year, I did farm system rankings for all of baseball,...
• 2/25 Baseballhotcorner.com: 5 Prospects To Get Excited About: Top 5 prospects I am excited to see…….. Last year was truly a special year for baseball in terms of fans getting to...
• 2/25 Rays Colored Glasses: His Shoulder Finally Healthy, Rays’ Brandon Guyer Looks to Establish Himself in the Major Leagues: Brandon Guyer could not have been any more frustrated. Injuries had forced him onto the Rays’ major league roster, and in...
• 2/25 Rays Colored Glasses: Wil Myers Notches First Rays Hit, Leslie Anderson Clutch Again, Mark Thomas Slams Big HR as Rays Beat Twins: Once the season starts, Rays fans know that while the bats will have their moments, the Rays’ pitching staff will always...
• 2/24 Call to the Pen: The Rays And Their Hopes To Contend In 2013: Ever since their magical rise to relevancy a half-decade ago, the Tampa Bay Rays have been a very big part of the American League...
• 2/24 Baseball News Source: Tampa Bay Rays: Wil Myers Makes Nervous Spring Debut: Tampa Bay Rays prospect Wil Myers  admitted he was somewhat nervous and finished his 2013 spring training debut  against the...
• 2/23 MLBTradeRumors: Central Notes: Francoeur, Myers, Twins, Cubs: Much-maligned outfielder Jeff Francoeur doesn't blame Royals fans for their criticism of the James Shields / Wil Myers deal,...
• 2/23 Kings of Kauffman: MVT: Most Valuable Trio: All of the waiting and anti**** is over. The countdown just hit zero. It’s time for results. Since general manager Dayton...
• 2/23 Rays Colored Glasses: When Will the Rays Call Up Wil Myers?: Even after the Rays’ missed out on the postseason in 2013, there is plenty of reason to be excited about their 2013 team....
• 2/23 Rays Colored Glasses: Rays Notes: Baseball Is Back!: There is nothing quite like Spring Training. After a long and, especially where I’m from in Massachusetts, brutally cold...
• 2/22 Rays Colored Glasses: Rays Notes: Everything Great With Longoria Baby, Torres Joins Venezuelan WBC Team, Photo Day: It was a little nerve-wracking for everyone when labor was induced as Evan Longoria‘s girlfriend Jaime Edmondson six weeks...
• 2/22 Baseball Big Bro. Proj.: 2013 MLB All Break-out Team: Last season, I took the time to compile a list of break-out stars, guys that were on the cusp of being huge contributors for...
• 2/21 MLBTradeRumors: Service Time Considerations For Top Prospects: Timing the debuts of top prospects is essential for MLB teams. No club wants to expose a player to top competition before he's...
• 2/21 Kings of Kauffman: Zimmer Top Royals Prospect in Baseball America’s Top 100:   Baseball America has released its Top 100 Prospects, and of course the first name that draws interest from Royals fans...
• 2/20 Kings of Kauffman: Royals Assistant GM JJ Picollo Talks About Scouting and Development: The Royals are gathering in Surprise, Arizona right now for spring training and taking stock of their talent as the 2013 season...
• 2/20 Seedlings to Stars: Kansas City Royals Hitting Prospects: Will Starling Step Up to Fill Myers Void?: Kansas City is the next stop for the Seedlings to Stars 2012 STAT-Scan series, and the biggest blip on the screen is still the...
• 2/20 Kings of Kauffman: Dayton Moore’s Sense of Time: Dayton Moore is ahead of schedule, according to, well, Dayton Moore. “I’m amazed that it’s happened this quickly,”...
• 2/20 Rays Colored Glasses: Rays Notes: Talking About the Future – Evan Longoria’s Baby, Baseball America’s Top 100 Prospects, David Price: Evan Longoria is going to miss the Rays’ workouts at their spring home in Port Charlotte over the next few days as he heads...
• 2/20 Through The Fence Baseball: Are Kansas City Royals legitimate contenders in AL Central?: For the first time in a decade, the Kansas City Royals have a chance to contend for a playoff spot. Now, it probably won’t be...
• 2/19 Call to the Pen: The Kansas City Royals Flush With New Starting Pitching Entering 2013: The Kansas City Royals made one of the biggest trades of the offseason. Minor League Player of the Year Wil Myers and three other...
• 2/19 MLB Dirt: 2013 Kansas City Royals Top 16 Prospects: The Kansas City Royals traded the likes of Wil Myers, Jake Odorizzi, and Mike Montgomery and still have one of the deepest farm...
• 2/18 Baseball Jerks: Five Players To Watch: 2013 Tampa Bay Rays: There are two things that we know about the Tampa Bay Rays. One: Joe Maddon must hate fantasy baseball. How else can you explain...
• 2/17 MLBTradeRumors: Week In Review: 2/10/13 - 2/16/13: With Spring Training now in full swing, let's take a look back at the week that was here at MLBTR... Felix Hernandez officially...
• 2/17 Tyler's Think Tank: MLB Hot Stove Losers: With spring training here at last, it's time to reflect on another busy baseball offseason. Here's a look at the five biggest...
• 2/16 Rays Colored Glasses: Mike Montgomery, From Royals Top Prospect to the Biggest Sleeper in the Rays’ Organization: For years and years, lefty Mike Montgomery was right there among the best pitching prospects in baseball. Armed with a blistering...
• 2/16 mlbreports.com : Why The Orioles And Lohse Make Sense: Like us on Facebook here Saturday February 16, 2013 By Kyle Holland (MLB Reports Intern): 2012 was a career year for the Cardinals’...
• 2/15 Call to the Pen: Can The Royals Compete in 2013?: The AL Central has long been one of the weakest divisions in baseball, and the Royals have been the worst of the bunch for two...
• 2/15 Rays Colored Glasses: Rays Notes: Carl Crawford Talks Time in Boston, All Eyes on Wil Myers: It was extremely tough for Rays fans to watch franchise icon Carl Crawford leave Tampa Bay to sign a 7-year contact with the Boston...
• 2/13 Motor City Bengals: Cleveland Indians Now Biggest Threat to Detroit Tigers in AL Central: The Detroit Tigers entered the offseason as huge favorites in the American League Central. Back-to-back division titles and a...
• 2/12 Rays Colored Glasses: Tampa Bay Rays Complete James Shields/Wil Myers Deal, Send Elliot Johnson to Kansas City Royals: In 2013, the Rays are going to have a lot of former Rays to root for on the Kansas City Royals (except, of course, when they’re...
• 2/12 Rays Colored Glasses: If The Rays Go Fishing For The Longterm, Should They Net Mike Carp?: With the almost last minute signing of Kelly Johnson and the 2013 roster potentially set for spring training now under way, it’s...
• 2/12 KC Kingdom: Could Trayvon Robinson be a Piece to the Royals Puzzle?: Right before the weekend hit, the Baltimore Orioles announced that they had designated 25-year old outfielder Trayvon Robinson...
• 2/12 mlbreports.com : MLB Reports Top 100 Prospects: A Rebuttal To The MLB.com’s Top 100: Like us on Facebook here Tuesday February.12, 2013 By Jordan Gluck (Prospects/Baseball Operations Correspondent) Before I show...
• 2/12 Kings of Kauffman: Kansas City Royals Acquire Elliot Johnson as PTBNL in James Shields/Wil Myers Trade: Close the book on the Wil Myers trade. After designating him for assignment last week, the Tampa Bay Rays sent infielder Elliot...
• 2/12 MLBTradeRumors: Royals Acquire Elliot Johnson: The Royals announced that they acquired utility player Elliot Johnson from the Rays as the player to be named later in the December...
• 2/12 Rays Colored Glasses: Spring Training – A Time of Hope: As Alexander Pope stated in his poem ‘An Essay on Man’, hope springs eternal in the human breast. That sentiment is...
• 2/12 Rays Colored Glasses: Rays’ Pitchers and Catchers Welcome Back Spring Today: “People ask me what I do in winter when there’s no baseball. I’ll tell you what I do. I stare out the window and wait for...
• 2/12 Kings of Kauffman: Royals Report For Spring Training: First Day Notes on Eric Hosmer, Salvador Perez: Finally, baseball is officially back. As pitchers and catchers start up in Surprise for the Royals, the first news and notes of...
• 2/12 MLBTradeRumors: Reactions To The Michael Bourn Signing: The Indians agreed to a four-year deal with Michael Bourn earlier tonight, presumably capping an offseason spending spree that...
• 2/11 MLBTradeRumors: Quick Hits: Verlander, Royals, Crawford: Justin Verlander repeated today that he wants to stay with the Tigers beyond 2014, when his current contract expires. “I love...
• 2/11 Rays Colored Glasses: What Would It Take for Wil Myers to Make the Rays’ Opening Day Roster?: This offseason, the Rays’ biggest offensive move was to acquire top outfield prospect and reigning Minor League Player of...
• 2/11 KC Kingdom: Royals Spring Training Opens Today With Hope: As happens every spring, hope is in the air.  It is the one time of the year that every team in the major leagues still has a...
• 2/10 Through The Fence Baseball: What should the Texas Rangers do with Elvis Andrus?:   The Texas Rangers are in a fortunate, yet precarious, situation where the club has seemingly incredible depth at shortstop...
• 2/9 Rays Colored Glasses: What Could the Rays Get in a David Price Trade?: Top of the rotation starters are a scarce commodity. A true ace is even rarer, and teams typically are not adverse to opening...
• 2/8 Rays Colored Glasses: Would the Rays Trade David Price Straight-Up for Jurickson Profar? Absolutely Not: David Price is quite a pitcher. He’s coming off an incredible 2012 season that saw him win the AL Cy Young Award as he went...
• 2/8 Fire Brand of the American League: Dreaming Big IIThe Sox will need some serious help from their division rivals to win the AL East....
• 2/8 Baseball Big Bro. Proj.: MLB Top Prospects Ready to Make An Impact: Major League Baseball released its 2013 Top Prospects list on Tuesday night showcasing the best and brightest of what baseball’s...
• 2/6 Rays Colored Glasses: Have the Rays Already Offered Michael Bourn a Contract?: Lately we’ve heard a lot about negotiations between the New York Mets and free agent outfielder Michael Bourn. Nothing is...
• 2/6 Rays Colored Glasses: Rays Notes: Reid Brignac, Elliot Johnson Talk Leaving Rays, Rays Prominent Among “32nd Team”: It was exciting for the Rays to officially sign Kelly Johnson and Kyle Farnsworth for next season, with both having the ability...
• 2/5 Rays Colored Glasses: Rays Notes: Rays Announce Invitees to MLB Spring Training Including Top Prospect Wil Myers: Pitchers and catchers report in just one week and everyone else not too long after. Spring training is so close. And now we finally...
• 2/5 El Maquino: KEITH LAW’S TOP 100 PROSPECTS: 1. Jurickson Profar (RGRS SS) 2. Oscar Taveras (CRDS OF) 3. Dylan Bundy (ORLS PR) 4. Wil Myers (RAYS OF) 5. Xander Bogaerts (RDSX...
• 2/3 Behind the Plate: 2013 Right Field Rankings [...] ...
• 2/2 Kevin Slowey Was Framed: 2013 Kansas City Royals Preview from a Minnesota Twins fan: Let's take a look at the competish, shall we?  The Kansas City Royals have been the sexy team in each of the last couple...
• 2/1 Rays Colored Glasses: Rays Notes: Travis Hafner Chooses Yankees Over Rays, Rodney Situation Cleared Up, Lou Pinella: This offseason, the Rays would up re-signing Luke Scott to fill their designated hitter vacancy. But don’t think that he...
• 2/1 Baseball Big Bro. Proj.: MLB Top Prospects Ready to Make An Impact: Major League Baseball released its 2013 Top Prospects list on Tuesday night showcasing the best and brightest of what baseball’s...
• 2/1 Kings of Kauffman: Kings of Kauffman Mailbag – Ep. 7: Spring Training is around the corner and with that comes the usual array of sunshine and lolly-pops stories from various media...

• 1/31 Kings of Kauffman: An Ode To Jeff Francoeur: A Dayton Moore Production Using “Lovers’ Eyes” by Mumford & Sons: Well, love was kind for a time Now just aches and it makes me blind I was there to see you drafted, Jeff. There to buy you out...
• 1/31 Rising Apple: All Alderson, All The Time: Last night at Citi Field, Sandy Alderson and his top lieutenants held a Q & A with a group of season ticket holders.  With...
• 1/31 Kings of Kauffman: Kansas City Royals, FSKC Announce 2013 TV Schedule: Good news! We’re ever closer to pitchers and catchers reporting and with every day that passes, one day closer to live Royals...
• 1/31 Rays Colored Glasses: How Do the Rays Keep Their Minor League System Going Strong?: It’s really unbelievable. Once again this year, the Rays’ minor league system is right up there among the best in...
• 1/31 Motor City Bengals: MLB Farm System Rankings: #14 Kansas City Royals: It’s that time of year again. Time to give this prospect junkie his fix. Last year, I did farm system rankings for all of baseball,...
• 1/30 Rays Colored Glasses: Minor Leagues Form Foundation of Tampa Bay Rays Success: Yesterday, MLB.com broke down the top 100 prospects in baseball. Of those top 100, the Tampa Bay Rays had five players listed...
• 1/30 Seedlings to Stars: 2013 Seedlings to Stars Top Prospects: #1-10: The Top 10. It’s arrived. After a week’s worth of prospect rankings, statistics, and bold(ish) predictions we’ve reached...
• 1/30 Kings of Kauffman: More Prospect Recognition As Royals Trio Makes MLB.com’s Top 100: Spring training can’t get here quickly enough, but in the meantime, there’s a flurry of prospect information and rankings...
• 1/30 MLBTradeRumors: Quick Hits: Saunders, White Sox, Konerko, Prospects: Rangers shortstop Jurickson Profar tops MLB.com's list of the top 100 prospects in baseball for 2013.  Profar has been the subject...
• 1/30 KC Kingdom: Royals Place Three on MLB.com Top-100 Prospect List: MLB.com revealed their Top-100 prospect list today and three current and two recently traded Royals made the list. Of the current...
• 1/29 Rising Apple: The Outfield Situation & Potential Targets for 2014: The Outfield Saga The 2013 season hasn’t begun, but it appears that the Mets may head into it with Lucas Duda, Kirk Nieuwen****...
• 1/28 Kings of Kauffman: Three Royals Make FanSided’s Top 100 Prospects Rankings: It’s that time of year when every publication starts to crank out their annual prospect lists and the FanSided Network is...
• 1/28 Rays Colored Glasses: Rays Notes: The Rays’ Continued Offseason Plans, Rays Facing Pivotal Seasons, Wil Myers: The 2012 offseason is nearing a close (after all, it’s already 2013), and the Rays have crossed off most of the things on...
• 1/27 Baseball Jerks: Who to Draft First Overall in 2013 Fantasy Baseball and Players to Target in Your Draft: By: Jeff Boggis, “The Sultan of Stats” of Fantasy Sports Empires On my first fantasy baseball podcast this season, I opened...
• 1/27 Rays Colored Glasses: The Undercards/Rays Notes: Bankston Homer Not Nearly Enough, Shields Says Goodbye: This winter, as our desire to see some actual baseball being played has reached a tipping point, we’ve been covering ex-Rays...
• 1/27 Roto Think Tank: Non-Value Trades: 0 0 1 890 5078 Roto Think Tank 42 11 5957 14.0 Normal 0 false false false EN-US JA X-NONE...
• 1/26 Kings of Kauffman: Rob Neyer Talks Royals With the Kansas City Baseball Vault: Rob Neyer was lucky. He started his Royals fandom in 1976 while the Royals were just beginning the first of three straight playoff...
• 1/25 Kings of Kauffman: George Brett Spins Baseball Yarns [Guest Post]: The following is a guest post from Chris Kamler, who attended this event which was hosted by the Kansas City Baseball Historical...
• 1/24 KC Kingdom: What Did the Kansas City Royals Get In Wade Davis?: It has been a little over six weeks since the General Manager for the Kansas City Royals, Dayton Moore, traded top prospects Wil...
• 1/23 Rays Colored Glasses: Texas Rangers’ Matt Harrison Extension Could Be a Major Mistake: It was five years today that the Tampa Bay Rays agreed to a 4-year extension with promising right-hander James Shields. The deal...
• 1/23 Kings of Kauffman: A Tale of Two Players: For all the advancements in statistics and projections, baseball is never a perfect science. Players break out when they’re...
• 1/23 The Flagrant Fan: How patient will Rays be on Wil Myers?: The recent acquisition of Shelley Duncan gives the Rays a bit more reliability in their left-field platoon paired with Sam...
• 1/22 The Sports Provocateur: The A.L. Central Dream Rotation; Verlander and Sale and Pray for Hail?: The American League Central has two aces headlining its staff.  The number three man is an 11 year veteran while the fourth...
• 1/22 Rays Colored Glasses: Rays Notes: Francisco, Raburn Sign With Indians, Top Prospects, BP Hats, Granden Goetzman: Earlier this offseason, former Rays ace left-hander Scott Kazmir signed a minor league contract with the Cleveland Indians as...
• 1/22 PaulLebowitz.com: Erik Bedard and the Astros—A Marriage of Convenience: There’s nothing to lose for the Astros to sign Erik Bedard and have a look at him, but there’s probably not much to gain either....
• 1/21 Kings of Kauffman: Royals Trades: Context and Impact: It may have been a week ago when I saw Bob Dutton from the Kansas City Star answering reader questions on Twitter when someone...
• 1/21 Rays Colored Glasses: Rays Notes: Giancarlo Stanton Mentioned As Possible Target Oncce Again: Rumors once again are swirling around the Miami Marlins trading another one of their established players, this time the outwardly...
• 1/21 MLB Injury News: Marlins Rumors: Could Rays Acquire Giancarlo Stanton?: There continues to be rumblings that the Miami Marlins will trade Giancarlo Stanton “if the price is right,” according to...
• 1/20 MLBTradeRumors: Cafardo On Red Sox, A's, Mariners, Stanton, Bourn: Part of the Red Sox's internal evaluation has been trying to figure out why they haven't done better on trades, writes Nick Cafardo...
• 1/18 Rays Colored Glasses: Rays Breathe Sigh of Relief, Agree to Terms With Matt Joyce and Ryan Roberts To Avoid Arbitration: No one wants to go to an arbitration hearing. It’s a messy process that requires teams to divert time from other necessary...
• 1/17 We Talk Fantasy Sports: Fantasy Baseball Vision: Target & Avoid - AL East Edition: Our good friend Brett Barton (@BrettBarton_FBV) at Fantasy Baseball Vision will help you prep for your upcoming drafts. He...
• 1/17 PaulLebowitz.com: The Mariners and Morse (Change One Letter and it’s “Worse”): Anyone else see the irony of the Mariners and their GM Jack Zduriencik having traded Mike Morse in 2009 while Zduriencik was in...
• 1/16 Rays Colored Glasses: Rays Notes: Wil Myers, Jake Odorizzi at Rays Prospects Camp, Kyle Farnsworth, David Price: The Rays annual Prospect Development Camp is an awesome experience from every parti**** They got to practice at Tropicana Field,...
• 1/16 Baseball Jerks: Fantasy Baseball Rookies – Darin Ruf: Not all rookies are created equal. There are noted prospects with an unmatched pedigree, but there are also journeyman minor leaguers...
• 1/16 Kings of Kauffman: Royals Notes on a Cold Winter’s Night: The Royals seem to have packed it in for the winter, so unfortunately, that dream scenario of trading for, say, Ryan Braun or...
• 1/15 Baseball News Source: Tampa Bay Rays: Wil Myers Ready, Willing and Paitent: Wil Myers visited Tropicana Field in St. Petersburg Florida for the first time as a member of the Tampa Bay Rays organization....
• 1/15 The Rays Today: The Rays And Wil Myers: Posted in B.J. UptonBrandon GuyerEvan LongoriaJames ShieldsNewsVideosA lot of people are wondering what the Rays are going to...
• 1/15 MLB Injury News: Rays OF Wil Myers to Start Season in Minors: The Tampa Bay Rays acquired Wil Myers from the Royals this winter in the trade that sent James Shields and Wade Davis to Kansas...
• 1/14 Rays Colored Glasses: Our First-Ever RCG Mailbag: Did the Rays Make a Mistake By Dealing Wade Davis?: Here at Rays Colored Glasses, we do everything we can to come up with interesting articles that provide Rays fans with incisive...
• 1/14 Rays Colored Glasses: Could Travis Hafner Be the Rays’ Next Low-Cost DH Signing?: Since the Rays began contending back in 2008, they have never had the same primary DH two years in a row. Four of the five years,...
• 1/11 mlbreports.com : Kansas City Royals Roster in 2013: State Of The Union: Like us on Facebook here Friday, January, 11/2013 Ryan Dana (MLB Reports Intern):  The Kansas City Royals have been notorious...
• 1/10 Fantasy Baseball Crackerjacks: Fantasy Baseball 2013: KC Royals Hitting & Pitching Projections: Kansas City Royals – Predicted Finish: Second Place, AL Central The Royals have been waiting for next year since 1985, which...
• 1/9 Kings of Kauffman: Who Should be the Royals Top Prospect?: Ever since the Kansas City Royals traded top prospect Wil Myers to the Tampa Bay Rays, I have been trying to figure out who their...
• 1/8 Rays Colored Glasses: Rays Notes: Rays Among Best Minor League Systems, Alex Cobb, Rays Shift Scouting Staff: This offseason, the Rays dealt away two pitchers who have been a big part of their major league team, right-handers James Shields...
• 1/8 Baseball News Source: Washington Nationals: Market For Michael Morse Is Now Open: The signing of Adam LaRoche makes Michael Morse a valuable trade chip for Washington Michael Morse hit 31 home runs and had 95...
• 1/8 District On Deck: Potential Trade Partners for Michael Morse: The deal is official.  Adam “AdaMVP” LaRoche, 2012 Silver Slugger and and Gold Glove award winner, is returning to...
• 1/7 Baseball News Source: 2013 Top 10 Major League Prospects – Baseball News Source: Jurickson Profar heads the list of Top 10 Prospects for 2013 In 2012, Major League Baseball experienced a memorable year for young...
• 1/5 Rays Colored Glasses: Waiting For Opening Day: With the 2013 Under Armour High School All-America Game being played yesterday at Tropicana Field, it was hard not to watch the...
• 1/5 Rays Colored Glasses: How Much Are the Rays Risking By Starting Wil Myers at Triple-A to Begin 2013?: The Rays are one bat short of being ready to go on a playoff run. Wait, are they? They’re missing a DH, fine, but they have...
• 1/3 Rays Colored Glasses: Rays Notes: Minor League Ball’s John Sickels Ranks the Rays’ Top 20 Prospects: The Rays have been known for years and years now for their minor league system. The last few seasons, we have seen so many of...
• 1/3 Fantasy Baseball Crackerjacks: Fantasy Baseball 2013: Tampa Bay Rays Hitting & Pitching Projections: Tampa Bay Rays – Predicted Finish: Second Place, AL East I have to admit that I’m enamored by the Rays organization....
• 1/2 Kings of Kauffman: Fast Riser: Miguel Almonte: It’s not enough to build a strong farm system or develop a strong pitcher. Teams get ahead by continuously doing this and...
• 1/2 District On Deck: The Washington Nationals And The Process Of Winning: I have been reading a lot on baseball since the season ended, from Dirk Hayhurst to Jonah Keri and a lot in between, and something...
• 1/2 Baseball Jerks: MLB Fantasy Rookies – Wil Myers: The million dollar question everyone wants answered is “Will Wil Myers begin the season with the Rays?”  And the...
• 1/1 Seedlings to Stars: Myers, Rondon Among Bowden’s Biggest Risks: ESPN.com’s Jim Bowden kicked off the new year by outlining some of the biggest risks that teams across Major League Baseball...

• 12/31 MLBTradeRumors: The Key "Non-Moves" Of 2012: As the cliche goes, sometimes the best moves are the ones you don't make.  Some teams greatly benefited by standing pat on certain...
• 12/31 Baseball News Source: Kansas City Royals Reach Agreement With Endy Chavez: Royals add outfield depth with Chavez signing The Kansas City Royals have reached agreement with free-agent outfielder Endy Chavez....
• 12/31 Rays Colored Glasses: Rays Notes: Roberto Hernandez A Worthwhile Gamble, Best Quotes From Rays: When the Rays first signed right-hander Roberto Hernandez to a 1-year contract worth 3.25 million dollars plus incentives, everyone’s...
• 12/30 Kings of Kauffman: Top Five Royals Moments In Attendance of 2012: As we wind down the final days of 2012 let me take one more look back at my top five moments of this past season. I made it into...
• 12/30 Halo Hangout: Los Angeles Angels Prospects Who Could Be Trade Chips In 2013: Every year, teams will trade prospects for established veterans in hope of trying to improve themselves for playoff positioning....
• 12/29 Kings of Kauffman: Royal Resolutions for 2013: Tuesday we’ll flip the calendar to 2013 and be that much closer to pitchers and catchers reporting which means the season will...
• 12/28 Kings of Kauffman: Get It Down Dyson!: What on Earth on the Royals going to do in right field in 2013? It’s gnawing at me. I look at this team and see all its potential,...
• 12/28 Seedlings to Stars: S2S 2013 Team Top 12 Prospects: Tampa Bay: The prospect lists I have created are based solely on my perspective as a baseball fanatic and nothing more, ultimately attempting...
• 12/28 Baseball Big Bro. Proj.: Final Hot Stove of 2012: Wow, how the week catches up to you quickly when you are off for five days for Christmas and then set for another four-day...
• 12/27 District On Deck: Exploring A Michael Morse Trade: While there has been little news about the Adam LaRoche negotiations in recent days, except that nobody else wants to sign him,...
• 12/27 Kings of Kauffman: My Royals Wish List: 2013 Edition: With everyone in the holiday spirit, it gave me an idea to create my wish list for the 2013 Royals.  Obviously, I’d love...
• 12/27 Rays Colored Glasses: Draft Pick Value in Baseball at an All-Time High: You have a topflight centerfielder on the market who has led the NL in stolen bases three times and plays excellent defense. Who...
• 12/25 Kings of Kauffman: Don’t Sleep on the Second Kyle: If you pay attention to this website really closely, you may have noticed that I write about Kyle Smith quite a bit—certainly...
• 12/25 Rays Colored Glasses: Holiday Shopping Just Isn’t Andrew Friedman’s Thing: The best shoppers know that the best time to buy the product they’ve been waiting for is not necessarily during the times...
• 12/25 Rays Colored Glasses: Could the Rays Make A Move for One of the Diamondbacks’ Lower-Profile Outfielders?: This offseason, the Rays already acquired one potential superstar outfielder, Wil Myers. They would love to acquire another, Justin...
• 12/25 MLB Injury News: Rays Rumors: Tampa Bay Seeking 'Bat or Two': Even after adding several pieces this offseason, the Tampa Bay Rays continue to seek a “bat or two,” general manager Andrew...
• 12/24 The Cardinal Nation Blog: Will Mo play the prospect market this winter?The St. Louis Cardinals are well-stocked in an in-demand commodity this off-season, but will they exploit their advantage?...
• 12/23 Rays Colored Glasses: Rays Notes: Rays Sign RHP Yael Regalado, Stadium Talks, Roberto Hernandez, Wil Myers, Ryan Freel: The Rays are willing to utilize every possible avenue in order to find productive players for their organization. One method that...
• 12/23 Rays Colored Glasses: Could the Diamondbacks’ Cody Ross Signing Reignite Talks of Justin Upton Going to the Rays?: The Arizona Diamondbacks entered the 2012 offseason looking to deal from an outfield surplus. A multiplicity of rumors made it...
• 12/23 Baseball News Source: Rays and Royals Trade Analysis: Kansas City acquired two major league ready players, and Tampa Bay received coveted prospects The Royals think they are a pitching...
• 12/23 Baseball News Source: James Shields, Wade Davis To Royals for Wil Myers and Prospects: The coveted Myers may start in left field for Tampa Bay Tampa Bay has agreed to trade James Shields and Wade Davis to the...
• 12/23 Baseball News Source: Rays Reach Agreement with Roberto Hernandez: One-Year $3.25 Million: Hernandez gets a fresh start in Tampa Bay The Tampa Bay Rays have reached agreement with right-hander Roberto Hernandez. The deal...
• 12/23 Kings of Kauffman: Mike Moustakas Comps: I’m probably in the minority but I would have preferred it had been Mike Moustakas dealt for pitching instead of Wil Myers....
• 12/23 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Rays | Won't rush Wil Myers to majors: Consensus among team sources is that Tampa Bay Rays OF Wil Myers will not be rushed to the major leagues immediately, in part...[+] to delay the start of his service-time clock. 'I've always felt that it should be easier for a young player to make the team season in progress as opposed to out of spring training,' Rays manager Joe Maddon said. 'It's not an easy place to be, because you go from spring training when people are getting ready to the season, when they turn it up a notch.'
• 12/21 Rays Colored Glasses: If The World Was Ending, The Rays Would Have Known: Today is December 21st, 2012. We are still alive. Everyone knows that all the discussion about the Mayan calendar ending today...
• 12/21 Sports Media Watchdog: R.A. Dickey: The Trade, Fans and Media: Now that R.A. Dickey is official going north of the border to Toronto, it’s appropriate to talk about the trade and assess...
• 12/21 Sports Media Watchdog: NY Baseball Talk: Breaking the Norm 12/9/12: I was joined by former Kansas City Royals outfielder and current host on 810 WHB, Les Norman. Les and I discussed the wild spending...
• 12/21 mlbreports.com : The Tampa Bay Rays: The Hitters 1998-2012: Part 2 Of A 5 Part Article Series: twitter-follow screen_name=’mlbreports’ show_screen_name=’no’] Like us on Facebook here Friday, December.21,...
• 12/21 KC Kingdom: More Trade Fallout: Stop Bashing Wil Myers: Blockbuster or blockheaded? Whether you are for or against Dayton Moore’s mega trade with the Rays, hopefully we’ve...
• 12/21 Rays Colored Glasses: Hamilton, Pujols Duo Could Have Been the Devil Rays’: A week ago, the Angels stunned everyone with their blockbuster deal when they signed center fielder Josh Hamilton to a five-year...
• 12/21 The Baseball Haven: Are the Royals Good Enough to “Go for It”?: Kansas City Royals GM Dayton Moore apparently thinks that his team is good enough to win within the next two years. That has to...
• 12/20 Kings of Kauffman: Any Crops Left on the Farm?: I’m going to take one final look at “The Trade” with the Tampa Bay Rays, and any collateral damage on the Royals...
• 12/20 The Baseball Haven: Top 100 MLB Prospects for 2013: Below you’ll find the top 100 prospects in baseball. The top 25 have a short write-up and their career minor league statistics....
• 12/20 PaulLebowitz.com: Dayton Moore—Desperate; Jack Zduriencik—Genius?: Desperation and job security are in the eye of the beholder. Last season Jason Vargas was, in stat guy metrics, more valuable...
• 12/19 Up Along First: Analyzing the R.A. Dickey Trade: The dust has finally settled and the R.A. Dickey saga is over. On Monday night, he signed an extension with the Blue Jays, making...
• 12/19 Seedlings to Stars: Mets Land d’Arnaud, Syndergaard for Dickey: Like all 29 other teams, the New York Mets had numerous holes on the roster to address once the offseason began. Initially the...
• 12/19 Rays Colored Glasses: Would Kendrys Morales Be A Worthwhile Acquisition for the Rays?: Sometimes a sequence of events seems to fall perfectly into place. After the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim signed Josh Hamilton,...
• 12/19 Mets Merized: Thoughts On The R.A. Dickey Blockbuster Trade: The dust has finally settled and the R.A. Dickey saga is over. On Monday night, he signed an extension with the Blue Jays, making...
• 12/18 Baseball News Source: Rays Reach Agreement with Roberto Hernandez: One-Year $3.25 Million: Hernandez gets a fresh start in Tampa Bay The Tampa Bay Rays have reached agreement with right-hander Roberto Hernandez. The deal...
• 12/18 Kings of Kauffman: The Facts About Jeff Francoeur: Even though the Kansas City Royals aren’t in a position to actively tear down or discredit the merits of one of their players...
• 12/18 District On Deck: Another NL East Team Gears Up For The Future: Another big trade involving the Toronto Blue Jays and a National League East team, this time the New York Mets. Now, the trade...
• 12/18 Rays Colored Glasses: Examining the 2012 Charlotte Stone Crabs Part 1: There’s a reason it’s called “High-A.” Once you get there, you’re out of the low minors and potentially...
• 12/17 StanGraphs: Trade: R.A. Dickey Headed to Blue Jays for Travis d’Arnaud and Others: After days of speculation and set-up and the omission of details that still aren’t available to the public, it looks like...
• 12/17 Rays Colored Glasses: After Offseason Moves, Toronto Blue Jays and Tampa Bay Rays Are Trending in Opposite Directions: When the Rays traded James Shields, it was widely viewed as an excellent trade for them based on the four prospects they received:...
• 12/17 Rays Colored Glasses: Rays Notes: Longoria, Girlfriend Expecting, David Price’s Connection to Tennessee Hometown: Why did Evan Longoria sign his 10-year, 136 million dollar extension with the Rays when he was already signed for the next three...
• 12/17 MLBTradeRumors: Week In Review: 12/9/12 - 12/15/12: With yet another crazy week of hot stove madness, let's step away from the action to catch up on the week that was here at MLBTR... For...
• 12/16 Kings of Kauffman: Royals Optimists Club: It feels as if the Royals are done making any big moves for the rest of the offseason. Sure, things could develop out of nowhere...
• 12/16 Rays Colored Glasses: Could Alfonso Soriano Be The Last Piece of the Rays’ 2013 Lineup?: One glaring need remains on the Rays’ roster for 2013: a designated hitter. Nothing is more telling of that than the Rays’ depth...
• 12/14 Kings of Kauffman: The “Process” of moving on: Dear James Shields and Wade Davis, I wish you nothing but the best of luck and I’m happy to read that you’re both happy to...
• 12/14 Rays Colored Glasses: The Angels Signing Josh Hamilton Is The Antithesis of Everything the Rays Believe In: As a Rays fan, it frustrating knowing that so many of the Rays’ best young players are bound to become free agents and sign...
• 12/14 Rays Colored Glasses: Rays Acquire INF Vince Belnome From Padres for LHP Chris Rearick: After the major trade of James Shields and Wade Davis to the Kansas City Royals, the Rays may not be making another blockbuster...
• 12/14 Kings of Kauffman: I’m on board: I know you’re probably tired of reading about the Tampa trade by now…and while I was looking forward to writing about it,...
• 12/14 Motor City Bengals: Around the AL Central: James Shields, Trevor Bauer, Justin Morneau, and What’s Next For The Chicago White Sox?: A lot happened around the American League Central Division this week. The Kansas City Royals consummated the Wil Myers-for-James...
• 12/14 i70baseball.com: I come to praise the Shields-Davis trade, not to bury itThe Royals did what they had to do for a chance to win....
• 12/13 MLBRandomFandom: The Trade That Finally Happened: By Danny MaddenThis week may have been the worst week for baseball to start going crazy with their trades. First, the Royals destroy...
• 12/13 Rays Colored Glasses: Earlier This Offseason, The Idea of the Rays Acquiring The Mets’ R.A. Dickey Might Not Have Been So Crazy: At least for the time being, the situations regarding the two Cy Young winners in baseball are quite different. After David Price...
• 12/13 KC Kingdom: Meet the New Royals: Willy Taveras: On Tuesday the Kansas City Royals signed three veterans to minor league contracts. Joining the organization are OF Willy Taveras,...
• 12/13 Swingin' A's: Billy Beane’s Land of Missed Opportunities: Athletics GM Billy Beane is well known for making tough decisions, trading young players before or in their prime years when their...
• 12/13 Kings of Kauffman: How James Shields Can Change My Mind: I went through all the stages. There was denial (“No way they’d trade six years of Wil Myers for two of James Shields“),...
• 12/12 Kings of Kauffman: James Shields, Wade Davis and 2013 Contention: Now that I’ve had a few days to digest the big trade I think I’m going to stick with my initial reaction. The Royals...
• 12/12 Rays Colored Glasses: Rays Fans’ Reactions To James Shields’ Trade To The Royals: It’s been three days since the blockbuster trade between the Rays and Royals, and fans from both teams have mixed feelings about...
• 12/12 Rays Colored Glasses: Was The Wade Davis Extension A Mistake?: On March 31, 2011, Wade Davis was just about to enter his second full season for the Rays. Fresh off a year when he had produced...
• 12/12 Rays Colored Glasses: Rays Notes: David Price Day, Moving On Without Shields, Dan Wheeler Joins Shields, Davis in KC: Pretty cool to have a city (and a pretty major one at that) name a day after you. After an outstanding 2012 season that culminated...
• 12/12 Mastersball.com: No Pain, No Gain: Negotiations are a tricky thing. If you doubt this, just take a look at Congress. Furthermore, as a Strat-O-Matic owner in the...
• 12/12 Kings of Kauffman: Kansas City Baseball Vault: “The Trade” with Fox Sports KC’s Joel Goldberg: After the blockbuster trade of Wil Myers (plus) for James Shields and Wade Davis, we had to go out and get another opinion on...
• 12/12 Kings of Kauffman: What Does it All Mean?: For the first time that I can remember, the Royals are putting together their best hand and going “All In”.  When...
• 12/12 Rays Colored Glasses: The Turned-Down Trade Offer That Made The Shields to the Royals Trade Happen: We heard for a while that the Kansas City Royals were targeting a topflight pitcher and were willing to trade top outfield prospect...
• 12/12 KC Kingdom: Royals and Rays Trade: The Right Return at the Right Time?: When the news broke late last night about the Royals big trade, I nearly lost my mind. After gathering myself and doing some breathing...
• 12/12 Motor City Bengals: Were the Detroit Tigers Prepared To Ship Out Nick Castellanos For James Shields?: Former New York Mets general manager Jim Duquette just tweeted out an interesting bit of news: I was just told by a top major...
• 12/11 Baseball Press: Hot Stove: James Shields Traded to the Royals: James Shields adds talent and experience to the KC rotation. (US Presswire)Late Sunday night, the Tampa Bay Rays and Kansas...
• 12/11 Baseball Ruminations: Team Building Exercise ’12: It’s been quite a long time since my last post, I know. The past few weeks have been a whirlwind of job applications and disgust...
• 12/11 60ft6in.com: Rays Take Advantage of Suddenly Impatient Royals: Josh Robbins wrote about the recent Royals/Rays trade on Monday, this is my view of the deal…. What’s the rush in...
• 12/11 mlbreports.com : Dissecting The Royals And Rays Trade: Shields And Davis For Wil Myers + Prospects: Tuesday, Dec.11/2012 Chuck Booth (Lead Baseball Writer/Website Owner): We at the MLB Reports have established that we are far...
• 12/11 MLBRandomFandom: Tampa Bay Rays Team Page: TAMPA BAY RAYSMLBDepthCharts Team PagePlayers 1-25 by Number Score1. David Price (9.5)2. Evan Longoria (9)3. Ben Zobrist (8.5)4....
• 12/11 The Baseball Continuum: So about the weekend…: Things we learned over the weekend: The Dodgers have a lot of money You know how I wrote that analogy of how the Yankees are like...
• 12/11 Rays Colored Glasses: The Financial Side Of Trading James Shields And Wade Davis: One of the realities facing the Tampa Bay Rays are their payroll restrictions. As much as the Rays may want to hang on to their...
• 12/11 MLBTradeRumors: Tigers Pursued James Shields: The Tigers seriously pursued James Shields before the Royals acquired him, Jim Duquette of MLB Network Radio and Danny Knobler...
• 12/11 Kings of Kauffman: Inserting Shields’ Numbers into Royals Rotation: I love baseball statistics and statistical analysis. The problem is I’m not very good with numbers. I’m an English teacher...
• 12/11 Kings of Kauffman: Processing The Wil Myers/James Shields Trade: So many reactions. So many opinons. So much chaos. The Royals and Rays put themselves into the spotlight today after their Sunday...
• 12/11 Kings of Kauffman: Jirschele Returns to Omaha for 11th Consecutive Season: With the coaching changes at the big league level for the Kansas City Royals, you had to expect those changes to have a trickle...
• 12/11 District On Deck: Why Results Shouldn’t Matter In Hot Stove Season: The baseball world was really, really, really hit by Hurricane Rays-Royals to the extent that nobody could really go on social...
• 12/11 PaulLebowitz.com: The Rays-Royals Trade Part II—The Responses: When someone has a following—justified or not—they can pretty much do or say anything and that base is going to agree with...
• 12/11 MLB Dirt: Sandy Alderson Forgetting an Important Factor: With catcher and pitchers two months away from reporting to Spring Training, Mets GM, Sandy Alderson, is forgetting an important...
• 12/11 MLBTradeRumors: Olney On Davis, Myers, Pierzynski, Hanrahan: Wade Davis told ESPN.com’s Buster Olney that he’s excited to join the Royals, since he’ll be asked to start in Kansas City....
• 12/11 Baseballhotcorner.com: Fan Fuel: Greinke signs, Rays trade Shields: BY CLAYTON RICHER – FAN FUEL BLOGGER It was a weekend ruled by the pitcher. Names like Zack Greinke, James Shields, Wade...
• 12/11 i70baseball.com: Royals Fans Need To Embrace A Chance: We have all been embarrassed by our own family. Whether it’s an overzealous parent, a misbehaving kid, a drunken uncle, or a...
• 12/11 Blog Red Machine: Reds Trade Rumors: Still Looking at Lead-off: Yes, Ryan Ludwick is in the fold for at least another two years. Can we please see what’s behind curtain #2? Or did we initially...
• 12/11 Rising Apple: Rangers-Mets Trade Looking Unlikely: There wasn’t much news to report about the Mets yesterday, other than the fact that Ike Davis and R.A. Dickey will be elves...
• 12/11 Seedlings to Stars: Royals Deal Myers and More to Tampa Bay for Shields: The Kansas City Royals and Tampa Bay Rays have agreed to what amounts to be a seven player trade, according to Ken Rosenthal of...
• 12/10 Fantasy Baseball Crackerjacks: Royals-Rays Trade: Fantasy Baseball Value of All Players Involved: Two small market clubs made a big hot stove splash when the Royals acquired James Shields from the Rays. Wade Davis will More......
• 12/10 Behind the Plate: Behind the Trade: Rays Receive King's RansomWil Myers is part o [...] ...
• 12/10 Rays Colored Glasses: Blockbuster Trade A Win For Both Rays And Royals: It was almost a given that the Tampa Bay Rays would trade some of their rotation depth at some point during the offseason. The...
• 12/10 Lasorda's Lair: Dodgers Revamp Rotation Over Weekend: The Dodgers are doing some high end holiday shopping this offseason. After spending $183 million between Zack Greinke‘s...
• 12/10 Baseball News Source: Rays and Royals Trade Analysis: Kansas City acquired two major league ready players, and Tampa Bay received coveted prospects The Royals think they are a pitching...
• 12/10 KC Kingdom: Dayton Flushes Future: Trades Myers, Odorizzi and More: Were you looking forward to seeing Wil Myers at Kauffman Stadium in a Royals uniform? Well you’re now out of luck as Dayton...
• 12/10 MLBRandomFandom: Royals-Rays Trade Analysis: By Nick CesareYesterday I worked all day, got home in time to watch the 2nd half of the Giants win, caught a good portion of the...
• 12/10 MLBRandomFandom: Top 10 Impact Prospects for 2013: By Brian CarrOne of my mottos is that it is never too soon to start thinking about the upcoming baseball season. In fact, there...
• 12/10 i70baseball.com: Everyone Calm Down – Royals Trade Reaction: The Kansas City Royals traded away two high level prospects last night, bringing home a legitimate ace and another strong pitcher....
• 12/10 Motor City Bengals: The Kansas City Royals Are Not Yet Contenders In the American League Central: Late Sunday night, after word broke of the major trade that sent James Shields and Wade Davis from Tampa Bay to Kansas City in...
• 12/10 Motor City Bengals: Offseason Central: James Shields to Kansas City: The button finally got pushed on the long-rumored James Shields for Wil Myers trade. Wil Myers will be going to Tampa Bay, James...
• 12/10 T Van Poppel RC Ret Plan: Royals Offered Myers for Anderson: Jeff Passan of Yahoo! Sports tweeted that before settling on their big deal to acquire James Shields and Wade Davis from Tampa...
• 12/10 Baseball Jerks: Royals Finally Trade Wil Myers, Sacrifice Future to Break .500: I want to root for the Kansas City Royals. Really, I want to. As someone who writes about prospects for a living, I like when...
• 12/10 Rays Colored Glasses: Trading Shields to Royals A Significant Short-Term Risk for the Rays But A Steal of A Trade for the Future: The Rays pulled off a franchise-defining trade on Sunday night, trading away James Shields and Wade Davis to the Kansas City Royals...
• 12/10 El Maquino: WHY THE ROYALS DID WHAT THEY DID: I usually reserve this site for Cardinals stuff, but since I’m from Kansas City and the Royals are my unwanted stepchild,...
• 12/10 Baseball Big Bro. Proj.: Royals Pull Trigger for Shields: Normal 0 MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 st1:*{behavior:url(#ieooui) } /*...
• 12/10 PaulLebowitz.com: The Rays-Royals Trade Part I—The Truth: The Rays traded RHP James Shields, RHP Wade Davis and a player to be named later to the Royals for OF Wil Myers, RHP Jake Odorizzi,...
• 12/10 Splash Hit Blog: Outside Perspective to the Sunday Night MegaDeal: For people that didn’t have much to do last night, General Managers Andrew Friedman and Dayton Moore gave the baseball folk...
• 12/10 Rays Colored Glasses: Rays Notes: David Price, Rays Stunned After What Andrew Friedman Called “Most Difficult Trade to Date”: It’s almost incomprehensible to imagine the Rays without James Shields. Shields has been a dependable starter for the Rays...
• 12/10 MLB Dirt: Rays Rob the Royals in Blockbuster Trade: The Tampa Bay Rays have traded James Shields and Wade Davis to the Kansas City Royals in exchange for the bat they have been...
• 12/10 MLBTradeRumors: Poll: The Rays-Royals Trade: The Rays and Royals made a major trade last night, and in the 12 hours or so since the teams announced the deal, many executives,...
• 12/10 Bleeding Yankee Blue: KANSAS CITY ROYALS TRADE FOR SHIELDS IS "BIG": The Royals have wanted and needed pitching for a while now and finally, they got some.  The Tampa Bay Rays have traded...
• 12/10 Nolan Writin': James Shields has been Traded to KC for Wil Myers and More: James Shields has been traded, along with right-hander Wade Miller, to the Kansas City Royals for top OF prospect Wil Myers, RHP...
• 12/10 MLBTradeRumors: Reaction To Rays-Royals Trade: The Royals continued adding to their rotation last night, acquiring James Shields and Wade Davis from the Rays. It cost them...
• 12/10 Rays Colored Glasses: The Blockbuster Deal We’ve All Been Waiting for Has Happened: Pretty easy to guess what RCG and every Rays website on the planet is going to be talking about today. The Rays have traded their...
• 12/10 Rays Colored Glasses: The Dodgers’ Zack Greinke Signing Expedites James Shields’ Trade Market- And Turns It Into Complete Chaos: The Los Angeles Dodgers were the favorites to land Zack Greinke since the start of his free agency. There were some speed bumps...
• 12/10 Baseball Musings: Royals-Rays Blockbuster: The Rays send James Shields and Wade Davis to the Royals for four prospects, including Wil Myers. “We have to start winning...
• 12/10 MLB Injury News: Rays Trade James Shields, Wade Davis to Royals in Multi-Player Deal: The blockbuster of the winter offseason happened late last night.  The deal has been in the works since the Winter Meetings,...
• 12/10 Fire Brand of the American League: Monday’s Links – Rejected Contracts and Gamebreaker Trades: I feel like saying “Happy Monday!” would be an oxymoron of sorts, so instead: Happy Winter Meetings Hangover Day!...
• 12/10 Call to the Pen: Royals Trade Myers, Odorizzi for James Shields: The Kansas City Royals are the only American League club in the past six years to fail to have at least one winning season. In...
• 12/10 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Royals | James Shields acquired: The Kansas City Royals acquired SP James Shields and P Wade Davis from the Tampa Bay Rays Sunday, Dec. 9, for minor-league prospect...[+] OF Wil Myers, minor-league 3B Patrick Leonard and minor-league Ps Jake Odorizzi and Mike Montgomery.
• 12/10 Baseball News Source: James Shields, Wade Davis To Royals for Wil Myers and Prospects: The coveted Myers will start in left field for Tampa Bay Tampa Bay has agreed to trade James Shields and Wade Davis to the...
• 12/10 StanGraphs: Trade: Rays Trade James Shields to Royals for Wil Myers and Others: With Zack Greinke off the free agent board, James Shields instantly became a sought-after target for a number of teams. In the...
• 12/10 Baseballhotcorner.com: Royals and Rays Complete Blockbuster: The Tampa Bay Rays traded from a position of strength dealing pitchers James Shields and Wade Davis to the pitching starved Kansas...
• 12/10 Kings of Kauffman: Royals Trade Wil Myers, Jake Odorizzi, Mike Montgomery to Tampa for James Shields, Wade Davis: A tweet by Ken Rosenthal confirming a previous report by Marc Topkin of the Tampa Bay Times indicates that the Royals and Rays...
• 12/9 MetsToday.com: Rays Trade James Shields for Wil Myers: Jon Heyman just tweeted that the Tampa Bay Rays have traded “Big Game” James Shields and Wade Davis to the Royals...
• 12/9 MLBTradeRumors: Royals To Acquire James Shields, Wade Davis: The Royals have bolstered their starting rotation for 2013 thanks to the addition of two quality pitchers. Kansas City has agreed...
• 12/9 Kings of Kauffman: (Usable) Pitching’s Getting Thin: It has begun. Zack Greinke, the lovable eccentric and part-time pitcher*, has signed his gazillion dollar deal and set the market...
• 12/9 Rays Colored Glasses: Don’t Underestimate James Shields: James Shields does not fit the mold for your typical frontline starter. His fastball touches the mid-90′s, but he does not...
• 12/8 Rays Colored Glasses: Why Do the Rays Want More Than Wil Myers From the Royals for James Shields?: We’ve talked way too much about a trade between the Rays and Royals involving James Shields and Wil Myers here at RCG. In...
• 12/7 Kings of Kauffman: Royals Are Finalists For Ryan Dempster: That the Royals have contacted Ryan Dempster should be of no surprise. They’ve contacted every starting pitcher available...
• 12/7 KC Kingdom: Reality Check: James Shields Is Not An Ace: Will they or won’t they? The James Shields for Wil Myers trade rumors just won’t go away and I for one am getting...
• 12/7 KC Kingdom: Butler Rumors at Winter Meetings “Significantly Overblown”: With the Winter Meetings underway in Nashville this week, baseball’s hot stove is burning white hot. The Royals have been...
• 12/7 Motor City Bengals: The Kansas City Royals are Terrifying: One of the things I disliked the most about not having my laptop for several days was trying to follow Hot Stove news. I generally...
• 12/7 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Royals | High on Jorge Bonifacio: The Kansas City Royals are high on OF Jorge Bonifacio, which is one reason they're willing to trade OF Wil Myers. He's at least...[+] two years away, though.
• 12/7 Kings of Kauffman: Kansas City Baseball Vault: Jason Parks of Baseball Prospectus on the Royals: Jason Parks of Baseball Prospectus recently released his top ten prospects report for the Royals minor league system and was...
• 12/7 Mike Scioscia's Tragic Illness: Pondering a Potential Post-Greinke Existence: For months, we’ve assumed that the Dodgers were going to sign Zack Greinke; at times, it was more of a “when”...
• 12/7 MLBTradeRumors: Winter Meetings In Review: American League: We covered the National League earlier, now it's time to go over the American League's activity at the winter meetings.. Angels: The...
• 12/7 Southside Showdown: AL Central Winter Meetings Roundup: As the Winter Meetings Draw to a close here it might be a good idea to see what the competition has spent the week accomplishing,...
• 12/6 Rising Apple: Glory Days: Bret Saberhagen: While nothing materialized for the Mets over the Winter Meetings, one of the teams constantly linked to a potential trade for...
• 12/6 Call to the Pen: Kansas City Royals balk on James Shields, Anibal Sanchez: The Kansas City Royals are in the market for a starting pitcher, and they have been taking close looks at signing Anibal Sanchez...
• 12/6 Kings of Kauffman: The Royals and the Rule 5 Draft: It was been a relatively quiet Winter Meetings this year, especially for the Kansas City Royals. There were a few rumors regarding...
• 12/6 Kings of Kauffman: To trade, or not to trade, that is the question: The winter meetings have been, for the Royals at least, a whole lot of speculation without much activity. It’s like lighting...
• 12/6 Rays Colored Glasses: Rays Notes: Dan Johnson Could Return, Rays Just Miss on Schierholtz, Rays-Royals Trade Coming Together?: Rays fans will never forget the contributions that Dan Johnson gave to the Rays in 2010 and 2011, most notably his legendary home...
• 12/6 Rising Apple: 2012 Winter Meetings: Mets Enter Final Day in Nashville: 7:16 AM: Andy Martino reports the Mets are sitting on one “acceptable” offer for R.A. Dickey, but Alderson’s...
• 12/6 Baseball News Source: 2012 MLB Winter Meetings – Day Three Recap: Josh Hamilton still looking for a new home Day Three at the 2012 Winter Meetings brought a flurry of free-agent signings, missed...
• 12/6 Call to the Pen: Royals Targeting Anibal Sanchez: The Kansas City Royals have been one of the more talked-about teams leading up to this year’s Winter Meetings. Rumored to...
• 12/6 Kings of Kauffman: Wil Myers for James Shields Rumor Gains Steam: The rumor that started before the Winter Meetings gained some steam on Wednesday night when Ken Rosenthal sent out this tweet:...
• 12/5 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Royals | Deciding on Wil Myers: The Kansas City Royals may be at critical stage in their decision whether to trade OF Wil Myers for a starting pitcher such as...[+] Tampa Bay Rays SP James Shields, according to sources.
• 12/5 MLBTradeRumors: Latest On The Royals: We heard today that the Royals had Ryan Dempster reject a two-year, $26MM offer, and they're in on Shaun Marcum and Derek Holland,...
• 12/5 Kings of Kauffman: Winter Meetings Day 2 Wrap Up: Royals Still Lurking and Someone’s Interested in Jeff Francoeur: Day two of the Winter Meetings wrapped up with still little movement overall. A few players signed deals but the marquee names...
• 12/5 MLBTradeRumors: Winter Meetings Review: Day 2: The second day of the Winter Meetings brought more high profile action than the first (which I recapped here yesterday morning...
• 12/5 North and South of Royal Brougham: Mariners Walk From Hotel Room to Hotel Room looking for Action: I’ve never been to a winter meeting. In fact, I’ve never even really been to a trade show. I’ve been to shows...
• 12/4 Rising Apple: 2012 Winter Meetings: Mets Rumor Central: 3:06 PM: Brian Costa of the Wall Street Journal tweeted that Dickey’s agent, Bo McKinnis, said the two sides are still negotiating...
• 12/4 Rising Apple: 2012 Winter Meetings: Mets Rumor Central (Con’t): 7:41 PM: Sources point to the Dodgers being close to landing free agent pitcher Zack Grienke, as they’re shopping Aaron...
• 12/4 Blogging Mets: R.A. Dickey Update: Royals Out, Dodgers In?: Courtesy of Mets Blog, an update Tuesday evening on the trade talks surrounding R.A. Dickey — it appears the Royals may...
• 12/4 Blogging Mets: Mets Asking Price for R.A. Dickey “Sky High”: Reports out of the Winter Meetings in Nashville are that the Mets asking price for R.A. Dickey is “sky high.” Good!...
• 12/4 Kings of Kauffman: Royals Winter Meetings: Early Day 2 – Mostly Quiet on the Nashville Front: Day two of the Winter Meetings hasn’t been very wild, but there have been a few developments and details that clear up the...
• 12/4 MLBTradeRumors: Billy Butler Rumors: Tuesday: Yesterday there was quite a bit of speculation regarding interest from both the Orioles and Mariners in Billy Butler. We'll keep...
• 12/4 Baseball News Source: Mets Demands for R.A. Dickey Not Reality: Dickey has become THE topic of discussion at the winter meetings According to sources the New York Mets have talked to at least...
• 12/4 Call to the Pen: New York Mets interested in John Lannan: Joel Sherman of the New York Post  is reporting that the New York Mets have shown interest in former Washington Nationals starting...
• 12/4 Call to the Pen: New York Mets Want Wil Myers: The New York Mets are pressing onward in their quest to get the best haul possible for starting pitcher R.A. Dickey, and their...
• 12/4 Seedlings to Stars: Topps Triple-A All Stars Loaded with Talent: Each fall an all star roster of the top players from each level of the minor leagues is named, something done in conjunction between...
• 12/4 Kings of Kauffman: The Monday Rant: Addressing The Rumors: Rumors. That’s what they all are, maybe. Rumors are fun; rumors are exciting. Rumors are an enjoyable fantasy that allows...
• 12/4 Motor City Bengals: Detroit Tigers Ridiculous Trade Target: Jeff Francoeur: Now, now, hear me out. He was indeed one of the worst players in the majors last year – and his career as a whole isn’t...
• 12/3 Baseball Jerks: 5 Rumors That Won’t Come True During the Winter Meetings: The Winter Meetings, once a collection of business men meeting to discuss business transactions, have spawned into a free-for-all...
• 12/3 Call to the Pen: Mets Could Trade R.A. Dickey This Week: The New York Mets have been alternately fielding offers for and having extension talks with starting pitcher R.A. Dickey going...
• 12/3 Kings of Kauffman: Winter Meetings Day 1: Early Royals Rumors on R.A. Dickey, Anibal Sanchez, Others: Day one of the MLB Winter Meetings is underway in Nashville, Tennessee today and with dozens of baseball writers confined to one...
• 12/3 Rising Apple: Significant Interest in Mike Pelfrey; David Wright to Get Physical Today: Happy Winter Meetings Monday, everyone! We here at Rising Apple will be doing our best to bring you every rumor that concerns...
• 12/3 Rising Apple: Mets News & Rumors From the Winter Meetings:   10:28 AM: Jon Heyman tweets that the Rangers’ one year deal with catcher Geovany Soto is for roughly $3 million. ...
• 12/3 MLBTradeRumors: Morning Rumors: Otani, Braves, Wang, Indians: The most fun week of baseball's offseason is here, as 2012's Winter Meetings get underway in Nashville. With a ton of activity...
• 12/2 Kings of Kauffman: Kansas City Baseball Vault: Winter Meeting Thoughts and J.J. Cooper of Baseball America Talks Prospects: We covered all of the moves the Royals made to clean up their 40 man roster and the arbitration offers they made to their eligible...
• 12/2 Royally Speaking: A New Beginning: I never made an official announcement but at the beginning of October I began doing my primary writing at Kings of Kauffman. I...
• 12/1 Kings of Kauffman: Royals Rumors in Advance of Winter Meetings: From Monday through Thursday, December 3-6, baseball owners, executives, agents and writers will converge on Nashville for the...
• 12/1 MLBTradeRumors: Red Sox Notes: Lavarnway, Padilla, Lester, Cherington: The Red Sox’s signing of free agent catcher David Ross has fueled speculation that they will move either Ryan Lavarnway or...

• 11/30 SoDo Mojo: Trade Targets and Their Prices: Yep, another trade idea thread. I have said I wouldn’t do anymore, but who am I kidding. That would be impossible. Until...
• 11/30 MLBTradeRumors: Baseball Blogs Weigh In: Longoria, Upton, Span: On this date in 2007, the Rays officially signed Troy Percival to a two-year contract worth $8MM. The veteran right-hander pitched...
• 11/30 Kings of Kauffman: A Look Back at the Royals Top 31 Prospects: #3 Wil Myers: After a disappointing 2011 season (though he rebounded in the Arizona Fall League), Baseball America ranked outfielder Wil Myers...
• 11/30 i70baseball.com: Wil the Royals trade Myers away for starting pitching?Excuse the pun, but is trading away Wil Myers a good idea?...
• 11/30 Kings of Kauffman: Operation Offseason Improvement: Pitching Trade Partners Part Three: So far this week we’ve looked at the Seattle Mariners and Atlanta Braves organizations pitching. In the final installment of...
• 11/30 Rising Apple: Royals Inquired About R.A. Dickey; Nationals Acquire Denard Span: Royals GM Dayton Moore is determined to improve Kansas City’s starting rotation for 2013; he’s already added Ervin...
• 11/30 Kings of Kauffman: Wrapping up the Royals AFL Performances: The Arizona Fall League wrapped up with the Championship Game on November 17th and I thought it was time to do a complete review...
• 11/29 Seedlings to Stars: Undervaluing Wil Myers: Rumblings and rumors have run rampant (try saying that six times fast) over the past few weeks regarding the Kansas City Royals’...
• 11/29 BoSox Banter: Trading Jon Lester would be a mistake by the Red Sox: By Jeff Louderback If Kansas City general manager gave the go-ahead on his end, would the Red Sox complete a trade that would...
• 11/29 Call to the Pen: Whose Stove is the Hottest Stove?: Each team has a stove, you see, and each team likes their stove to be hot. Hot stoves are better than cold stoves. Hot stoves...
• 11/29 Baseball Jerks: Future Jerks: Wil Myers a Future Red Sox?: That sound you hear is the Hot Stove beginning to whistle, and if the heavily rumored trade between the Boston Red Sox and Kansas...
• 11/29 StanGraphs: How Much Will the New Royals’ Ace Cost?: It’s probably a sin to talk about the Cardinals’ cross-state rival here, but the Kansas City Royals, willingly or...
• 11/29 MLBTradeRumors: Royals, Mets Discussed R.A. Dickey: The Royals have talked to the Mets about R.A. Dickey as they continue to search for a top-of-the-rotation starter, Jon Heyman...
• 11/29 Kings of Kauffman: All I Want for Christmas…: I have two items, not really items I guess…but wishes, on my Christmas list this year. The first is for David Glass to stop...
• 11/28 Release Points: 2013 Kansas City Royals Top Prospects: System Overview: The farm system, which graduated the likes of Alex Gordon, Eric Hosmer, Mike Moustakas, Billy Butler and Aaron...
• 11/28 Rays Colored Glasses: How Hard Should the Rays Pursue a Trade For The Royals’ Wil Myers?: The number one prospect in all of baseball is on the market- but it’s going to awfully hard to get him. Frantically searching...
• 11/28 Rays Colored Glasses: Rays Notes: Rays “Aggressive” on Keppinger, Have Edge Over Red Sox for Wil Myers?: This entire offseason, it has seemed like the Rays would let Jeff Keppinger leave as a free agent. But in wake of Keppinger’s...
• 11/28 YankeeAnalysts.com: Wil Myers Could Be Heading To The AL East: We’ve already witnessed the Blue Jays go from an average team to a playoff contender in the matter of one day, and now we’re...
• 11/28 MLBTradeRumors: Quick Hits: Liriano, Napoli, Wright, Royals: The Twins have had conversations with Francisco Liriano's representatives, a source with knowledge of the talks tells LaVelle...
• 11/27 BoSox Injection: Red Sox, Royals Discussing Lester For Myers Trade: After a relatively slow start to the 2012-2013 offseason for the Red Sox (and every other team except the Blue Jays), they may...
• 11/27 i70baseball.com: Why I’m thankful I’m a Royals fanThis Thanksgiving, there's many things to be thankful for, including being the fan of a up and coming baseball team....
• 11/27 MLBTradeRumors: Red Sox Notes: Jon Lester, Andrew Bailey: The Red Sox and Royals have had some discussions about a trade centered around Jon Lester and Wil Myers, and that's not the...
• 11/24 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Royals | Wil Myers not off limits: The Kansas City Royals are willing to part with OF Wil Myers, the top hitting prospect in the minor leagues and consensus 2012...[+] minor league player of the year, if it brings a bonafide top-of-the-rotation starting pitcher to the club.
• 11/15 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Rays | Covet Wil MyersThe Tampa Bay Rays covet Kansas City Royals OF Wil Myers, according to two rival officials....[+] The Tampa Bay Rays covet Kansas City Royals OF Wil Myers, according to two rival officials.

• 10/20 Seedlings to Stars: 2012 MiLB HR Leaders: Ruf and Myers Lead the Pack: The 2012 season is in the books, the statistical leaders are set in stone and it’s all now a part of baseball history. With...
• 10/10 MLBTradeRumors: Offseason Outlook: Kansas City Royals: The Royals will pursue pitching in the hopes that a deeper starting staff will result in the club's first winning record in a...
• 10/10 Seedlings to Stars: Reviewing Our 2012 Top-100: #11-20 (Erlin to Hutchison): Today we’re back with a look at the next group of ten from Nathaniel’s 2012 S2S Top-100 list. If you’d like to check out...
• 10/5 Kings of Kauffman: The Fall Guy: I understand why Kevin Seitzer will no longer be the team’s hitting coach, and really, I’m okay with it. He was unable...
• 10/3 Kings of Kauffman: Realistically, When Will The Royals Be Competitive?: The word “Competitive” is a perfect example of how words and events can have different meanings to different people.  A miserable...
• 10/2 Through The Fence Baseball: These top prospects could be grabbing headlines in 2013: Mike Trout, Bryce Harper, Yu Darvish and Yoenis Cespedes sure gave us a serious look at the next generation of ballplayers this...
• 10/1 i70baseball.com: At least we aren’t Pirates fans…right?: The Pittsburgh Pirates today clinched their 20th consecutive losing season, a mark that surpasses even the futility of our Kansas...

• 9/30 Kings of Kauffman: Beyond Starting Pitching: We’ve heard it on repeat since before the 2012 season started, and we’ll continually hear it all offseason. The Royals need...
• 9/26 Kings of Kauffman: If You’re a Royals Fan in September, Raise Your Hand: Every time I walk down a grocery store aisle wearing my Royals cap, every time I show up at the gym with my powder blue t-shirt,...
• 9/25 i70baseball.com: 2013?A young man's look at the Royals through advanced statistics....
• 9/24 Crashburn Alley: Obscure Former Phillies Hour, Vol. 1: David Dellucci: I had a little compulsive fit on Twitter over the weekend in which I went to Jeromy Burnitz‘s Baseball Reference page and...
• 9/24 Kings of Kauffman: How Much Time is Too Much Time When You’re Serving Time in the Minors?: Does anyone else feel like it takes forever for a player to get through the Royals’ minor league system? I call it a “feeling”...
• 9/21 Baseball News Source: Could Rays Shop David Price this Off-Season ?: Tampa Bay needs more offense to compete in the AL East Considering they have the best staff ERA in the American League (and second...
• 9/21 Diamond Ring: Fourth Outfielders: Every team needs one. Some teams need a fourth and a fifth outfielder. These guys are usually pretty good defenders that can play...
• 9/21 Diamond Ring: The Strange Case of the 2012 Royals: Some variation of the famous Robert Louis Stevenson novella title has been used in regard to every sport, player, and sporting...
• 9/21 Diamond Ring: The Return of Frenchy: Jeff Francoeur made his way back into the lineup this month after being benched for five games to work on his swing. According...
• 9/21 Diamond Ring: Defensive Players, Defensive Fans and Reactionary Demands: People are shredding Ned Yost for continuing to start Jeff Francoeur and Yuniesky Betancourt. Starting Betancourt is unforgivable...
• 9/21 Diamond Ring: Possible Pitchers and Scouting Reports: After the first outing for Jeremy Guthrie at Kauffman Stadium, he showed glimpses of several favorable attributes in an overall...
• 9/21 MLBTradeRumors: Olney On Price, Andrus, Leyland: Some talent evaluators believe Rays left-hander David Price could be traded this winter, ESPN.com’s Buster Olney reports. Here’s...
• 9/20 Diamond Ring: Fourth Outfielders: Every team needs one. Some teams need a fourth and a fifth outfielder. These guys are usually pretty good defenders that can play...
• 9/20 Kings of Kauffman: Leading off for your Kansas City Royals: Lineups are a tricky topic, especially on a team like the Royals, with so many developing hitters. One thing we know for certain...
• 9/19 Kings of Kauffman: The Best Player in the Minors VS the Worst Player in the Majors: Several years ago I played on a “D” league softball team sponsored by my employer.  It was supposed to be a non-competitive...
• 9/17 District On Deck: Baseball America Names Three Nationals to Minor League All Star Teams: With the minor league seasons now complete, Baseball America announced their year-end Classification All Star rosters this past...
• 9/16 Kings of Kauffman: The Future’s so Bright I Gotta Wear Shades: A few days ago, I spoke to the class I teach about this very lyric: “The future’s so bright I gotta wear shades.” I used...
• 9/16 Kings of Kauffman: Jake Odorizzi, Others Called Up From Omaha: After a disappointing loss in the Pacific Coast League Championship last night, the Royals wasted no time, calling up pitchers...
• 9/16 mlbreports.com : Wil Myers and Billy Hamilton Are MLB Ready Prospects: The 2013 AL and NL ROY?: Sunday September 16th, 2012 Sam Evans:  The consensus around baseball is that Billy Hamilton and Wil Myers are two of the top...
• 9/16 Kings of Kauffman: Reno Eliminates Omaha, Wins PCL Title: Omaha lost to Reno, 8-2 and watched the Aces celebrate the Pacific Coast League title at Werner Park. In the Game 4 loss, just...
• 9/14 Kings of Kauffman: Lorenzo Cain’s Diagnosis: Hamstring Strain: Last night, Lorenzo Cain dove for a ball in the bottom of the tenth inning and stayed down after the play, then left the game....
• 9/14 Crashburn Alley: Crash Bag, Vol. 19: How to Name Your Keg: It’s getting cold again, which excites me to no end. I love the change in weather, as would anyone who sweats as much as...
• 9/13 Kings of Kauffman: Who is Lorenzo Cain?: With the Royals out of the race (as usual), one player who has held my attention this September with some exciting play has been...
• 9/12 Full Spectrum Baseball: Down On The Farm: Fun With Major League Equivalencies: A look at Major League Equivalents, a translation of what a player with numbers A-B-C at level XYZ would have looked like at the...
• 9/10 Baseball News Source: Darin “Babe” Ruf called up to Phillies: Phillies plan to look at Darin Ruf in left field At Double-A Reading (Pa.), he was recognized by t-shirts sold in the gift shop...
• 9/10 Bus League Baseball: Bus Leagues Express: September 10: Top stories Omaha avoids second straight collapse to win series: The day after blowing a huge lead to Albuquerque, Omaha was in...
• 9/9 Kings of Kauffman: Omaha Headed Back to PCL Finals: After being shocked on Saturday night by Albuquerque’s nine run late comeback, Omaha made sure to make their runs count...
• 9/9 Kings of Kauffman: Kansas City Baseball Vault: Playing the Roster Game: In the latest episode of the Kansas City Baseball Vault, we tried to settle on the value of Jeremy Guthrie, the fate of Luke Hochevar...
• 9/7 Kings of Kauffman: MLB.com Names Four Royals Prospects to Postseason Top 100 List: Before 2011, everyone under the sun called the Royals system the Best Ever, including landing nine players on Baseball America’s...
• 9/6 Diamond Ring: The Strange Case of the 2012 Royals: Some variation of the famous Robert Louis Stevenson novella title has been used in regard to every sport, player, and sporting...
• 9/6 i70baseball.com: The Royals won’t make the playoffs, but three of their Minor League affiliates haveThe Major League Royals are heading towards a losing season, but three of their Minor League affiliates are in the playoffs....
• 9/6 Kings of Kauffman: What Might Have Been: Wil Myers is everywhere these days. Minor League Player of the Year over at Baseball America. Nice interview at Fangraphs. He...
• 9/6 Kings of Kauffman: Omaha Wins, Wilmington Loses First Game of Playoffs: Omaha took Game 1 of their Pacific Coast League divisional series over Albuquerque, 8-4. A three-run homerun by Wil Myers in the...
• 9/6 MLBTradeRumors: Quick Hits: Myers, Red Sox, Strasburg: Early September is always a good time to be a minor league player on the 40-man roster of an MLB team. So far today 21 players...
• 9/5 Kings of Kauffman: Salvador Perez Says “Go Ahead, Make My Day”: On July 4, 2011, I had just finished a relaxing weekend in Branson, MO and then drove to Springdale, AR to watch the Naturals...
• 9/4 Kings of Kauffman: Wil Myers Had a Good Day: It started this morning when Baseball America announced that Omaha Storm Chasers outfielder Wil Myers had been named their Minor...
• 9/4 The Baseball Haven: 2013 MLB Top 50 Prospects: Below you’ll find the top 50 prospects for 2013. Some players may make a big impact (Machado, Profar, Olt) and lose rookie...
• 9/4 mlbreports.com : September MLB Call-Ups: The Fantasy Low-Down: Tuesday, September 4th, 2012 Peter Stein (Fantasy Baseball Analyst):  In what many have dubbed the “Year of the Rookie”,...
• 9/4 Kings of Kauffman: More Mixed Signals, More Awkward Logic: For the third straight game Monday, David Lough started in right field and batted leadoff. Lough, a 26-year-old whose minor league...
• 9/4 MLBTradeRumors: Quick Hits: Myers, Red Sox, Strasburg: Early September is always a good time to be a minor league player on the 40-man roster of an MLB team. So far today 21 players...
• 9/4 i70baseball.com: Is this progress?: Barring a complete collapse, it looks as though the Kansas City Royals will not finish in fourth or fifth place for the first...
• 9/4 MLB Dirt: September Call-Ups to Help Your Fantasy Team Down the Stretch: September is here and that means roster expansions. In many deep fantasy leagues, September means a chance to find some new players...
• 9/4 MLB Dirt: The Sounds Of Silence: All the context you need to know is that culture is highly correlated to the pulse of the baseball environment. Baseball is but...
• 9/4 Bus League Baseball: Bus Leagues Express: September 4: Top stories Twins win Appy League in an instant classic: The Twins and Royals were the two best teams the Appalachian League had...
• 9/3 Kings of Kauffman: Royals September 3rd Minors Recap: The KC Royals minor league regular season ended on a sour note on Labor Day. None of their four full-season affiliates were victorious....
• 9/3 Kings of Kauffman: Welcome to the Bigs, David Lough: Over the last two years, the Royals have graduated so many players to the big leagues, you’d think it’d be old hat...
• 9/3 Kings of Kauffman: Royals September 2nd Minors Recap: Omaha lost to Albuquerque, 6-5. A five-run top of the 6th inning wasn’t enough for the Storm Chasers. The Isotopes clinched...
• 9/2 Kings of Kauffman: Royals September 1st Minors Recap: A seven-run 5th inning propelled Omaha to the wild win over Albuquerque, 14-10. The Storm Chasers pounded out 21 hits. Seven Storm...
• 9/1 Kings of Kauffman: Royals Hand Out Minor League Awards: The Royals went through all of their minor league affiliates and dished out awards to recognize the player and pitcher of the...
• 9/1 Kings of Kauffman: Royals August 31st Minors Recap: The month of August ended on a high-note for some of the KC Royals minor league affiliates. The month didn’t end so well...

• 8/31 Kings of Kauffman: AAA Solution to All of Our Problems: I’ve got an idea for the Kansas City Royals. I know…we’re on the verge of being a competitive baseball team...
• 8/30 Kings of Kauffman: Royals August 30th Minors Recap: A seven-run first inning for Memphis put away Omaha, 12-4. It was an ugly game from the beginning, as the Redbirds pounded out...
• 8/29 Kings of Kauffman: Royals Announce Arizona Fall League Assignments: Mark October 9 down on your calendar if you’re the type to follow minor league players after the minor league season. That’s...
• 8/29 Full Spectrum Baseball: Down On The Farm: Kansas City Royals: Wil Myers is one of the most exciting hitting prospects in all of baseball, but is he enough for the Royals' system to overcome...
• 8/28 Kings of Kauffman: Stuck in August: Late August is the hardest time to be a Royals fan. They’re out of any type of race other than a race for top draft picks in...
• 8/28 Kings of Kauffman: Royals August 27th Minors Recap: Omaha scored five runs in the top of the first inning and held on for the 11-7 victory over Memphis. It got dicey in the bottom...
• 8/25 mlbreports.com : Top 5 Center Field Prospects in Baseball: Saturday August 25th, 2012 Codey Harrison: (Lead MiLB Prospect Analyst) - Today represents the final installment of the three-part series...
• 8/24 Kings of Kauffman: What Are the Royals Doing With Wil Myers?: Earlier tonight Royals prospect Wil Myers hit his 35th homer in 2012, with 22 of those coming for Triple A Omaha. Over the last...
• 8/24 Kings of Kauffman: Royals August 23rd Minors Recap: Omaha busted out in a big way on Thursday night, as they beat New Orleans, 11-1. The Storm Chasers offense picked up 11 hits and...
• 8/23 MLBTradeRumors: AL Central Notes: Acta, Myers, Francoeur: Bob Feller made his first Major League start on this day in 1936 and immediately set the tone for his Hall of Fame career.  Feller...
• 8/22 Call to the Pen: Nick Swisher Wants “Jayson Werth Money”: New York Yankees outfielder Nick Swisher is enjoying an outstanding season in 2012, and according to a nugget on SI’s Truth...
• 8/22 Kings of Kauffman: Eric Hosmer and the Lost Season: Quick – I say “Alex Gordon,” what is the first image that comes to mind?  Gordon’s face-plant early in the season as...
• 8/22 Baseball News Source: Top Five Outfield Prospects In Baseball: Kansas City Royals general manager Dayton Moore has a peculiar allegiance to 28-year-old right fielder Jeff Francoeur. Though...
• 8/22 Kings of Kauffman: Royals August 21st Minors Recap: It was a tough night for Omaha, as they lost to Nashville, 7-0. It was actually another tough start for Chris Dwyer, who allowed...
• 8/21 Kings of Kauffman: The Monday Rant: Trading From A Position of Perceived Strength: How far away are the Royals from contending, really? That’s an important question that needs to be answered as September approaches...
• 8/18 i70baseball.com: Here they go againThe kings of irrelevant success are at it early in 2012....
• 8/17 i70baseball.com: It’s broke, fix it: The third spot in the batting order is supposed to be a position that a guy gets the opportunity to get guys who are on base...
• 8/15 Kings of Kauffman: Jeff Francoeur – Dayton Moore’s Last Stand: Have you ever known someone who was completely, totally, and utterly wrong about something, yet stubbornly refused to admit his...
• 8/15 Kings of Kauffman: Royals August 14th Minors Recap: Omaha beat Las Vegas in the first game of their four-game series, 7-0. The Storm Chasers had two 3-run innings to go along with...
• 8/14 Kings of Kauffman: Royals August 13th Minors Recap: Omaha completed their four-game sweep at Tuscon on Monday, 5-2. Their magic number to clinch the division is now just five. One...
• 8/13 Baseball News Source: Which Top Prospects will Join Machado, Olt in the Majors?: His team in the midst of a pennant race and desperately needing more production out of the third base spot, Orioles general manager...
• 8/13 Kings of Kauffman: Royals August 12th Minors Recap: Omaha blew out one of the worst teams in the Pacific Coast League (Tuscon), 20-3.  The Storm Chasers pounded out 33 hits (that...
• 8/10 i70baseball.com: Welcome back, Royals!While the blame for another horrendous season ultimately starts at the top, it most certainly does not end there....
• 8/9 Diamond Ring: The Return of Frenchy: Jeff Francoeur made his way back into the lineup this month after being benched for five games to work on his swing. According...
• 8/8 Kings of Kauffman: Royals August 8th Minors Recap: With the game tied at 2-2, Colorado Springs scored two runs in the top of the 9th inning en route to their 4-2 victory over Omaha....
• 8/8 Kings of Kauffman: Sneak Peek: Free Agent Pitchers the Royals Should Consider This Offseason: Unless you’ve been living under a rock for the past few months, you know the Royals have one glaring need, a shortcoming that...
• 8/7 Kings of Kauffman: Moving Forward: This is my first post in nearly two months.  A lot of things have come up in the past two months that have taken my attention...
• 8/6 Kings of Kauffman: Chasing The Storm: Frustrated with the current atmosphere here in Kansas City, I decided to take a road trip over the weekend. Everyone has heard...
• 8/6 i70baseball.com: Dayton + Frenchy 4 everAs I listened to Dayton Moore’s interview with Soren Petro of 810 WHB last week I found many things hard to stomach....
• 8/4 Kings of Kauffman: Royals Fire Coach Doug Sisson; Next Stop, Playoffs: The Royals fired first base coach Doug Sisson this morning. His coaching responsibilities included baserunning, outfield and bunting,...
• 8/1 Kings of Kauffman: July in a Nutshell: After back-to-back winning months in May and June, the wheels came off the bus in July. The Royals never won consecutive games...
• 8/1 Kings of Kauffman: Royals July 31st Minors Recap: Omaha used two 5-run innings to beat OKC, 12-5. OKC scored five runs in the bottom of the 3rd inning. Chris Dwyer recovered from...

• 7/31 WahoosOnFirst: Opposition Research: Michael Engel Talks Kansas City Royals: The Cleveland Indians head to Kansas City tonight to kick off a three-game series with the Royals. This is the first we’ve...
• 7/31 Kings of Kauffman: Royals July 30th Minors Recap: Down 6-0 after four innings, Omaha came back to defeat OKC, 7-6. A fielding error by the OKC pitcher cost them the winning run...
• 7/30 Diamond Ring: Defensive Players, Defensive Fans and Reactionary Demands: People are shredding Ned Yost for continuing to start Jeff Francoeur and Yuniesky Betancourt. Starting Betancourt is unforgivable...
• 7/30 i70baseball.com: Keep ‘em comin back: Since being only 3 games under .500 and sniffing the top of the division the Kansas City Royals have done nothing but struggle....
• 7/28 Kings of Kauffman: Royals July 28th Minors Recap: Omaha lost their opener in OKC, 6-2. The Storm Chasers out-hit OKC 10-7, but went 2-for-9 with runners in scoring position. Ryan...
• 7/27 Kings of Kauffman: Deadline Worries, Royals Delusions, and Tunnel Vision: With less than a week before the (non-waiver) trade deadline, the Royals have pieces to move. They’ve made it apparent that...
• 7/26 Kings of Kauffman: What To Do The Rest Of The Way: Well, have you stopped watching? Have you stopped paying attention? Or, like me, do you continue to torture yourself with optimism...
• 7/25 Mets360.com: Schadenfreude rekindles interest in the 2012 Mets season: I need a smile. Seemingly all of the goodwill built up by the Mets’ strong play at the beginning of the year has melted away...
• 7/24 Diamond Ring: Possible Pitchers and Scouting Reports: After the first outing for Jeremy Guthrie at Kauffman Stadium, he showed glimpses of several favorable attributes in an overall...
• 7/24 Kings of Kauffman: Royals July 23rd Minors Recap: Omaha scored two runs each in the sixth and seventh innings to defeat Round Rock, 4-1. Wil Myers hit a two-run homerun in the...
• 7/23 Kings of Kauffman: Trade Rumors Swirl Around Current Royals As Deadline Approaches: It’s been a busy afternoon with the movement of Anibal Sanchez to Detroit, Ichiro to the Yankees and maybe-possibly-not...
• 7/23 Kings of Kauffman: The Monday Rant: Moving the Goalposts: This is year six. The Royals lost on Sunday in a fashion that bad teams make a habit of losing: with the same formula they always...
• 7/22 Did The Tribe Win Last Night?: Exploring the Indians Trade Deadline Offensive Upgrade Possibilities: By Bob Toth The July 31st trade deadline is fast approaching and with each passing day, the Indians’ weaknesses are becoming...
• 7/18 MLBTradeRumors: Bowden On Padres, Tigers, Indians, Royals, Pirates: Here's the latest from around the league, courtesy of ESPN's Jim Bowden... The Padres have fielded offers for both Huston...
• 7/17 Kings of Kauffman: A Question of Jeff Francoeur: If you’ve been reading our articles at Kings of Kauffman for a while, you might know that my first article ever published...
• 7/17 Kings of Kauffman: The Monday Rant – Sanchez Struggles, Escobar Doesn’t, and A Staggering Statistic: That, was awful. If there’s one thing that most bloggers and writers should stay away from doing is questioning the effort being...
• 7/16 mlbreports.com : ATR: Ask the Reports Answers Your Baseball Questions: Urkel in Baseball, Batting Stance Guy, Beane, Future of Dempster, Hamilton’s Speed, Gathright Released and Rating Prospects: Monday July 16th, 2012 Jonathan Hacohen:  Posted every Weekend: Your top baseball questions from the past week are answered....
• 7/16 i70baseball.com: Kool Aid Drinker’s Crystal Ball (Part 2): As if this Royals season hasn’t turned depressing enough, I took a look today at the original crystal ball from 1/1/2012. So...
• 7/15 Kings of Kauffman: Royals July 14th Minors Recap: Omaha used a seven-run 2nd inning to beat Iowa, 7-1. In that inning, Wil Myers hit his 15th Triple-A homerun, a two-run shot....
• 7/14 Kings of Kauffman: Royals July 13th Minors Recap: Omaha broke their four-game losing streak (all to Iowa) with a 4-3 win at home to the Cubs. Iowa scored two runs in the top of...
• 7/13 Diamond Ring: What To Expect From the Royals After the Break: Baseball kicks back in today and it's time to figure out what to expect from the Royals.  They will be better in the second...
• 7/13 Kings of Kauffman: Five BOLD Second Half Predictions for the Royals: The second half of the season begins with a 10-game homestand against the division leading Chicago White Sox, the Seattle Mariners...
• 7/13 i70baseball.com: The real life: Kansas CityTwo years waiting for the All Star Game to come to Kansas City is over....
• 7/13 It's About the Money (Stupid): Three Yankees in KLaw’s top 50: Keith Law has released his midseason top 50 prospects list (Insider, sorry) and the Yankees are well represented with three of...
• 7/12 i70baseball.com: Will the Royals be buyers, sellers, or window shoppers?How the Royals start the second half of the season will determine their actions towards the trade deadline....
• 7/12 Kings of Kauffman: Royals July 11th Minor Recap: The Triple-A All-Star Game was held on Wednesday night and Wil Myers took home the MVP award to cap a fine week of All-Star accolades....
• 7/12 Kings of Kauffman: The Royalman Report All-Star Sunday Live From the Flying Saucer: In our second show of All-Star Weekend, we find the Royalmen in the epicenter of All-Star Festivities right outside of the Power...
• 7/11 Kings of Kauffman: The Injury Bug Has Bitten the Royals Hard in 2012: The Royals began Spring Training with hopes and dreams that 2012 would be “Our Time.”  And there was plenty of reason to...
• 7/11 Through The Fence Baseball: Minor League midseason team provides a peek at the future: With the Future’s Game being played this past week, and minor league All Star games being held, it’s time to take a look at...
• 7/10 Seedlings to Stars: 2012 S2S Mid-Season All-Stars: Pacific Coast League: Tomorrow night (7/11) the Pacific Coast and International Leagues will match their All-Star rosters up against one another in...
• 7/9 Kings of Kauffman: Royals July 9th Minors Recap: I know most of you spent the night watching the HR Derby at Kauffman Stadium, but there were some minor league games still going...
• 7/9 Baseball Big Bro. Proj.: Future Prospects Take Advantage of Big Stage: Major League Baseball showcases their annual Futures Game as part of their All-Star Game festivities, and it receives...
• 7/9 Full Spectrum Baseball: Help Wanted: Six Prospects Coming Soon: We are now on the brink of the second half of the baseball season and whether you are a team in an existing keeper league looking...
• 7/9 Kings of Kauffman: Offensive Fireworks Highlight the 2012 Futures Game at Kauffman Stadium: The All-Star Futures Game featured runs in bunches, some sloppy play and some highlight reel plays. Within an outstanding atmosphere...
• 7/9 Bus League Baseball: Bus Leagues Express: July 9: Top stories Futures Game notes U.S. defeats World 17-5: In a game expected to be dominated by top pitching, offense ruled the...
• 7/8 Baseball Reality Tour: Stars Shine Brightly in MLB Futures Game: The greatest part of the MLB All-Star break in recent seasons has been the Future's Game. With the boredom of Home Run Derby,...
• 7/7 Through The Fence Baseball: Scouting notes on Sunday’s MLB Futures Game parti****: With MLB’s Futures Game popping off at 5 p.m. ET Sunday, I thought it’d be useful to share scouting notes I have on the...
• 7/6 i70baseball.com: A season half full: Although three games remain before the All-Star break, the Kansas City Royals concluded the first half of their season on a good...
• 7/6 Kings of Kauffman: What to Expect When You’re Expecting Greatness: In today’s know-everything-first, savior-in-the-making, prospect pleasure land, people tend to over-hype everything. Media allows...
• 7/6 Royally Speaking: The Halfway point: With exactly half of the season's 162 games in the books a person can be excused for thinking 2012 is turning out to be a replay...
• 7/6 MLBTradeRumors: Quick Hits: Howard, Prospects, McCarthy, Rodriguez: The Phillies are likely to activate Ryan Howard in time for tomorrow's game according to multiple reports. Howard has yet to...
• 7/5 mlbreports.com : 2012 MLB All-Star Futures Game Preview: Thursday July 5th, 2012 John Burns: On July8th 2012, the 14th annual MLB All-Star Futures Game will be held at Kauffman Stadium...
• 7/5 Royally Speaking: Jeff Francoeur And Playing Time: Everybody knows Jeff Francoeur oozes leadership. We know this because Royals management and the KC media repeatedly mention what...
• 7/4 Kings of Kauffman: Nate Ad**** and Louis Coleman Recalled; Mitch Maier Designated for Assignment: Last night, the Royals optioned Vin Mazzaro back to Omaha after his start in Toronto. To fill his next turn in the rotation, Nate...
• 7/4 Kings of Kauffman: Royals MidYear Preseason Prediction Update: We all know how most predictions work out.   You’ve probably heard of Dewey vs Truman, the 1980 US Olympic Hockey team vs...
• 7/3 Baseball Big Bro. Proj.: Royals Prospect Watch: Wil Meyers: Hey baseball fans...have you heard the name Wil Meyers yet? I bet you have! If I am Jeff Franceour, I'm not getting...
• 7/2 Kings of Kauffman: The Monday Rant – Butler Is An All-Star, Gordon Continues To Star, Francoeur Still Struggles: The Royals lost three games over the weekend to the Twins and in all of those losses the glaring deficiencies of the roster shined...
• 7/2 Kings of Kauffman: Royals July 1st Minors Recap: The month of July began with solid starting pitching across the KC Royals minor league system. Omaha defeated Albuquerque, 6-0....
• 7/1 Kings of Kauffman: Royals June 30th Minors Recap: Omaha beat Albuquerque, 8-7. After the Isotopes scored four runs in the top of the 4th inning to tie the game, Omaha scored a...

• 6/30 Kings of Kauffman: Royals June 29th Minors Recap: Omaha won their three-game series against New Orleans with an 8-3 victory. Doug Davis picked up his fourth win of the season with...
• 6/29 Kings of Kauffman: Baseball, Bikes, Mentoring and Jim Nash on This Week’s Vault: Download the full mp3 here or listen in the embedded player above. Jim Nash finished second in Rookie of the Year voting in 1966...
• 6/29 Kings of Kauffman: Royals June 28th Minors Recap: Omaha was pounded by New Orleans, 12-1. Mike Montgomery took the loss, as he allowed 11 runs (four earned) on 11 hits over just...
• 6/29 Bus League Baseball: Bus Leagues Express: June 29: Top stories PCL announces All-Stars: A day after the International League announced their All-Stars for next month’s AAA...
• 6/28 Kings of Kauffman: Royals June 27th Minors Recap:   Jake Odorizzi was looking to stay undefeated in Triple-A for Omaha (and technically he still is), as the Storm Chasers...
• 6/27 Kings of Kauffman: Trade Bait: Jeff Francoeur: After a resurgent 2011 season, the Royals signed Jeff Francoeur to a two year contract at a total value of $13.5 million. Now,...
• 6/27 Kings of Kauffman: Royals DFA Humberto Quintero, Option Francisley Bueno: The Royals calmed some angry voices today by announcing that they have designated catcher Humberto Quintero for assignment. Yes,...
• 6/26 Seedlings to Stars: 2012 S2S Mid-Season All-Stars: Texas League: The Tulsa Drillers will be hosting the 2012 Texas League All-Star Game on Thursday, June 28th. The game will pit the North against...
• 6/26 Kings of Kauffman: Time to Stop the Pitching Merry-Go-Round: So far this season, the Royals have used 22 different pitchers (including Mr. Terrific, Mitch Maier). They used 23 in all of 2011,...
• 6/25 The Baseball Page: 10 Players to Watch For in the Futures Game: Ten Players to Watch for in Futures Game Every year during the All Star break, selected minor league players flock to the city...
• 6/25 The Baseball Page: 10 Players to Watch For in the Futures Game: Ten Players to Watch for in Futures Game Every year during the All Star...
• 6/24 Kings of Kauffman: Royals June 24th Minors Recap: Omaha won at Oklahoma City, 6-2. Veteran Doug Davis won his third start for the Storm Chasers, as he threw six shutout innings....
• 6/23 MLBTradeRumors: Royals Sending Mixed Signals On Francoeur: The Royals' willingness to trade Jeff Francoeur has fluctuated greatly in recent weeks, major league sources tell Jon Paul Morosi...
• 6/23 Royally Speaking: Buy Or Sell: I think last night's loss may have tempered the enthusiasm of fans who thought the Royals were a starting pitcher or two away...
• 6/23 Royally Speaking: OOTP 13: To celebrate the launch of Out Of The Park Baseball 13 the developers of the game released copies of the game to bloggers willing...
• 6/22 Kings of Kauffman: Royals June 21st Minors Recap: Omaha lost in extra innings to Memphis, 6-4. The Storm Chasers received a solid outing from starter Everett Teaford, who pitched...
• 6/21 Halo Hangout: Jean Segura Picked to Futures Game- Does it Matter?: The Futures Game rosters were announced today. If you’ve never heard of the Futures game, its an All-Star game of the top...
• 6/21 i70baseball.com: Wil Myers, Jake Odorizzi and Yordano Ventura to Futures Game: Kansas City Royals prospects Wil Myers, Jake Odorizzi and Yordano Ventura today were named to the rosters for the 14th annual...
• 6/21 Kings of Kauffman: Skeptical Optimism and the Royals: In Pittsburgh, the Royals looked rough at the plate, awful on defense and ended up dropping all three games to the Pirates. They...
• 6/20 Through The Fence Baseball: Midseason Minor League Player of the Year candidates: With most leagues on break for their respective All-Star games, it’s time to take a look at players who are putting up gaudy...
• 6/15 MLBTradeRumors: Baseball Blogs Weigh In: Ethier, Hamilton, Quentin: On this date in 2003, Reed Johnson became the fourth player in history to hit a lead-off homer and a walk-off homer in the same...
• 6/14 Fantasy Baseball Crackerjacks: Fantasy Baseball Call Up Report: Wil Myers: For me, it’s always been hard to not root for the Kansas City Royals. I wanted them to win, if just because. Of course,...
• 6/13 YankeeAnalysts.com: Trade Musings: Outfield Targets: “I haven’t been looking,” Cashman said. “That doesn’t mean that (it’s out of the question). Now you’ve passed the...
• 6/12 MLBTradeRumors: Royals Notes: Francoeur, Myers, Greinke: The Royals' offense, which ranked sixth in the American League a year ago, now sits next-to-last in scoring with 224 runs. Here's...
• 6/9 Kings of Kauffman: The Royals Super Two: Wil Myers and Jake OdorizziWil Myers stood in the box on Thursday night with the bases … [visit site to read more]...
• 6/9 Kings of Kauffman: Royals June 8th Minors Recap:   September 21, 2011; Kansas City, MO, USA; Kansas City Royals catcher Omaha pounded Round Rock on Friday night, 11-5, as...
• 6/8 i70baseball.com: Minor League MagicRoy Oswalt, Wil Myers, Jake Odorizzi and Salvador Perez converge on a minor league town to put on a show....
• 6/7 Kings of Kauffman: Royals June 7th Minors Recap: Everett Teaford   Omaha got the best of Round Rock and Major League veteran Roy Oswalt, 7-2. In his second start since signing...
• 6/6 FanSided: 2012 KC Royals vs the 1990 Dallas Cowboys – Tale of the Missing Piece: A changing of the guard had taken place.  The team had a new General Manager, a new Director of Personnel, and a new Coach. ...
• 6/6 i70baseball.com: Royals Farm Report: June 5Naturals go .500 on road trip...
• 6/5 MLBTradeRumors: Quick Hits: Bard, Royals, Bauer: There's been lots of draft chatter these past few days, but that's not all that's going on around the Major Leagues. Here are...
• 6/4 Bus League Baseball: Lost and Found: 2012′s College Bats: This year’s draft is being billed as weaker than usual, especially compared to 2011′s banner class. That’s especially...
• 6/3 i70baseball.com: ‘Our Time’, for real this time: I know it is hard to believe, but the Kansas City Royals have actually been a very competitive team for the last month and a half....
• 6/2 mlbreports.com : Wil Myers is Off to a Tremendous Start in the Minors: Royals Prospect is On the Verge: Saturday June 2nd, 2012 Sam Evans: A couple of years ago, the Kansas City Royals had not only the best farm system at the time,...
• 6/1 MLBTradeRumors: Baseball Blogs Weigh In: Oswalt, Jones, Youkilis: On this date in 1995, the Diamondbacks named Joe Garagiola Jr. the first GM in franchise history. Arizona started play in 1998...

• 5/31 District Sports Page: Fantasy Baseball: Scouting the Waiver Wire — Week 9: The closer madness seems to be slowing towards your basic madness so this week we have a lot of starting pitching to review. One...
• 5/31 i70baseball.com: The Royals fans love-hate affair of Jeff FrancoeurSome Royals fans love to hate Jeff Francoeur. Why is that?...
• 5/30 MLBTradeRumors: Quick Hits: Blue Jays, Myers, Middlebrooks: Cal Ripken Jr. started his streak of 2,632 consecutive games played on this date 30 years ago. He played third base and batted...
• 5/29 i70baseball.com: Is it time to trade Wil Myers?If you are ever looking for the definition of forcing an organization’s hand, you need look no further than Wil Myers....
• 5/25 Roto Think Tank: A.L. Gearing Up: May 28-June 3: Rising UpP.J. Walters (2% owned last week/8% this week) @CLEA one-time Cardinals farmhand, Walters was tossed into...
• 5/25 i70baseball.com: “Our Time” to the trash can: The Kansas City Royals failed at their pre-season pitch to their hometown faithful of the fact that this is truly the time the...
• 5/24 mlbreports.com : Kansas City Royals: Do They Have Enough Pitching to Become Contenders?: Thursday May 24th, 2012 Bernie Olshansky: This season was all set up to finally be the year that the Royals would have a good...
• 5/24 i70baseball.com: Wil Myers on the moveWil Myers is on the move, in more ways than one....
• 5/23 Kings of Kauffman: Wil Myers is Not Afraid to Get His Hands DirtyWe all heard the good news last week that Wil Myers performance … [visit site to read more]...
• 5/20 Kings of Kauffman: Royalman Report 5/20/12 – Fake Ned’s Trip to Omaha Recap – LIVE 7 p.m. CST: The Royalman Report - logo by @AHairOffSquare Fake Ned took a trip up to Omaha to watch the Storm Chasers and was lucky enough...
• 5/20 i70baseball.com: Ned Must GoI had almost gotten to the point where I felt guilty about writing this. Almost. ...
• 5/18 FanSided: KC Baseball Vault Ep. 2 - 5/17/12: Kevin Goldstein and Joe Rudi
• 5/18 Roto Think Tank: Gearing Up: May 22-28: Since it's just me, myself and I this week, this week's Gearing Up installment will be combined into one piece for the American/National...
• 5/18 Bus League Baseball: Bus Leagues Express: May 18: Top stories Yan Gomes reaches big leagues: For the first time in ML history, a Brazilian born player will appear in a game. That...
• 5/17 Bus League Baseball: Bus Leagues Express: May 17: Top stories Youkilis reaches twice in rehab appearance: One of the more interesting decisions made this week was how Boston would...
• 5/16 i70baseball.com: Wil Myers and Jake Odorizzi Promoted to AAA OmahaNick Van Stratten joins Naturals...
• 5/15 MLB Dirt: Why is Wil Myers Playing 3B?: Kansas City Royals top prospect, and my number 16 overall prospect in the game, Wil Myers is off to a great start this season...
• 5/1 i70baseball.com: Kansas City Royals Farm Report May 1: Triple-A The Omaha Storm Chasers (Pacific Coast League) has posted the second best record in the PCL going 17-8 trailing only...

• 4/24 i70baseball.com: Over-easy for Odorizzi in Naturals winRight-hander fans 11 Cardinals in quick victory...
• 4/17 i70baseball.com: Royals Farm Report: April 17Naturals bats begin to wake up...
• 4/11 Bus League Baseball: Bus Leagues Top 100 Prospects: By the numbers and assignments: In an effort to milk this list as much as possible, I made a post that has all 100 prospects in just one list with their Opening...
• 4/11 Kings of Kauffman: Scouting Report: Northwest Arkansas NaturalsYou need information on the next wave of young Royals talent.  You need details about...
• 4/8 i70baseball.com: Royals minor league placements: position playersThe Royals’ minor league clubs moved quickly into action as soon as the big league club broke camp....

• 3/30 i70baseball.com: Big disappointment: Mike Montgomery headed the wrong way“I have seen the future, and it is Mike Montgomery.”...
• 3/30 i70baseball.com: Naturals Announce Preliminary 2012 Roster14 players return from last year’s playoff team...
• 3/7 i70baseball.com: Spring Training Report #3: Let the Games BeginFormer Naturals making big contributions in Arizona...

• 2/9 El Maquino: KEITH LAW RANKINGS: ESPN‘s Keith Law is one of the esteemed names who, along with Johnathan Mayo and Baseball America, EM considers important...

• 1/30 Yankees Fans Unite: Previewing the 2012 Royals | Interview Series:   Over the course of the next month or two, we will be previewing the Yankees’ competition in the American League....
• 1/30 Yankees Fans Unite: Previewing the 2012 Royals | Interview Series:   Over the course of the next month or two, we will be previewing the Yankees’ competition in the American League....
• 1/25 i70baseball.com: Royals Minors: Number One No LongerJust as quickly as the Kansas City Royals’ minor league system was the best in all of baseball, it wasn’t....
• 1/12 Royally Speaking: Couple Thoughts On The Chen Extension: After the success of controversial signings Melky Cabrera and Jeff Francoeur it's hard to blame Dayton Moore for thinking he has...
• 1/12 MLB Dirt: 2012 Kansas City Royals Top 16 Prospects: The Kansas City Royals saw top prospects Eric Hosmer, Mike Moustakas, Danny Duffy, Salvador Perez, and Johnny Giavotella all graduate...
• 1/8 Kings of Kauffman: Royals Prospect Review: Mike Montgomery: No prospect was as frustrating to follow in 2011 as Mike Montgomery. After rolling through the minors with little to no resistance,...
• 1/8 i70baseball.com: Is It Really Time For A Gordon Extension?Is now the time to extend Alex Gordon?...

• 12/30 Kings of Kauffman: Required Royals Reading: While I’m glad you visit Kings of Kauffman every day (you have us bookmarked, yes? loaded our RSS feed? follow us on Twitter and...
• 12/22 Seedlings to Stars: The Seedlings To Stars 2012 Top 100 Prospects, #16: Wil Myers: Name: Wil Myers DOB: 12/10/90 Organization: Royals Position: Outfield Notable 2011 Stats: .254/.353/.393 with 23 2B, 1 3B, 8 HR,...
• 12/21 Kings of Kauffman: Time to Shoot For Roy Oswalt: Roy Oswalt - from Wikimedia Commons Now that Mark Buehrle, C.J. Wilson and Yu Darvish are off the market, available front-line...
• 12/21 Royally Speaking: Rotation Thoughts: It's possible that the Royals 2012 contention hopes rest on one tiny word, if. As in they'll contend if Dayton Moore can find...
• 12/19 MLBTradeRumors: Royals Eyeing Young Starters: Some young starting pitchers appeal to the Royals as possible trade candidates, according to Ken Rosenthal of FOX Sports (Twitter...
• 12/12 i70baseball.com: Naturals Provide Hot Stove ReportRoyals keep quiet at Dallas Meetings...
• 12/12 Kings of Kauffman: Royalman Report 12/11/11 – Talking Prospects, CBA with Nathaniel Stoltz: The Royalman Report, LIVE Sundays at 7 pm CST The Royals didn’t make a big splash at the Winter Meetings,  but there were...
• 12/11 i70baseball.com: Winter ChaosThis past week Major League Baseball’s Winter meetings took place in Dallas....
• 12/7 T Van Poppel RC Ret Plan: Winter Meetings Day Two: Bailey, Ponson, Gio, CoJax and San Jose: Lots of news again today which is unsurprising because it is after all the action packed winter meetings. The day started with...
• 12/7 T Van Poppel RC Ret Plan: Winter Meetings Day One: Gio, Godzilla, Guillen and Nix:   The first day of the winter meetings is nearing its completion and the rumors surrounding the A’s are unsurprisingly...
• 12/6 T Van Poppel RC Ret Plan: Winter Meetings Day Two: Bailey, Ponson, Gio, CoJax and San Jose: Lots of news again today which is unsurprising because it is after all the action packed winter meetings. The day started with...
• 12/6 MLBTradeRumors: Royals Rumors: Needs, Guillen, Lowe: Yesterday the Royals were linked to Oakland's Gio Gonzalez and free agent Carlos Guillen, and it was also suggested they'd listen...
• 12/5 T Van Poppel RC Ret Plan: Winter Meetings Day One: Gio, Godzilla, Guillen and Nix:   The first day of the winter meetings is nearing its completion and the rumors surrounding the A’s are unsurprisingly...
• 12/5 Fragile Freddy's: Winter Meetings - Afternoon Update: The Winter Meetings are off and running.  While I will always note the appropriate reporter  the majority of the rumors...
• 12/5 i70baseball.com: Royals Establishing Subtle Foundation: Talent evaluators believe that the Royals’s system have as much depth as any franchise in baseball, with an impressive collection...
• 12/1 Through The Fence Baseball: Top 50 MLB prospects for 2012: Nos. 25 thru 1: During the now-concluded Arizona Fall League, we got a chance to look at some of the game’s best prospects from each team. Some...

• 11/27 Kings of Kauffman: Royals Prospect Review: Christian Colon: Christian Colon is a polarizing prospect. Fans and writers tend to agree on the potential of success for players like Wil Myers...
• 11/27 The Golden Sombrero: Top 50 Prospects: #38 – Wil Myers: #38 Wil Myers Kansas City Royals DOB: 12/10/1990 Previous Rank: 15 ETA: 2013 Myers was ranked considerably higher last year, but...
• 11/22 i70baseball.com: Fall League Wraps Up In SurpriseWil Myers named to AFL’s All-Prospect Team...
• 11/21 NY Baseball Digest: Trading for Jair Jurrjens: John Harper of the Daily News reported this weekend the Braves interest in Yankees utility man Eduardo Nunez. This created...
• 11/20 Through The Fence Baseball: Kansas City Royals 2012 lineup preview: It’s hard to believe a team that finished 20 games below .500, fourth in their division and hasn’t been to the playoffs...
• 11/19 Kings of Kauffman: Franchise Mode: Late last night, I posed a question to our followers on Twitter: If you could start a franchise with any one current Royals minor...
• 11/16 Bus League Baseball: Prospect A-Z Day 3: Yoenis Cespedes: Trevor Bauer was the subject of yesterday’s Prospect A-Z feature. The former UCLA standout raised his draft stock throughout...
• 11/14 Tomahawk Talk: Should Braves Trade Prado to the Rockies?: There have been numerous rumors swirling around about the Colorado Rockies and Atlanta Braves being potential suitors for a Martin...
• 11/11 MLBTradeRumors: Baseball Blogs Weigh In: Marlins, Phillies, Fielder: On this date in 1997, Mike Kelly became the first Major Leaguer ever traded to the Devil Rays franchise. The Reds sent the 27-year-old...
• 11/10 Mastersball.com: Saguaros Secure "Home Field" for Championship Game: The Surprise Saguaros, the only team with a .700+ winning percentage in the Arizona Fall League, will be the “home team” for...
• 11/10 i70baseball.com: AFL Notebook: Myers, Colon Impress At Rising Stars GameRomak, Lisson, Barrera declared minor league free agents...
• 11/9 i70baseball.com: KC Hopes Better Days Ahead For Fall Rising StarsThe Royals farm hands did not do much to improve their stature in the Rising Stars game....
• 11/7 MLBTradeRumors: Royals Notes: Sanchez, Chen, Myers, Cain: We’ve known for a while that the Royals’ offseason will revolve around their hunt for starting pitching. GM Dayton Moore made...
• 11/7 NY Baseball Digest: Plenty of Stars Shine at the Rising Stars Game: In what has quickly become a haven for Major League scouts and Executives, the prestigious Arizona Fall League held its sixth...
• 11/7 MLBTradeRumors: Quick Hits: Ordonez, Rangers, Myers, Cubs: Remember - the deadline to make picks for MLBTR's first-ever free agent prediction contest is tonight at midnight central time. ...
• 11/6 MLBTradeRumors: Week In Review: 10/30/11 - 11/5/11: Tonight is the deadline to enter your picks in MLBTR's Free Agent contest, so be sure to get them in for your chance to win your...
• 11/4 MLBTradeRumors: Jurrjens Talks Stall Between Royals And Braves: Yesterday we learned that the Braves are open to moving Jair Jurrjens and Martin Prado, and that they've already had trade talks...
• 11/4 Baseball Analytics: Buyer Beware on Jurrjens: Atlanta shipped Derek Lowe to Cleveland to save some cash and make the club's 2012 rotation less cluttered, but the Braves might...
• 11/4 Kings of Kauffman: Rumor Mill: Jair Jurrjens: According to an entry on MLB Trade Rumors, the Royals have been in discussion with the Braves about starter Jair Jurrjens. What...
• 11/3 Through The Fence Baseball: Jair Jurrjens to Royals? Prado still a possibility: “What!” I know, that was my first reaction too. I was surprised to see Martin Prado‘s name this early but I...
• 11/3 MLBTradeRumors: Braves Open To Trading Jurrjens, Prado: The Braves have told some teams they would be willing to move Jair Jurrjens and Martin Prado in a trade, a Major League source...
• 11/2 FanSided: Arizona Fall League’s Rising Stars Game Rosters: The Arizona Fall League has released its rosters for the 2011 Rising Stars Game.  Several of Major League Baseball’s top prospects...
• 11/2 i70baseball.com: Myers, Colon named to AFL All-Star SquadHosmer wins Special Achievement Award, Naturals July 19th game is minors’ game of the year...

• 10/31 Kings of Kauffman: Royalman Report 10/30: Bob Kendrick and Jason Parks: The Royalman Report, LIVE Sundays at 7 pm CST This week features a packed house in studio, with KC Royalman, myself, Chris Kamler...
• 10/30 NY Baseball Digest: Yanks Prospects Update Live From the AFL: I attended the Phoenix at Surprise game on Friday and had a chance to see Yankee prospects Rob Segedin and Corban Joseph. I...
• 10/26 Call to the Pen: Arizona Fall League Recap: The Arizona Fall League only featured two contests Tuesday, as the third was postponed.  With the short slate, the other two...
• 10/24 Kings of Kauffman: Royalman Report 10/23/2011: Character Issues: The Royalman Report, LIVE Sundays at 7 pm CST There was quite a bit to discuss this week on the Royalman Report, and to help us...
• 10/22 i70baseball.com: MLB CBA: What Royals Fans Should Look ForLooking at the upcoming Collective Bargaining Agreement through the eyes of Royals fans....
• 10/21 The Golden Sombrero: Video: Danny Hultzen in the Arizona Fall League: Danny Hultzen, the second-overall pick in the 2011 MLB Draft by the Seattle Mariners, has made two starts for the Peoria Javelinas...
• 10/19 Kings of Kauffman: Wil Myers, Lorenzo Cain Heat Up Winter Leagues: After a disappointing year in Double A where he missed time due to injuries, Wil Myers is making up for lost time in the Arizona...
• 10/18 The Golden Sombrero: Video: Danny Hultzen in the Arizona Fall League: Danny Hultzen, the second-overall pick in the 2011 MLB Draft by the Seattle Mariners, has made two starts for the Peoria Javelinas...
• 10/13 MLBTradeRumors: Offseason Outlook: Kansas City Royals: The Royals' offseason revolves around their search for top-of-the-rotation pitching. Guaranteed Contracts Billy Butler,...
• 10/10 Kings of Kauffman: Royalman Report 10/9/11 – Fall League, Instructionals and Technology Shows Who’s Boss: The Royalman Report, LIVE Sundays at 7 pm CST We had arranged an interview for Sunday’s Royalman Report with Jason Parks...
• 10/6 i70baseball.com: Five Naturals Rank Among Circuit’s Top ProspectsOdorizzi, Myers, Perez, Dwyer, Herrera all tabbed for list...
• 10/5 Mastersball.com: A 6th Inning Hat Trick for Surprise: In the middle of a pitchers' duel the Surprise Saguaros erupted for back to back to back home runs and took a 4-0 lead over the...
• 10/2 i70baseball.com: Royals Farm Report: September 29thVote for the Naturals’ no-hitter as Double-A’s best game...

• 9/11 Kings of Kauffman: Softball Plays From Right Field: In the ensuing weeks after the Jeff Franceour two-year extension, it was inevitable that questions would be asked. Franceour’s...
• 9/8 i70baseball.com: Royals Farm Report: September 8thTaking a season-long perspective as playoffs begin...
• 9/7 i70baseball.com: Playoff Preview: First-Round In-State ShowdownNaturals, Travs meet in postseason for first time since 2008...
• 9/1 i70baseball.com: Myers, Colon And Others Have Chance To Shine In Fall League: Seven top Royals prospects will continue their seasoning in the Arizona Fall League – a proving ground for many Double and Triple-A...

• 8/31 Kings of Kauffman: Wil Myers Headlines Arizona Fall League Names: From October 4 to November 19, seven Royals will join the Surprise Rafters of the Arizona Fall League. Wil Myers, Nate Ad****...
• 8/31 i70baseball.com: Royals Assign Players To Arizona Fall LeagueThe Royals announced seven players to compete in the Arizona Fall League....
• 8/27 Seedlings to Stars: Sprouts: Zach Lee, Cito Culver, Wil Myers and Royals Catchers: Where in the world does the time go? The last time I published Sprouts was July 25th. Here we are 32 days later and I’m...
• 8/26 i70baseball.com: Royals Farm Report: August 25thMaking our weekly rounds of the Royals Minor League systems....
• 8/18 i70baseball.com: Naturally Speaking: Development Slow For Prospect MyersThe urgency for the Royals to find outfielders seems to have lessened considerably....
• 8/18 Royally Speaking: Two More Years: Since his hot streak in April I thought it likely that Jeff Francoeur would be back next season, I was less sure about 2013. Well...
• 8/15 YankeeAnalysts.com: Series Preview | Yankees vs. Royals II: Revenge is a dish best served by obliterating the opposition: The Yankees only get the Royals six times all season, and the final three of those games begins tonight at Kaufman Stadium. As...
• 8/6 i70baseball.com: Dwyer Ties Franchise K Mark In Naturals WinChris Dwyer ties a franchise record for the Royals Double-A affiliate, the Northwest Arkansas Naturals....
• 8/6 i70baseball.com: What Would You Do?Examining the Playoff Window....
• 8/4 i70baseball.com: Royals Farm Report: August 4thOmaha shreds Pacific Coast League competition...
• 8/1 Kings of Kauffman: A Glimpse at the Future: On Friday night I got a chance to go check out the Royals’ Double-A affiliate, the Northwest Arkansas Naturals. The Naturals...

• 7/14 MLB Dirt: My Mid-Season Top 25 Prospects: Like Mikey’s top 25 from yesterday, I will only include players that I believe will still hold prospect status at the end...
• 7/13 Through The Fence Baseball: Royals first half: How we got here and what it means: The Royals are in last place again, and I’m not all that bothered by it. Are you? Sure, it was a fun spring – the Royals were...
• 7/12 Kings of Kauffman: The Royalman Report (7/10/11) with Guest Brandon Warne: After a week off to observe the Independence Day weekend, Royalman Troy Olsen and I were back in studio with another episode of...
• 7/12 The Process Report: Futures Game Impressions: Matt Moore The headliner, Moore pitched the fourth inning for the USA team. The pregame chatter seemed to revolve around Moore,...

• 6/23 Motor City Bengals: Wil Myers, Kelvin Herrera Named to All-Star Futures Roster: Eric Hosmer and Mike Moustakas were two of the more anti**** prospects in Royals history until their recent call-ups in 2011....