The Royals Being the Royals
Posted: Fri Dec 11, 2009 12:43 pm
I can't remember the Kansas City Royals making good transactions. Signing Kyle Farnsworth for two years at nine million dollars. The Coco Crisp signing. Mike Jacobs. Trading for Yuni Betancourt.
The team is run like a mom amd pop store next door to a Wal-Mart, they are destined to fail.
Today, they signed Jason Kendall to a two year contract. No figures were disclosed, but we're talking the Royals, so too much, is a good bet.
Defensively, Kendall's skills have declined. He is well thought of by baseball people as being good with pitchers. That's what most baseball people say about 36+ old catchers. Offensively, he's hit south of .250 three years in a row. Over the last five years, he has hit eight home runs. Eek!
Royal fans like to say that they know their team has little chance due to being a small market team. I contend it is the small minds running the small market team.
Baseball people like to say (I love quoting baseball people, they're so smart ) that if a team is solid up the middle, they have as good of chance at a pennant as any other team.
The Royals will have Kendall, Betancourt, Chris Getz, and a player to be named in center field. So far, not one fantasy worthy player in the bunch. Even baseball people would have to admit that having those players up the middle, blows. Uh, er, baseball people didn't say that, I did, baseball people don't talk like that. Baseball people would say that the Royals will be a scrappy bunch next year. That is code for they are well on their way to 100 losses.
Just an addendum. It'll be frustrating for Greinke owners to take him in the second round and not be better off than any other team when it comes to wins.
The team is run like a mom amd pop store next door to a Wal-Mart, they are destined to fail.
Today, they signed Jason Kendall to a two year contract. No figures were disclosed, but we're talking the Royals, so too much, is a good bet.
Defensively, Kendall's skills have declined. He is well thought of by baseball people as being good with pitchers. That's what most baseball people say about 36+ old catchers. Offensively, he's hit south of .250 three years in a row. Over the last five years, he has hit eight home runs. Eek!
Royal fans like to say that they know their team has little chance due to being a small market team. I contend it is the small minds running the small market team.
Baseball people like to say (I love quoting baseball people, they're so smart ) that if a team is solid up the middle, they have as good of chance at a pennant as any other team.
The Royals will have Kendall, Betancourt, Chris Getz, and a player to be named in center field. So far, not one fantasy worthy player in the bunch. Even baseball people would have to admit that having those players up the middle, blows. Uh, er, baseball people didn't say that, I did, baseball people don't talk like that. Baseball people would say that the Royals will be a scrappy bunch next year. That is code for they are well on their way to 100 losses.
Just an addendum. It'll be frustrating for Greinke owners to take him in the second round and not be better off than any other team when it comes to wins.