The Royals

[EMAWmeister]

Brewers get Garza, a guy without a compensatory pick, at 4 years $13 a year.  The price of Ervin just went down significantly.  If you can sign him to 3 years at $33-36, I'd say do it yesterday.  Shields is gone.  3 more years of Ervin would extend our window that much more, provided the young guys pan out.

'meister4RoyalsGM

I'd do it for about $900k less.

[jtksu]

Everyone, except probably die-hard Royals and Red Sox fans were rooting for the Yankees in 1996.  That team was actually really likeable, and everyone who didn't love the Braves hated Atlanta.

WTF??? How could you not like the 90s Braves?  Chipper Jones, Smoltz, Glavine, Maddux, Andruw Jones, The Crime Dog, and then John Rocker in the late 90s 

Was Rocker the really racist guy or was that a different pitcher?

[Rage Against the McKee]

Everyone, except probably die-hard Royals and Red Sox fans were rooting for the Yankees in 1996.  That team was actually really likeable, and everyone who didn't love the Braves hated Atlanta.

WTF??? How could you not like the 90s Braves?  Chipper Jones, Smoltz, Glavine, Maddux, Andruw Jones, The Crime Dog, and then John Rocker in the late 90s 

Was Rocker the really racist guy or was that a different pitcher?

It was Rocker. I really liked him before I found out he was basically a Klansman.

[jtksu]

Everyone, except probably die-hard Royals and Red Sox fans were rooting for the Yankees in 1996.  That team was actually really likeable, and everyone who didn't love the Braves hated Atlanta.

WTF??? How could you not like the 90s Braves?  Chipper Jones, Smoltz, Glavine, Maddux, Andruw Jones, The Crime Dog, and then John Rocker in the late 90s 

Was Rocker the really racist guy or was that a different pitcher?

It was Rocker. I really liked him before I found out he was basically a Klansman.

Speaking of Rocker, the Royals signed Jon Rauch to a minor league deal.

[SabiNation]

Everyone, except probably die-hard Royals and Red Sox fans were rooting for the Yankees in 1996.  That team was actually really likeable, and everyone who didn't love the Braves hated Atlanta.

WTF??? How could you not like the 90s Braves?  Chipper Jones, Smoltz, Glavine, Maddux, Andruw Jones, The Crime Dog, and then John Rocker in the late 90s 

Was Rocker the really racist guy or was that a different pitcher?

It was Rocker. I really liked him before I found out he was basically a Klansman.

Speaking of Rocker, the Royals signed Jon Rauch to a minor league deal.

 

[Dub]

Everyone, except probably die-hard Royals and Red Sox fans were rooting for the Yankees in 1996.  That team was actually really likeable, and everyone who didn't love the Braves hated Atlanta.

WTF??? How could you not like the 90s Braves?  Chipper Jones, Smoltz, Glavine, Maddux, Andruw Jones, The Crime Dog, and then John Rocker in the late 90s 

Was Rocker the really racist guy or was that a different pitcher?

It was Rocker. I really liked him before I found out he was basically a Klansman.

Speaking of Rocker, the Royals signed Jon Rauch to a minor league deal.

 

I wish Rocker's "time" would've been around now.  There would have been so many amazing cell phone videos and pics.

[Cartierfor3]

http://claydavenport.com/archives/207

2014 projections:

4th in the ALC at 77-85

[EMAWmeister]

To build these projections, I:

1) Run a computerized projection scheme, using the last three years of player performance compared against a database of all players’ four year performances. The algorithm attempts to find the most similar players, in terms of age, position, build, and performance, and the top 20 players are noted on the individual player cards.

Sorry, we're going to mush this dumbass in the face.

[mocat]

snowbrag used that exact same algorithm a couple years ago but i realized it was complete garbage so i threw it away

[Matt Siebrant's Left Hand]

To build these projections, I:

1) Run a computerized projection scheme, using the last three years of player performance compared against a database of all players’ four year performances. The algorithm attempts to find the most similar players, in terms of age, position, build, and performance, and the top 20 players are noted on the individual player cards.

Sorry, we're going to mush this dumbass in the face.

God, we better or I'm going to start taking heroin intravenously. 

[8manpick]

To build these projections, I:

1) Run a computerized projection scheme, using the last three years of player performance compared against a database of all players’ four year performances. The algorithm attempts to find the most similar players, in terms of age, position, build, and performance, and the top 20 players are noted on the individual player cards.

Sorry, we're going to mush this dumbass in the face.

God, we better or I'm going to start taking heroin intravenously.

insufflating not doing it for you anymore?

['taterblast]

?@McCulloughSL
This passes for news: This will be my last week at The Star-Ledger. Excited to cover the Royals for The Kansas City Star.

26 years old. change of pace from Dutton it would seem. also, i'm getting rough ridin' old.

[Cartierfor3]

?@McCulloughSL
This passes for news: This will be my last week at The Star-Ledger. Excited to cover the Royals for The Kansas City Star.

26 years old. change of pace from Dutton it would seem. also, i'm getting rough ridin' old.

Dutton was great, it will be a tough act to follow.

[Cartierfor3]

Wait, that dude was covering the Yankees? Man. This is gonna be a bummer. I like when beat writers know the history of a team. No way this guy is gonna know who Aaron Guiel or Rusty Mecham are.

[mocat]

Andy McCullough covers the Yankees for The Star-Ledger. He covered the Mets from 2010 to 2012. He graduated from Syracuse University in 2009.

[scottwildcat]

“@Royals: #Royals acquire OF Carlos Peguero from Seattle for a player to be named or cash considerations.”

[mocat]

but why?

[jtksu]

but why?

Dude has some serious leftie power.   Maybe just for PH use?

[Cartierfor3]

Andy McCullough covers the Yankees for The Star-Ledger. He covered the Mets from 2010 to 2012. He graduated from Syracuse University in 2009.

He's gonna get a serious wedgie if I IRL meet that dork

[j-dub]

Andy McCullough covers the Yankees for The Star-Ledger. He covered the Mets from 2010 to 2012. He graduated from Syracuse University in 2009.

He's gonna get a serious wedgie if I IRL meet that dork

what a goober

[bones129]

Rusty is No.1! (and other KC tidbits).

http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20140129&content_id=67237382&notebook_id=67238032&vkey=notebook_kc&c_id=kc

[Tobias]

Andy McCullough covers the Yankees for The Star-Ledger. He covered the Mets from 2010 to 2012. He graduated from Syracuse University in 2009.

He's gonna get a serious wedgie if I IRL meet that dork

i don't mean this in a bad way per se (i'm a soccer fan), but that guy even looks too dorky for baseball

[The Big Train]

Andy McCullough covers the Yankees for The Star-Ledger. He covered the Mets from 2010 to 2012. He graduated from Syracuse University in 2009.

He's gonna get a serious wedgie if I IRL meet that dork

i don't mean this in a bad way per se (i'm a soccer fan), but that guy even looks too dorky for baseball

Nope!

[EMAWmeister]

Is fanfest a thing that's just for kids?  I've never been, but I kinda want to go.

[The Big Train]

Just go to spring training.