Why not contract the KANSAS CITY ROYALS?

If the Mets or Yanks were to tank like this for a dozen years starting from today, I don't think they would be drawing that well at the end of the run either.

Sheehan on BP:

David Glass made his money running Wal-Mart, where the profits come from driving down the costs of production, especially labor. He's taken that same tack as Royals' owner, worrying less about investing in his product and more about being on the front lines in the industry's labor battles. You cannot win with that mindset in baseball, where the labor is the product, and his inability to shift gears has driven a once-proud franchise into the depths.

Mike Sweeney (.176/.313/.309 all for the low, low price of $11M/yr.) retirement rumors are beginning to surface.

"On Sunday, the Royals trotted out a lineup that included Tony Graffanino (.196) hitting third, Emil Brown (12 RBIs) hitting fourth and three players who were in Triple-A two weeks ago – Aaron Guiel, Kerry Robinson and Justin Huber.

"In the fourth inning, Joe Crede hit a fly ball to deep center field. Robinson climbed the wall to grab it. The ball landed – on the warning track."

Explain me to pls why he shouldn't bat cleanup on KC because he's one of the few guys who can hit the ball?

reggie sanders is first on the royals with 14 rbi.

Of course, the Cubs got swept by the Marlins this week, so who really is pitiful?

Angel Berroa hit a three-run homer to left field off Yankees reliever Kyle Farnsworth in the eighth inning to break a 4-4 tie and lead the Royals to their first win since May 10.

OAKLAND -- After weeks of speculation, the Royals replaced general manager Allard Baird with Dayton Moore of the Atlanta Braves on Wednesday.

Baird, the team's general manager since 2000, was dismissed with the Royals holding the worst record in the Majors at 13-37.

Moore, 39, becomes the sixth general manager in franchise history.

besides...control is one thing, but a budget is an entirely different kettle of fish. interesting, though.

i had just sort of presumed that allaird baird had already been fired.

hey, it looks like they're gonna sweep the Hopeless Series from Pittsburgh!

shealy, keppinger, teahen, gathright, dejesus...are they wedded to gordon at 3rd or is he getting reps at short in the minors, too?

if there pitching situation weren't such a shambles...seems like they have the arms, but what in god's name is happening to those kids?

Joe Sheehan: If I remember correctly, Rany Jazayerli concluded that the biggest dropoff in value in the draft was from the first pick to the second. So I'm going to guess that whatever psychic benefit and marketing magic you derive from being #29 in baseball will be less than that.

suddenly playing like a 67-win team!

They've won 8 out of their last 10, I am loving it.

(I predicted 70-odd wins back at the beginning of the season)

A sweep of the Angels! This will be their first winning month in four years. And they are only one game behind the White Sox to get out of last place.

Exciting stuff if you are a Royals fan.

Three and a half games ahead of the White Sox now, plus still got a chance to win 75 this year.

Bannister is 12-7 with a 3.16 ERA.

I tried watching today's game, but man, I hate the Metrodome.

HD makes a Metrodome game MORE difficult to watch.

still don't know why the mets got rid of bannister.....
hope it's not some amos otis redux

Bannister going from the largest market to one of the smallest is a potentially big difference though. Not so much pressure on him in KC.

The Mets end of the bargin wasn't a total loss. Burgos could still work out, and Ruben Gotay is very promising.

Bannister is ROY-eligible, yes? 38 IP w/ Mets last year, how many roster days? He outVORPs Pedroia by a lot and Matsuzaka by a hair.

He is apparently.

if you had asked me yesterday how old Salvador Perez is I would have guessed like 38 or 39 ... he's only 33?!?! i didn't realize he was so young when he got started, plus he was a high-profile player immediately

the Royals are a fun dark horse team so far this season. they've got some good pitching.

I was probably thinking 36 or 37--that is a surprise. I'd say there's one glaring thing that will hold him back from HOF consideration: never walks, so his lifetime OBP is .301. If you could add even 30 or 40 walks a year, I bet he'd have a decent shot. (Missing a full season followed by the COVID year right in his prime hurt him too.)

Timely as he's about to hit the IL for pulling his groin running out a single.

oh i thought he got hurt tagging a runner out at home

if Perez plays another few seasons and builds up some numbers, the argument against him becomes more difficult. he's got a world series MVP, eight time All Star, five gold gloves, his bWAR profile isn't dissimilar to possible future HOFer Yadier Molina (who is just slightly superior on defense per 162 games, and pretty inferior on offense.)

i enjoy watching bobby witt jr. i assume he's a good player?

just posted, relevantly: https://blogs.fangraphs.com/can-the-royals-pull-off-an-al-central-upset/

(the answer: probably not, though their odds have improved)

Timely as he's about to hit the IL for pulling his groin running out a single.

You see - if he’d have walked that wouldn’t have happened! *taps head*