Why not contract the KANSAS CITY ROYALS?

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!

Latest on Zack: Zack Greinke threw seven shutout innings with seven strikeouts but had a no-decision in Wichita's 3-2 win over San Antonio. Since July 1, Greinke has a 3.14 ERA with 58 strikeouts and only seven walks in 51 2/3 innings.

There are no plans to bring up Greinke before September, Bell said.

.311 / .414 / .615 (10 2B, 3 3B, 7 HR) w/ 21 BB against 24 Ks.

Final, end of the 10th: CLE 15 - KC 13

Another loss tomorrow and they will be mathematically eliminated.

   	   		G 	AB 	R 	H 	2B 	3B 	HR 	RBI 	BB 	K 	SB 	CS 	AVG 	OBP 	SLG 	OPS 	 
 Pre All Star 	  	56 	192 	30 	50 	7 	4 	7 	29 	16 	44 	3 	0 	.260 	.319 	.448 	.767 	 
 Post All-Star 	  	41 	152 	36 	54 	14 	3 	9 	33 	23 	28 	6 	0 	.355 	.441 	.664 	1.105 	 

Yeah, the month-by-month breakdown is more dramatic:

   	   	G 	AB 	R 	H 	2B 	3B 	HR 	RBI 	BB 	K 	SB 	CS 	AVG 	OBP 	SLG 	OPS 	 
 April 	  	19 	64 	10 	14 	2 	2 	2 	8 	5 	19 	2 	0 	.219 	.271 	.406 	.678 	 
 May 	  	4 	13 	0 	1 	0 	0 	0 	1 	0 	4 	0 	0 	.077 	.077 	.077 	.154 	 
 June 	  	24 	82 	12 	25 	2 	1 	3 	11 	6 	15 	0 	0 	.305 	.352 	.463 	.816 	 
 July 	  	27 	91 	24 	29 	7 	3 	7 	25 	20 	19 	3 	0 	.319 	.442 	.692 	1.135 	 
 August 	23 	94 	20 	35 	10 	1 	4 	17 	8 	15 	4 	0 	.372 	.427 	.628 	1.055 	 

:p

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?

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*