Why not contract the KANSAS CITY ROYALS?

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?

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.