By Jeff Parker Now that the Kansas City Royals have signed Jason Kendall to a two-year, $6 million deal, you may be inclined to think he is better than John Buck. That is simply not so. Kendall has really fallen off since the middle part of this decade and while he was once one of [...]
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By Thom Henninger Sixteen wins may not sound like a ticket to Cy Young honors, but the baseball writers got it right when they gave Kansas City ace Zack Greinke the American League award. The 26-year-old right-hander was 16-8 for the last-place Royals, who lost 97 games and shared the AL Central cellar with Cleveland. [...]
By Jeff Parker Ignoring wins it’s hard to make a case for anyone other than Zack Greinke to win the AL Cy Young Award. Greinke, who took his eighth no-decision Friday night despite allowing only one run in seven innings against the Indians, leads the league in ERA, ERA+, WHIP, HR/9, and shutouts. He’s second [...]
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By Bill Begley By mid-May, Oakland’s Brett Anderson was a real “down”-er … so to speak. By that time, the big 21-year-old was 0-4 and his ERA was a hefty 6.03 after a 14-1 loss to Detroit. In his first six starts, he allowed 50 baserunners in 31-plus innings of work, and it appeared his [...]
By Jeff Parker Don’t put the bust label on Luke Hochevar just yet, as the 2006 No. 1 overall pick is in an ace-like groove. Drafted ahead of Tim Lincecum that year, he has done a pretty good Lincecum impersonation in his last three starts totaling 27 strikeouts in 19.1 innings while walking only one [...]
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By Jeff Parker Gil Meche is dealing. The 30 year old right hander is 2-1 with a 1.69 ERA in his last six starts and has retaken the mantle as KC’s ace as Zack Greinke begins his descent back to earth. Meche, whose $55 million deal was widely mocked, has been everything the Royals hoped [...]
By Bill Begley Aaron Crow admitted to a little déjà vu … but he’s hoping for a happier ending this time around. A year ago, the lanky righthander was the No. 9 pick in baseball’s amateur draft but did not sign with the Washington Nationals. Tuesday, Crow found himself waiting out the draft again, and [...]
By Thom Henninger A month ago, with the surprising Kansas City Royals holding down first place in the American League Central and three rivals nipping at their heels, the division looked like a four-team race. Today the Detroit Tigers hold a 3.5-game edge in the AL Central and appear to be the team to beat. [...]
By Jeff Parker Alberto Callaspo is a hit machine. His bat has been key in the resurgence of the Kansas City Royals–they are currently 18-16 and tied for first place in the AL Central. Callaspo is batting .324/.377/.514 and is second in the league with 13 doubles. But it almost didn’t happen this way because [...]
