There are about 33 or 34 positive things about this year’s Kansas City Royals. Someone else other than Zack Greinke will be starting the other 128 or 129 games though. Initially, this editor set out to be me more positive in introduction #4 but after reading Craig Brown’s Royals preview and trying to put myself [...]

For the second consecutive Cy Young award, the electorate seemingly ignored the Win stat and threw their support behind Tim Lincecum, who won all of 15 games for the San Francisco Giants.
The knee jerk reaction will be that the BBWAA got this one correct.  I’m not so sure.

It was a tight vote between Lincecum and [...]

Those of us in Kansas City have taken to wishing each other Happy Greinke Day on the days where Zack Greinke is scheduled to start.  Cheesy?  You betcha.  But this is the Royals we’re talking about.  It’s not like there are too many things that make us excited to watch a ballgame with the hometown [...]

Last night, I saw every blemish, blackhead and pore on Andy Pettite’s face.  Not by choice.  And not because I’m some sicko who pays attention to things like this.  It was because the FOX broadcast forced me to see these things.
It was because someone in a production truck in the Bronx decided it was interesting [...]

Another year, another one game playoff to decide a division.  And for the second consecutive year, this game will decide the champion of the American League Central.
Last year’s game was a good one when the White Sox edged the Twins, 1-0 in a game in Chicago.  Can Minnesota’s Scott Baker and Detroit’s Rick Porcello provide [...]

One of the knocks against Royals Manager Trey Hillman entering the 2009 season was he didn’t know how to properly handle his bullpen.  The conventional wisdom was Hillman’s instincts in juggling the match-ups were often wrong and he stuck with certain relievers for too long.  To remedy this, the Royals hired former Blue Jay manager [...]

As the season enters the home stretch, there are a number of story lines outside the pennant races (or lack of said races) for fans to follow.  In Detroit, there is an interesting situation concerning Magglio Ordonez and an $18 million option that will kick in sometime in the next two weeks for the 2010 [...]

Suddenly in the market for a backup catcher, the Texas Rangers swung a trade today to bring former hero Ivan Rodriguez back to Arlington.
With Jarrod Saltalamacchia on the DL with arm soreness, the starting catcher job in Texas now falls to Taylor Teagarden.  Neither have distinguished themselves offensively.  Salty’s OPS+ is 74 and Teagarden is [...]

We have plenty on the Alex Rios salary dump/waiver claim here at BDD.  However, when I heard the news that the Blue Jays were letting their right fielder go for nothing, it reminded me of a time about ten years ago when Toronto did something similar.  And came out the big winner.
In 1997, Randy Myers [...]

The Chicago Cubs made a change at the top of their lineup and immediately began seeing the dividends.  They could improve their lineup even more, if they would just get creative with how they use a certain player…
At some point, the leadoff hitter became less about reaching base than about raw speed.  Can you steal [...]