Hiring a manager for our sinking ship...

Wow. The Royals suck. The excitement of the youth movement is gone, and the losing culture is taking hold. Having just read the recent articles in the KC Star, I'm actually ashamed of being a Royals fan.

I don't agree with firing Pentland and I am not sure about the hiring of Bell. What we really need is the firing of Baird and hiring of a legitimate baseball GM. Collecting bargain role-players means nothing, if you don't find some stars to pair with them.

Sigh. Maybe they will move to Portland and Rob Neyer and I can watch them suck from up here.

Royals win a series...

Apologies, between Matt's finals and my Bezos meetings, we haven't posted in a while.

In the last 6 days, the Royals have played .500 ball and taken 3 out of 4 from Tampa Bay. An encouraging sign after going 1-6 the previous week.

However, the road ahead doesn't look very good. Our young staff faces formidable offenses at every turn for the rest of the month. Balt, STL, Tex, LAA, NYY.

Oh, and revisiting an earlier thread. We are on pace to get caught stealing 79 times. We have 14 steals to 18 times caught stealing. Our 18 CS are second in the league to the White Sox. Unfortunately, the White Sox have 46 stolen bases to go with their 19 CS. Ugh. DeJesus has stolen 1 base in 6 attempts!! Perhaps blind aggression is not such a good idea.

Kearns for Affeldt... no brainer.

Yes. This is a great trade that makes sense for both teams. Willie Mo Pena keeps hitting 450ft bombs for the Reds to make Kearns expendable.

Yes, the both have durability issues. It is somewhat of a wash. However, the trade addresses needs for both teams. This trade makes so much sense, it hurts my brain to imagine it not happening.

Sigh. Oh for a young promising power hitter. As far as Billy Butler, all reports that he isn't really cutting it as a third baseman. Heh. Potentially another corner outfielder?

Say, did you read the article interviewing Glass about turning a profit last year and then reducing payroll?? It isn't that flattering of an article. Basically, Glass wants the Royals to break even operationally while he earns huge returns on his $90+ M investment in the team. Let's hope he is willing to spend some of that to keep any mature talent we grow. The world doesn't need another Carl Pohlad.