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How Does Kansas City's Catching Stack up?

Today, we begin a series of columns in which I will examine the Royals versus their Central Division comrades on a position by position basis in an attempt to determine just how close (or how far) this team is from truly contending in the division...

Written by Clark Fosler about about 1 month ago 112 reads 1 comments
Trading Joakim Soria: Deal with Phillies Could Net Solid Haul for Royals

On Wednesday, I offered up the theory of trading Joakim Soria to build a better future base for the Kansas City Royals...

Written by Clark Fosler about about 1 month ago 316 reads 1 comments
Fixing the Royals: Start with Trading Joakim Soria

Tuesday on SportsRadioKC, Craig and I discussed the idea of trading Royals' closer Joakim Soria. As an aside, I assume at some point you will be able to access an archive of our show on that Web site...

Written by Clark Fosler about 2 months ago 155 reads 0 comments
Kansas City Loves Late-Summer Teases, Royal Fans Aren't Falling for It This Year

The Monsters of September, a.k.a the Kansas City Royals, rolled on again this weekend, taking two of three from the Chicago White Sox...

Written by Clark Fosler about 2 months ago 74 reads 0 comments
Kansas City Royals' Bullpen Is the Real Cause of Disasterous 2009

A few days ago, we examined the effect or non-effect of injuries with relation to a rather pitiful Royals offensive effort this season...

Written by Clark Fosler about 2 months ago 64 reads 0 comments
Kansas City's Poor Year Due to Shabby Trade and Broke Bats, Not Injury Wealth

Over the past few months, we have been treated to a number of interestingcomments from within the Royals' organization...

Written by Clark Fosler about 2 months ago 129 reads 0 comments
The Butler Did It: Kansas City Rising Star Billy Butler Is Clued in at the Plate

Sam Mellinger tweeted the other day that a baseball guy summed up the Royals rather accurately and succinctly: their good players aren't good enough. That is a sentiment we have offered more than once on this site and on many others, too...

Written by Clark Fosler about 2 months ago 140 reads 0 comments
Royals Are Laughingstocks Once More

When Dayton Moore was hired as general manager and David Glass decided it was okay to spend a little money, most of us were sure that the Royals were on the road back to respectability...

Written by Clark Fosler about 3 months ago 172 reads 1 comments
Is Alberto Callaspo the Royals' Best Trading Chip?

On Tuesday, I offered up the proposition that the current Royals roster simply was not good enough. After losing yesterday afternoon, making them 3-12 in Zack Greinke's last 15 starts, it only seems to reinforce my point...

Written by Clark Fosler about 3 months ago 89 reads 2 comments
The Kansas City Royals' Season Turns More Blue Once You Look at a Stat or Two

While it would be inaccurate to call the 2009 Royals the worst team in history, you can make a very real argument that they might well be the most disappointing squad to wear blue...

Written by Clark Fosler about 3 months ago 87 reads 1 comments
Is There Any Help On The Horizon For Kansas City?

While the company line out of Kaufmann Stadium these days is 'trust the process', I put that sentiment in roughly the same category as: David DeJesus is hurting the team because he smiles too ...

Written by Clark Fosler about 3 months ago 139 reads 2 comments
Bruce Chen From Panama: Royals' Stopper

When your team needs a win, who else would you want on the mound except Bruce Chen? It is a happy Friday, so we will ignore that Chen allowed 11 baserunners in less than seven innings and allowed ...

Written by Clark Fosler about 3 months ago 26 reads 1 comments
Time for the Kansas City Royals To Move Forward

You know what's funny about Zack Greinke's outing yesterday? If you define it as 'Zack just didn't have it', you are a baseball man...

Written by Clark Fosler about 3 months ago 81 reads 0 comments
No Trade Too Small For The Kansas City Royals

"It's like teams are expecting us to just give away our players." By now, a lot of you have probably seen or heard that comment attributed to an unnamed source in the Royals' front office...

Written by Clark Fosler about 4 months ago 155 reads 2 comments
For Royals, Three Wins Out of Four Is No Reason to Stand Pat

The Royals picked up a nice 11-inning win last night in Baltimore to net their second straight win and third victory in the last four games...

Written by Clark Fosler about 4 months ago 60 reads 2 comments
Royals' Luke Hochevar Comes Into His Own

It is possible that Luke Hochevar is just on a hot streak—much as Kyle Davies was last September when many of us thought he might well have emerged as a true No. 3 starter for the Royals...

Written by Clark Fosler about 4 months ago 102 reads 4 comments
Does Dayton Moore Have the KC Royals on the Road to Oblivion?

From the Kansas City Star this morning: Moore points to the club's 18-11 start, prior to the onset of injuries to several key players, as validation of the organization's approach. "I go back to the same thing all of the time," he said...

Written by Clark Fosler about 4 months ago 214 reads 2 comments
Kansas Royals Blow Three Straight Leads As Joakim Soria Watches

"I'm right there with them," Hillman said. "I want Soria in the game, too. But I'm not going to sell my soul to the devil for a guy that's already had two major arm injuries in my estimation...

Written by Clark Fosler about 4 months ago 58 reads 0 comments
Dayton Moore's Defining Moment

To the national media, the Royals' trade for Yuniesky Betancourt was a somewhat minor transaction: partly because of the two cities involved and partly because of the players involved...

Written by Clark Fosler about 4 months ago 113 reads 0 comments
Does Mark Teahen Have Trade Value?

It is definitely trade rumor season—I even did my own little part by speculating that the Ryan Freel acquisition was a precursor to more moves by the Royals...

Written by Clark Fosler about 4 months ago 137 reads 1 comments
Gil Meche Dominates Diamondbacks

The focus of this column today will be squarely on Gil Meche and the fantastic job he did last night in hurling a four-hit shutout, but I would be remiss if I didn't note just how poorly the Arizona Diamondbacks played last night...

Written by Clark Fosler about 5 months ago 21 reads 0 comments
This Year, Next Year Or The Year After That For The Royals?

I analyze Gil Meche starts as much, maybe more than starts by Zack Greinke. Gil Meche is my favorite Royal right now and let me tell you, whoever that was wearing his jersey yesterday was NOT Gil Meche...

Written by Clark Fosler about 6 months ago 77 reads 1 comments
Analyzing the Kansas City Royals' Offense So Far

Zack Greinke has been a revelation thus far in 2009 and the rest of the Kansas City Royals pitching staff has been quite good also...

Written by Clark Fosler about 6 months ago 113 reads 3 comments
Kansas City Royals' Winter Roster Questions

Pretty much lost at the end of yesterday's KC Star article in which Dayton Moore proclaimed the Royals 'might be done' this off-season was a paragraph on the current 40 man roster setup...

Written by Clark Fosler about about 1 year ago 566 reads 0 comments
That's It?

From Bob Dutton's latest dispatch at the GM's meetings:Dayton Moore departed the annual general managers' meetings Wednesday, warning that last week's trade to acquire first baseman Mike Jacobs from Florida might be the Royals' only major off-season move.

Written by Clark Fosler about about 1 year ago 65 reads 0 comments

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Clark Fosler Article Archive

How Does Kansas City's Catching Stack up?

Trading Joakim Soria: Deal with Phillies Could Net Solid Haul for Royals

Fixing the Royals: Start with Trading Joakim Soria

Kansas City Loves Late-Summer Teases, Royal Fans Aren't Falling for It This Year

Kansas City Royals' Bullpen Is the Real Cause of Disasterous 2009

Kansas City's Poor Year Due to Shabby Trade and Broke Bats, Not Injury Wealth

The Butler Did It: Kansas City Rising Star Billy Butler Is Clued in at the Plate

Royals Are Laughingstocks Once More

Is Alberto Callaspo the Royals' Best Trading Chip?

The Kansas City Royals' Season Turns More Blue Once You Look at a Stat or Two

Is There Any Help On The Horizon For Kansas City?

Bruce Chen From Panama: Royals' Stopper

Time for the Kansas City Royals To Move Forward

No Trade Too Small For The Kansas City Royals

For Royals, Three Wins Out of Four Is No Reason to Stand Pat

Royals' Luke Hochevar Comes Into His Own

Does Dayton Moore Have the KC Royals on the Road to Oblivion?

Kansas Royals Blow Three Straight Leads As Joakim Soria Watches

Dayton Moore's Defining Moment

Does Mark Teahen Have Trade Value?

Gil Meche Dominates Diamondbacks

This Year, Next Year Or The Year After That For The Royals?

Analyzing the Kansas City Royals' Offense So Far

Kansas City Royals' Winter Roster Questions

That's It?

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