Talkin Royals

The Kansas City Royals through the years have had nine general managers since entering the league as an expansion team in 1969. Dayton Moore was the longest tenured general manager in franchise history. Former Royals owner David Glass hired Dayton Moore as the team's general manager in 2006 to replace Allard Baird. Following the departure of Baird, Mr. Moore selected former two time all-star closer Joakim Soria out of the San Diego Padres organization in the 2006 Rule 5 Draft. The following year, Moore made one of the greatest player signings in franchise history, catcher Salvador Perez. During Moore's time in Kansas City, Perez has played in seven all-star games, won a World Series, was named World Series MVP, selected to two All-MLB First Teams, won five gold gloves and four Silver Slugger Awards, named American League Comeback Player of the Year, led the MLB in home runs, was the American League RBI Leader. Perez also currently holds the record for the most home ...

Kansas City's rotation has been pretty solid in 2022 from Greinke to Singer; however, the team must look for some rotation upgrades this offseason. The Royals will have openings in the rotation for next season. While the team has options in the minor leagues, or even the bullpen, from Brad Keller to Luke Weaver, the team will be looking to bring in a middle of the rotation type of free agent pitcher.  Jose Quintana The Royals are going to be looking to spend a bit of money on free agent pitchers to fill holes in the rotation, but the team won't go all in on one particular arm. Quintana this past offseason signed a one year deal worth just $2 million dollars, and I believe he could be demanding about the same type of deal heading into next offseason and his asking price should be right up the Royals’ alley. The 33-year-old this season has posted a solid ERA of 2.93 since being dealt to the Cardinals in a trade with Pittsburgh. St. Louis gave up pitcher Johan Oviedo a...

Kansas City baseball in 2004 had many bright spots on a big league roster that couldn't find a way to put a winning season in the history books. Despite the Royals’ failure to put a winning team on the field, they still had several good players from Carlos Beltran to Johnny Damon. Those are the two best known stars at that time with the Royals. Although Zack Greinke was on the 2004 team, he didn't have the stats he has now in his career with the championship teams he's been a part of over the years. Kansas City had a few other good players on the team besides those three stars, including outfielder David DeJesus. DeJesus was originally drafted by the New York Mets in the 43rd round of the 1997 Major League Baseball Draft. Although the Mets selected DeJesus in 1997, the outfielder opted to attend college at Rutgers University delaying the start of his professional baseball career. Following the end of his college career, DeJesus was selected by the Royals in the ...