Kansas City Royals Archive

  • Gordon Breaking Out
    April 22, 2011

    Alex Gordon was once considered to be baseball’s top hitting prospect, perhaps the hop overall minor leaguer.  However, after struggling mightily early in his big league career, it looks like the Royals sluggers is finally making good on his potential and having that breakout season that Kansas City has been waiting for.  ESPN’s Buster Olney notes a day in spring training when Gordon broke and 0-13 start to the spring with a broken-bat bloop single.  “That was about the last day when something bad happened for Gordon, the former first-round pick who had struggled to establish himself in the majors thanks to injuries and inconsistency,” Olney writes.

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  • Closer Sleepers
    April 7, 2011

    We’ve already seen one closer lose his job this season, as Fernando Rodney has yielded the Angels’ closer job to Jordan Walden, which prompted ESPN fantasy baseball expert Tristan Cockcroft to discuss some other potential sleeper options in the closer stables.  Cockcroft notes Kansas City’s Tim Collins as a potential option if Joakim Soria were to be traded.  “It’s not that Collins could overtake Joakim Soria, it’s that Soria has been a subject of trade rumors for a while now, and if the Royals look to trade him, they’ll need to look hard for a replacement” he writes.  “AL-only owners might find Collins’ ratios and K’s helpful, and who knows, maybe he’ll be next in line.”

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