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The Line’s May All-Star Team

Posted from The Royal Line 65 days ago
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With the draft just days away and the subsequent start up the Rookie leagues to follow shortly thereafter, I thought now would be a good time to form an early season ‘All Star Team’. Although I have labeled this the May All-Stars, the qualifications to make the squad are the total sta... (original story)

Wilmington’s World

Posted from The Royal Line 65 days ago
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With the promotion of pitcher Blake Wood to Northwest Arkansas, the number one player on our ‘Wilmington Watch List’ is no longer playing for the Blue Rocks. Still, there remains some guys who are beginning to generate a little buzz in High-A ball. - Joshua Johnson is either ‘get... (original story)

Minor League Coverage to Merge with Royals Authority

Posted from The Royal Line 65 days ago
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Due to some ‘tidying up’ around the MVN network, the coverage of the Royals minor league system that we recently started here is going to be integrated into our overall Royals coverage at Royals Authority. Look for a weekend post reviewing the happenings of the previous week down on the ... (original story)

Drafting is So Much Easier the Second Time Around

Posted from The Royal Line 65 days ago
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The perception surrounding the Thursday’s Major League Baseball Draft is that this event does not have the ‘make or break it’ consequences of the NFL and NBA drafts. In some respects, that is certainly true: no team is truly counting on its first few picks to start for them next year. [...... (original story)

Aviles Gets The Call

Posted from The Royal Line 65 days ago
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After an extremely quiet start transaction-wise to the season, the Royals made basically three moves in the last 12 hours. First, Leo Nunez went on the disabled list and was replaced by Neal Musser. Musser was bad during his first two callups in 2007 and very good in his final stint. While his [.... (original story)

Posted from The Royal Line 65 days ago
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It has been a busy couple of days with draft preparation, so here are some quick notes from around the system. We’ll be back with better coverage next week. Billy Butler had a double and a triple (yeah, I’m trying to envision that, too) last night for Omaha and currently is hitting .36... (original story)

Weekend Notes From Across the System

Posted from The Royal Line 65 days ago
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For some quick morning reading, we’ll hit some points of interest from over the weekend. Check back later today for our May All-Stars. For now, here’s what is new: - Worried about Billy Butler sulking over his demotion to Omaha? Well, Billy is off to a 5 four 14 start [...] (original story)

Mock Draft

Posted from The Royal Line 65 days ago
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I have recently participated in a mock draft with a number of other bloggers/writers. You can access it here and see the picks for the first, supplemental and second rounds. There will be more draft coverage here at The Royal Line and much more over at Royals Authority. Starting late [...] (original story)

What’s New in Northwest Arkansas

Posted from The Royal Line 65 days ago
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The Naturals’ pitching staff gets lots of attention on this site. With Daniel Cortes, Rowdy Hardy, Julie Pimentel and Blake Johnson already in the rotation that’s understandable. It also appears from at least one website that Blake Wood, who was dominating High-A ball may have been a... (original story)

Quick Hits from Burlington, Iowa

Posted from The Royal Line 65 days ago
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This probably does not qualify as a full update of the happenings with the Royals’ Low-A Burlington Bees, but it will have to do for now. Shortstop Mike Moustakas (and I will refer to him as such until the Royals tell us otherwise) has slugged a home run in three consecutive games, running his... (original story)