Craig Kimbrel of the Atlanta Braves easily won the Baseball Bloggers Alliance’s Willie Mays Award for top rookie in the National League. The American League award, though, was a much different story.
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BBA Post Season Awards: Willie Mays Award
Here is the second award the Baseball Bloggers Alliance votes on…the Willie Mays Award for Top Rookie.
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Kansas City Royals Top Prospect Review
When I was doing the baseball previews, I included the Top 15 Prospects of each organizations with the team previews. This was primarily due to a time crunch on completing them. As I mentioned earlier, I was going to do something a little more in depth. First, you have the system info; top 100 prospects, how many before trades, and where they ranked this year and last year. I’ve also taken my top 15 and their position (rank from last year), the level they are at, where they ranked on other lists, their average ranking, and my 2011 Pre-Season Comments for the organization. Not as much depth as I’d like, but a little more information than originally given. I’ll be running these down in order of their ranking in my pre-season organization list.
First up, with the top pre-season farm system, is the Royals…
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The 2011 MLB Top 100 Prospect List
Here are my top 100 prospects for the 2011 season. I’ve been working and updating this list since January, so I think I’m finally got it to a point I can publish it. I’ve taken into account other lists from the “professions”, my gut feeling, and any scouting report I can get my hands on. I’ll have the System Rankings soon. I’m also working on getting the final 2 team previews posted today.
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30 Teams in 30 Days: Kansas City Royals
Kansas City Royals
2010 Record: 67-95
676 RS, 845 RA, Pythagorean Record: 63-99
Manager: Trey Hillman
GM: Dayton Moore
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Anatomy of a Keeper League: Roster Management
As a season goes on, I tend to make a lot of moves. Now, I’m not one to dump a guy in a slump, but I’m also not one to hesistate on dumping a guy with a history of struggles.
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