Kansas City Royals - The Obama / Trump Years (2010-2019)

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Top Royals Players of the Twenty Teens

2014 - Won WC (Oak); Won ALDS (Angels); Won ALCS (Balt); Lost WS (SF)

2015 - Won Division; Won ALDS (Hou); Won ALCS (Toronto); Won WS (Mets)

Pitchers:

Greg Holland (10.15) - 38

Ballpark:

Danny Duffy (16.12) - 28

Kauffman Stadium

Bruce Chen (5.96) - 24

Jeremy Guthrie (2.95) - 24

Team Name:

Yordano Ventura (7.05) - 22

Royals

Wade Davis (6.87) - 20

James Shields (7.79) - 20

Owner:

Joakim Soria (5.39) - 20

David Glass

Ian Kennedy (6.32) - 18

Jason Vargas (7.26) - 17

General Managers:

Kelvin Herrera (9.96) - 16

Dayton Moore

Luke Hochevar (3.44) - 16

Jakob Junis (3.63) - 15

Managers:

Edinson Volquez (1.7) - 15

Trey Hillman (2010)

Brad Keller (6.29) - 10

Ned Yost (2010-2019)

Jason Hammel (-0.18) - 8

Hall of Famers:

Catchers:

None

Salvador Perez (22.19) - 56

Rookie of the Year:

First Basemen:

None

Eric Hosmer (14.16) - 44

No Hitters:

Second Basemen:

None

Whit Merrifield (14.69) - 29

MVP

ShortStop:

None

Alcides Escobar (9.21) - 47

Adalberto Mondesi (4,52) - 16

Cy Young

None

Third Base:

Mike Moustakas (13.45) - 31

Notable Events:

Outfield:

2010 - Coming into the Twenty Teens the Royals had only one winning

Alex Gordon (31.55) - 64

season (barely in '03) in the previous sixteen years. Royals owner David

Lorenzo Cain (25.06) - 60

Glass is a Walmart exec who, by definition, was not big on spending

Billy Butler (9.57) - 27

money on the help. This implies that owning a baseball team where

Jarrod Dyson (12.37) - 22

the help is what gives the franchise its value is probably not the best

Jeff Francoer (0.18) - 11

gig for him. Despite this, there was hope. The Royals had hired a top

David DeJesus (1.86) - 10

notch GM in Drayton Moore in 2009, who was able to build a contending

Jorge Soler (3.09) - 9

club by mid decade out of all of the high draft picks that the Royals

were getting and also while doing it on the cheap.

Notable Events:

2010 - Roster - the cupboard was far from bare due to a plethora of

2015 - The Royals beef up their pitching as they're going for it all

high draft picks in the Oughts:

□ RHP - Edinson Volquez , 31, free agent from Pittsburgh

□ 1B - Billy Butler, 24, fourteenth overall pick in 2004 draft

□ RHP - Chris Young, 36, RHP from Seattle

□ SS - Yuniesky Betancourt, 28, dealt to Milwaukee in Greinke deal in 2011

□ RHP - Johnny Cueto, 29, in a trade deadline deal with the Reds

□ CF - David DeJesus, 30, dealt to Oakland in 2011 prior to FA walk year

□ OF - Alex Gordon, 26, 2nd overall pick in 2005 draft

2015 - All the maneuverings pay off as the Royals win the world series.

□ OF - Gregor Blanco, 26, dealt to Washington in 2011

The newly acquired starters were key.

□ OF - Jarrod Dyson, 25, 50th round pick in 2006 draft

The Morales acquistion seemed to be a catalyst for the

□ Closer - Joakim Soria, 26, Rule 5 draft from SD in 2006,

rest of the lineup as everybody was significantly better than 2014

injured in 2012 and released

Closer - Greg Holland, 24, tenth round pick in 2007 draft

2016 - RHP Ian Kennedy, 31, is signed as a free agent from San Diego

□ RHP - Zach Greinke, 26, sixth overall pick in the 2002 draft,

dealt to Milwaukee in 2011 for four prospects, all of whom

2016 - Maybe it's a hangover from winning the World Series,

turned out to be excellent players,

but the Royals plummet sixteen games in the standings to .500.

CF Lorenzo Cain, 24, SS Alcides Escobar, 23.

It's no one thing or player. Everybody's production declines,

RHP Jake Odorizzi, 21 and closer Jeremy Jeffress, 23.

some more than others. Injuries to Moustakas and Holland

didn't help, but it was a general malaise more than anything.

2011 - 3B Mike Moustakas, 22, is a rookie.

He was the 2nd overall pick in the 2007 draft

2017 - RHP Yordano Ventura, 25, dies in a car accident

2011 - 1B Eric Hosmer, 21, is a rookie.

2017 - Carbon copy of 2016. Kansas City is no longer an elite team.

He was the 3rd overall pick in the 2008 draft

One must presume that Royals management still thought they had a

chance at bouncing back into contention because they are not sellers

2011 - C Salvador Perez, 21, is a rookie. He was an IFA in 2006

at the trade deadline.

2011 - LHP Danny Duffy, 22, is a rookie.

They could have gotten some value back for the likes of Eric Hosmer,

He was a 3rd round pick in the 2007 draft

Lorenzo Cain, Mike Moustakas, Whit Merrifeild, Salvador Perez,

Alex Gordon, Ian Kennedy and Jason Vargas

2012 - RHP Jeremy Guthrie, 33, is stolen from the Rockies

Several of these guys were still around at the end of the decade. Why?

in exchange for Jonathan Sanchez

2018 - Cain, Hosmer Vargas and Davis leave for free agency before the

2013 - RHP Yordano Ventura, 22, debuts. He was an IFA in 2008

season. Mike Moustakas is dealt for not much at mid season in his

walk year. Perez, Merrifield and Kennedy remain with the club.

2013 - GM Drayton Moore feels that he's stocked enough young talent

For all the talent Kansas City still had around at mid season 2017,

that the Royals are ready to take it to the next level even tho' they were

they've got nothing to show for it as they hit rock bottom and

only 72-90 in 2012. The Royals send stud outfield prospect Wil Myers, 21,

need a complete rebuild.

a 3rd round pick in the 2009 draft, and RHP Jake Odorizzi, who they had

acquired two years earlier in the Zach Greinke deal, to Tampa for a couple

2019 - The Royals are officially doormats. They've got a few decent young

of studly veteran pitchers in James Shields, 31, and Wade Davis, 27.

players in their farm system, but if they had played their cards right

The move works as the Royals gain 14 games in the standings to 86-76

they could have had a lot more young talent floating around. There's not

and are in position to contend moving forward.

enough young talent around to right the ship and they should trade anyone

other than Mondesi (who's not untouchable) for anything young of value.

2014 - With all the talent on hand, the Royals finally make it to the post

□ DH Jorge Soler, 27, obtained from the Cubs in '17 for Wade Davis

season and all the way to the World Series before losing to the Giants.

Huge bat, this guy needs to be traded for some younger prospects

It's really the pitching that does it as none of the high potential hitters has

□ 3B Hunter Dozier, 27, 1st round pick in '13

really broken out. Four starters win in double figures and the fifth,

Good hitter. Has some trade value

Duffy, goes 9-12 2.53. Meanwhile the bullpen is other worldy with

□ 2B Whit Merrifield, 30, 9th tounf pick in '10

Holland saving 46 games on a 1.44. ERA and setup men Kelvin Herrera,

This guy can fly, should still have some trade value.

sporting a 1.41. ERA, and Davis, pitching to a 1.00 ERA

□ SS Adalberto Mondesi, 23, IFA '11 - He's a keeper

(in addition to going 9-2 with 3 saves)

□ RHP Brad Keller, 23, purchased from Reds '18

Orginally an 8th round pick, he has no pedigree, but has performed well

2015 - To beef up their relatively anemic attack, the Royals sign DH

□ RHP Jakob Junis, 26, 29th round pick in '11

Kendrys Morales, who is thirty two, as a free agent from Seattle.

□ RHP Danny Duffy, 30, 3rd round pick in '07

Morales goes 22-106.290 and is a force in the middle of the KC's lineup.

Junis and Duffy have been innings eaters, they may have some value to a

contender trying to fill in the back of their rotation.