Kyle Farnsworth signed

Well here's the reliever DM has been after since dealing away Nunez and Ramirez.  Farnsworth for two years and more than $9M is a bit much...but he's not horrible...probably will give us 70-80 IP and put up and ERA around 4.3-4.4 with a WHIP of 1.3-1.4, which is not too shabby.  

A lot to shell out, but I think KC is still in a phase of having to overpay a bit for guys here and there, just because they're the Royals.

Now let's go out there and land a middle infielder...sounds like KC is in the hunt on Rafael Furcal and Orlando Hudson - would love to land one of these guys next.

Update: Horacio Ramirez...it's official

Looks like it's official now...word is that KC will give Ramirez a shot at the rotation.  I'm fine with that...could be a decent spot starter at the back end...wouldn't mind giving him 15 starts or so and letting him come out of the pen the rest of the time.

Of course, if he comes out on fire, I don't mind giving him 25 plus starts either....

Horacio Ramirez coming back?

Sounds like the Royals are close with Horacio Ramirez...not a huge move, but he pitched well for us when he was here, wouldn't mind seeing him back here in long relief or with a shot as a back end starter.  The more depth, the better.

It's been a long time....

Once again I got burned out posting about the Royals...as much as I love them, it gets harder and harder to consistently blog about these guys without getting depressed during the season.

That being said...I'm going to try like hell to keep up with this thing with at least weekly posts.  The baseball winter meetings have my juices flowing and I'm looking forward to throwing my thoughts out on the web...

More to come.