May 30 Marcus Semien is playing like it’s 2019, his MVP candidacy season, and he’s doing it for the team that wanted him, the Blue Jays, not the other team, his hometown A’s.
Known for being durable and a dandy teammate, Semien agreed to a position change in Toronto, moving from sh
Who could the Royals have drafted in the 80s?
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This is the second installment looking back at who the Royals could have selected in past drafts, by the decade. I’m not sure if there is anything more difficult in life than identifying baseball talent. Brain surgery? Talking to women? The list is pretty short. Staking your career as a scout or General Manager to the analysis of 18–22-year-old ball players is a risky endeavor. Why do some players make it and some do not? That remains the million-dollar question that vexes all teams.
1980
The 1980 draft was the Darryl Strawberry draft. There was little doubt about the straw man going #1. Even the Mets, who held the pick, couldn’t have blown that one. Kansas City held the 16