"KC hasn't had one rookie make a debut this year."

"KC hasn't had one rookie make a debut this year."

I can't believe we are into August and not one player from the minors has made a debut. Does any one know if a team has gone this long into the season and not one new face on the team?

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Well, obviously Mike Jacobs is way better than Kila Kaaihue

Thanks

by vivaelpujols on Aug 20, 2009 12:37 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Don’t mess with success.

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by cwyers on Aug 20, 2009 1:39 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs

While they aren't full-time starters and didn't make their debuts this year

Mitch Maier and Brayan Pena are playing significant roles on a major league club for the first time in their careers.

And Alberto Callaspo is starting full-time for the first time in his career.

by Mike Fast on Aug 20, 2009 1:58 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Callaspo is a very good little hitter... all kinds of bad at 2B, though.

Still, that’s just bad overall.

by Daniel Berlyn on Aug 20, 2009 8:58 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

It could be worse

Half the infield could be superfluo- oh wait…

Aaron King is still my homeboy... iffy mechanics and all

If Dustin Pedroia played in Seattle, not many people would be talking about him.

GET THAT VORP SH!T OUTTA HERE!!!

by baetown415 on Aug 20, 2009 2:17 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Free Kila

ain't had enough...

by BlackOps on Aug 20, 2009 3:24 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs

if it ain't broke...

oh, wait.

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by erik on Aug 20, 2009 8:27 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs

I'm sure things will improve now that they taught Alex Gordon a lesson!

e.g., “110 PAs is a totally adequate sample size.”

(Right, R.J.?)

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by devil_fingers on Aug 20, 2009 12:32 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

It's funny because Gordon -- when healthy at least -- is the exact type of player the Royals need more of.

by R.J. Anderson on Aug 20, 2009 7:14 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

I'd wager he's probably better than most of their players...

while injured.

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by bs.uf15bosox9bears23 on Aug 20, 2009 11:18 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

1979 Pirates

I think I remember reading that the 1979 Pirates might have gone the season without a Rookie. Could be wrong, though, and I don’t have time to check right now. ;)
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by JinAZ on Aug 20, 2009 3:25 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

I guess you could argue that since they are so bad, there is no reason to start service time clocks. I don’t know that you could argue that well though…

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by marcello on Aug 20, 2009 6:56 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

They have almost zero in the way of prospects at Omaha

Maier and Brayan Pena were already called up. Ka’aihue hasn’t been, of course, he’s the glaring exception.

On the pitching side, Chris Hayes was promoted from Wichita mid-season, and he deserves a September callup, but there’s absolutely nobody in the rotation there that is a prospect—Lenny DiNardo, Heath Phillips, Brandon Duckworth, Dusty Hughes, Matt Wright. Ugh. Carlos Rosa is a good prospect, but he’s giving up a hit an inning and a walk every other inning, so it’d be nice for him to work some of that out at Omaha rather than in Kansas City.

by Mike Fast on Aug 20, 2009 11:40 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs