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Kansas City Baseball Vault

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A show featuring analysis, opinion, and stories about Kansas City baseball: past, present, and future. Our focus is usually on the Royals, but we'll also discuss the Monarchs, the KC A's, and other teams in Kansas City's history.

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This week, we welcomed ESPN writer and Fangraphs contributor Dan Szymborski to the show. Szymborski is the creator of the ZiPS projection system geared towards projected each player on each team during the winter. We talked to... more
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So James Shields finally signed. After a week where we talked about how the Royals might have a slim chance to re-sign him, Shields agreed to a deal with San Diego. We looked at the fallout now that it's official and talked about the... more
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As the Royals settled some arbitration cases, we talked about some of the potential changes to the game - pitch clocks, shifts, adding offense - that have come up recently and been pitched by new Commissioner Rob Manfred.... more
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This week Royalman Troy Olsen joined Mike to talk about the offseason and general impressions, the Royals payroll surpassing $100 million, and what Jarrod Dyson might bring in a trade (and if there's a viable replacement in the system if... more
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After the holidays, we had to play quick catchup and talk about the signings of Edinson Volquez and Kris Medlen from December. Volquez is important, but more of a complementary piece. Two other pitchers are much more important.... more
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After some winter hibernation, the Royals finally got things going on the transaction front, and we talked about the Royals' moves to fill out the lineup. So we compared Kendrys Morales and Billy Butler and the general market... more
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We knew this day would come but it was time to say goodbye to Billy Butler for his years of service in the Royals organization. We discussed what his move to Oakland may mean for him and what the A's saw in him that the Royals weren't... more
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We came back after a week off with a packed show that covered a lot of the names the Royals have been linked to since the end of the season. That includes guys like Jon Lester, Ervin Santana, Torii Hunter, and more. Then we... more
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After some time off to watch the World Series, we put off recording the first offseason show long enough. Of course, the Royals did not finish their dream run through the playoffs, but it was still a great showing. We talked about the... more
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Pine Tar Podcast season recap and offseason preview episode with Royals Assistant General Manager J.J. Picollo. Talking Game 7 near miss, possible internal replacements at positions of need and the reaction of fans to the team.... more
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