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[NBC Sports: Circling the Bases] - K.C. Columnist: trade Greinke and Soria for prospects

Craig Calcaterra — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 14:08:55 GMT

... teams than the Royals, it's time to shake things up. Trade Zack Greinker and Joakim Soria The Royals' two most popular and talented players, the trades would leave ma ...

[Kings of Kauffman] - Royals Rotten Decade (2009)

Wally Fish — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 03:59:20 GMT

... reinke, who turned in one of the finest seasons in major league history, and Joakim Soria, who battled shoulder tendinitis for part of the year. Also partially immun ...

[Dugout Central] - EXRA: A New Twist on an Old Stat, Part II

KerryWhisnant — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 07:08:17 GMT

... 0.37), Huston Street (+0.35), Andrew Bailey (+0.29), Chad Qualls (+0.29) and Joakim Soria (+0.22). These pitchers as a group allowed 35% of their inherited runners to ...

[MLB Trade Rumors] - Odds & Ends: Cliff Lee, Royals

Tim Dierkes — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 16:38:41 GMT

... oyals, who he says don't offer much beyond Zack Greinke , Billy Butler , and Joakim Soria . RotoAuthority looks at Boston's closer situation from a fantasy baseball p ...

[Mellinger's Ball Star] - The grumpy, pessimistic view of the 2010 Royals

Sam Mellinger — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 13:34:55 GMT

... ely on potential. And this will be his sixth season. Zack is terrific. Ditto Joakim Soria. Billy Butler is an emerging star. Other than that, who ya got? Rick Ankiel ...

[Detroit News: Covering the Bases] - 30 in 30: Kansas City Royals

(Tony Paul) — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 05:17:44 GMT

... an Bannister (7-12, 4.73 ERA/1.370 WHIP, 98 SOs/50 BBs in 154 IP) Closer. RH Joakim Soria (3-2, 2.21 ERA/1.132 WHIP, 69 SOs/16 BBs in 53 IP, 30 saves/33 chances) What ...

[Royals Authority] - Advanced Roster Construction: Counting to Twenty-Five

Clark Fosler — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 16:20:09 GMT

... that's five guys, so we are up to eighteen total, now. The bullpen will have Joakim Soria and Juan Cruz at the backend, with Kyle Farnsworth available for blow-out wo ...

[ESPN] - 2010 Fantasy Baseball Mock Draft, Version 1: Albert Pujols goes No. 1

AJ Mass — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 15:17:44 GMT

... e Robot to draft Mariano Rivera, "Beep, beep!" -- and then Cockcroft drafted Joakim Soria in Round 9, Quintong jumped in to grab Papelbon in Round 10. There are only ...

[Kings of Kauffman] - Royals Rotten Decade (2008)

Wally Fish — Sat, 30 Jan 2010 21:19:22 GMT

... (28): 0.307/.366/.452 in 518 AB Above 110 ERA+ (Minimum 49.0 IP)* 272 RHP-Joakim Soria (24): 1.60 ERA, 0.86 WHIP, 8.8 SO/9 in 67.1 IP 165 RHP-Ramon Ramirez (26): ...

[Mellinger's Ball Star] - Happy Friday at Ball Star -- the optimistic look at the 2010 Royals

Sam Mellinger — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 16:04:15 GMT

... The optimism starts with Zack Greinke. Of course it does. It continues with Joakim Soria and Billy Butler, giving the Royals a terrific mix of three 26-or-younger st ...

[WEEI: Nuggetpalooza] - Red Sox Reviews - Manny Delcarmen & Victor Martinez

Gary Marbry — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 15:29:12 GMT

... span (min. 350 LHB faced): .179 - Jonathan Papelbon .183 - Joe Nathan .186 - Joakim Soria .196 - Mariano Rivera .198 - Manny Delcarmen Note that all five are righthan ...

[Bleacher Report] - Jim Thome Signs With the Twins and I'm Eating My Words

Dan Wade — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 05:10:01 GMT

... ock full of them. Every opposing closer in the division-Jose Valverde (DET), Joakim Soria (KC), Bobby Jenks (CHW), Kerry Wood (CLE)-is a right-hander. If the Twins ne ...

[YES Network: River Avenue Blues] - The best fastball, curveball, slider, cutter, and changeup on the Yankees

Joseph Pawlikowski — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 19:30:21 GMT

... itters guessing. AL leader, starter: Tommy Hunter, 2.27 Al leader, reliever: Joakim Soria, 4.86 Credit: AP Photo/Elise Amendola Change Starter: CC Sabathia, 3.59 Reli ...

[Mellinger's Ball Star] - A different kind of Greinke Day -- and what it means for the Royals' future

Sam Mellinger — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 15:56:44 GMT

... s of the entire franchise would be dramatically different. Even with finding Joakim Soria for next-to-nothing and signing him to an extremely club-friendly contract, ...

[Bleacher Report] - Fantasy Baseball: 2010 Top 15 Closer Rankings

Ryan Lester — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 14:44:55 GMT

... issue at Target Field. Of course, his outside ERA was still only 2.79. 5. Joakim Soria, Kansas City Royals His numbers have been scary good the past two years for ...