Although the year has come to a close for the Kansas City Royals, our jobs as baseball bloggers and members of the Baseball Bloggers Alliance is not complete.
The BBA, comprised of nearly 250 baseball blogs, will be releasing post season awards throughout the MLB playoffs.

Although the year has come to a close for the Kansas City Royals, our jobs as baseball bloggers and members of the Baseball Bloggers Alliance is not complete.
The BBA, comprised of nearly 250 baseball blogs, will be releasing post season awards throughout the MLB playoffs.

Although the year has come to a close for the Kansas City Royals, our jobs as baseball bloggers and members of the Baseball Bloggers Alliance is not complete.
The BBA, comprised of nearly 250 baseball blogs, will be releasing post season awards throughout the MLB playoffs.

For an inaugural vote, it wasn’t much of a contest.
Tampa Bay closer Rafael Soriano and San Francisco closer Brian Wilson handily won the Baseball Blogger Alliance’s first-ever Goose Gossage Award, handed out to the best reliever in each league. Soriano and Wilson, besides leading their teams to the postseason, posted numbers that well-distanced themselves from their competition in the minds of the voters.

Although the year has come to a close for the Kansas City Royals, our jobs as baseball bloggers and members of the Baseball Bloggers Alliance is not complete.
The BBA, comprised of nearly 250 baseball blogs, will be releasing post season awards throughout the MLB playoffs.

Although the year has come to a close for the Kansas City Royals, our jobs as baseball bloggers and members of the Baseball Bloggers Alliance is not complete.
The BBA, comprised of nearly 250 baseball blogs, will be releasing post season awards throughout the MLB playoffs.

Ron Washington of the Texas Rangers and Bud Black of the San Diego Padres were named winners of the Connie Mack Award by the Baseball Bloggers Alliance, noting them as the best managers in their respective leagues for 2010.

It appears Kansas City Royals bench coach John Gibbons is becoming a hot commodity this off-season. On Tuesday, Gibbons interviewed for the Pittsburgh Pirates vacant manager position.

Although the year has come to a close for the Kansas City Royals, our jobs as baseball bloggers and members of the Baseball Bloggers Alliance is not complete.
The BBA, comprised of nearly 300 baseball blogs, will be releasing post season awards throughout the MLB playoffs.

Northwest Arkansas Naturals 3b Mike Moustakas, who finished the 2010 season at Triple-A Omaha, and 1b Clint Robinson have been nominated for the 2010 MiLBY Best Hitter Award in the Double-A category.

Anthony Lerew of the Omaha Royals has been nominated for the prestigious MiLBY Award as Triple-A’s best starting pitcher.

Anthony Lerew of the Omaha Royals has been nominated for the prestigious MiLBY Award as Triple-A’s best starting pitcher.

Upon returning home at the conclusion of the 2010 Kansas City Royals season, Royals bench coach, John Gibbons was notified by the Royals organization that the Seattle Mariners have asked permission of the Royals to speak with and interview him for their vacant manager position.

With it being the final day of the year, lets take a look at what the starting roster for 2011 will look like for the Royals.

Dyson CF, Aviles 2B, Butler DH, Ka’aihue 1B, Betemit 3B, Gordon LF, Betancourt SS, Pena C, Maier RF, (O’Sullivan P)

The 2010-2011 off-season Kansas City Royals most obvious “move” has finally been made. A no-brainer to most Royals fans and all but guaranteed by General Manager Dayton Moore, the KC Royals have picked up the 2011 club option on David DeJesus.

Blanco RF, Aviles 2B, Butler DH, Kila 1B, Fields 3B, Maier LF, Betancourt SS, Pena C, Dyson CF, (Davies P)

Blanco RF, Aviles 2B, Butler 1B, Kila DH, Fields 3B, Gordon LF, Betancourt SS, Pena C, Jarrod CF, (Chen P)

Blanco RF, Aviles 2B, Butler 1B, Ka’aihue DH, Betemit 3B, Gordon LF, Betancourt SS, Pena C, Dyson RF, (Greinke P)

Dyson CF, Aviles 2B, Butler DH, Ka’aihue 1B, Betemit 3B, Gordon LF, Betancourt SS, May C, Miller RF, (Hoch P)