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The five best rotations in baseball
Buster Olney | ESPN.com (13 hours ago)
When Jon Lester is your No. 2 starter, you must have one of the best rotations in baseball, right? But what about when Adam Wainright or A.J. Burnett fills the same role? Buster chimes in with his current rankings on who has the best five.
If baseball doesn't work out …
Buster Olney | ESPN.com (2 days ago)
Buster nominates some major leaguers whom he thinks could play in the NFL. Plus moves, deals and decisions from around the league.
How MLB can help the college game
Buster Olney | ESPN.com (3 days ago)
College baseball is hurting. Funding scholarships would be a way for Major League Baseball to help.
- Verlander's deal a good prescription for Detroit (5 days ago)
- Of cows, Zenith radios and Harry Kalas (6 days ago)
- Perez tops list of key No. 2 starters (7 days ago)
- Tampa's loaded youth movement (8 days ago)
- BP: How the Red Sox roll
(13 days ago) - Law: 2010 organizational rankings (13 days ago)
- Fixing the MLB draft (14 days ago)
Sunday 10/4 - Final
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2009 Salaries
| RK | PLAYER | SALARY (US$) |
| 1 | Jose Guillen | 12,000,000 |
| 2 | Gil Meche | 11,400,000 |
| 3 | Jason Kendall | 5,000,000 |
| 4 | Kyle Farnsworth | 4,250,000 |
| Team Total | 81,384,553 | |
| Team Rank | 15th | |
| Royals Salaries | ||
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2009 AL Central Standings
| TEAM | W | L | GB | RS | RA |
| 87 | 76 | - | 817 | 765 | |
| 86 | 77 | 1 | 743 | 745 | |
| 79 | 83 | 7.5 | 724 | 732 | |
| 65 | 97 | 21.5 | 773 | 865 | |
| 65 | 97 | 21.5 | 686 | 842 | |
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2009 Team Leaders
| BA LEADER » B. BUTLER | ||
 | BA | .301 |
| HR | 21 | |
| RBI | 93 | |
| R | 78 | |
| OTHER LEADERS » | ||
| RBI | B. Butler | 93 |
| R | A. Callaspo | 79 |
| OPS | B. Butler | .853 |
| W | Z. Greinke | 16 |
| ERA | Z. Greinke | 2.16 |
| SO | Z. Greinke | 242 |
| Complete Team Stats | ||
2009 American League Ranks
| AVG | R | OBP | SLG | OPS | SB |
| .259 | 686 | .318 | .405 | .724 | 88 |
| 12th | 13th | 13th | 12th | 13th | 9th |
| ERA | BAA | OPS | SV | WHIP | QS |
| 4.83 | .269 | .765 | 34 | 1.46 | 74 |
| 12th | 9th | 10th | 11th | 12th | 9th |
Team History
| YEAR | W | L | RS | RA |
| 2009 | 65 | 97 | 686 | 842 |
| 2008 | 75 | 87 | 691 | 781 |
| 2007 | 69 | 93 | 706 | 778 |
| 2006 | 62 | 100 | 757 | 971 |
| 2005 | 56 | 106 | 702 | 935 |
| 2004 | 58 | 104 | 720 | 905 |
| 2003 | 83 | 80 | 840 | 874 |
| 2002 | 62 | 100 | 737 | 891 |
| Expanded Team History | ||||