:: While waiting in a doctor’s office this morning, I was reading a New York Times story about former Catholic Cardinal Theodore McCarrick having been charged with sexually assaulting a teenage boy in 1974. Although Moore and Royals’ fans are catching a break with Soler’s departure, it might be too late for Moore. That still could happen, but at least this is an admission by Moore that the acquisition of Soler from the Chicago Cubs in 2016 (for Wade Davis) was a huge mistake.

Before today, I thought majority owner John Sherman would very likely fire General Manager Dayton Moore at season’s end. Had that not happened, no team probably would have been tempted. We can all be thankful that Soler’s bat got hot the last week or so and that he hit a bunch of home runs. He’s bush league all the way, and it’s great that we won’t have to watch him any longer. He has zero intensity, makes an adventure out of playing the outfield and, then, of course, there’s his ridiculous insistence on keeping his back left pants pocket turned inside out.

192, which is less than two hits for every 10 at-bats) but, as I’ve said before, it looks to me like he’s not very interested. Not only is he a terrible hitter (batting average. One reason I’ve watched so few Royals’ games this year (besides the fact that they’re very bad) is that it pains me to watch Soler. trading deadline, the Royals sent Soler to the Atlanta Braves in exchange for minor-league pitching prospect.

This afternoon, less than an hour before the 3 p.m. :: Mercifully, the Royals have traded Jorge Soler, one of the most annoying baseball players I’ve ever seen. So here is that breaking news, along with a couple of other stories that caught my attention. I was struggling to come up with a third topic of interest today when the Kansas City Royals came through for me.

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