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Rick Ankiel | Outfielder

TEAM: Kansas City Royals
HEIGHT/WEIGHT: 6'1' / 210
DOB: 7/19/1979
AGE:30
BATS/THROWS:Left / Left
CONTRACT INFO: 2009: $2.825 million, 2010: Free Agent
 Rick Ankiel-OF- RoyalsJan. 25 - 5:40 pm et
Rick Ankiel will be Kansas City's starting center fielder, while Jose Guillen is being shifted to designated hitter, according to GM Dayton Moore.
Scott Podsednik will take over in left field and last year's left fielder, David Dejesus, will move to right. The Royals apparently promised Ankiel the center field gig when they inked him to a one-year, $3.25 million contract Thursday. They might soon regret it. He boasts one of the best outfield arms in baseball, but he doesn't have great instincts in center and his range is poor.
Rick Ankiel's 2010 Profile
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Current Season Stats
GABH2B3BHRRBIRBBKSBCSAVGOBPSLGOPS
122 3728621 2113850269943.231 .285.387.672
Career Stats Batting
YearTeamGABH2B3BHRRBIRBBKSBCSAVGOBPSLGOPS
1999STL000000000000.000.000.000.000
2000STL000000000000.000.000.000.000
2001STL000000000000.000.000.000.000
2004STL000000000000.000.000.000.000
2007STL471724981113931134110.285.328.535.863
2008STL1204131092122571654210021.264.337.506.843
2009STL12237286212113850269943.231.285.387.672
Appearances Per Position
Year C 1B2BSS3BOFDH
2009 0 0 0 0 0 101 0
 Rick Ankiel-OF - Royals Jan. 25 - 12:40 pm et

Royals signed OF Rick Ankiel to a one-year, $3.25 million contract with a $6 million mutual option for 2011.
Ankiel, 30, batted just .231/.285/.387 with 11 home runs and 38 RBI with the Cardinals last season. Coincidence or not, his production completely collapsed after he crashed into the center field fence last May. He'll be provided with a fine chance to re-establish his value in Kansas City, but the jury is still out on whether he can actually be a productive everyday player in the major leagues.
 Rick Ankiel-OF - Royals Jan. 21 - 11:56 pm et

Tim Brown of Yahoo! Sports reports that the Royals have signed Rick Ankiel to a one-year, $3.25 million contract with a $6 million mutual option for 2011.
It's pretty impressive that agent Scott Boras was able to convince the Royals to add such a high-salary second-year mutual option, whether it's ever exercised or not. Ankiel has provided baseball with a few major storylines over the years, both positive and negative, but he hit just .231 with a .285 on-base percentage last season and has quite a few holes in his swing.
Source: Tim Brown on Twitter
 Rick Ankiel-OF - Royals Jan. 8 - 1:09 pm et

Agent Scott Boras said Friday that he is "starting to get a lot of conversation" about his client, outfielder Rick Ankiel.
Boras is currently trying to sell Ankiel as an everyday player, which probably won't go over well with most teams. He's provided baseball with a feel-good story over the last few years, but the 30-year-old outfielder hit just .231/.285/.387 with 11 home runs and 38 RBI in 372 at-bats last season.
Source: St. Louis Post-Dispatch
 Rick Ankiel-OF - Royals Jan. 8 - 10:02 am et

According to Dejan Kovacevic of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, the Pirates appear to be shying away from free agent outfielder Rick Ankiel.
Ankiel's agent, Scott Boras, is selling his client as an everyday player and the Bucs are not prepared to guarantee him a starting job. The 30-year-old outfielder hit just .231/.285/.387 with 11 home runs and 38 RBI in 372 at-bats last season. He's not drawing much interest from other clubs around the league, so the Pirates might as well stick to their guns.
Source: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
 Rick Ankiel-OF - Royals Jan. 6 - 5:01 pm et

Pirates president Frank Coonelly again expressed interest in free agent outfielder Rick Ankiel during his monthly live chat on MLB.com.
"We think that Rick is certainly a good candidate to have a rebound season in 2010 and have expressed our interest to his representative," wrote Coonelly. "Therefore, Rick is certainly among the players who we have indicated an interest in to fill an outfield position." Ankiel, 30, batted just .231/.285/.387 with 11 home runs and 38 RBI in 372 at-bats in 2009. The Pirates would provide him a chance to reestablish his value on the open market, but Ankiel's agent Scott Boras will likely seek out a multi-year contract first.
Source: MLB.com

 

 

 

 

 

 

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