"WhiteFanposts Fanshots Sections Royals Trade Rumors & Hot StoveRoyals Minor Leagues & ProspectsRoyals Review ClassicRoyals Review Users GuideThe 100 Greatest Royals Of All TimeRoyals Review RadioRoyals Review Radio - The Catchers Can Get Tommy John Surgery? EpisodeWe also talk White Sox with Brett Ballantini of South Side Sox.EDTShareTweetShareShareRoyals Review Radio - The Catchers Can Get Tommy John Surgery? EpisodeRadioSalvy may have to take a hiatus from his Salvy’s Splashes this year as he will miss the entire season with a UCL injury. Our Max Rieper http://www.marinersfanproshop.com/authentic-edgar-martinez-jersey , Shaun Newkirk, and Matthew LaMar discuss his injury, and we also talk White Sox with Brett Ballantini of South Side Sox. Among the topics we discuss:Why didnt’ the White Sox land Bryce Harper or Manny Machado?How worried should Royals fans be about White Sox prospect Eloy Jimenez?Was Martin Maldonado a good signing for the Royals?Will Homer Bailey be in this rotation?Why can’t Matthew pronounce the word “milquetoast”?What do you expect out of Adalberto Mondesi this year?How could the Royals possibly be contenders?Here are links to some of the things we talked about:Jay Jaffe’s article on how catchers perform post-Tommy John surgeryMichael Augustine’s article on Cam Gallagher’s pitch-framingReader expectations on Adalberto MondesiMatthew LaMar imagines the Royals as contendersYou can follow Brett Ballantini on Twitter at @BrettBallantini and you can follow South Side Sox at @southsidesox. You can follow Max Rieper on Twitter at @maxrieper, Shaun Newkirk at @shauncore, and Matthew LaMar at @LaMar_Matt. Royals Review Radio is available on iTunes. NEW YORK (AP) — The baseball players’ union is urging the sport’s exclusive cap supplier to keep open its plant in Derby http://www.marinersfanproshop.com/authentic-edgar-martinez-jersey , New York, and not move production to a nonunionized facility in Florida.New Era Cap Co. said in November it was planning to shut the site in March and reached a closing agreement with the union last month. New Era has been Major League Baseball’s cap supplier since 1993.MLB caps are less than 2 percent of New Era’s production total. The company said it will move production to Hialeah, Florida, and its non-MLB production “would be absorbed by our existing global supply network.”The Major League Baseball Players Association said Thursday the decision will “cause economic harm” to the workers and Derby, which is about 20 miles (32.19 kilometers) south of Buffalo.New Era said it made the decision to “more closely align its business model with its competitors in the global sports Jay Buhner Jersey , lifestyle and apparel industry” and said it was among the last companies in the industry to own its plants.The company said the move is “not about chasing lower, ‘non-union’ wages, as has been erroneously reported.”“Given that New Era will continue to adhere to all aspects of our contract, is making a strategic shift in its operating model based on the company’s assessment of its industry and has already signed an agreement with the union, MLB is not in a position to change the outcome of this circumstance Denard Span Jersey ,” MLB said in a statement. “We recognize these challenging set of circumstances for those affected.”