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AL runs allowed leaders:
1) KC - 28
1) CLE - 28
3) BOS - 31
4) BAL 33
5) MIN - 36
Unbelievable.
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I, for one, am shocked that the 34-year old throwing 89 isn’t super effective in a closer’s role.
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The Kansas City Royals just won a game in which:
• Bobby Witt Jr. did not record a hit
• Garrett Hampson started in CF
• Their 5-6-7 hitters went 0-13
• Daniel Lynch pitched in relief
There is a ZERO PERCENT (0%) chance that that happens in 2023.
Progress!
#HEYHEYHEYHEY
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Salvy is 100% getting to 300 and then the Hall of Fame conversations REALLY heat up. If he ends his career on a team that makes the playoffs 2-3 times in 4-5 years…it’s gonna be tough to leave him out.
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I am absolutely 100% not implying anything, but Gavin Cross, Drew Waters, and Michael Massey were all pulled from their respective games this evening. That is at least mildly curious and/or concerning at a number of levels.
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A) The Chiefs are not going anywhere. They are in the perfect spot. They’ll divorce the Royals and get whatever they want.
B) Here are the options for the Royals, in order:
- try again, with their 💩 together
- NKC
- JOCO
- pay for it yourself
- 50 feet of crap
- Nashville
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The broadcast has shown it every night so I know this is nothing new, but the starting rotation’s nightly meetings in the dugout IS SO DAMN COOL!!! That’s outstanding leadership.
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Maikel Garcia is currently rated as the best defender in MLB by FanGraphs, in case you were curious as to whether or not last year’s performance was sustainable.
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Nick Loftin is 25 years old and hitting .276 with a .371 OBP. 1.00 BB/K. Sending him down right now is…pretty funny.
INF Nick Loftin has been optioned to Omaha (AAA). A corresponding move will be announced tomorrow.
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I have tickets for Sunday’s game and I legitimately have not been this excited to go see this team play baseball since 2017. My goodness.
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Drew Waters needs to take MJ Melendez’ spot on the roster Friday. MJ’s last 92 PA:
• 10 hits
• .111 BA
• 2 walks (2.2%)
• 29 K (31.5%)
• 3.4% Barrel%
• -16 wRC+
Drew Waters cannot physically be any worse offensively and provides a boost defensively.
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I didn’t give Seth Lugo nearly enough credit for how savvy he is on the mound. This dude has been incredible so far, much less his impact on the younger starters. He’s mixing pitches, locating the ball, keeping guys off balance, throwing hard…my goodness.
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JJ Picollo just made a point I hadn’t thought about…
22 of KC’s first 35 games are against:
• Baltimore
• HOU
• TX
• Minnesota
• Toronto
That’s 5 teams with playoffs or bust expectations coming into the season. If the Royals can come out of there 15-20 it will be a win.
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👀
Salvy is currently rating as the 6th best framing catcher in MLB and is one of 9 catchers to accumulate a “fielding run” early on. He’s also tied for the 2nd best defensive rating among all MLB catchers.
Not sustainable, but definitely a positive development.
Gonna keep an eye on Salvy’s defensive ratings this year. Specifically BP’s framing runs. He’s made a couple of changes that I think will pay dividends for the pitching staff. Obviously it’s early but there’s no reason this isn’t sustainable.
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Maikel Garcia’s AL ranks at 3B:
- Def. Rating: 1st
- DRS: 9th
- Fielding Run Value: 1st
- Outs Above Average: 1st
- Fielding%: 4th
Good Lord…
Here are your AL finalists for the 2023
@RawlingsSports
Gold Glove Awards.
Winners will be announced November 5 on
@ESPN
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Good Lord…..
Sources: Cuban prospect and SS switch hitter Yandel Ricardo (16) is expected to sign with the Kansas City Royals for around $2.4 M when a new international signing period opens January 15, 2024.
Ricardo had a pre-agreement with San Diego Padres months ago, but it was canceled.
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The Royals being interested in Arraez tells me that they seem to be serious about improving the offense. That’s great, but the clock has to be running out on Adam Frazier and Garret Hampson then. Easy in-house replacements for both that give you a legitimate offensive threat.
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I have seen enough to sign an official apology form for my John Schreiber slander earlier this offseason. I was too unfamiliar with his game, apparently. He has been patently absurd and the Royals are 100% not in this position without him.
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Ragans
Lugo
Singer
Wacha
Let’s get frisky. That’s a formidable rotation if everyone stays healthy. Hurry back, Kris.
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Looks like the Royals have a new Director of Research & Development. Former Assistant Director of R&D for the Pittsburgh Pirates.
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The 3 most important role players for the Royals this season:
1) Brady Singer
No longer need him to be one of your three best starters. The Royals’ slim chances of winning the Central are pretty significantly hinged on Singer. If your
#4
is 2022 Brady Singer…you’ve got a shot.
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I’m seeing a lot of that “playoff” word and I want to make sure we all understand what that’s hinged on, what HAS to happen:
- Lugo builds on his first season as a starter at 34
- Wacha continues to pitch well at 32
- Ragans continues to pitch like a Cy Young
- Singer rebounds
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FWIW….
It sounds like this conversation went:
“So, Jesús?”
“We like Vinnie.”
“Mhm…….k thanks.”
If you consider that “discussing” a deal, then sure, but I’m guessing that’s why JJ and co. went back to Sherman and said, “Yeah we’re gonna need another $32M.”
The Royals discussed a deal of Vinnie Pasquantino for Jesus Luzardo but opted to push for Michael Wacha instead.
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Marcus Stroman starting his Royals career by announcing a move of the stadium to Johnson County. Legendary.
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Marcus Stroman should be a Royal next season. There’s not a better fit on the open market right now and there’s a 0% chance that someone offers him so much money that you just have to look elsewhere. Stroman is everything the Royals need right now.
The Royals are indeed interested in Marcus Stroman, as
@JonHeyman
reported, but Kansas City is casting a wide net in its search for pitching. Per sources, the Royals have also had discussions with Lucas Giolito, Michael Wacha and Jack Flaherty.
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Cliff notes from a conversation I had with a scout from another team re: Royals MiLB arms:
• Wolters and Mozzicato clearly most upside/talented, Mozzicato’s natural ability is special, just needs refining
• Kudrna next, safer profile, less upside, reminds him of James Shields
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The contact play with the infield in is something we don’t do in high school baseball. It’s, very seriously, hilarious to me that a big league team does it every single time.
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The Royals are exactly where they needed to be coming out of these first 10 games. Couldn’t have expected any more than 6-4, regardless of how they got there.
Houston is struggling early, then you have six with the Mets and White Sox. 12-7 is very much attainable.
#HEYHEYHEYHEY
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The Kansas City Royals are an unmitigated disaster. They don’t deserve a dime of taxpayer money at the moment. This is embarrassing. Arrogant. Selfish…I may have to hop back on the keyboards next week to vent. The entire organization should be embarrassed. Top to bottom.
Five months after narrowing their proposed stadium sites to two finalists, the Royals are quietly discussing in meetings the possibility of an alternative, a third option, pitched to them recently, sources told The Star.
Story:
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MJ Melendez is currently rating as the 2nd best outfielder in MLB in terms of his route efficiency. His burst and reaction times are still pretty slow, but the drastic improvement on his route efficiency is a great sign of his development as an outfielder.
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I will not overreact to Maikel Garcia’s Spring Training stats. I will not overreact to Maikel Garcia’s Spring Training stats. I will not overreact to Maikel Garcia’s Spring Training stats. I will not overreact to Maikel Garcia’s Spring Training stats. I will not overreact to Maik
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Carter Jensen is incredible. 20 years old and absolutely blistering balls at High-A. There’s only 45 qualified 20-year olds above Low-A right now and Jensen ranks:
• 3rd in BB/K
• 6th in ISO
• 1st in wRC+
• 1st in OBP
• 1st in LineDrive%
This was his first AB tonight:
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The fact that MLB hasn’t gone to the double base at first base yet is purely stubborn silliness. Who cares what it looks like? Keep the players as safe as humanly possible.
Also, Buxton may have a friendly reminder to be more careful than that coming to him.
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Royals should probably see if they can find themselves a right-handed option at second base in the near future.
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Look, I don’t need you to tell me that a spade is a spade, but color me intrigued for the Asa Lacy comeback campaign.
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Patrick Mahomes is now 12-3 in the playoffs. He has more postseason wins than the:
• Tampa Bay Buccaneers
• Carolina Panthers
• Jacksonville Jaguars
• New Orleans Saints
• Atlanta Falcons
• Arizona Cardinals
• Houston Texans
• Cincinnati Bengals
• Detroit Lions
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If tonight was the last night of the Will Smith closer experiment, we’ll have a good sign of progress from Q. This should be an easy decision from here on out.
#HEYHEYHEYHEY
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Would like to publicly thank David Sandlin and his training staff for this video of him hitting *100* mph before I put my rankings out tomorrow. Will adjust accordingly.
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Lol. The Royals are 16-10. What a phenomenal start to their season.
The Royals don’t *have* to get off to a good start for this season to wind up a success, but it would obviously help. Anything more than 15 wins in those first 35 would be a GREAT start to a season where…let’s be honest the team has to get close to .500.
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Oh my goodness gracious………
Between this and the home plate umpire telling Drew Butera, “I don’t even know who you are,” today, this entire crew needs to be suspended. Fire umpires into the sun.
Umpire Rob Drake was yelling at an injured Byron Buxton to get off the field
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The Royals’ starting rotation got off to legitimately one of the worst starts in modern MLB history last year. The total and exact opposite this season.
Brian Sweeney deserves a TON of credit, but so do Michael Wacha and Seth Lugo. Instant and immense culture change. Bravo.
The 2024
@Royals
are the first team in *Major League history* whose starting pitchers have recorded ≥ 6.0 innings and ≤ 1 run allowed in 7 of the 1st 9 games.
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Maikel Garcia as a rookie in 2023 vs Yandy Diaz’ rookie season in 2017 (MG/YD):
• Swing%: 42.8% / 38.9%
• Chase%: 21% / 11.5%
• Z-Swing%: 61.5% / 62.5%
• Contact%: 81.9% / 83.6%
• Hard%: 37.2% / 32.8%
• HardHit%: 50.6% / 50.8%
• MaxEV: 110 / 112.8
• wRC+: 84 / 84
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Nick Loftin is hitting .314 in Omaha with a BB/K >1.00. He’s an on-base machine. The Royals have expressed interest in adding that profile to their lineup. It’s honestly getting weird as to why they won’t just let him play.
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I just don’t understand what it is replay officials don’t see that literally everyone else does. How are the officials of billion dollar industries so bad unless it’s semi-intentional? It’s completely befuddling.
Sliver of daylight/no daylight (a millisecond later)
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Was able to watch the entire game today and Cross looked fantastic. I’m excited again.
That whole offense looks good. Peyton Wilson went DEEP twice today. Vaz looks good. Wallace is on fire…
I’m buying back in to Gavin Cross — especially with the state of the outfield in the organization.
.287/.361/.437, 124 wRC+, .404 BABIP, 8.2 BB% in Double-A.
@royalsminors
and
@aduvall013
have been all over it.
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Royals needed a right-handed bat, and they got the closest thing to Mike Trout on the open market.
The Royals are finalizing a deal with Hunter Renfroe, per source. It is expected to be a one-year deal with a player option.
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OPS’ing over 1.000 at the moment. The Royals, for the first time in nine years, have real, legitimate depth.
Drew Waters hits a grand slam (1) to right center field. CJ Alexander scores. Devin Mann scores. Nate Eaton scores. - Gwinnett Stripers (6) @ Omaha Storm Chasers (13)
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Bobby Witt Jr. could very legitimately do all of this at SS in one season:
• Batting Title
• 30-30
• Gold Glove
• Silver Slugger
That’s an MVP.
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Caglianone and Jensen going deep in the same Fall League game:
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Nick Loftin’s up-to-date OBP in 98 PA between AAA and MLB this season: .398
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Michael Wacha was my pick to lead the Royals staff in WAR this year. The fact that he’s been basically as good as I thought he’d be & is just the fourth best starter in the rotation is one of the most absurd things to happen in MLB this season. Royals are gonna win the Central.
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This is so cool that the Royals do this. If you’ve never been, for the love of God, GO! It is a truly remarkable experience.
The Royals announced they and the Kansas City Royals Foundation (formerly Royals Charities) will cover the cost of entrance for anyone visiting the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum during the month of February.
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The Blue Jays are a good baseball team and the Royals have guaranteed themselves a split with Ragans on the mound tomorrow looking for a series win. A win gives them a winning home stand vs two of the better teams in the AL. Hard to ask for too much more than that.
#HEYHEYHEYHEY
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68 qualified pitchers in MLB and all five Royals starters are in the top-30 for “changeup Stuff+”. The order may surprise you…
10) Brady Singer 114
11) Michael Wacha 110
20) Cole Ragans 102
22) Seth Lugo 99
29) Alec Marsh 90
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Right-handed starter Michael Wacha and the Kansas City Royals are in agreement on a two-year, $32 million contract, a source tells ESPN. He gets an opt-out after the first season.
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Bobby Witt Jr. is the Most Valuable Player in Major League Baseball. Miss me with any conversations to the contrary. He is single-handedly dragging an entire team to the playoffs.
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Carter Jensen looks so good. On an absolute heater to begin the season. Swing looks much better. He’s been more aggressive in the zone. He looks good behind the plate! Bright future for the KC kid.
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Angel Zerpa this season:
• 12.1 IP
• 11 H
• 3 BB
• 12 K
• 2.19 ERA
• 1.14 WHIP
Was up to 97 tonight in a very short outing. I am quietly very optimistic this role is going to work for him.
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What a phenomenal outing by Brady Singer to start his season. The entire rotation was absolute nails this weekend.
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• MJ is actually hitting
• trade for Velazquez’ power potential
• Isbel is playing well
• 1st round pick on Loftin
• trade for Blanco’s tools (speed/defense)
• trade for a former top-30 prospect in baseball
• sign a couple of savvy vets
• 3rd round pick on Gentry
@aduvall013
How did it change so fast? You can’t tell me signing Hampson, Renfroe and Frazier were the difference, right?
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Okay…I love the arm. Two years of control after 2024. Wallace was probably going to find himself in a logjam at 3B and…frankly probably isn’t ever going to be an All-Star.
Wallace AND the pick feels steep…but Harvey is VERY good and has closing experience. Intriguing move.
We have acquired RHP Hunter Harvey from the Washington Nationals for minor-league INF Cayden Wallace and our Competitive Balance A pick.
To make room for Harvey, RHP Nick Anderson has been designated for assignment.
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After Tuesday’s game, Vinnie’s wRC+ was -2.
It is currently 88.
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When you have an ace like Cole Ragans, losing streaks never last long. This team is different than they’ve been for the last half decade. This is a lot of fun.
#HEYHEYHEYHEY
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I liked the Nick Anderson signing. Good idea from the front office.
He can go away now. Get Will Klein back up here.
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@RealBirdLawyer
Is Jason Kelce has the distinguished honor of being Kansas City’s favorite athlete of all time to never play for a KC team.
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The JJ Wetherholt guide to a pleasant Sunday afternoon.
Step 1: Crush homer
Step 2: Admire homer
MLB's No. 8 Draft prospect watches his 3rd long ball in the past 4 games leave the yard:
🎥:
@WVUBaseball
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It was so cool seeing The K packed in October again. Nothing like playoff baseball, man. Can’t wait to see how this front office improves the roster over the offseason. Fully plan on being back again next year.
#HEYHEYHEYHEY
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Fantastic win against a very good ball club tonight. Idk what this Royals team winds up being but I’m going to enjoy the crap out of it.
#HEYHEYHEYHEY
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The average batted ball off of Bobby Witt Jr.’s bat this season is well over 100 mph. I wonder if people don’t realize just how absurd that is.
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Remember, the Royals traded a reliever for this guy. Not the other way around!
“I’ll take him as a dark horse. I’ll take Cole Ragans to finish Top-3 in the Cy Young. He’s got an outside chance to win it.”
#Royals
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At a minimum, the Royals are sending a message
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4-3 home stand vs a top-3 team in MLB and a top-half team in MLB. This is a nearly perfect start to the season.
#HEYHEYHEYHEY
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Major League Baseball is rigging the lottery to dissuade tanking. Good for baseball. Bad for your Kansas City Royals. Two massive blows to the Royals farm system in back-to-back years. Cleveland just walked out of here with the
#1
overall pick next summer.
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Hot take:
If the Royals can add one more high-leverage reliever, and sneak into the playoffs, they can absolutely beat out the rest of the AL and get to the World Series. They’ve got the defense and starting rotation to get there.
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Gavin Cross’ last 7 games:
- 8/24 (.333)
- 4 BB / 6 K
- 4 doubles
This is great news. He has looked much better. Still not…great…but much better.
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Some quick thoughts on the Columbia Fireflies after their opening weekend:
- Hunter Patteson looked FANTASTIC today. 4 IP, 5 K, 50 pitches, ZERO base runners…
- Danny Vazquez hit .583 over three games and looks every bit the part. He’s filled out and looks outstanding.
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Garrett Hampson has zero business on a big league roster. If there are 390 position players in MLB he’s probably the 380th best one.
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Would expect a trade to be getting close. Loftin makes sense. Zero reasons to guarantee Hampton $2M with the way the roster is currently constructed.
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On like…three of the biggest plays of the game, Mahomes just ran right at where Nick Bosa had been. Over pursued every time.
Mahomes out for a quiet stroll through the middle of the defense as the Chiefs run the triple
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My goodness gracious. Dairon Blanco carving out a Paulo Orlando role for himself on this team!
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Between April 8th of 2014 and July 24th of 2016, Wade Davis threw 167.2 innings in the regular season with an ERA of 0.86 and a FIP of 1.82. 214 strikeouts to just 52 walks in 167.2 IP. Somehow we’ll never appreciate that as the most dominant run in relief history.
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Vinnie Pasquantino’s last 252 PA:
• .306/.339/.522/.860
• 0.48 BB/K
• .216 ISO
• 133 wRC+
Lock him up JJ.
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My boy has never seen the Royals lose in person. Looking to go 3-0 tonight with “Pole” Reagans on the mound (we’re working on our t’s and c’s 😂). Let’s go Royals!
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Bobby Witt Jr. has almost completely closed the gap in fWAR with Gunnar Henderson and is 100% within reach of Aaron Judge. One IL stint or bad week from Judge and Bobby could very seriously lead MLB in fWAR this year.
There’s a STRONG case for him to win MVP even if he doesn’t.
278 wRC+! That leads all of baseball in that time, not surprisingly.
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@LaMar_Matt
Right after the starter’s outing ends, all five guys hold court in the dugout. Not in the clubhouse, not after the showers, right there during the game. It’s legitimately very cool to watch.
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Michael Massey will not be an everyday big leaguer until he learns some semblance of plate discipline. He’s just about Salvy bad without the mammoth raw power.
Get Nick Loftin up here to spell some of these games for him.
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LMAO IT TOOK HIM ONE GAME.
Bobby Witt Jr. has almost completely closed the gap in fWAR with Gunnar Henderson and is 100% within reach of Aaron Judge. One IL stint or bad week from Judge and Bobby could very seriously lead MLB in fWAR this year.
There’s a STRONG case for him to win MVP even if he doesn’t.
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In all seriousness, the Royals still do not anything that remotely resembles an answer in CF if they can’t help fix Kyle Isbel’s swings. Ironically, Isbel has a lot of the same issues Ryan O’Hearn had. Some similar pitch ID qualities too. It’s fixable. Just not sure it happens.
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Pratto is 2-4 with a pair of doubles and a walk tonight. No strikeouts. He has completely overhauled his approach. The physical skills were always going to work, now the mental approach is catching up.
First regular season hit of the year for Nick Pratto. Hits a double that was almost an excellent play by PCA.
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This is a beautiful deal all around. Bobby gets an extension somewhere between 7-10 years (assuming those last three are player/mutual options) and takes care of his grandkids’ grandkids. This is an incredible day for baseball, and an even better day for baseball in Kansas City.
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