The Yankees and Astros concern me the most in the AL. The move today makes me feel much better about it. It just seems like we have the halos number.

While the Cardinals are 7-7 against the other AL Central teams, here is what they have done:
Cleveland W 2-0 +2
Detroit W 2-1 +1
Minnesota L 2-1 -1
White Sox L 2-1 -1
Cleveland L 2-1 -1
Minnesota L 3-1 -2
Minnesota W 3-2 +1
Minnesota W 3-2 +1
White Sox W 3-2 +1
Detroit L 4-3 -1
White Sox L 7-1 -6
Cleveland W 8-3 +5
White Sox W 8-5 +3
Detroit L 10-4 -6

Amazing two games skew the averages.

Along with betances, that would be nasty

These are cool. Almost want one myself.
https://scontent-mia1-1.xx.fbcdn.net...61&oe=56558139

Don't forget Miller. In that case they might actually move their closer back to the 7th inning like the Orioles did last year. Miller/Betances/Kimbrel. That's frightening.

The Royals match up better against them.

Because of the Royals home park and the parks in the AL Central, they are a flyball pitcher heavy team. The Yankees and Astros both play in homer happy stadiums and have a lot of flyball hitters. Thus, when playing games in those parks, flyball pitchers can get exposed.

The Royals, as a team, are also built around speed, contact and defense, things that do not have as big an impact against teams like that.

This is why it's essential KC have homefield advantage in the AL playoff series and why the rotation needed reinforcements in the rotation that are better at missing bats. Cueto and healthy/right Duffy and Ventura change that equation quite a bit.



The Angels, on the other hand, play in a normalized park very similar to the K. So the Royals' team construction isn't as vulnerable to exploitation.

No Young, Guthrie, or Vargas makes a big difference in those parks. Those guys are great for KC, the band boxes not so much. With Duffman and Ace finally getting it together and adding Cueto we have the arms to go to band boxes and compete.

Why not? Makes more sense then Shields. I am willing to bet the royals have made more money in the last 12 months with merchandise and ticket sales then the last 5 years combined. They would be fools to not spend the extra cash and keep this going.

Then why did you lose 4/6 games to us. We didn't play well at all in those games.

Best record in baseball. Best record in inter league play. One of only 3 NL teams with a winning record against AL teams. Where are you getting your facts to base your opinion that we wouldn't even make the playoffs in the AL?

He is taking the Royals games out and going off this:
http://www.chiefsplanet.com/BB/showp...postcount=2132

No way Cueto signs long term and the Royals shouldn't sign him long term. It will handicap the royals cap. You need to keep your own guys.

Just as an example:

If you are rating the Cardinal teams that made it to the postseason since 2000, here's how it would go, roughly:

2004
2005
2013
2002
2000
2001
2009
2011
2012
2006

Eight wins in a WS game from the bottom three teams. The rest combined for two, total, including none from the two best squads (by far) of this century.

They may have, but that's not $150 million. That kind of money comes from the TV contracts, which is where the Royals are hurting.

Where is this certainty that Ventura has it all figured out coming from? What did his 36 hours in Omaha bestow upon him?

Tell me more about this.