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Pitching? Lose your closer to Tommy John. Lose Paulino, who was a decent #3 or #4 guy. Your best starter is Chen? Seriously? Chen is a #5 at best for 3/4ths of major league teams.

Please name the 3/4 of major league teams that have 4 starters better than Bruce Chen. Unless by 3/4ths you meant 3 OR 4, you are clearly an idiot.

gblowfish

04-23-2012 03:42 PM

On 610 this afternoon Nick Wright was asking aloud if raising a child to be a Royals fan is a mild form of child abuse?

He may have a point....

http://i40.tinypic.com/op8qo9.gif

lewdog

04-23-2012 03:45 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by gblowfish (Post 8561133)

On 610 this afternoon Nick Wright was asking aloud if raising a child to be a Royals fan is a mild form of child abuse?

He may have a point....

http://i40.tinypic.com/op8qo9.gif

I wonder what kind of settlement I could get from my father?

DeezNutz

04-23-2012 04:59 PM

KK has started to bang the drum for Dan Glass to be replaced as Pres. Good point. Usually this is a role reserved for someone who knows something about baseball.

DeezNutz

04-23-2012 05:28 PM

OK, so I ripped the Royals for pointlessly running in the 8th yesterday. Now listen to Rany rip the organization a new asshole. First 7 minutes or so. Damn, this would almost justify Yost's firing:

http://www.stationcaster.com/player_...c=374&f=501231

DeezNutz

04-23-2012 05:41 PM

New rules for draft and Latin America mean that Royals are forced to spend approximately 10 million less this year, which means that the ML payroll will necessarily increase at least that amount, right?

Rany (20:00 mark): http://www.stationcaster.com/player_...c=374&f=501231

stonedstooge

04-23-2012 05:43 PM

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Originally Posted by DeezNutz (Post 8561314)

Clark Hunt says--similar to our salary cap. Money in the bank

Reaper16

04-24-2012 09:14 AM

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/201...&sct=hp_t13_a0

Quote:

Originally Posted by FanGraphs Power Rankings

Kansas City Royals
WAR Winning Percentage: .544; Current Winning Percentage: .200; WAR Wins: 8; Current Wins: 3

Here's a case where a team's WAR winning percentage can be more telling than its current record. Judging by wins and losses alone, the Royals have been atrocious. But their offensive line of .254/.316/.408 is pretty close to league average and their pitching hasn't been disastrous. The problem has been when the hits have come: Kansas City has hit just .198 in high-leverage situations. The Royals don't have to play much better in order to start winning games -- they just need to start coming through in the clutch.

The Royals are 7th in the FanGraphs power rankings. SEVENTH. LOOK AT THOSE STATS.

If that doesn't say something about how the team is being managed, then I don't know what does.

Dr. Johnny Fever

04-24-2012 09:45 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by gblowfish (Post 8561133)

On 610 this afternoon Nick Wright was asking aloud if raising a child to be a Royals fan is a mild form of child abuse?

He may have a point....

http://i40.tinypic.com/op8qo9.gif

Pretty much the same way as raising your children to be Chiefs fans.

RockChalk

04-24-2012 10:15 AM

I've come to realize that my use of Gary Thurman as my avatar has been the cause of this start. I've now replaced him with GB, who represents a much happier era of Royals baseball.

A new streak begins tonight fellas

alnorth

04-24-2012 10:43 AM

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Originally Posted by AndChiefs (Post 8560520)

I doubt it. You can see how unlucky he's been getting. A lot of ropes hit right at someone.

luck? Balderdash, stop talking about that bad luck nonsense. He's doing poorly because he can't run, bunt, or do any of the "little things" ™

alnorth

04-24-2012 10:47 AM

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Originally Posted by Reaper16 (Post 8562582)

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/201...&sct=hp_t13_a0

The Royals are 7th in the FanGraphs power rankings. SEVENTH. LOOK AT THOSE STATS.

If that doesn't say something about how the team is being managed, then I don't know what does.

pfft, those stats are worthless. The only stat worth anything are pitching wins.

If you absolutely must have more stats than that, then I suppose batting average and RBI's are good, solid stats you can depend on, too.

Chiefspants

04-24-2012 10:56 AM

I'll be honest, I hope the losing continues, it's clear to me now that all of the talent on this roster will be stuck in neutral as long as Yost is in charge.

gblowfish

04-24-2012 10:58 AM

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Originally Posted by thurman merman (Post 8561088)

Please name the 3/4 of major league teams that have 4 starters better than Bruce Chen. Unless by 3/4ths you meant 3 OR 4, you are clearly an idiot.

Chen currently has a 2.52 ERA, but that won't last. He'll be up in the low to mid 4's before the AS Break.

And he's O-2.

He's had a couple of good starts lately, but he's a career journeyman. The Royals are his 11th different team. He's a slighly over .500 pitcher in the NL and a below .500 pitcher in the AL with a career ERA around 5.

If you think he'd start for St. Louis, or the Yanks, or the Dodgers, or the Giants, or the Nats, or Philly, or a host of other teams, than you're the one that is an idiot.

Dude is a poor man's Jamie Moyer at best. He's OK as a #5 starter, but not much more than that.

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