Duncan, can we officially call Merrifield the real deal yet? Or if not - is it 90% likely he's the real deal?

His BABIP is .412, with 2 walks and 19 K's. Jury is still out. Pitchers have been challenging him to start his career and he's making hard contact. Once they adjust, hopefully he's patient and brings that BB/K ratio back in line.

Staumont is kind of a modern day Nolan Ryan. He's basically unhittable but also has awful control.

If he finds a way to get to league average command without losing anything, he's Stephen Strasburg (yes, I realize that sounds ridiculous, but his stuff is FILTHY).


Still need to see how he handles it when pitchers stop filling up the strike zone against him. But I love the way he handles the bat, his swing in general, and the contact skills. Impressive things, all.


The White Sox gave up nothing and only had to take on 1/2 the salary he was owed. Even pitching at the Cell, that's a good deal unless he has gone complete 2015 Jeremy Guthrie.

It's possible he has.

I wasn't mad KC didn't trade for him... Just more of the mindset that KC should start trying to trade with Preller.

But perhaps the word was out on him in the scouting community or something.



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I know they didn't give up nothing, but if they're having aspirations to get into the playoffs, they could have done better than Shields. The guy was giving up HR's left and right at Petco, usually a pitchers park.

I wasn't mad either, I just did not want him in KC because his fastball has been declining and his FIP has gone up since he left KC. 3.47 and 3.59 in his 2 years in KC, which is passable. Since he left, it was 4.45 and 4.41. That's a bad sign.

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He was always one major injury away from being Kyle Zimmer.

Ned was asked about using Hererra-Davis 3 straight games and said "Well yeah, these are huge games. 2 game swing, if we lose we are down 4 we win down 2."


He's right but the obv question is just hanging out there

Ned is just one big, hanging question.

Recommendations for seating at the K for a day game?

Loge boxes or field reserve if you want to stay out of the sun.

Fountain seats if you want to be in the OF.


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Love those fountain seats!!

I had free all inclusive seats for a Cardinals game a couple weeks of go. It's going to be hard to go back to normal seats after that. All you can eat and drink was very nice.

yeah, my wife gave me Crown Seats for a game last month. We literally sat first row behind the Royals as they were on deck. I could smell their cologne.

What do Crown Seats run? I know they are different for each game but what's the normal ballpark number.

I paid $250/per ticket last year for one of the Pirates game. Most of them have been selling for closer to $350/per this year

you have to buy either as a season ticket ($190/ea I think) or on secondary market. Typically in the $200-350 range depending on game

Every time I've sat there someone gave them to me lol.

$225 a piece on stub hub for today's game. Those are towards the Indians dugout side, not dead center.

200 to 300 range? That doesn't seem to bad for those.

A buddy of mine did get 2 Crown seats for $85 each to a game last summer last minute.

I had a great time, we ubered to the game, so I got lubricated quite well while enjoying my shrimp, prime rib, and other fare. Then I stuffed myself on the ballpark snacks during the game.

Wow what a steal. If I could nab them for $150 a piece, I would go.

Lowest BABIP allowed:

Cubs, .250
Dodgers, .265
Blue Jays, .279
Nationals, .280
Indians, .282


They ran at .288 and .299 last two seasons with largely the same pitchers so this might be a reason for optimism if they revert a bit


*edit: we are at .290 and ran at .289 and .289 in past

Is anyone else having trouble with mlb.tv? It's saying I'm blacked out for some reason. I think it's just down.

Mine wasn't working a bit ago either, but it seems to be working fine now.

Close browser and try again under old media player.

It did that to me tonight.

Working now thanks

Is there no game thread because Chris Young is pitching or what?

Everyone who took turns starting game threads during the losing streak is terrified.

I stepped up , bunch of pussies. I'm the one that started our winning streak anyway !

Dudes, I think we have our Zobrist here in Merrifield.



Too soon?

If he leaves for the Cubs next year I'm going to be pissed.

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Yesterday

And sounds like he might be getting ready for his Tommy John

Merrifield > Zobrist

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LMAO Random Mike Sweeney appearance.

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Cardinals fans...

WTF?
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It's no surprise our number is so consistent given our great defense. Cleveland's defense is a bit better this year and they do course a lot of week contact so they may not revert much or in a noticeable way. That would be nice though.

How the **** does one lose their pants in a ballpark restroom?

FG with a timely article earlier today


http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/insta...-on-the-power/

Oh, the last 3 years Royals winning pace

With salvy in lineup: 92 wins
Without: 79 wins

And shoes and socks.

I'm going to guess the guy passed out in one of the stalls and fans pulled him out because they didn't want to wait in line.

Whatever the story is behind this guy it will be glorious.

Best fans in baseball!


Joe Buck slipped him a mickey and pretended he was Madbum and ravished him.

Fixed

Best exchange tonight:

Salvy misplayed that ball. CWS fan, "HE IS TERRIBLE!"

Salvy goes yard, Bob Dole, "ORLY?"

Anybody know what happened with Mother ****ing Jones guy?

He's out looking for bricks and ChiefsandO'sfan.

If he wasnt such a douche about it I might feel bad for a guy whose team went from about 6 up on the division the 4th place in a month.

Don't feel too bad, his other favorite team...from Pittsburgh, just won the Stanley Cup.

Lol at Sal throwing his gum at Soria after yesterday's game.

And his other favorite team, from North Carolina, finished runner-up in the NCAA tourney.

Jose Reyes DFA
Be nice to have him instead of Infante on the bench.

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Frankly, I'm shocked. I didn't think they would cut Omar until they absolutely had to. In fact, when Gordon comes back I fully expected Colon to be sent down and Omar kept as Whit's backup.

But to cut him for ... Flynn?

Not complaining, just surprised.

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Appreciate his contributions, glad we'll use that roster spot for a more productive player now.

There will be more movement soon with Eibner/Gordon --- probably the first in a series of moves.

Wow. I didn't think they'd have the balls to cut bait. Kudos, DM.

Hallelujah!


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Yeah, woulda preferred Gore.

Awesome. The infante experience is now hopefully over!


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Personally I would give Glass the credit here, IMO. Every Royals fan alive knew Omar's time was up, not exactly a hard decision for DM to make. The resources for him to do his job comes from the top, and Glass is putting his money where his mouth is and is giving DM the resources to succeed in terms of making decisions that benefit the Royals as opposed to (strictly) the bank account.

Alex Gordon hit early batting practice on the field today. It didn't look like he was limited too much by the right hand.

Rustin Dodd


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"Omar goin"....

Damn... I'll always remember that big HR in game 2 of the 14 series. Off Strickland.


Thanks Omar.

Wow Jose Reyes got DFA? Might want to go get him

So does that mean Omar is gone? He doesn't go to Omaha right?

Think the Royals want a wife beater in their clubhouse

You guys really want to show the flaws in fan voting?
#VoteOmar

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That's a long way. If I tried to throw a baseball that distance I would blow out my elbow and the ball would make it all of 100 feet.

He and Tyreek Hill could "hit" the town together.

Fan Appreciation Day 1977. Clint Hurdle stood about 25 away from 2nd base (sort of shallow RF) the and threw a ball to the top of the upper deck. It was a ****ing missle.

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Omar news is great news.

He has been awful since the start of 2015, but his contributions in 2014 were likely enough to make the difference between the Royals hosting the playoff game and just being in it.

Was that WC game worth 30+ million to KC? You could make that argument.


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Whatever we did and whatever we spent the last 2 years was worth every penny. The present value of all the increased revenue (partic with a generation of fans being won) far outweighs what we spent to get it.

Agree on the empowerment angle, but probably doesn't change the bank account much. Omar getting paid either way, and his replacements are cheap minor leaguers.

Okay Kluber tonight, where is the GDT? We gonna win by 5.