Interestingly, Beane did throw Moore some professional shade by saying something to the tune of "You don't expect players as talented as Manaea to be available for a half-season rental."

For a gentleman that traded away Addison Russell for Jeff SAMARDIAJIZZA and Jason Hammel, it was a heel thing to say.

Kiss the ring, Beane.

Too soon to be talking about getting rid of Morales. He had some good AB's, just rotten luck.

Hopefully last night's game gets him going.

Any chance he just hits right handed full time. His left handed swing is dogcrap

I'd be surprised.

For his career, he's been a very even performer from both sides. More likely this is just a blip for him (or a sign that he's done, overall).

Re: trading Ventura, if he continues to pitch well, I doubt they move him. Would be unlikely to get the combination of upside and control they have with him in return.

IMO, he only gets moved if continues to be a roller coaster, or in the offseason if someone blows KC away with an offer.


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More concerned with Escobar. He is lucky Mondesi screwed up... there might have been a controversy later this year.

Modesi was never and will never take over Escobar's spot as long as he is here. He was maybe going to come up and play 2B because how bad that position looked but given the emergence of Merrifield I doubt we see Mondesi this season. He puts up Esky numbers at AA so it isn't like we can expect him to do better than Esky in the majors.

It boggles my mind that Royals fans of all people are so quick to give up on players like Ventura and Duffy. We have seen the results patience with players brings and it won us a World Series.

Their potential is still great, they have each had long stretches of pitching well as starters, and Ventura especially is still young. And frankly they are our best options.

But it was a World Series nobody outside of KC remembers./Dane

One of the greatest trolling statements ever. LMAO

Agreed.

Im so glad they have Mondesi in the system, because they'll rightly cut bait with Escobar after 2017.

Mondesi has a lot more tools offensively and more power/power potential, but his lack of contact and patience are real question marks. Still, the potential is there to produce Escobar-level defense with .700+ OPS figures, which is a nice upgrade offensively.

There's also a decent chance that, like Salvador Perez for a Royals example or Francisco Lindor for a non-Royals examples, he produces much more with the bat in the major leagues than he did in the minors (or than his minor-league production would suggest).

You are just wrong. Mondesi is the clear heir apparent to SS. Escobar is the worst hitting everyday player in the American League, if mondesi weren't suspended, I would not have been surprised if they would have refused his option this off season. The writing is on the wall.

If Morales gets to his normal averages, he is going to be on a hot streak during the right part of the year.

He's on such a cold streak right now that has lasted the entire season. It's questionable if he'll ever get to that point again this year.

Let's also keep in mind that Mondesi is all of 20 years old.

You were hinting that Mondesi could maybe cause controversy and push out Escobar this season, not just the fact that he will someday take over the position. Even without the suspension that is beyond a doubt not something that would have been in play for him to push Esky out this year nor should it be as he just hasn't shown much with the bat. He puts up Esky numbers in AA so expecting immediate improvement over Esky numbers offensively at his young age is silly. I said in my post as long Esky is here, implying through his current deal.

Matt Boyd, Royals opposition tonight has a favorable-BABIP against of .257, yet still has an ERA of 4.91. Guy's FIP is a cool 5.39, doesn't strike a ton of batters out, and has been walking a decent amount of batters in his 25.2 IP at the major league-level this year, so we should fully expect to take this one with Volquez pitching at home. Additionally, he doesn't generate many whiffs with his breaking pitches... so on paper this is a pitcher that the Royals should crush.

Or get CGSHO'd. :)

Last year, the Royals faced him 4 times in just two months: got to him pretty good twice and let him off the hook twice.

Heir apparent yes, but it was very unlikely based on his hitting that anything would suggest he would be on the MLB roster at any point this year. He's still super young and his hitting needs to improve before he has a chance against everyday MLB pitching.

I love Mondesi though. Very excited to see him progress in the next few years.

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Ace got suspension reduced to 8 games, starts serving today

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Per Twitter, Gordo begins his rehab assignment at AA-NWA tomorrow.

Also:
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In his third start with the Sox, Shields has given up 4 runs without recording a single out.

At least he's been consistent.

Shields killing it again:
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Wow. What a shit stretch for him.

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Lower K/9 rate, higher BB/9 rate, decrease of over 2 mph on his fastball since 2014. All of those innings are probably finally catching up to him; or he is mechanically out-of-whack like he was for the first month or two of 2014 with the Royals (to a much more severe extent).

His K/9 rate was 9.61 last year and was 7.26 before tonight's game, which is okay, and even in the middle of what he averaged when he was on the Royals ('13: 7.71, '14: 7.14). However, he isn't benefiting from Kauffman Stadium or the Royals defense any longer. Could potentially also be more evidence to his higher BABIP and sky-rocketed HR/FB rate. Plus he's giving up more hard-contact than he has since the year 2010 (by far his worst year as a starter..well, before this year).

And the signs were there long before the trade. After last year I thought Shields would be, at best, a solid 4.00-4.50 ERA innings eater for the remainder of his contract. Hopefully for the Sox, he starts performing at that level soon, or that 27 million will be especially unpleasant to hork down.

Poor Shields - he can't even get a break with a hard hit ball right at someone.

Finished with 8 runs allowed in 1.2 IP tonight. Just brutal. His last four starts he's pitched 11.1 IP and allowed 31 ER.

It's one thing to decline, he's fallen completely off the face of the earth. That's about as bad a 4 start stretch as you'll ever see.

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Good thing the Royals were smart enough not to get him back that some national folks were thinking they should.

The signs were there in last year and early on this year. His FIP was a near full run more than 2014.

Who was bitching at someone that called him guthrie?

i can't believe anybody was dumb enough to take on that contract.

After his last start they said he was the first pitcher since the 1890s to give up 7 ER or more in the first 3 innings or less in three consecutive games. I am guessing he is now alone in that stat with four straight unless that other guy did it also.

He's still puttin in work for the Royals.

Love me some Big Game James.

I was hoping that the Chi Sux would win tonight....

The last 28 days for Kendrys Morales, he is .261/.363/.420 with a OPS of .783. I think it's safe to say that he's getting back to the normal line.

So is Zimmerman good still? Chris Young tomorrow in this heat, over under on 2 and a half home runs allowed?

a lot.

If we score the average of the last 2 nights tomorrow night I would find that acceptable.

Royals Fan wanted him gone.

Did Bartolo Colon break James Shields?

Pre-BCHR Post-BCHR
ERA 3.86 9.49
WHIP1.31 2.14
FIP 4.49 6.41
K/9 9.06 8.76
BB/9 3.59 5.11
HR/9 1.42 2.43

That homerun may have taken the soul of BGJ.

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I got some pretty good swag today.

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@mlbtrroyals: Royals Could Pursue Padres' Jon Jay http://bit.ly/1V7LRKb #royals

Dammit - lots of close ones today.

I'd rather have Sonny Gray.


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I just love reading this stuff.

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I forgot about Tejada being on the team. There were all those stories about how he was idolized by the Latin guys and they were almost fanboys around him.

Shame it ended like it did but it was cool when he was here.

I also forgot about Tejada and his pretty obvious PED use back in 2013. Kind of a weird chapter in the rise of the Royals. I seem to recall him being the piece that got KC out of a terrible slump and back into the playoff race. Then randomly placed on 60-day DL, and soon after suspended. It might have been crawling back into the 2013 playoff race that gave them experience to break through to the wildcard game in 2014.

Where did this turd-bird go anyway? 14-6 when he posted this drivel^, and a ghastly 19-30 since.

Even his optimism couldn't survive the addition of James Shields.

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Cleveland and Tampa Bay St. Petersburg in their usual spots.

I saw Cain today. He was out having lunch with his wife and kid at crown center. He got bombarded with people wanting pics and autographs. He was real cool and down to earth. Would have stood there all day but wife was wanting to go.

Not cool to interrupt someone when they are eating, especially when they are with family. Shame on KC.

I work security. I asked his wife if she wanted me to step in and say anything. She said he was fine and enjoyed it. I helped them find his car. They got lost in the parking garage.

Was his wife hot?


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Have they announced the pitching rotation for the weekend series vs Houston?

Gee going to take his spot?


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Indians won. 1 game back now.


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yes, but how did the Twins do?

A little weird for you to post your fetish shit to this forum, but I'm not one to judge.

Probably a Cub fan now.

The two days off this week is huge. That's why they went ahead and took the suspension. They actually don't have to start Gee at all. They can go Kennedy/Duffy against the Mets. Thursday off. Then do whatever they want starting Friday, throw Volquez or Young, then Kennedy/Duffy again and just bring Ventura back on Tuesday when his suspension ends.

BigMeatballJames

In other news, Alex Gordon has homered tonight in NW Arkansas.

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Normal looking hot. Kind of blonde in the dumb way.

Not into blondes but wood.

My philosophy - brunettes for dating, blondes for ****ing.

Where do reds fall into this equation?

Reds give good head

I'll have to take your word for it.

Mets have switched their pitching rotation. Colon tonight & Thor tomorrow.


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A lot of truth to this.

A brunette that ****s like a blonde = marriage

Snyderpretzels probably getting that lazy eye fixed today. Replaced by Balloono Colon.

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