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*** Official 2018 Royals Offseason Repository ***
(https://www.chiefsplanet.com/BB/showthread.php?t=311616)
There has to be something more going on.
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Miguel Almonte? Seriously? He was never gonna turn into anything. I don't know why anyone would give a shit about this move.
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After the win today, Junis and Herrera both have an era of 0.00. And, Herrera's first save.
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4 games in, and Alcides Escobar is our best positional player.
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Herrera’s velocity has been good and he has 7 swinging strikes in 27 pitches. That’s a crazy high swinging strike rate that won’t hold up, but seeing him punch that rate up is huge.
His best season was 2016, and it was his career high for swinging strikes. If he can keep that rate up, I think we see the stud reliever we’d gotten used to prior to 2017. Even just holding a 15 percent rate would push him into that territory. With his stuff, used right, that’s possible. |
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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Source: Cole Hamels can block trades to all teams except Mariners, Cardinals, Nationals, Astros, Cubs, Phillies, Braves, Royals, and Rays. He earns $22.5M this season in final year of contract, followed by $20M club option ($6M buyout) for 2019. <a href="https://twitter.com/MLB?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@MLB</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/MLBNetwork?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@MLBNetwork</a></p>— Jon Morosi (@jonmorosi) <a href="https://twitter.com/jonmorosi/status/981265372660817921?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 3, 2018</a></blockquote>
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Good news. The Royals can't lose today.
Game called due to cold weather. Pussies........... |
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">The <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Angels?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Angels</a> have acquired RHP Miguel Almonte from the Kansas City Royals in exchange for cash considerations or a PTBNL. Almonte has been optioned to <a href="https://twitter.com/SaltLakeBees?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@SaltLakeBees</a>. <br><br>To make room on the 40-man roster, C Juan Graterol has been designated for assignment.</p>— Angels PR (@LAAngelsPR) <a href="https://twitter.com/LAAngelsPR/status/981574617990029312?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 4, 2018</a></blockquote>
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Gotta be something else going on with Almonte, something not related to health and performance. |
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At first I thought I saw cash or a PIIHB. Guess you could look at it that way?
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Why are we still in the offseason thread?
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Well, I guess we have to rely on Zimmer to solidify the rotation. Bye Almonte.
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Watching a team that should be rebuilding release young plays for JAGS because they need dudes just cause makes no sense.
Really beginning to question if Dayton Moore's World Series was a sell your soul to the devil type of thing. |
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That's the part that I don't get. Sometimes guys get hurt or you just run out of room to stash guys. I don't get why they needed to do this for Abraham Almonte.
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I’ll try to get the 2018 season repo started tonight. I’ll bring over some of the draft pick stuff and try to highlight some prospects to watch this year.
Slightly related preview: Really do think Jakob Junis is for real and may be the Royals best starter entering 2019, even if Duffy is healthy. His slider is a real weapon, and he understands how to use it. That’s an encouraging sign for the Royals pitching development. Antique Bill Fischer was the pitching director for minor leagues for most of the first half of Moore’s GM-ship. His direction was good for getting guys to max out their stuff and velocity but not as good at developing look and feel for pitching and was especially anti-slider. |
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They are allegedly going to re-sign Zimmer, maybe that was the plan for Almonte until they got a decent offer for him. |
If you all are up for a pick-me-up, I stumbled upon a condensed game of our 2015 Opening Day ass-kicking of the White Sox today.
Everything about that day felt like a good omen - from our spectacular base running, incredible defense, the oppo shot from Moose, the contributions of our new additions (Kendrys, Rios and Madson), and a dominant outing from Ace Ventura. The team was also as goofy and fiery as all get out, from getting targeted by Sarjahejizh, Ace's cramp, Lorenzo's looney toons fall - if there was one game that would set the tone for the season and could convince the masses that 2014 wasn't a fluke, it was this one. <iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/whPV0TtF8hw" frameborder="0" allow="autoplay; encrypted-media" allowfullscreen></iframe> |
Offense gives Duffy a 2-0 lead in the 1st, Duffy responds with a 4 pitch walk.
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Duffy might not last through the first ****ing inning. JFC....
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"Bury me a Royal..."
Anyone have a shovel? |
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Duffy's arm is shot. |
Nice recovery after a horrific start. Let's see if he's settled down or not.
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Duffy seems to have settled in.
Not sure what the hell happened in that first inning. If his control was just ‘off’ or he was overthrowing? |
Ned actually chewing some ass seemed to work.
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Duffy's fastball velocity is down this inning
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Still effective, though
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Umpire refusing to call ball 4
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I'm not around and no game thread gets made. You slackers.
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Great bounceback by Duffy.
And Keller continues to impress. |
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Keller back to impressing
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Bases loaded, 1 out, Duda gets called looking...
Man on 1st & 2nd, 0 outs, Moose K's, Duda K's |
And Cuthbert K's but it was a shit call
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Ugh. Miller's tough, though.
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Miller doesn’t need any help with a wide strike zone ump
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Can't say we haven't had chances to tie or take the lead....we just forget how to put the bat on the ball when we have those chances....literally
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Millers a good enough pitcher on his own. It’s damn near impossible when he’s getting bullshit strike calls to help him out.
Oh well. Not like it matters in the long run, I guess. |
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Any reason why you wouldn't pinch-run Orlando here?
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Well, the Royals had their opportunities as they continue their annoying habit of busting out in the 1st and then doing squat the rest of the way.
Good pitching outside the 1st, that's a positive. |
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I hate early April baseball in northern cities. The players look like they are dressed for the Iditarod race.
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Speaking of Jose Altuve, read a little this morning about a similarly pint-sized 2B in the Royals system.
Rudy Martin is 5-7. Fairly meh career thus far but has good speed and has consistently shown a knack for getting on base. He’s at Wilmington this year, so he will be easy to follow (as Rivera and Lee are both there). He apparently has a little pop. If he can keep getting on base and swiping bags, could become a legit prospect. |
Was not aware he had an option:
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Royals option Brandon Maurer, call up Kevin McCarthy.</p>— Jeffrey Flanagan (@FlannyMLB) <a href="https://twitter.com/FlannyMLB/status/984861202084974593?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 13, 2018</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script> |
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McCarthy wasn't the worst thing last year. Why in the world didn't we do this earlier?
I mean, come on. Did we really lose anything in that trade to the Padres? We gave them crap in Travis Wood, and they gave us crap right back in Maurer. Why not just accept it as crap-for-crap and get rid of the crap? |
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Hey DJ Nuts!
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Bryce Harper playing his way out of $400M deal |
Bring him in for a look?
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