Originally Posted by thurman merman (Post 6637059)

"We're really pleased with what Kyle Farnsworth has done. We're going to continue pitching Farnsworth, regardless of how much we get." -- Trey Hillman

Farnsworth has allowed 4 walks, 17 hits, and 13 runs in 12.2 innings this spring. The manager of a major league baseball team is pleased with that.

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Originally Posted by alnorth (Post 6637195)

Another thing that really annoys me is how they react to his Spring performance.

I understand that Trey is probably stuck with Farnsworth and has to project some sort of nice "company line". Fine, but there's a lot of ways to do that. First you have to acknowledge that Farnsworth is not having a great spring. Throw in the word "challenging", talk about how he's working on perfecting a new pitch rather than acting like this is a regular season game. From there, pivot to the season and use words like "we are optimistic that", and throw the words "we hope" 2 or 3 times. Then bring the answer to the question to a merciful end (you obviously do not volunteer to discuss Farnsworth, this has to be an answer to a question), and change the subject to how swell Greinke is doing.

There's a ton of ways to answer the Farnsworth question in a positive way without looking like a moron. Talking about how pleased you are with Farnsworth and that he'll be pitching no matter what (without some sort of caveat, like he's practicing a new pitch without worrying about the record) makes you look clueless.

Originally Posted by Gonzo (Post 6638926)

Got a $50 bet with my dad that the royals will finish within 10 games of .500 this year.

Meh, who knows... They may surprise me this year.
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Originally Posted by alnorth (Post 6638934)

The division is so utterly bad, that this isn't a crazy bet. If we get another couple pitchers to step up just a little bit this year and if the offense shows SOME kind of life, there's your 72 wins.

Originally Posted by Gonzo (Post 6638963)

Yeah, this is what I was thinking. However, some "experts" have the Indians as a dark horse this year.
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Originally Posted by Bowser (Post 6638969)

I'm guessing those "experts" had to go to the rock-paper-scissor/throw some darts analysis when it came to the AL Central this year.

Originally Posted by Gonzo (Post 6638926)

Got a $50 bet with my dad that the royals will finish within 10 games of .500 this year.

Meh, who knows... They may surprise me this year.
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Originally Posted by tk13 (Post 6639067)

They'll have a better record than last year if we can actually find someone to pitch in the 7th and 8th, especially the 8th. Even with a bad offense.

Originally Posted by DeezNutz (Post 6639100)

Why?

The offense is worse, and so is the starting pitching--Meche is hurt(ing) and it's asking too much for Greinke to repeat '09, though he'll certainly be a very solid #1.

I could care less if the division is weak because the Royals are, arguably, the worst team in MLB.

Originally Posted by tk13 (Post 6639140)

Well, don't believe me. It's hard to lose 97 games. But maybe we'll do it again. But if we find someone to bridge the gap to Soria we'll be a better team, enough to win 70-75 games.

But who knows, Soria could get hurt, Butler could get hurt, 1000 different things could happen.