Originally Posted by WhawhaWhat (Post 12463802)

Writing on the wall regarding 2017 and beyond:

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-conversation="none" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Dayton Moore says Royals were &quot;living above their means&quot; in payroll this year. It may &quot;regress a little bit&quot; going forward.</p>&mdash; Rustin Dodd (@rustindodd) <a href="https://twitter.com/rustindodd/status/782978727596683264">October 3, 2016</a></blockquote>
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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">MOORE: I don’t think we’ve signed many guys to long-term deals going into their final year of control.</p>&mdash; Soren Petro (@SorenPetro) <a href="https://twitter.com/SorenPetro/status/782979047169011712">October 3, 2016</a></blockquote>
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Originally Posted by KChiefs1 (Post 12464510)

Last Attendance Update for 2016:
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Originally Posted by Prison Bitch (Post 12465003)

Fangraphs lights up Hoz again. I doubt many will read the defensive explanations so no point even arguing it any more, but now his baserunning metrics have fallen near the bottom of MLB too:
http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/the-t...00-rbi-season/



In other news, how badly did we miss Cueto and Zo? Obv great players that outsized this market, we weren't going to keep them but....Cueto finished 4th in pitching fWAR at 5.5, Zo at 4.1. We got almost nothing from 2B and our rotation, so you can say a net loss of -8 wins. 89 gets a playoff spot.


Also Moose losing 3 fWAR from last year to Cuthbert a replacement player mattered, that's basically all you need to explain the gap from 2015. Those 3, we make the playoffs.

Originally Posted by New World Order (Post 12465013)

Didn't Dane badmouth the Cueto and Zobrist trades last year?

Genius

Originally Posted by lewdog (Post 12465018)

If you had to choose, do you root Jays or Orioles in the Wildcard game tomorrow?

Originally Posted by New World Order (Post 12465029)

Hmm.

Jays are full of douches but O's have La Canfora.

I'll definitely pull for the Rangers this postseason tho

Originally Posted by Discuss Thrower (Post 12465036)

Start praying for a 20 inning game that blows up their bullpens and burns starters.

Originally Posted by Discuss Thrower (Post 12465036)

Start praying for a 20 inning game that blows up their bullpens and burns starters.

Originally Posted by Prison Bitch (Post 12465003)

Fangraphs lights up Hoz again. I doubt many will read the defensive explanations so no point even arguing it any more, but now his baserunning metrics have fallen near the bottom of MLB too:
http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/the-t...00-rbi-season/



In other news, how badly did we miss Cueto and Zo? Obv great players that outsized this market, we weren't going to keep them but....Cueto finished 4th in pitching fWAR at 5.5, Zo at 4.1. We got almost nothing from 2B and our rotation, so you can say a net loss of -8 wins. 89 gets a playoff spot.


Also Moose losing 3 fWAR from last year to Cuthbert a replacement player mattered, that's basically all you need to explain the gap from 2015. Those 3, we make the playoffs.

Originally Posted by cosmo20002 (Post 12465153)

"As it turns out, his season put him on the short list for worst 100-RBI season ever. He wasn’t the worst, but the fact that he’s on the list is worrisome, and you really couldn’t blame the Royals if they non-tendered him this winter."

Yeah, right.:rolleyes:

Originally Posted by lewdog (Post 12465018)

If you had to choose, do you root Jays or Orioles in the Wildcard game tomorrow?

Originally Posted by lewdog (Post 12465018)

If you had to choose, do you root Jays or Orioles in the Wildcard game tomorrow?