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*** Official 2016 Royals Repository, Version 1 ***
(https://chiefsplanet.com/BB/showthread.php?t=299181)
tank the season for the #1 overall!
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On a unrelated baseball note, Ichiro 2 hits from 3K and Mattingly doesn't even give him a Saturday or Sunday start.
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I wonder what the Royals consider their cutoff before they start resting guys on the reg and calling up the kids? 10 back in the wildcard by August 10, or what?
And shut Wade down, now. Make sure he's healthy for '17. |
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But yeah, kind of a dick move. |
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Agreed. 49-113 Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk |
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Hosmer too. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk |
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Hosmer has the second highest groundball percentage in all of baseball. Additionally, he is tied for 10th lowest in all of baseball in flyball percentage. Those numbers make any hopeful-increases in production at Yankee Stadium minimal and irrelevant. Unless Hosmer makes adjustments to his shitty swing, he is going to be a career nothing. EDIT: Can you imagine the hilarity of Hosmer trying to pull baseballs to the short porch in right at Yankee Stadium 81 times a year? |
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I love Hos, but at this time he's simply a "good, at times great" player who has put together some of the most clutch hits in Royals history. Shelling out superstar money for him would be stupid, but I wouldn't be surprised if the Rangers, Dodgers or Angels decided to oblige. |
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@ChrisCotillo: Astros are lurking, looking for upgrades. Other teams believe they could pursue Royals starter Edinson Volquez.
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At this point, trade him. It would suck, I like Eddy, but it's time to look forward. '16 is lost to us.
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I think the best comp for Hosmer is Mark Grace at this point. He's a good player, but the stroke is just not conducive to consistency or driving the ball for power.
I'd be Ok with keeping Hosmer around on a Belt-sized contract, but he likely will get more than that. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk |
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LOL Hos must have read this thread before his first AB.
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Hosmer doesn't try to pull a ball up on the outer half of the plate and what happens?
(granted it was probably the shortest home run in the history of GLP, i'll take it) |
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We could always try to get Volquez back anyways so we might as well get something now.
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Monthly Attendance Update:
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Florida baseball is an abomination....heck all pro sports there are
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What the hell, Cleveland? Get your shit together.
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Will be interesting to see if Volquez can draw a decent haul?
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Deadline is tomorrow 3cst
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Any updates on the Tv ratings?
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Going to have to trade our players eventually to get some already established prospects. I don't trust Moore in the draft after Colon, Starling, Zimmer, etc.
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And Colon didn't pan out as predicted, but he did have the hit that won a World Series... so I'll take it. Especially considering the baseball draft might be the biggest crapshoot of all the sports.
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@Buster_ESPN: Teams most likely to complete deals today: LAD, Texas, NYY, Houston, MIL, TB, Boston, SF, Jays, KC, Twins, Oakland.
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If things work out, the Royals could have three Left Handed Pitchers in their starting rotation in 2017; Duffy, Vargas, and Minor. Is that a good thing or a bad thing?
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He IS kind of a prick, but I would have loved to have him in our rotation . . . . . |
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I bet DM stands pat and hopes to finish at .500 or just over. |
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Colin is the only one of those who wasn't viewed as a logical/good pick at the time, and the MLB draft is probably the toughest one to judge with hindsight. It's frustrating that the Royals first round picks other than Moustakas and Hosmer have not turned into core players/stars for the team, but that's not atypical around MLB, either. The Colon one is the one that's most frustrating, because they were planning to take Sale until right before the pick, reportedly. That was the only "reach" pick, and it was seemingly made because the org had a hole at SS in its system and a plethora of LH pitching prospects. Zimmer is just bad luck. Team hasn't done anything wrong there. Starling looks like a bad pick and is also frustrating, but was justified at the time. The other thing that I really think back to other is finishing a 1/2 game worse than Baltimore rather than a 1/2 game better that year. KC takes Machado in that case, and the whole landscape probably changes. Including the Greinke trade. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk |
Are they going to try and make him start again?
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr"><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Royals?src=hash">#Royals</a> have transferred RHP Miguel Almonte back to Double-A Northwest Arkansas</p>— Jeffrey Flanagan (@FlannyMLB) <a href="https://twitter.com/FlannyMLB/status/760128109320478720">August 1, 2016</a></blockquote> <script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script> |
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It kind of sucks the way some of those picks and results went down, but then again, as you say, one difference and the whole landscape changes. Maybe good, maybe bad. What I do know is since those drafts the Royals have two pennants and a trophy and neither the Orioles or the White Sox have won jack shit (well, unless you count a division title), so while some of the picks would be nice, I'll take the results of the 'process' and trust GMDM and the scouting department are doing everything they can to set us up to be a successful franchise going forward. Even if that may mean an occasional 'miss' on a draft pick. |
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Scum attract scum:
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">The White Sox want Yasiel Puig if they make a deal with the Dodgers.</p>— Buster Olney (@Buster_ESPN) <a href="https://twitter.com/Buster_ESPN/status/760151614548213764">August 1, 2016</a></blockquote> <script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script> |
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I really hope this happens just to see the inevitable fireball when it all goes up in flames. |
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Agreed. Who knows how different things are if they have Machado... Maybe they don't make the trade with Milwaukee. Maybe Machado doesn't develop the same way, etc. I'll take the results. No complaints here, really. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk |
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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Source: Reddick and Hill to <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Dodgers?src=hash">#Dodgers</a>.</p>— Ken Rosenthal (@Ken_Rosenthal) <a href="https://twitter.com/Ken_Rosenthal/status/760157044527751168">August 1, 2016</a></blockquote>
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Nice haul:
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Final deal: Rich Hill and Josh Reddick to Dodgers with Grant Holmes, Frankie Montas and Jharel Cotton to A's. Physicals good. Deal is done.</p>— Jeff Passan (@JeffPassan) <a href="https://twitter.com/JeffPassan/status/760160386557542400">August 1, 2016</a></blockquote> <script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script> |
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr"><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Royals?src=hash">#Royals</a> demoted Miguel Almonte with hopes of rebooting his season. Take a step back to eventually go forward. They still regard him highly</p>— Jeffrey Flanagan (@FlannyMLB) <a href="https://twitter.com/FlannyMLB/status/760166304687001600">August 1, 2016</a></blockquote>
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I remember the day he was drafted and following the coverage, and I got the distinct impression that him being a hometown kid factored in a lot more than it should have for where he got selected? |
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Marlins sent back Rea to Padres but are keeping Cashner.
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Not saying that justifies the draft pick, but I can't help but think that it had some influence over the decision. Plus, Bubba Starling appeared to be a very good prospect. I don't think anybody thought he'd turn out to be a complete bust. |
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The entire time he was viewed as extreme boom or bust, depending entirely on his ability to learn to hit; all his other tools were practically major league ready even in HS. In fact, I think he was clearly the #5 prospect even given the question about him going to play football at Nebraska. |
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@Ken_Rosenthal: Source: Beltran to #Rangers close.
That would eliminate Morales as a trade target |
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">JUST IN: the <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Indians?src=hash">#Indians</a> announce they've acquired OF Brandon Guyer from the <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Rays?src=hash">#Rays</a> <a href="https://t.co/0CdiBqU1W7">pic.twitter.com/0CdiBqU1W7</a></p>— FOX Sports: MLB (@MLBONFOX) <a href="https://twitter.com/MLBONFOX/status/760186245049790465">August 1, 2016</a></blockquote>
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Waiting eagerly for royals news. Looks like we are standing pat?
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Or not, considering he's sucked for three of the season's four months. |
Royals players might be more attractive in the waiver wire trades.
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Wonder if the Astros would take Volquez and Morales? They were sniffing around Volquez, and Marwin Gonzalzez, who's been playing a lot of 1B for them, is out with a sore hand.
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Drafting Starling at No 5 was not an overdraft. His ceiling was crazy high.
That was a weird draft year with multiple teams passing on the expected top pick (Anthony Rendon). Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk |
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Hasn't Puig been mostly trash since his 1st season? Also hard to deal with |
Mets about to get Jay Bruce
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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Kendrys is still here. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Royals?src=hash">#Royals</a> <a href="https://t.co/hp5X8t685N">pic.twitter.com/hp5X8t685N</a></p>— Jeffrey Flanagan (@FlannyMLB) <a href="https://twitter.com/FlannyMLB/status/760197667246972929">August 1, 2016</a></blockquote>
<script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Kendrys Morales is in the lineup at designated hitter. It's been pretty quiet as the trade deadline approaches.</p>— Rustin Dodd (@rustindodd) <a href="https://twitter.com/rustindodd/status/760198782667649024">August 1, 2016</a></blockquote> <script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script> |
Twins getting Hector Santiago from the Angels
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Cubs get Joe Smith from the Angels. There's your Hochever trade.
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Rangers get Lucroy and Jeremy Jeffress. Nice.
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Pirates get Ivan Nova.
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