Yeah, I kinda wanna see the Tigers go on a little winning streak then collapse after the trading deadline.

Perfect

He talks about Mondesi not being a fit for a Hamels trade due to the presence of JP Crawford. He just mentions him as one of the "plums" of the KC farm system.

Me, too.

I want the 2016 Tigers to be the 2013 Phillies.

I say Cleveland will be guided behind the twins.Plus mondesi must stay in kc no matter what!

Surprised the lack of a competitive balance pick isn't getting more play. Granted, there is nothing we can do about it, but it's unlikely that something like this happened to us two years in a row.

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It is unlikely, but its not crazy. Roughly speaking, if there are 12 picks for 15 teams, then the odds of the Royals getting left out two years in a row are around 4-5%. The odds that at least one team gets left out two years in a row is close to 50/50.

Not sure how they determine the exact way they skew this, but Royals had 4.2% chance compared with Diamond Backs 18.2% chance.

Twelve teams are eligible to win a pick in Round A this year: the D-backs, Rockies, Reds, Marlins, Padres, Rays, Brewers, Indians, A's, Pirates, Royals and Cardinals.


Clubs eligible for Round A of the Competitive Balance Lottery and their odds of receiving the first pick.

Club Chance
D-backs 18.2%
Rockies 16.5%
Reds 9.5%
Marlins 8.9%
Padres 8.9%
Rays 8.9%
Brewers 6.6%
Indians 5.4%
A's 4.5%
Pirates 4.5%
Royals 4.2%
Cardinals 3.9%

Really weird but I haven't heard anyone calling for Yost to be fired. It's amazing. He went from a shit manager costing us all these games to being a genius. No more "boom #Yosted" messages on my facebook feeds in.....eons. When did he finally learn how to manage ?

in case anyone is confused by that list of 12 teams and 12 picks but the Royals didn't get one, there were 3 other teams who were ineligible for round A, but eligible for round B.

That was the chance of getting the top pick. it improves as picks are awarded and teams drop off the list.

Buster Olney said the Royals have inquired about:

Dan Haren
Matt Latos
Scott Kazmir
Mike Leake

I'd like Mat Latos.

He still does some questionable things, but what he always got roasted for the most was his bullpen management. His collection of bullpen arms is so good now, it's hard to **** it up.

He also changed his approach to bullpen use in the playoffs last year. He's now willing to do things like bring in Wade Davis with two outs in an inning that wasn't his to begin with (or Herrera).

So ... Better team + evolving as a manager =less room for criticism.

This is a bizarre team. If you look at our payroll, we are currently getting almost nothing from most the highest paid players.

Gordon, Rios, Infante, Vargas, Ventura, Medlen, and Hochevar equate to $50,000,000 in salary. Guthrie and Holland are obviously contributing, but they account for another $16,000,000. For all the talk about payrolls, we're getting most of our production from about $40,000,000 worth of it.

I realize that all teams have dead money, but it's nearly impossible for me to wrap my head around the face that we are running away with the division despite having that much money tied up in that little production considering where we've been for so long.