This was posted on 04/28. Run the numbers for that again, PB.

Should probably run this number too.

XBH:

Royals RF: 11 in 192 PA
Brandon Finnegan: 1 in 25 PA

The Reds were 0-6 in games that Finnegan started in May.

From 05/09.

How can anybody look at this team and not think they are the best team in the division?

Ok. Royals RF are now 13th/15 in AL slugging %. Thanks for playing.

They also lead the league in RF with names that end in "o".

I could cherry pick stats for every single player and position on the team and make them look bad. If you can't admit that things have changed since your original post, then you're just being obstinate.

How is that compared to Brandon Finnegan?

They haven't changed much at all - our RF is still a place where we don't generate any XBH and haven't since DM took over. It's not a big deal or something worth arguing over, just an observation. Life is good for Royals fans now and has been phenomenal for years. We good? (Fist bumps)

Finnegan doesn't even show up in the AL slugging% list so he must be pretty bad.

I finally got around to listening to a podcast the KC Baseball Prospectus guys did last week with Jonah Keri. My, what a week changes.

Keri's main points were about luck, and how Royals guys didn't have any projection left, and how 2B was still a black hole.

We will see how long Cain stays hot... But he just had the second best month by OPS and most homer-happy month of his career.

And Hosmer, if he does this for a full year, has projection left.

Merrifield also has drastically changed the landscape at 2B. I don't expect him to hit .350 all year, but I wouldn't be shocked if he puts up that type of OPS. I hate to agree with the Beaver, but his comparison last night of Merrifield to former Texas Ranger Michael Young is one that I have also been thinking about.

Also don't think the rotation will be THIS rough the rest of the season... They have enough bodies to cycle through, and if they still in contention and need to, there's always the trade market.

Most amusing part was how surprised Keri acted about Ian Kennedy. It's amazing that these guys continue to be surprised when a guy comes to KC and outperforms their expectations.


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The rotation isn't THAT bad, but when you lead or 2nd in the AL in walks, that is not a good sign to a degree. It's the little things I'm nitpicking, yes, but it's still a concern that needs to be addressed.

Fortunately *knocking on wood* those walks haven't come back and bite the Royals in the ass yet, but they need to address it one way or another, because we know the offense won't be churning out 6-7 runs every game.

According to Twitter, the Indians' Marlon Byrd has tested positive for PEDs

These guys continue to fail over and over again with their predictions. Why are they still relevant? Because they have a formula? Well they refuse to update their formula to account to the factors that make the Royals good. They are a bunch of mom's basement dwelling clowns.

Did he say anything about Morales? One would assume that when Cain cools off a bit that Morales would pick up some of the slack if he ever gets out of this funk

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