****Official Royals At Astros Gamethread 4/16****
 

Guthrie on the mound.


Lets do this shit!

First in, last to leave.

The Astros have called up their future predicted superstar and he's starting in RF tonight.

Springer is a 24-year-old outfielder and a name you probably know already, no matter your level of prospect interest and sophistication. The Astros took him with the 11th overall pick in the 2011 draft and he's rocketed through the minors. Check what Springer posted last year in 135 games, covering Double-A and Triple-A: .303/.411/.600 slash, 37 homers, 45 steals (in just 53 attempts). Absurd. Those are video game numbers.

Springer probably would have started the year in Houston if not for the current rules of baseball; the Astros gained an extra year of team control by making him wait a couple of weeks. Springer was crushing in the Pacific Coast League, off to a .353 start with three homers and four steals through two weeks. It's a good time to bring him up and let him play, see if he's ready to swim.

****Predictions for Tonight****

I will be drinking.
Butler will have a 2-4 game with a double.
Guthrie - 6IP 3 runs, 3 strikeouts, 2 walks.
Hosmer hits a :homer: and goes 3-4 on the night.
Holland get's the save with a fairly clean 9th.

Royals 7
Astros 4

Royals 7?

I think you're already drinking.

Heh. No sir. In class until 6:30. I wish I was drinking in class.:BLVD::hump:

In for a Mouse day off.

Aoki and Moose with the day off

Infante 2B
Hosmer 1B
Perez C
Butler DH
Gordon LF
Valencia 3B
Maxwell RF
Cain CF
Escobar SS
Guthrie P

I hope Maxwell can get a couple hits tonight. Easy to root for that guy.

Former Astro does well. The story writes itself.

Over/Under in Vegas is 8.5 runs

Guts for the win

The battle for still-sub-.500-but-a-little-less-so!

Sweeping the Stros would be sweet. Let's continue on tonight.

Okay, let's get our Butler Over-Under set....

GB's to middle IF:2.5
Total balls to not leave the IF: 2.5
Total balls in the air: 1.5
K's: .5
GIDP: .5

I'm taking:
Over
Over
Under
Over
Over

Over
Over
Under
Over
Over

Under
Over
Under
Over
Over

I think Butler gets a few flyouts today, so....

Under
Under
Over
Over

*flips coin*

Under

2 Home Runs tonight for Billy.

You heard it here first.

Need to win this game....

Billy would do some stupid shit like that to make Ned think he's "back"

Under
Over
Over
Under
Under

Good shift guys! Good shift!

Strike zone looks tight.

Link? Vipbox is getting a weird picture.

Really tight. I wouldn't have had a problem with any of the four on the corners so far being called a strike.

Another good shift!

2 on no outs. Let's get some baby

GOD DAMN DOUBLE PLAYS

GAWDAMMIT

It's because he's fat

:facepalm: 4000

lol, Billy Butler

Right to ****ing short.

Belly continues to knock the shit out of the top of the ball

Exhibit A-D on why this offense sucks. 4 weak ground balls, only reason any were hits is due to stupid shifts.

No pressure kid

Escobar!

Dat swing tho.

Ooops.

Billy is not Moose. Billy WILL produce. He always has, always will, until he's probably into his mid 30's. I'm not worried about him at all.

I wonder if Rex just has a huge weed stash somewhere, or does he buy it in each city he visits? :bong:

Guthrie gets out of a jam again.

Hope you're right. I kinda feel like Billy has already hit his peak and going to start to decline every year from here on out.

Anyone have a better link then Vipbox?

Short porch ftw!

w00t. Valencia hits the dinger

See ya later Moose.

Hey Moose....

The garbage Lefevre is feeding us on the broadcast is unbearable.

"It's hard to be a bench player on this team because all the position players are everyday players."

Nice job Danny, **** off Moose

seeya moose

Wonder who the Ray Farmer of the Royals is. Moose needs to go see him.

I agree with this. Billy has always been overrated. He flat out sucks now.

All these shift's are kind of odd.

Even though he didn't make it that was some serious hustle by Maxwell. He was flying down that line.

Meh, Lefevre is ok. Can't stand Pysioc though.

moose tacos who?

Current Tally:

1
1
0
0
0

I hear ya but what he just said is a lie. Mike Moustakas is flat out the worst player in Major League Baseball. He is NOT an everyday player.

Billy Butler cannot do anything except DH. Do we not play inter league?

Just stop with the garbage. Call some of these losers out. That's what they do in other cities.

So the pitcher is not throwing great, not bad but not great, man on with 2 outs and Butler swung at the first pitch?

They had some hitting guy on 610 today who was part of the Royals minor league club way back when but he was talking about Butler and the way Butler holds his bat at the plate causing him to have to adjust mid-swing causing him to roll over.

Challenge that

Challenge??? Dude looked out

I just can't think of many examples of players who fall off a cliff and their ability declines at 27 years old. Maybe at 30 or 31, but only one and a half years ago he had a career year.

Looked out to me. Is that challengeable?

I believe so. That's 2 nights in a row now our pitcher has picked someone off and Ned stayed in the dugout.

THAT A WAY ESKY

WOAH

SHIT

It's because he's fat

****, Salvy..come on, man.....you can do better than that

Change the lineup ned! That's TWO in ONE GAME

Do we lead the majors in double plays? I can't imagine anyone have hitting into more than we have up to this point.

This team is agonizing to watch.

Look at that kids power

Damn, better throw nails him

Who did we draft instead of this kid?

Ugh, this feed sucks and for some reason, it's bogging down....

Guthrie with the meatball