*** Royals hosting Cards (06/05/2014 *** / MLB Draft Discussion
 

Aces up
Cards going down.

Let's take 3 out of 4 after last night's extra innings cocktease.

1st pitch: 7:10pm CST

VENTURA vs. Wacha
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FYI, Royals pick #17 in Today's MLB draft.

Tom Gordon's kid just got drafted by the Twins.

This draft broadcast could be the worst thing ever though.

White sox got Carlos Rodon...soon our rotation will be Sale, Quintana, Rodon. Will fill in 4 and 5.

I'd be concerned with Rodon's heavy workload in college though.

Looking forward to seeing your new pitcher.

I'm going go see Godzilla!

ROAR
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Ya but they questioned Sale also. Well see. He'll be in the pen this year like Sale in when we drafted him

Fantastic movie!

Draft discussion? Who the **** talks baseball draft? It's all a big crapshoot. The 22nd rounder can end up being way better than the 1st rounder.

Awesome :thumb:


I am so stoke to see it & taking my son & getting in free for the local theater pre-screening. I'm just awesome!

Then don't. I wasn't expecting more than a mention of who KC picked and maybe a little about him once they pick. Pretty much Royals or division picks- the rest is about as significant as analysis of the Expos picks.

Eh, it's more of along the lines of who the Royals select and what they are, vice versa. But yes, you're correct, the MLB draft is a major crapshoot.

It's a good thing IMO. Look at tanaka and all his innings pitched. Now it's different because he's 25 and in pro ball in Japan. But the idea is there. Pitch counts are bs really and the Sox pitching coach said the same thing.

You guys drafted well last year IIRC. Good pick.

Oh Gordo! Great catch.

OMG

****ing awesome.

Face-plant...

Ya mlb draft is a major crapshoot.


Beautiful catch Gordon.

In late, but what a catch by Gordon.

Ventura just hit 100mph.

And he walks him.....

OK, just throw the ball..

Come on Ace, avoid trouble here

Boom! Beautiful.

Lot of pitches, but no damage done.

Got out of it, thankfully. Didn't like his approach on a 2 outs.

Probably going to be another long night for our stud offense

How much longer is Ned going to bat Hosmer 3rd? I'd would seriously consider swapping him and Cain.

JFC

Yea, it really doesn't make any sense.

WTF

What the hell Molina?

Doink!

Holy shit. That wasn't good.

Poor Aoki ROFL

Oh sheesh it was a lobbed ball. Get the **** off the ground.

Aoki would be an excellent addition to the Japanese dive team

I want to see locain at the top. Aoki has been quite the disappointment there.

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Ohh Hosmer. You are shit.

I agree with this

LoCain
Infante
Gordon
Butler
Perez
... that would be how I would set it up for our first 5 batters.

3 weak ass ground balls.

He struck your ass out.

PAH!

I really would like to see Hawk and Hud in a booth....naw maybe not it would be painful

Man Ventura is fun to watch

Whats the story on Ventura? Why wasn't he drafted? How did every MLB team pass on him 40+ times?

Bourjos comes through again.

The first time I've seen Cain not cut off a ball.

Ump better put that same squeeze on the Cards

He was signed as a free agent when he was like 17 or 18 I think.

His fastball when he signed sat at 80 mph.

So excited to see who the next Royals draft bust will be!
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Um, because he wasn't eligible?

Run it out, fatass!

Not going to get much attention with a Junior High school fastball. He just grew up huh?

Sal Perez is shit at the plate as well.

We need more road games.

Almost time for GM DM to **** up another draft pick

over/under % that the Royals select a pitcher?

Hey gang.

lolzROFL:clap:

And the Royals are on the clock...

Wow, must be nice to be able to put bats on it and drive it forward as often as the Cards are doing right now.

Like they said a little while back, we either look at, or foul-back, most of their pitcher's mistakes.

t minus 90 seconds 'til our pick is in. holding my effing breath........

JJ Cooper @jjcoop36
It's Brandon Finnegan to the Royals coming up.

who are you?

I think he had arm trouble actually.

not hootie. who are you?

Ok, so the Royals drafted another reliever. Big deal.

The royals drafted a reliever/closer at 17

Hi not hootie, I am C3HIEF3S. Nice to meet you not hootie.

at least shoulder issues have nothing to do with the arm.


sigh......

LHP Brandon Finnegan, TCU

Finnegan's fastball sits in the low-to-mid-90s and now -- thanks to an assist from Team USA teammate and third overall pick Carlos Rodon -- rocks an impressive slider. He also mixes in a change. Due to his size (5-foot-11, 184 pounds), there have been some durability concerns. (He did miss a few starts with shoulder trouble this spring.) Still, some scouts see him as a No. 2 starter in the majors eventually, and with pitching at such a premium these days, that's pretty attractive.

ROFL

I would say Finnegan was taken at 17 to save money to get somebody who falls at 28 and 40.

#LoCain4leadoff

Zo looks silly when they throw him any sort of off speed pitch.

Damn. That was smoked.

Tough luck.