***Official 4/18/25 Royals (Ragans) @ Tigers (Jobe) Gameday Thread***
 

The Boys are back playing some Ball today. KC ace Cole Ragans @ Tigers with their own ace-in-the-making, Jackson Jobe, on the mound.

The usurious line for this one is Royals -142 / Tigers +120. 20 cent lines were too generous so the sportsbook has increased that to 22 cents, which is nice for them.

1. Jonathan India (R) 3B
2. Bobby Witt Jr. (R) SS
3. V. Pasquantino (L) 1B
4. Salvador Perez (R) C
5. Michael Massey (R) 2B
6. Hunter Renfroe (R) RF
7. Cavan Biggio (R) 1B
8. Maikel Garcia (R) 3B
9. Kyle Isbel (R) CF

@

1. J. Malloy (R) RF
2. Gleyber Torres (R) 2B
3. Riley Greene (L) LF
4. Andy Ibáñez (R) 3B
5. S. Torkelson (R) 1B
6. Kerry Carpenter (R) LF
7. Javier Báez (R) 3B
8. Tomás Nido (R) C
9. Zach McKinstry (R) RF

Should be interesting to see how the Royals new strategy of starting two first basemen in the same game turns out. They're also gonna have lefty hitter Michael Massey try hitting right handed, according to https://fantasydata.com/mlb/daily-lineups

It's going to be crowded at 3B for both teams.

Edit: Ha! I didn't see 1B. :D

Lulz that website has some issues. They've had Massey as a righty all season too so this isn't their first swing and a miss. The've always had the players and the order correct though.

For the love of god just hit the fkn baseball hard

This Jackson Jobe character sits 97.01 on his 4 seamer and he also throws a sinker at 96.14mph and a cutter that's really a slider coming in at 88.20mph.

This has a 2-1 final written all over it.

you got Biggio and Vinnie both playing first base

Agree!

HERE WE GO ROYALS HERE WE GO!

I just copy/paste, but yeah that website has some stuff wrong. They're always accurate with names and batting orders; it's just righties/lefties and how positions work that they're still evidently trying to get their arms around. Neither lineup even shows anyone DH'ing.

An interesting defensive alignment....6 IF, 2 OF, and 1 C. They're really confident in Ragans! :clap:

I can't wait for the team to ruin a 10K QS by Ragans.

Tigers 1
Royals 0

Royals, 3 hits.

Did Q's analytics generate the OP?

Guaranteed victory.