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Originally Posted by duncan_idaho
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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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