**Official KC Royals @ Cleveland Indians 4/28**

[petegz28]

5:10PM CT

Pitchers:

Royals - Guthrie
Cleveland - Bauer

Lineups:

Royals
1. Escobar
2. Moustakas
3. Cain
4. Hosmer
5. Morales
6. Gordon
7. Perez
8. Infante
9. Dyson

Injuns
1. Kipnis
2. Ramirez
3. Brantley
4. Santana
5. Moss
6. Murphy
7. Chisenhall
8. Hayes
9. Bourn

[kc rush]

This is Guthrie's last season under contract, right?

[SAUTO]

I'm not really a morales (pitcher) fan. He always makes me uneasy

[Hootie]

Originally Posted by tk13

I agree it's concerning. I think people would be surprised just how many good starts him and Vargas had last year. They were true back-end innings eaters. And that's important. It allowed us to really unleash the bullpen at the end of the season. All people remember is the playoffs where we were just trying to buy 4-5 innings with them, and they're still treating them like that now.

you think I'm such an idiot

but whatever

hypocrite

always calling me a know-it-all ... well ... what do you think your posts come off as?

[tboss27]

Originally Posted by Hootie 2.0

this bullpen

Hoch/Madson/Frasor
Hererra/Davis/Holland

Young/Morales

...is that even real?

You forgot Finny. I know he sucked today, but he's got the stuff to be filthy again in September/October.

[C3HIEF3S]

Left to go eat and we score 6 runs..

[Hootie]

with this bullpen we don't even need Finnegan come Sept/Oct

that's how sick our bullpen / bullpen depth is

It's totally insane. The Indians would KILL for Frasor and Madson

Total props to Dayton for finding these reclamation projects.

...it helps that, if they failed, we still had HDH haha

[tk13]

Originally Posted by Hootie 2.0

you think I'm such an idiot

but whatever

hypocrite

always calling me a know-it-all ... well ... what do you think your posts come off as?

Probably. But you're not a know it all if you're right.

Don't forget that if you were running the team, we would've sold at the deadline last year. This would be another rebuilding year. We'd still be wondering about Hosmer and Moose, Cain wouldn't have become a superstar, we wouldn't have had the money to sign Morales and Rios. So. Take that, all wise Hootie.

[Coach]

Originally Posted by kc rush

This is Guthrie's last season under contract, right?

I believe it is, with a option for next year. I'll check on that.

Yep.

http://www.spotrac.com/mlb/kansas-ci...eremy-guthrie/

$3.2 million buyout.

[kc rush]

Originally Posted by Coach

I believe it is, with a option for next year. I'll check on that.

Yep.

http://www.spotrac.com/mlb/kansas-ci...eremy-guthrie/

$3.2 million buyout.

Thanks

[Hootie]

what is that like the mini green monster out there? Good God. Robbed two bombs from us

[tk13]

Tall wall keeps Sal from long dong.

[lewdog]

Originally Posted by Hootie 2.0

what is that like the mini green monster out there? Good God. Robbed two bombs from us

Yea not kidding. That wall is huge!

[kcchiefsus]

When will Kris Medlen be ready?

I wouldn't be shocked if we trade for a starter before the deadline. I'm not sure we want Vargas and Guthrie both starting come playoff time.

[lewdog]

Originally Posted by kcchiefsus

When will Kris Medlen be ready?

I wouldn't be shocked if we trade for a starter before the deadline. I'm not sure we want Vargas and Guthrie both starting come playoff time.

Sung Woo LEE?!?!?!?!?!?!

[Coach]

Originally Posted by tk13

I agree it's concerning. I think people would be surprised just how many good starts him and Vargas had last year. They were true back-end innings eaters. And that's important. It allowed us to really unleash the bullpen at the end of the season. All people remember is the playoffs where we were just trying to buy 4-5 innings with them, and they're still treating them like that now. But that 1000 IP from the starters mantra Shields installed was very important to this team's success.

Yeah, he had good starts last year, but we have to remember, that was last year. Whatever happened last year, isn't going to reflect that this year, and Guthrie is a year older. Granted, I know it's still April, but he has a 5.50/6.51/5.14 ERA/FIP/xFIP.

It's only 18 innings, but those innings happened and they were bad. This is all with a .259 BABIP and 74.8% LOB, so it's not like he's been getting unlucky. And the eye test tells me that he isn't doing too hot either.