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2012 Kansas City Royals Repository Thread
2012 Slogan: Our Time
A better, more accurate 2012 Slogan: It is Finally Next Year (from Great Expectations) An alternative slogan if you don't like that one: Someone has to win this crappy division (from alnorth) With the beginning of a new year, it is time for the 2012 version of the Royals Repository Thread. We've got Hosmer, we've got a 2011-dominating Gordon, we've got Moose, we've got hopefully a killer bullpen, we've got a stereotypical slow slugging DH, we've got easily one of the best defensive shortstops in the AL, we've got a promising catcher in Salvador Perez. Hell, we've got offense and promising prospects galore. We do not have starting pitching. Oh yeah, we've also got this: Get ready for, (as of January 2012 anyway), one of the most confusing puzzles of a baseball season in recent Royals history. Will they suck? Maybe, I don't know. Will we be given a year of 0.500 baseball? Possibly, I don't know. Will they win the division and go to the playoffs for the first time in 27 years? For the first time in a long time, it could happen, I don't know. 92 losses, 92 wins, or anything in between would not surprise a lot of us. Everything goes here except Gameday threads and really big news. If a giant story breaks, the Royals achieve some awesome milestone, or we sign/lose a highly significant player/coach/mascot/whatever, then it might also deserve its own thread. This being Chiefs Planet, please do not clutter the board with new threads about trivial Royals news or you will only annoy those who come here for just Chiefs football. If you aren't sure and its not a Gameday thread, it goes here. What sort of stuff often goes here? SPchief explained it well, so I'll just copy that: Quote:
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09-11-2012, 08:48 AM | #7561 |
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Was Hoch one of the first of the can't fail farm teamers?
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09-11-2012, 08:48 AM | #7562 |
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That all? I bet he goes Phil Humber on the MLB and throws a perfecto.
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09-11-2012, 08:50 AM | #7563 |
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I don’t care if he leaves KC and becomes a Hall of Famer some day. Hes not ever doing that in KC, so they might as well do all parties involved a favor.
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09-11-2012, 09:26 AM | #7564 |
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Not at all. Dayton doesn't even claim the choice as his, as he wasn't hired as KC's GM until the after the draft. He was already in the majors for a few seasons by the time Baseball America determined KC to have the #1 farm system.
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09-11-2012, 09:29 AM | #7565 |
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I have no quams with getting rid of him. I was just speaking from a "Royals luck" perspective. It would be a nice bit of evidence against our coaching if he left and finally got his shit together.
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09-11-2012, 09:30 AM | #7566 |
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That's just crazy talk heh.
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09-11-2012, 10:36 AM | #7567 |
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09-11-2012, 10:46 AM | #7568 |
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Tought he was a Baird pick?
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09-11-2012, 10:49 AM | #7569 |
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Notables picked after #1 overall Hochevar:
Evan Longoria Clayton Kershaw Tim Linecum http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2006_MLB_Draft
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09-11-2012, 12:50 PM | #7570 |
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Hoch has one more year on his deal. Keep him as a number 4/5 starter until Paulino and Duffy get healthy.
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09-11-2012, 01:09 PM | #7571 |
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Hoch, who is definitively DM's draft pick (don't care what he says otherwise), is literally one of the 10 worst starters in ML history by the numbers.
So of course we're going to keep him around, paying him far too much money. He's not a #5 starter; he's trash because of his inconsistency. |
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09-11-2012, 01:30 PM | #7572 |
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Baird had already been let go. DM was announced as GM the day after the draft, so Hoch is in weird territory in determining who "owns" that pick. Braves didn't want Dayton to be involved with our draft after spending months prepping for Braves draft, so there was have truly been a gentleman's agreement to keep DM out of our draft. Hard to believe he wouldn't have at least been given the chance to nod his head about the pick.
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09-11-2012, 06:15 PM | #7573 |
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Cain with a leadoff double in the first. Alcides with a popout bunt.
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09-11-2012, 07:12 PM | #7574 |
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Nice stroke by Go Johnny Go Go. Royals up 4-0 in the top of 4
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09-11-2012, 07:24 PM | #7575 |
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Will Smith is showing a beastly amount of poise. Loving it.
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