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Old 04-03-2016, 09:48 AM  
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And so it begins: The Royals' second straight attempt to repeat as AL Champions, and first attempt to repeat as World Series champions.

In this thread, we'll track all non-gameday action. Roster moves, prospect news, etc.

I'll start the thread as usual, with division rivals thoughts. I still like KC to repeat as AL Central champs. Here's how I see the rest of it shaking out:

2) Indians - they have the pitching (and seem to have at least semi-Kluber-ed Cody Anderson, who added 3 mph to his fastball in the offseason). Will the offense hold up? I think this is a team that ends up looking a lot like the 2014 Royals. Francisco Lindor will solidify their IF defense over the full season, and is a help with the bat. I think this club is still a year away from really breaking through - the offense still has a lot of question marks - but I like them to nab a wildcard spot.

Key Player(s): Michael Brantley. When Brantley returns - and how he hits when he does - will be critical to the Indians' ability to be good enough on offense.

Jason Kipnis. Kipnis has been an enigmatic offensive performer for the past several years. If he finally has a good offensive campaign from start to finish, Cleveland could make real noise.

Something of interest to me: For all the acclaim the Twins' farm system gets, I look at the Indians young players, and would much rather have them. Brad Zimmer is going to be a very good all-around CF. Clint Frazier has huge power potential and should arrive soon (2017). Lindor is a young stud.

3) Tigers - Old and dependent on a few stars. If Verlander and Sanchez are healthy and effective, they will be playoff contenders. I'm sure JD Martinez will continue to hit roid-aided bombs. I'm also pretty sure Victor Martinez's days as a huge power threat are gone.

Key player: Justin Verlander. Detroit people would have you believe he figured out how to succeed without his big fastball in September of last year. If that's true, and he returns to dominant form, Detroit will likely contend again.

Something of interest to me: Will Jose Iglesias stay healthy and not try to kill teammates in the dugout? His defense makes the whole group much better.

4) Twins - They won't lead the division or be in playoff contention for as long this year, but Minnesota will avoid the cellar.

Key Player: Miguel Sano. Huge power, huge K rate. Can he continue to drive the ball and be a plus offensive player? Probably needs to cut that 35 percent K percentage to do so.

Something of interest to me: Will teams challenge Sano inside with hard stuff? Working away, away, just lets his power play up. Also - will Mike Berardino continue to be the biggest beat writer homer in MLB?

5) White Sox - still managed by a shitty manager who can't control his clubhouse (The blame for the LaRoche thing really should fall on him, not the GM). Still have a shitty overall defense and a lot of douchebags on the team. They will once again look better on paper than they actually perform.

Key player: Carlos Rodon. The White Sox need Rodon to take a big step forward to make an actual move this season. He's got the talent...

And, as always, here are the prospects.

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Old 05-31-2016, 09:28 AM   #1381
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Old 05-31-2016, 09:28 AM   #1382
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Old 05-31-2016, 09:31 AM   #1383
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I'm officially worried about Kendrys Morales. He's not doing the job.

A slump isn't supposed to last 1/3 of the season. He is well below the Mendoza Line. I was giving him until June to get it together.

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I think he will come around, but if he doesn't, you have some in house potential replacement candidates.
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Old 05-31-2016, 09:35 AM   #1384
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Eric Hosmer has never had above a 3.6 WAR year. He's not worth the contract he's going to get. He's a great player, but someone is going to drastically overpay for a first baseman.

His wins above replacement numbers have also been depressed by shitty defensive metrics for 1B, which have somehow managed to grade him out as a NEGATIVE factor at 1B, below multiple well-known butchers, including Jose Abreu and Chris Carter and Ryan Howard and Carlos ****ing Santana.

Even this year, when he's going nuts with the bat, he's on pace to be just a 4.2 bWAR player because he somehow has been graded out as already costing the Royals six runs defensively (-0.6 dWAR).

I don't think you can reliably use 1B WAR as a measuring stick for their true worth like you can at other positions, because the defensive figures are so jacked.

That said, Hosmer will likely underperform his FA contract, as most big-time, six figure FA signings do. His age (28/29 in his first year on the new deal) and position will give him a better chance to live up to it than most, though.


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Old 05-31-2016, 09:39 AM   #1385
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Old 05-31-2016, 09:44 AM   #1386
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Old 05-31-2016, 09:51 AM   #1387
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Sad that Denver draws what we do
Bigger metro population plus higher stadium capacity.
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Old 05-31-2016, 09:53 AM   #1388
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Sad that a larger metro population with a downtown stadium and great public transit is drawing well?

The Royals are 11th in average attendance right now and on pace to be right in line with last season, and we're just now getting to the summer months, when attendance tends to swell due to kids being out of school.




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Bigger metro population plus higher stadium capacity.
Yeah that must be it. Garbage team doesn't matter to folks in Denver I guess.
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Old 05-31-2016, 10:01 AM   #1390
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He sucks now but he's a huge draw. They need him to sell tickets, place was totally empty this past week
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Friday: 28,508
Saturday: 31,598
Sunday: 36,624
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Yeah, it was a ****ing ghost town.
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Dartgod posted the numbers for last week. Not bad for a holiday weekend when a lot of people go out of town.

That’s a major drop! Exactly, how did you determine the drop was related to AG being out?
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Old 05-31-2016, 10:02 AM   #1391
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Need to average 39k/game the rest of the way, which is above capacity. So probably not.

Kansas City's listed capacity is 37,903. The Royals would have to have 98 percent attendance to reach that mark. Only San Francisco and St. Louis had that percentage last year.

KC was top 5 in attendance by percentage of capacity last year at 88.2 percent, and would still be top 5 based on this year's current 86 percent (a figure that likely will creep up in the summer months).

Being the 28th largest TV market in MLB and drawing top 10 raw numbers and top 5 by percentage is more than respectable.


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KC is in the bottom 5 of smallest media markets, and 11th is bad behind LA, NY, Toronto (3rd largest city in North America), Chicago, Dallas, San Francisco, and 1 other city (St. Louis)?
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Sad that a larger metro population with a downtown stadium and great public transit is drawing well?

The Royals are 11th in average attendance right now and on pace to be right in line with last season, and we're just now getting to the summer months, when attendance tends to swell due to kids being out of school.




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Denver isn't much bigger, 2.8 vs 2.1. Downtown park means nothing with a garbage team, Cleveland can't draw flies with a good team and downtown park.


Denver fans are just better. Let's admit it. They sellout everything even when their teams suck hairy balls
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Denver isn't much bigger, 2.8 vs 2.1. Downtown park means nothing with a garbage team, Cleveland can't draw flies with a good team and downtown park.





Denver fans are just better. Let's admit it. They sellout everything even when their teams suck hairy balls


Everything is relative.

The Indians have the double whammy of being a football town that also has the biggest superstar in the world playing playoff games during the first three months of the season.

Throw in the distrust of the team/owners after the Sabathia/Cliff Lee-era sell off, and you have a disinterested fanbase that likely will only come back with a long and successful playoff run.

Having a bigger city, with a downtown ballpark that is easy to get to for a large downtown work community (which also means major season ticket sales for local businesses), with great public transit that makes it easy for people outside city center to get in and out safely, even if they have several beers at the game... Definitely factors that help attendance.

Cleveland is about the only example of a downtown park failing, and it took a long time for it to get to that point.


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