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Old 12-11-2012, 09:59 AM  
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2013 Kansas City Royals Repository Thread

Proposed 2013 Slogan: Tigers: They're what's for dinner
Actual 2013 Slogan: Come to Play
A better, more accurate, or alternative slogan: All in, no panic, we promise.

Dayton Moore has pushed all his chips in and is riding on King/Jack suited, hoping it comes together, he gets some good luck, and he hits the nuts by the river card. There's potential, oh yes, there's potential. There's also risk.

At the midway point, Dayton is left counting on the river card. The flop and turn didn't help him, and he's looking at the Tigers holding a pair of Queens and the Indians holding a pair of 9s. His 2013 plan hasn't failed - yet - but the odds are not in his favor.

Burning questions updates below.

Burning Questions for 2013:

1) Will the improve rotation be improved enough? Does James Shields pitch like a fringe No. 1 away from Tampa Bay? Does Ervin Santana pitch to his highest upside in his walk year? Can Jeremy Guthrie build on his strong performance as a Royal in 2012? Can Wade Davis bring his new mentality- and velocity - back to the rotation?

Midseason check-in: Yes, the rotation is certainly improved enough. Shields has pitched like a fringe No. 1 and Santana is having his best season. Guthrie has horrible peripherals but has continued to perform well at his home park and eat innings on the road. Davis brought neither his kick-ass mentality or improved velocity back to the rotation and is in Luke Hochevar/Hiram Davies territory.

2) When will Luke Hochevar be shown the door?
Midseason check-in: It appears, never, at this point. Hochevar has been solid in non-leverage situations, though pretty much every time he has been used with men on base in an inning, it has been a disaster.

3) Does Hosmer bounce back?
Midseason check-in: It took some time, but Hosmer's performance from June 1 on is probably the most encouraging thing about the 2013 season so far.
4) Can Moustakas hit for a whole season like he did in the first half of 2012?
Midseason check-in: Nope. Moustakas was god-awful, then great for about 3 weeks, then god-awful again. He has been better since he started working with Brett and Grafol but still has a long way to go.
5) Who regresses?
Midseason check-in: Welp, Alicides Escobar is not a surprising name here (though Yost's stubborn insistence on hitting him second is ridiculous). Billy Butler is a surprise. He isn't having a terrible year - still contributing a lot to the offense - but he's not hitting for the average or power he has displayed over the past several years.
6) Who plays 2B?
Midseason check-in: A whole bunch of people, and not that great. Gio is at least getting a shot, though he once again is not doing much with it.
7) Can Jeff Francoeur be at least replacement level, rather than epic horrible level?
Midseason check-in: Hahahahahahahahahahaha
8) Will Dayton Moore survive to see 2014?
Midseason check-in: Outlook uncertain. Probably still around, unless the team completely tanks in the second half and he does something foolish. My guess - he sacrifices Ned Yost this offseason and gets one more shot with a new manager in 2014.
9) Will Danny Duffy come back healthy? And if he does, is he the same, better or worse?
Midseason check-in: Yes. Velocity looks the same, and it looks likely he is the same guy as before.
10) And the big one: Has KC added enough to run down the big-money Detroit Tigers?
Midseason check-in: Doesn't look like it, does it?

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Old 08-04-2013, 06:00 PM   #8701
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Very unlucky. I'm ready to see Detroit sweep Cleveland this week. I think wild card #2 is our best bet now.
Yeah, a sweep of Cleveland would be great.
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Old 08-04-2013, 06:05 PM   #8702
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Boston 6845.602--7-3W28/4 vs ARI, W 4-08/5 @ HOU, 8:10 PM
Detroit 6445.587--9-1W88/4 vs CWS, W 3-28/5 @ CLE, 7:05 PM
Oakland 6447.577--5-5L18/4 vs TEX, L 0-48/6 @ CIN, 7:10 PM

The top two Wild Card teams from each league make the postseason and play each other in a one-game playoff.
Wild Card TeamsWLPCTWCGBWCE #L10STRKLAST GAMENEXT GAME
Tampa Bay 6645.595+4.0-7-3W28/4 vs SF, W 4-38/6 @ ARI, 9:40 PM
Cleveland 6249.559--9-1W28/4 @ MIA, W 2-08/5 vs DET, 7:05 PM
Texas 6250.5540.5516-4W18/4 @ OAK, W 4-08/5 @ LAA, 10:05 PM
Baltimore 6151.5451.5504-6L28/4 vs SEA, L 2-38/6 @ SD, 10:10 PM
Kansas City 5652.5194.5499-1W28/4 @ NYM, W 6-28/5 vs MIN, 8:10 PM
NY Yankees 5753.5184.5484-6L18/4 @ SD, L 3-68/5 @ CWS, 8:10 PM

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Old 08-04-2013, 06:07 PM   #8703
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American League


Division LeadersWLPCTWCGBWCE #L10STRKLAST GAMENEXT GAME
Boston 6845.602--7-3W28/4 vs ARI, W 4-08/5 @ HOU, 8:10 PM
Detroit 6445.587--9-1W88/4 vs CWS, W 3-28/5 @ CLE, 7:05 PM
Oakland 6447.577--5-5L18/4 vs TEX, L 0-48/6 @ CIN, 7:10 PM

The top two Wild Card teams from each league make the postseason and play each other in a one-game playoff.
Wild Card TeamsWLPCTWCGBWCE #L10STRKLAST GAMENEXT GAME
Tampa Bay 6645.595+4.0-7-3W28/4 vs SF, W 4-38/6 @ ARI, 9:40 PM
Cleveland 6249.559--9-1W28/4 @ MIA, W 2-08/5 vs DET, 7:05 PM
Texas 6250.5540.5516-4W18/4 @ OAK, W 4-08/5 @ LAA, 10:05 PM
Baltimore 6151.5451.5504-6L28/4 vs SEA, L 2-38/6 @ SD, 10:10 PM
Kansas City 5652.5194.5499-1W28/4 @ NYM, W 6-28/5 vs MIN, 8:10 PM
NY Yankees 5753.5184.5484-6L18/4 @ SD, L 3-68/5 @ CWS, 8:10 PM

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Old 08-04-2013, 06:10 PM   #8704
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is it not formatting correctly for you or something?
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Old 08-04-2013, 06:11 PM   #8705
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is it not formatting correctly for you or something?
I'm on Tapatalk. For me it only showed todays date. Nevermind.
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Old 08-04-2013, 06:25 PM   #8707
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Ned Yost just said Miguel Tejada will be the starting 2B for the foreseeable future
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As some of us predicted 5 days ago.
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Brilliantly played by Yost. Saved Chen and Tejada to be fresh for the stretch run.
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Old 08-04-2013, 08:47 PM   #8710
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Dangit. Yankees get the White Sox tomorrow. Why do all the teams we need to lose keep playing the White Sox?
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The Tigers, Indians and Royals combined to go 16-2 this week, scoring nearly twice as many runs as their opponents.
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Dangit. Yankees get the White Sox tomorrow. Why do all the teams we need to lose keep playing the White Sox?
The flip side is they can't lose every game for the rest of the season... or can they?

Hard to believe that right when the Royals fell apart in May the White Sox were hot and right around .500 and moving up in the division. They've completely fallen apart the last two months.
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Old 08-04-2013, 08:56 PM   #8713
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Dangit. Yankees get the White Sox tomorrow. Why do all the teams we need to lose keep playing the White Sox?
Eh, the Yankee's offense isn't all that, outside of Cano and to a lesser extent, Soriano. Just isolate Cano, keep him controlled, you should win the game. It's pretty simple as that.
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The White Sox started the last week of May right at .500, 4 GB of the Tigers. Since then they've gone 16-45. That's .262 baseball. Yikes.
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The White Sox started the last week of May right at .500, 4 GB of the Tigers. Since then they've gone 16-45. That's .262 baseball. Yikes.
I'm glad the Royals only had one bad month (May) because that is definitely Royals like type of baseball being played....
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