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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 02-26-2013, 07:00 PM   #991
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Still plenty of time for him to get the arm strength back. They were very cautious with him, and this is his first real effort at throwing hard since the injury.

On a positive note, his command was excellent, which is usually the last thing to come back after a trip to Dr. Andrews. Three scenarios:

1) He's sacrificing a little velo for command as he works back
2) His velo isn't all the way back yet (he's about 3 mph off where he was before TJ)
3) He's not the same.

1 and 2 still give him plenty of time to get up to speed.
Thanks for the info, Duncan. I always appreciate your insight.
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He plays a lot like Brett did. Good choice
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Not sure if serious...............?
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Brett does a lot of shit that makes him unlikable now. But when he played, he was an intense mother****er. I'll never forget when he went after popups when he was in his 30's, sliding on his ass into the opposition's dugout. That's what I always liked about him. Moose has shown that same type of intensity when he plays. Kid's got spunk
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Yes. The Royals need more red ass white trash mother ****ers. We need one to balance the complete ****sticks that are Hosmer-Dyson-Francour. Those guys are the gosh jeepers guys but we need some guys that will dive after balls throw brush back pitch's etc. We need an actual good player to chew ass when someone is not running out ground balls.
I am not biting on the Hosmer hate in this post. I think he was extremely frustrated through the struggles last year but chose to laugh it off/try to stay loose. Different personalities, but I don't think it means he doesn't care like Frenchturd and Dyson.

Ok.....I took the bite.
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Just for fun... I crunched some numbers on Greg Holland post-DL stint last year...

2.08 ERA | 1.24 WHIP | 12 K:9 | Opponents BAA of .189

He's going to be an elite closer... if you play fantasy baseball, you can probably get top 5-10 closer numbers out of him despite drafting him being the 15th-20th closer drafted.
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