***KC Royals vs Baltimore Orioles- July 25th, 2013***

[lewdog]

I get married, have sex for the first time and the Royals win my first game back from vacation! What could be better? How about two wins in a row against Baltimore, which should rank high on your list of shittiest cities in America. I mean, have you seen The Wire? They made a whole TV show about the shittiness of that city.

Starting Pitchers
Baltimore: Gonzalez (8-3, 3.34 ERA)
Kansas City: Guthrie (9-7, 4.41 ERA)

Baltimore
1.N. McLouth, LF
2.M. Machado, 3B
3.N. Markakis, RF
4.A. Jones, CF
5.C. Davis, 1B
6.M. Wieters, C
7.J. Hardy, SS
8.H. Urrutia, DH
9.B. Roberts, 2B


Kansas City
1 A. Gordon, LF
2 E. Hosmer, 1B
3 B. Butler, DH
4 S. Perez, C
5 D. Lough, RF
6 M. Moustakas, 3B
7 A. Escobar, SS
8 C. Getz, 2B
9 J. Dyson, CF

[tk13]

You want another mind-bending stat... if they win 3 of these next 5 against the White Sox and Twins, the Royals will finish July with a winning record.

That means they'd have winning records in 3 of the 4 months this season, and still be under .500.

[Sure-Oz]

SO i assume we are buyers again if they take a few from the sox?

[Deberg_1990]

Originally Posted by tk13

You want another mind-bending stat... if they win 3 of these next 5 against the White Sox and Twins, the Royals will finish July with a winning record.

That means they'd have winning records in 3 of the 4 months this season, and still be under .500.

They didn't win their 48th game last year until August 9th. Progress.

[Nightfyre]

The royals need to play .600 baseball and they need the indians and tigers both to play .500 ball. We should sell.

[Sure-Oz]

Originally Posted by Nightfyre

The royals need to play .600 baseball and they need the indians and tigers both to play .500 ball. We should sell.

Agreed. they wont though

[Coach]

Originally Posted by DeezNutz

So we know we're going to buy because DM is going to cover his ass and try to protect his job, no matter the math.

Best 2B options?

I don't want Rios. I'll stay with Lough in RF.

Thank you. Everyone's acting like Lough is the black hole on offense/4th outfielder, which is possible, but he sure as hell isn't playing like a 4th outfielder at this point.

To be honest, Lough isn't the problem. It's the revolving door at 2nd base, and a argument can be made for 3rd base or the Wade "Crash" Davis experiment as well.

[Mama Hip Rockets]

5-2 against the Tigers and Orioles. Very impressive.

[Mama Hip Rockets]

Originally Posted by ChiefsandO'sfan

I really don't see how you guys are under .500. Thanks for starting Wade Davis or this would be a sweep.

Well, if it wasn't for Wade Davis, they probably would be over .500.

[Captain Obvious]

I just looked over the box score and the Royals only had 2 swinging strikes the entire game. That's kind of hard to believe.

[GloryDayz]

Originally Posted by Captain Obvious

I just looked over the box score and the Royals only had 2 swinging strikes the entire game. That's kind of hard to believe.

Perhaps a parting gift for GB.

[mdchiefsfan]

Good series KC. I bet Guthrie was pleased to put it to us. Your outfield is unbelievable and that damn shortstop you guys have is very frustrating to opposing team's fans. Hope to see you move up and contend.

[Prison Bitch]

It's no coincidence Chris Davis has gone homer-less ever since the PED scandal story started swirling again a couple weeks back and Braun/GayRod got nailed. Davis has probably started cycling out and is being left with what he is: a 25-30 HR guy in reality.

[duncan_idaho]

I agree that 2B is a bigger hold right now than RF. You can live with David Lough in RF (though he needs to either draw more walks or hit for more XB power to stick there longer-term).

I've thought all season that the upgrades available there are "bigger" than the upgrades available in RF. Not sure what's available at this point, though.

It sounds like Utley is going to remain in Philadelphia, and they're talking about an extension at this point.

Kendrick, I'm still not crazy about and the price is still likely to be high for what he actually is.

Other than that, not sure there's a better option than simply playing Johnny Giavotella everyday and hoping that works. But good luck seeing that, Dayton.

[siberian khatru]

Originally Posted by duncan_idaho

I agree that 2B is a bigger hold right now than RF. You can live with David Lough in RF (though he needs to either draw more walks or hit for more XB power to stick there longer-term).

I've thought all season that the upgrades available there are "bigger" than the upgrades available in RF. Not sure what's available at this point, though.

It sounds like Utley is going to remain in Philadelphia, and they're talking about an extension at this point.

Kendrick, I'm still not crazy about and the price is still likely to be high for what he actually is.

Other than that, not sure there's a better option than simply playing Johnny Giavotella everyday and hoping that works. But good luck seeing that, Dayton.

You think the A's might move Jemile Weeks for a middling price? If so, would you be interested?

I've also thought about Rickie, but I doubt the Royals want to commit $11 M to 2B.

[Saul Good]

Originally Posted by siberian khatru

You think the A's might move Jemile Weeks for a middling price? If so, would you be interested?

I've also thought about Rickie, but I doubt the Royals want to commit $11 M to 2B.

Rickie Weeks can't hit his weight.