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duncan_idaho · 08-15-2013, 08:13 AM

New thread, this time with more burst.

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?

Coach · 11-18-2013, 06:03 PM

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Originally Posted by Mr. Laz

Kansas City signs C Francisco Pena
Updated: November 17, 2013, 5:45 PM ET
Associated Press
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KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- The Kansas City Royals have signed catcher Francisco Pena and added him to the 40-man roster.

The 24-year-old Pena, the son of former Royals manager Tony Pena, has spent the past six years in the New York Mets organization. He hit .257 last season for Triple-A Las Vegas with nine homers and 39 RBIs. He committed just three errors and threw out 30 percent of stolen-base attempts.

Pena was also a member of the champion Dominican Republic squad in this past year's World Baseball Classic, where he was 1 for 2 with an RBI in two tournament games.

The Royals announced the move on Sunday.

Copyright 2013 by The Associated Press

GMDM doing it all wrong.....

**alnorth** · 11-18-2013, 06:07 PM

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Originally Posted by Coach

Perhaps they didn't want to promote him because of the fact that he probably sucks?

Well no, because they did promote him.

There was absolutely no legitimate reason, whatsoever, for them to wait the extra couple days.

Coach · 11-18-2013, 06:17 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by alnorth

Well no, because they did promote him.

There was absolutely no legitimate reason, whatsoever, for them to wait the extra couple days.

Unless they needed to figure out who to drop from either the 25 or 40 man roster in order to add him.

Like if they were in a stretch where they didn't have much of a bye, most likely they would add an extra arm in the pen to conserve the bullpen/starters/etc. Or if they had a player that could have been coming off the DL, where that also impacts the 25 man roster.

There's a lot of reasons, I'm sure.

Coach · 11-18-2013, 06:21 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by alnorth

Well no, because they did promote him.

There was absolutely no legitimate reason, whatsoever, for them to wait the extra couple days.

I should also note that, in the 57 games he played...

.202 BA .259 OBP .260 SLG .519 OPS

That's bad......

Really, really, really bad.... -0.9 WAR. Easily replaceable.

dallaschiefsfan · 11-18-2013, 06:22 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Prison Bitch

Paulino had become morbidly obese and his fastball was topping out in the lower 80s during throwing sessions. Some guys make it back from that type of injury, but most don't.

From TJ surgery? Nonsense. MOST make it back...but occasionally, a few don't. Your main point might be correct...Paulino could be one of the unlucky guys that won't make it back after TJ...but it's incorrect to say that most guys don't make it back from TJ surgery.

**alnorth** · 11-18-2013, 06:42 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Coach

Unless they needed to figure out who to drop from either the 25 or 40 man roster in order to add him.

Like if they were in a stretch where they didn't have much of a bye, most likely they would add an extra arm in the pen to conserve the bullpen/starters/etc. Or if they had a player that could have been coming off the DL, where that also impacts the 25 man roster.

There's a lot of reasons, I'm sure.

After September 1, the active roster limit disappears. They did not have to send anyone down or make any other move to call him up.

Like I said, there was literally no legit reason for them to wait.

**alnorth** · 11-18-2013, 06:43 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Coach

I should also note that, in the 57 games he played...

.202 BA .259 OBP .260 SLG .519 OPS

That's bad......

Really, really, really bad.... -0.9 WAR. Easily replaceable.

I'm not feeling sorry for him, I just think the Mets should be punished for being stupid.

**alnorth** · 11-19-2013, 03:45 PM

We appear to be out on Josh Johnson. He wants to pitch for a NL club on the West coast, and he's choosing between 3 or 4 of them.

Coach · 11-19-2013, 03:57 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by alnorth

I'm not feeling sorry for him, I just think the Mets should be punished for being stupid.

Well we'll have to agree to disagree, because he hasn't really proven to the Mets (or any other team) that he's deserving of the call up.

DaWolf · 11-19-2013, 03:59 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by alnorth

We appear to be out on Josh Johnson. He wants to pitch for a NL club on the West coast, and he's choosing between 3 or 4 of them.

Although I just read that the Pirates were a "finalist" for him...

**SuperChief** · 11-19-2013, 04:15 PM

Singer Lorde says 'baseball player wearing Royals shirt’ inspired her hit song ‘Royals’
http://bit.ly/1867xol

Did the Kansas City Royals inspire a popular pop song?

In a recent VH1 interview, singer Lorde shared that a National Geographic photo of a baseball player in a Royals t-shirt inspired the 16-year-old to write the song, ironically titled ‘Royals.’

“It was just that word. It’s really cool,” she told VH1.

It wasn’t just the photo though, she said she’s also a massive history buff and her love of the real life royals also played a role in writing the lyrics.

Edit: For those that haven't heard the song (somehow??)

**alnorth** · 11-19-2013, 04:23 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Coach

Well we'll have to agree to disagree, because he hasn't really proven to the Mets (or any other team) that he's deserving of the call up.

Its not a question of deserve. He's on the 40-man roster, he's in AAA, its after September 1, and his AAA team is not playing. If he's not hurt, he gets called up. Thats just the way it works throughout all of baseball, unless you are trying to defraud one of your players out of a year. What the Mets did was completely unprofessional, and should not be tolerated in MLB.

Coach · 11-19-2013, 04:37 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by SuperChief

Singer Lorde says 'baseball player wearing Royals shirt’ inspired her hit song ‘Royals’
http://bit.ly/1867xol

Did the Kansas City Royals inspire a popular pop song?

In a recent VH1 interview, singer Lorde shared that a National Geographic photo of a baseball player in a Royals t-shirt inspired the 16-year-old to write the song, ironically titled ‘Royals.’

“It was just that word. It’s really cool,” she told VH1.

It wasn’t just the photo though, she said she’s also a massive history buff and her love of the real life royals also played a role in writing the lyrics.

Edit: For those that haven't heard the song (somehow??)

I like this better.

http://www.chiefsplanet.com/BB/showp...postcount=1729

http://soundcloud.com/rjazayerli/1985-3/s-M3Bfr Just click the orange play button to hear the song that corresponds to the words on the previous link above.

Demonpenz · 11-19-2013, 04:41 PM

Is that a remix of the Mia paper planes song

Strongside · 11-19-2013, 05:09 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by SuperChief

Singer Lorde says 'baseball player wearing Royals shirt’ inspired her hit song ‘Royals’
http://bit.ly/1867xol

Did the Kansas City Royals inspire a popular pop song?

In a recent VH1 interview, singer Lorde shared that a National Geographic photo of a baseball player in a Royals t-shirt inspired the 16-year-old to write the song, ironically titled ‘Royals.’

“It was just that word. It’s really cool,” she told VH1.

It wasn’t just the photo though, she said she’s also a massive history buff and her love of the real life royals also played a role in writing the lyrics.

Edit: For those that haven't heard the song (somehow??)

Wait. How the **** is this chick 17!? I've been listening to her quite heavily lately, and had no idea I was listening to Kids-Bop.

Motha****a ya look 30.

08-15-2013, 08:13 AM
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