2013 Kansas City Royals Repository Thread

[duncan_idaho]

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?

[GloryDayz]

Originally Posted by Deberg_1990

So in just a month of play, Will Myers has almost equaled Moose in HRs and will probably surpass Butler and Hosmer before years end...

I get your point and it's disgusting that this team's ownership is too greedy and self-serving to solve the problem. You're right, but had we kept him, a very sorely needed bat, we'd have pitching that's getting rocked. So we'd lose, perhaps, 7-5 instead of 4-3.

Glass is committed to teaching this city a lesson by ripping our hearts out, for having a heart, and it shows. Just like he proved when he ran Wal-Mart; you're lucky to have a job/team, don't ask for anything more.

For what he's doing to a very nice city, I hate Glass. Words can't express how badly I'd enjoy watching him have a personal crisis that reduced him to a huddled mass - poor, wet, cold, helpless and in poor health. I could be wrong, but I suspect few in his family are there for anything but his money, so take that away and he'd get what he deserves. Perhaps that's why he keeps the money coming in, he's bought faux love and commitment from those closest to him. Like the players who are victims of being on his team, who can't wait to leave (if they're actually good), I suspect his family is the same. People like him need to be reduced to that for a while to teach them a lesson about their greed and show them how close to being Satan's seed they really are.

Good morning....

[SAUTO]

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[BlackHelicopters]

Wow

[-King-]

Originally Posted by Deberg_1990

So in just a month of play, Will Myers has almost equaled Moose in HRs and will probably surpass Butler and Hosmer before years end...

And the Royals have won 8 of the last 9 games started by James Shields.


Still not mad about the trade.

[GloryDayz]

Originally Posted by -King-

And the Royals have won 8 of the last 9 games started by James Shields.


Still not mad about the trade.

Ok, where do you see that?

[ChiefsCountry]

Originally Posted by GloryDayz

Ok, where do you see that?

You do realize that W/L record on the pitcher doesn't equal W/L in games they pitch.

[SPATCH]

Originally Posted by GloryDayz

Ok, where do you see that?

Holy shit.

Not only does this dude not understand W/L, but he takes a picture of his damn computer screen.

So bad.

[Pitt Gorilla]

Originally Posted by Deberg_1990

So in just a month of play, Will Myers has almost equaled Moose in HRs and will probably surpass Butler and Hosmer before years end...

He also has roughly the same number of strikeouts as hits.

[GloryDayz]

Originally Posted by ChiefsCountry

You do realize that W/L record on the pitcher doesn't equal W/L in games they pitch.

Oh, I get it, but he's 4-6... That's 4 wins credited to him over his last 10 starts. So you can dig as deep into as you'd like, play the part of a baseball nerd, but he's not been served well by the hitting on this team and he's 4-6 right now.

So when he pitches next, we'll see what they say he is 4-6 or some other glass-half-full stat.

[ChiefsCountry]

Originally Posted by GloryDayz

Oh, I get it, but he's 4-6... That's 4 wins credited to him over his last 10 starts. So you can dig as deep into as you'd like, play the part of a baseball nerd, but he's not been served well by the hitting on this team and he's 4-6 right now.

So when he pitches next, we'll see what they say he is 4-6 or some other glass-half-full stat.

You are ****ing reeruned.

[Captain Obvious]

Originally Posted by GloryDayz

Oh, I get it, but he's 4-6... That's 4 wins credited to him over his last 10 starts. So you can dig as deep into as you'd like, play the part of a baseball nerd, but he's not been served well by the hitting on this team and he's 4-6 right now.

So when he pitches next, we'll see what they say he is 4-6 or some other glass-half-full stat.

[Tytanium]

Originally Posted by GloryDayz

Oh, I get it, but he's 4-6... That's 4 wins credited to him over his last 10 starts. So you can dig as deep into as you'd like, play the part of a baseball nerd, but he's not been served well by the hitting on this team and he's 4-6 right now.

So when he pitches next, we'll see what they say he is 4-6 or some other glass-half-full stat.

Of any recordable statistic in baseball, pitcher W/L is probably the most useless for judging player ability. That the Royals have won 8 of the last 9 games he's started is much more quantifiable.

[GloryDayz]

Originally Posted by ChiefsCountry

You are ****ing reeruned.

And of those 8 wins, he's credited with 2. Like I said, I get it, I'm not lost on the concept. He's good, he's a veteran, he's been boned by the pen, he's been boned by the offense, he's God's gift to pitching, bla bla bla.... We'd all like to have five of him on the team. But we don't.

Maybe we can all sit together at the K during the wins he'll get during the playoffs this year.

Sorry, didn't mean to offend (you aren't part of the Glass family)...

[sedated]

Originally Posted by GloryDayz

Oh, I get it, but he's 4-6... That's 4 wins credited to him over his last 10 starts. So you can dig as deep into as you'd like, play the part of a baseball nerd, but he's not been served well by the hitting on this team and he's 4-6 right now.

So when he pitches next, we'll see what they say he is 4-6 or some other glass-half-full stat.

Dude. No one can seriously be this stupid.

[sedated]

You are giving yourself an aneurysm over the most useless stat in baseball - and you dont even understand it in the first place.