2012 Kansas City Royals Repository Thread

[alnorth]

2012 Slogan: Our Time

A better, more accurate 2012 Slogan: It is Finally Next Year
(from Great Expectations)

An alternative slogan if you don't like that one: Someone has to win this crappy division
(from alnorth)

With the beginning of a new year, it is time for the 2012 version of the Royals Repository Thread. We've got Hosmer, we've got a 2011-dominating Gordon, we've got Moose, we've got hopefully a killer bullpen, we've got a stereotypical slow slugging DH, we've got easily one of the best defensive shortstops in the AL, we've got a promising catcher in Salvador Perez. Hell, we've got offense and promising prospects galore.

We do not have starting pitching.

Oh yeah, we've also got this:



Get ready for, (as of January 2012 anyway), one of the most confusing puzzles of a baseball season in recent Royals history. Will they suck? Maybe, I don't know. Will we be given a year of 0.500 baseball? Possibly, I don't know. Will they win the division and go to the playoffs for the first time in 27 years? For the first time in a long time, it could happen, I don't know. 92 losses, 92 wins, or anything in between would not surprise a lot of us.

Everything goes here except Gameday threads and really big news. If a giant story breaks, the Royals achieve some awesome milestone, or we sign/lose a highly significant player/coach/mascot/whatever, then it might also deserve its own thread. This being Chiefs Planet, please do not clutter the board with new threads about trivial Royals news or you will only annoy those who come here for just Chiefs football. If you aren't sure and its not a Gameday thread, it goes here.

What sort of stuff often goes here? SPchief explained it well, so I'll just copy that:

If you locate something of interest.. ANYTHING.. deals on apparel, best ways in/out of the stadium, giveaways, great stories from this season or from seasons gone by, rumors, trades, anything.... feel free to post it here.

[Ebolapox]

non-tendered. I freaking hope.

[tk13]

4 year extension with an option for the following 2 years.

[DeezNutz]

Non-tendered.

[Infidel Goat]

Originally Posted by Dr. Johnny Fever

I'll make mine official. Non-tendered at the last minute after trade talks fail. I just think DM is doing everything in his power to get "anything" for him.

/crosses fingers

This.

[Dr. Facebook Fever]

Originally Posted by tk13

4 year extension with an option for the following 2 years.

shut your whore mouth

/obligatory

[JASONSAUTO]

Originally Posted by tk13

4 year extension with an option for the following 2 years.

140 million.
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[Al Bundy]

Originally Posted by alnorth

If you haven't made a prediction yet, call your shot now. Will Luke Hochevar be non-tendered, traded, or offered a contract to pitch for the Royals in 2013?

Non-tendered. His MLB career is as close to being over as Matt Cassel's career as a starting QB.

[Dr. Facebook Fever]

Originally Posted by Al Bundy

Non-tendered. His MLB career is as close to being over as Matt Cassel's career as a starting QB.

The Cardinals will pick him up and he'll become the superstar he was supposed to be just to **** us over.

/I've been a Royals fan too long.

[ArrowheadMagic]

Originally Posted by Al Bundy

Non-tendered. His MLB career is as close to being over as Matt Cassel's career as a starting QB.

No his stuff is ok, change of scenery would probably be beneficial. Just needs to be gone.

[KevB]

Originally Posted by DeezNutz

****ing Christian Stanzi.

I will hold out hope that Johnny Baseball remembers how to hit when he puts on a major league uniform.

[DeezNutz]

If he reached his peak, he'd still be a #3 because of the lack of an out pitch, and I've heard/seen countless bullshit claims about his breaking pitches, 2 and 3. They're both marginal at best.

[tk13]

Dave Duncan isn't there anymore. He would've been a perfect Dave Duncan pitcher. But someone will pick him up if he's cut. He has good stuff and his peripherals are better than his results. That's why DM is *****-crazy about keeping him. He doesn't want to some other team to figure him out and make DM look like an idiot.

[alnorth]

Originally Posted by tk13

Dave Duncan isn't there anymore. He would've been a perfect Dave Duncan pitcher. But someone will pick him up if he's cut. He has good stuff and his peripherals are better than his results. That's why DM is *****-crazy about keeping him. He doesn't want some other team to figure him out and make DM look like an idiot.

We've reached the point where I don't care anymore. Maybe he'll have a 3.40 ERA pitching for someone else, I'm done, I want him ****ing gone.

[alnorth]

and yes, I had the severe misfortune over the last 3 years of picking an inordinately high number of games to attend where he ended up pitching. If he has a dog, I want it gone, too.

[Dr. Facebook Fever]

Originally Posted by tk13

Dave Duncan isn't there anymore. He would've been a perfect Dave Duncan pitcher. But someone will pick him up if he's cut. He has good stuff and his peripherals are better than his results. That's why DM is *****-crazy about keeping him. He doesn't want to some other team to figure him out and make DM look like an idiot.

Yes I know which is why it would **** us even more. I'm just trying to be the Charlie Brown Royals fan Zach says I am.