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.

The 2013 season is closer than we realize. The Royals will feature a rebuilt rotation that likely includes 4 new starters. The most-watched prospects of 2012, Wil Myers and Jake Odorizzi are gone, the price required to rebuild the rotation.

The Royals still have Sal Perz, who has even more of a "star" look to him than a year ago. They still have Alcides Escobar, who was a little less SS jesus in 2012 but brought more at the plate. Billy Butler finally hit a number of home runs that matches his build and how hard he hits the ball. Alex Gordon did it again. Hosmer and Moose struggled.

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.

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?
2) When will Luke Hochevar be shown the door?
3) Does Hosmer bounce back?
4) Can Moustakas hit for a whole season like he did in the first half of 2012?
5) Who regresses?
6) Who plays 2B?
7) Can Jeff Francoeur be at least replacement level, rather than epic horrible level?
8) Will Dayton Moore survive to see 2014?
9) Will Danny Duffy come back healthy? And if he does, is he the same, better or worse?
10) And the big one: Has KC added enough to run down the big-money Detroit Tigers?

[BigCatDaddy]

Originally Posted by mr. tegu

94-68! Woohoo! He was only 2 games off last season and he actually predicted 2 games worse than what we finished.

They do that and people will come Mr. Glass, oooh the people will come.

[alnorth]

Originally Posted by the_spatula

Came here for some info/opinions on the sherrill and wheeler signings... was disappointed

I liked it. They are both relief pitchers who are reasonable bounce-back candidates. Both signed cheap minor league "show-me" contracts, there's almost no risk, and now we might have some more bullpen depth.

The Tavaras signing looks pretty useless to me, even if we don't think he'll make the team I see no point in having him in Omaha, either.

[alnorth]

As of right now, CAIRO has us winning the division about 25% of the time and making the playoffs about 40% of the time.

[mr. tegu]

Originally Posted by alnorth

As of right now, CAIRO has us winning the division about 25% of the time and making the playoffs about 40% of the time.

Do those win/loss totals even out the way they are supposed to? As in 2,430 victories and 2,430 losses?

[Dartgod]

Originally Posted by mr. tegu

Do those win/loss totals even out the way they are supposed to? As in 2,430 victories and 2,430 losses?

Not quite.

2431-2429

[BigCatDaddy]

Originally Posted by alnorth

As of right now, CAIRO has us winning the division about 25% of the time and making the playoffs about 40% of the time.

Orioles

[alnorth]

This year, losing more than 1 or 2 games to the Astros would be a serious setback.

[ChiTown]

Originally Posted by BigCatDaddy

Orioles

Where is our resident Orioles humper anyway?

[siberian khatru]

Originally Posted by ChiTown

Where is our resident Orioles humper anyway?

You mean KnO'smo?

[ChiTown]

Originally Posted by siberian khatru

You mean KnO'smo?

Perfect

[BigCatDaddy]

Originally Posted by alnorth

This year, losing more than 1 or 2 games to the Astros would be a serious setback.

Meh, stuff happens. How many years to we win/split series with the Cards or Yanks and they still went on to have success.

[Great Expectations]

Originally Posted by alnorth

As of right now, CAIRO has us winning the division about 25% of the time and making the playoffs about 40% of the time.

I'm starting to get very excited for this season. I wonder what our chances of making the playoffs would be if we traded prospects for Dickey? I also bet this doesn't take into account a Duffy and Paulino return for the 2nd half.

[mr. tegu]

Originally Posted by Dartgod

Not quite.

2431-2429

Lets give that extra loss to the Tigers and extra victory to us.

[mr. tegu]

Originally Posted by Great Expectations

I'm starting to get very excited for this season. I wonder what our chances of making the playoffs would be if we traded prospects for Dickey? I also bet this doesn't take into account a Duffy and Paulino return for the 2nd half.

This makes me wonder, is it possible losing those two was a blessing in disguise? If they stay healthy we still don't make the playoffs or maybe even come close but with them going down the team was forced to go out and dramatically improve the rotation. If they stay healthy do we really get Santana, Shields, or Guthrie? Probably not. We probably win about 5-8 more games and that is good enough to continue relying on Hoch, Chen, and Mendoza/Teaford/Smith for longer.

[ChiefsandO'sfan]

Originally Posted by alnorth

As of right now, CAIRO has us winning the division about 25% of the time and making the playoffs about 40% of the time.

CAIRO 2013 v0.2’s Extremely Early and Completely Useless 2013 Projected MLB Standings