Been erect since October. Should I seek medical treatment?

well, that's what I thought, but I guess I was surprised it needed maintenance already so I thought maybe I was wrong. But I suppose it probably has been handled quite a bit.

That's exactly it. Vahe Gregorian did a video and story on the trophy back in November or December and noted that not only was it smudged with fingerprints, but that you could still see champagne stains on it.

So it was sent off to be cleaned, polished and engraved, and will receive the white-glove treatment from now on.

I presumed he meant Springer's very brief struggles in AA during his age 22 season.

I don't think that's exactly a fair comparison given that it was his first full season as a professional and while Starling proceeded to have an okay AFL, Springer absolutely detonated the league at 22.

And if anybody's ready to say that Starling's set up for the kind of season that Springer had at 23....well I'll gladly take that bet. 37 bombs, 45 SBs, a .411 OBP and a strong BB rate to help off-set the relatively high K rate. Even more amazing is that the guy got better in AAA (which goes back to my position that the PCL isn't much better than the TX league to determine what you truly have in a hitter).

If the Royals are extremely lucky, they'll get a player similar to Chris Young in his D-Backs days, IMO. And again, that presumes a fair amount of development that still needs to come for Bubba. And also remember that the 20-25 HR seasons that Young had in AZ are probably 15-18 HR seasons in KC.

That's not without value, but A) it requires additional positive development from Starling that can't be counted on and B) it's still not as good as Lorenzo Cain.

Seems like ur sorta beating a straw man here. Cain is elite, top 10 WAR past two years and 3rd in the MVP voting. I doubt you'll get any resistance to the idea a prospect won't match that.

True. I was mostly speaking to the one guy that said the Royals wouldn't drop off much if they lost Cain and Moose because they have Hunter Dozier and Bubba Starling. Even in the unlikely event that both of those guys develop into plus major leaguers, they aren't going to give you the 10-12 WAR that those 2 guys are capable of giving you. You'll be lucky to get half that from them. That's pretty substantial.

Well, shit. Was posting in foggy reference to a comparison of the two Fangraphs did this summer that compared them based on age and actually lined them up pretty closely.

Disregard said point.

With Starling, the HOPE would be he can be a Mike Cameron type at the high end (.260 hitter who drills 15-20 HR while stealing 25-30 bases and playing elite defense).

Chris Young is also a good offensive comparison to what you can realistically hope he can at this point, though his defensive value would project higher.

Overall, he still has much to prove... But has provided positive movement in that regard for the first time in several years.

Is this the season Hosmer becomes a superstar?

Sure

Just looking at the schedule...obviously April 3rd is going to be one of the greatest days ever, with Noah Syndergaard there to watch us get our rings and raise our flag.

But then a day off, then a game, then TWO days off before a 3-game series at the K against Minnesota.

I noticed they pushed the start times back as well this. 7:15 is the normal start time instead of 7:10. Make some more time slots for the tv and radio networks I assume.

My penis is still over 9000.

I should be able to make that one. My seats should be the same as opening day last year right by the flags in left field.

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