He's had injury issues, he may just be a reliever due to that.

Bobby is currently 48th in the AL in WAR. He has no chance.

Yeah that's 100% true. Ohtani is just on a different planet than the rest of the league. ****ing guy is absurd. So we aren't going to even include him, because it's not remotely fair.

Where are you getting that? He's tied with Kyle Tucker for 28th WAR in all of MLB.

Also If he finishes with those numbers then he went on a tear and probably finishes with a top 10 WAR.

They have 1 guy being a top pitcher and hitter...with another guy who many people think is the best player of a generation...and they suck as a team, they really know what they are doing out there.

Yeah, everyone bitches about the Royals being shit, but those mother****ers have wasted the careers of 2 of baseballs best players ever. I think Kauffman would burn to the ground if we did that.

Didn't sift for AL but if Bobby continues his play dont see why he couldn't be in top 10 down the road. Its just so difficult in this day and age for a guy that has one of the lowest walk rates in the league among good players

https://www.espn.com/mlb/stats/playe...WARBR/dir/desc

With the shift in thinking, guys get dinged pretty hard for not taking walks.

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The Royals are pretty serious about claiming every crappy pitcher they can.

There it is!! Jot this down: ChampionshipS mother ****ers!!!

Barlow has actually had success at multiple levels, including the big leagues. He's no world beater, but this isn't a bad move by any means. Especially for a team who has a horrible bullpen (like KC).

Oh and he was free.

I'm pretty sure it mainly leads into how this team has a very bare cupboard for pitching unless you want to discuss single A.

Unless you believe in guys like Will Klein, Jonathan Bowlan and Anthony Vwhatever there is nothing.

BWJ is now tied for 17th in WAR on Fangraphs. That's pretty exciting.

Joe Barlow is actually pretty ****ing decent. Surprising he was free.