God Witt is exciting to watch, most excited I’ve been about a prospect since 2011.

I did just bet $5 on the Royals to win the Central.

If they do I'll win $200.

Odds are currently +4000. lol

Witt hit the longest home run recorded from a Royal with statcast today.

Team kinda has a 2013 Royals vibe to it*. Seems like a team that will be fun and decently competitive. They won’t make the playoffs but will be able to play games that matter through the summer. Gonna have us all fired up for 2022 I think.

* I don’t think this team quite goes 86-76 like the 2013 squad but I could see the opposite of that or around 79-81 wins.

I doubt Dayton will Clint Hurdle this guy.

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I hope we don't trade him. This is the shit I am worried about.

This team reminds me of the beginning years of our championship run.

Let the young guys run.

You're honestly worried about us trading Witt Jr? Why? I know we traded Wil Myers, but Witt Jr. is in a different class of prospect. He's as untouchable as Mondesi was as a prospect.

Is this worry based on anything? It’s not like the Royals have a recent history of just randomly trading elite prospects. Myers and Manea are the only 2 I can recall and they were traded out of an absolutely stocked farm system and their trades 100% directly helped lead to a WS title. Plus it’s worth noting that both of them (whom I root for, my Myers replica jersey is the only piece of non Royals baseball clothing I own, although to be fair I got it as a giveaway at a Padres game), are good but certainly not great players.

Plenty people can knock Dayton for but I don’t think his handling/trading of top prospects is one of them.

TLDR: No ****ing way Witt Jr gets traded!

If the Royals traded Witt Jr...there'd be people tearing down Kauffman.

Gonna teach them boys the right way to ground into inning ending double plays.

What if it was Tatis or Soto?

Why Bret Saberhagen Deserves Consideration for the National Baseball Hall of Fame
MAY 10, 2020 / GREENBAYBOBFOX


When one looks at the 167 wins that Saberhagen had in his career, there are three other starting pitchers in the Hall of Fame that have similar win totals. I’m talking about Sandy Koufax, Dizzy Dean and Lefty Gomez.

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Since you want to see the career numbers of these 4, I looked them up and posted them for your enjoyment:

Koufax 165-87 (65.4%) 2,324 IP 2.76 ERA 75 ERA- 2.93 K/bb 54.5 fWAR
D.Dean 150-83 (64.3%) 1,967 IP 3.02 ERA 77 ERA- 2.57 K/bb 40.9 fWAR
Gomez 189-102 (64.9%) 2,503 IP 3.34 ERA 79 ERA- 1.34 k/bb 34.6 fWAR
Sabes 167-117 (59.0%) 2,562 IP 3.34 ERA 80 ERA- 3.64 k/bb 55.3 fWAR

I'm still trying to figure out Tatis' story.

1) He was an international FA, but I don't recall a lot of chatter about his signing, even though his lineage suggested he'd be legit.

2) he was traded for washed-up James Shields. How does that happen?

2) I believe he was 17 when traded for BGJ and was regarded as a lotto ticket by some.

It became clear in less than a year what type of prospect he was going to be.