I wouldn't panic about Hosmer yet. There will be times these guys still look like young players. There was a time when Carlos Beltran hit .247 with 7 HR's his second season.

Man we are just clutch, aren't we?

Cabrera 0 for 22 ended tonight. It happens. But what's most concerning he just hasn't looked comfortable.

This team is as bad as ever.

FRENCHY!

Man thought that was an inside the parker!

Should have sent him....smiley would have bulldozed the catcher.

FYP

Moose apparently didn't watch Hos at bat.

LOL at Rayburn

The Royals marketing was a little too aggressive. The future is bright, but THIS year we have the youngest team in the majors, our best pitching prospects are in the minors, and Detroit is a monster.

Your kansas city reyoals!

Are any of our hitters other than Billy ever ahead in the count?!

*sigh

Best pitching prospects eh? All I see is Odorizzi.

Ever since I started posting in Royals GDT, you've always been the beacon of optimism. All I know is this team has regressed big time and looks like another 90+ loss season and I still don't see any hope any time soon.

Swinging at way too many pitches out of the strike zone

When are the Royals ever not young?

I call complete bullshit on this. Our pitching "prospects" are completely flaming out.

the numbness is starting to set in

yea...what pitching prospects?

Even Odorizzi sucks now that he went to a real ballpark.

I agree. That being said they had been talking about 2012 for three years so they couldn't back off of that. Maybe something a little less pressure filled would have been appropriate though.

Odorizzi, Lamb, Montgomery, then a bunch who are better than scratch-off lotto tickets.

The Royals fanbase's apathy will be setting in soon.

Montgomery has it, he just cant control it for shit.

Will Smith looks decent

odorizzi is a stud, and Lamb will be back

Come on...we are only what, 5 years in Dayton Moore??? :D

9th inning
 

Top 9th

Kelvin Herrera relieves Collins

Raburn grounds out to second
Santiago singles to left

Don Kelly bats for Dirks

Kelly grounds into a 4-6-3 double play, Santiago out at second

0 runs, 1 hit

Bottom 9th

Jose Valverde relieves Benoit

Betancourt flies out to center
Pena walks
Escobar strikes out (swinging)
Pena to second on defensive indifference
Gordon grounds out to second

0 runs, 0 hits

Tigers win, 3-1

Seriously, it would be so fu king nice to be able to watch Royals baseball in May and know we are still in the race.c

did that just say 102?

My optomism has been destroyed, but not by Detroit. Oakland and Cleveland aren't any good.

Yeah that would be nice. 2003 brings back good memories.

Rex Hudler uses his tongue prettier than a $20 whore.

This season is ending even earlier than usual.

Eventually they are going to start giving the Royals automatic wins before the year starts just to make it interesting...it will set a new standard on just how quickly they can fade.

It's almost inspiringly bad.

The Royals will be good next year

Wasn't Montgomery supposed to be up last year? He's been off my list for awhile.

I didn't expect us to compete for a division title but I was expecting us to be within 5-10 games of .500 baseball. We look so much like shit that that is probably out of the question.

next year is surely our time

oh good, our best hitters are coming up

How did we get only 1 run off Smyly?! I have been saying for a week now what's most frustrating is our hitting and not pitching. We know we will have some bad pitching stretches. But when we give up three or less we need to win!

We do great every year.....we are like kings of the Cactus League!

He's just having trouble finding the strike zone lately. He'll get it. if anything bottom of the rotation guy. That seems bad considering his Hype, but id rather him turn into something. Duffy is nails

"Alex Gordon is the cornerstone of suck and as long as he's on this team things are never going to change."

That's what I believed up until last season.

Now that feeling has returned.

Pena?

man I really thought they would be decent. They can't hit for crap.

2013 Royals--Really Our Time This Time

He had Tommy John if I remember correctly. Or was that Lamb?

lamb

He shouldn't be OFF your list. He's usually ranked as our #3 pitching prospect this year in the minors. He's got control problems, but lots of talent.

Rex said Mariano is starting to get hit around because guys are used to him. Maybe it's because he is like 50 years old Rex?

What's the worst record for a team hosting the All Star Game in history?

Anyone know?

pinch run getz

First it was, wait til Butler gets called up. Then it was wait til Gordon gets called up. Then the same story for Hosmer and Moustakas....now do we have to wait for Starling to be called up for it to be "our time"?

Rivera??

Seriously, dude's gotta go.

Pena looked surprised that was a ball.

wow that looked like a strike

At this point it appears it will be 3-78.

COME ON ALICE..............

Just don't strike out looking Gordon!

Your first two sentences do not make your point, AT ALL. Anyone who believed we would compete when Gordon and Butler came up, was either lying or delusional. We had way too many holes.

Its been only one season with Hosmer and Moose, and our pitching is not up.

lololol

**** me

Way to get em', Alex

Too bad Butler can't hit behind himself. Maybe then we would string together some hits.

joke

**** baseball. 3 months and 24 days until our first preseason game.....course, then we'll be saying **** football. It appears we have a VERY long and painful sports year ahead of us.

Look at the Tigers. They are like real men.

Our team is a bunch of scrubs.

Hate baseball.

Gordon is pressing big time.. the longer the losing streak goes the worse it will be. This really has the look of a double digit game losing streak.

Wow Yost may not make it outta here at Kauffman alive lol.

Lynch mob.

maybe we need to have Pena hitting 3rd

I actually like when the Royals are bad, I just love being at the Ball park, cheap tickets, expensive beer, we win sometimes. Of course I'd like to feel what winning feels like, but I can't complain. If you don't have expectations you wont get disappointed. Its just funny to me all the time.

Our pitching is shockingly shallow on the farm, either due to injury or suckage, which is exactly why we should have been moving promising yet unproven arms for ML talent. But, hey, who could have possibly been suggesting that?

DM is a great GM. Totally understands ML roster management.

and I get called a troll while guys like Alnorth are pumping "prospects, best pitchers are in the minors" sunshine.

So, how many straight losses at home before we get a win at the K? I'm guessing at least 7.

I just can't til this Our Time crap keeps playing into August and we're looking at 100 losses. The Royals PR department needs to be fired, along with some upper management for making them actually believe it was "our time".

Its so nice that we have the best minor league system!

3-8.

Our time.

Wow...lot of chatter on twitter about sending Hosmer back to Omaha (and he doesn't even live there!) I'm on the ledge, but come on, I don't think we're at that point yet.

Royals Baseball. Our Bad.

Seitzer's got work to do

LMAO.

Not really. This is the natural consequence of having a dog shit pitching staff; hitters press.