U see Alshittys K on three pitches to end the game, so he could beat the pouring rain from delaying the game?


His shit needs to be packed yesterday

Really killed their chance of winning.

:rolleyes:

If it's not going to be Duda, then who else would you rather see?

that's the most frustrating issue with this team. if we are in a true rebuld, then why the hell are you not starting phillips every. single. day. same goes with every single young player.
i was explaining to my wife that one of the dumbest things you could do is start both of your catchers in one game because of the potential for disaster. and what do you know, salvy gets hit by a pitch. god forbid it was a devastating injury. but i just don't get it. soooo many levels of fail.

and another thing. it was got dayum embarassing being outnumbered by cubs fans probably 70/30. walking out of the stadium with all of their fans singing "go, cubs go". it reminded me of the playoff games after a win chanting "lets go royals". sure im just a little jaded but there's just so much fail right now. its frustrating right now.

It's stupid that Escobar and Butera are getting at bats still. Makes no sense

Ryan O'Hearn

I've told you guys for as long as I can remember, before the World Series run, during the World Series runs and after the World Series runs that Ned Yost is a buffoon. It was always strange to me, that people would be like see he is a good manager (during the World Series runs). He isn't if he continues to make horrible decisions over and over again. You don't judge a manager based on the results of your team. Results oriented thinking can be dangerous in many situations.

It was a lefty pitcher. That's why the left handed bats sat. It's actually 3 straight against lefties.

Sorry I can't understand this. I sustained an aneurysm with all of the idiocy that's sandwiched between my post and yours.

Today's lineup...what purpose does this serve? Phillips sitting so Escobar can play 3b and Ohearn sitting for no future backup catcher at 1st

@DBLesky: #Royals lineup vs. Montgomery:

Merrifield 2B
Gordon LF
Perez C
Dozier DH
Herrera CF
Bonifacio RF
Mondesi SS
Escobar 3B
Butera 1B
Keller P

I know he doesn't make the lineup call, but watching Escobar play every day has erased most of the positive memories I have of him.

David Glass better be asking why he's paying 2.5 mil for Escobar when a random minor league player would play better

substantially better.

http://www.milb.com/player/index.jsp...tting/2018/ALL

http://www.milb.com/player/index.jsp...tting/2018/ALL

#Yosted

And for ****’s sake, if Perez and butera are both in the lineup, Perez should be at first.

Ned is bad at tactical things and logic. He’s great at managing players and personalities.

As long as he has a plug and play team with few decisions, he can make it work.

Sorry. Dayton problem. He resigned Alshittys and retains him. He could cut him any time.


We are back to the old annoying Dayton. I don't really have another 10 years of patience

That stadium is 80% Cubs fans... JFC where do they all come from?

LOL Bonifacio. We need some better fielders than Boni and Soler in RF if we want to compete in a few years. Those guys should be our DH & 1B going forward.

Iowa. They come from Iowa. And Blue Springs.

Did Jorge Soler end up on the 60 day DL?

Cant any manager do that though?

It occurred to me that the Padres are playing at the Brewers tonight. Hosmer, Moose and Cain all on the same field again.

Yep. I was following that game earlier. Moose had a good night. Would have been cool for Hos to go deep as well but I'm not sure he does that anymore.

His leading the Padres to a fantastic 45-70 record

If you want to appreciate Ned Yost, go take a look at the Nationals results from 2013-2018.

They were perinalliy picked to win it all (especially in 2015) and almost always had clubhouse dysfunction derail them either in or before the playoffs.

Even this year, it’s been reported that several of the players aren’t on speaking terms.

Clubhouse chemistry matters, so much so that even all numbers Billy Beane made that a priority with his last rebuild - and Ned is the flat out master at managing personalities.

Also, the fact that Ned outmanaged all of his opposing managers in the 2015 postseason prove that not everyone can do it (Terry Collins made Ned look like Tesla).

Buddy Bell and Barnyard Trey do that too.

It'd seem easy, but it definitely isn't. Look at Buck Showalter. If you polled baseball fans, 100 out of 100 probably would take him over Ned. He's considered one of the greatest tactical managers around. But Ned absolutely evolved during those playoff runs. He learned to be less stubborn and be more aggressive and it made a huge difference. Buck Showalter refused to use the reliever who had the greatest relief pitching season in history in extra innings of an elimination game. Ned actually has more playoff wins and whipped him head to head.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">A friend of mine notes that, with Sunday’s loss, the Royals have a losing record since the beginning of the 2014 season, a span that includes two pennant winners. That’s how bad this season has been. It’s completely offset the 2014-15 team’s success.</p>&mdash; Kurtis Seaboldt (@KSeaboldt) <a href="https://twitter.com/KSeaboldt/status/1026985803354972160?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 8, 2018</a></blockquote>
<script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Royals on a pace to be the 3rd franchise to have a losing record during a 5-year span that included 2 pennants. Weird stat, I know.<br><br>1913-17 A’s (329-434)<br>1988-92 Braves (374-432)</p>&mdash; Kurtis Seaboldt (@KSeaboldt) <a href="https://twitter.com/KSeaboldt/status/1026994671296409605?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 8, 2018</a></blockquote>
<script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
As Kurtis explained in a response the Braves lost theirs at the beginning of that run (which included the #1 overall pick that netted them Chipper Jones.)

Until they take the pennants and the trophy, the last part of this statement is false.

People shouldn't be going to the games

DM needs a message sent about Alshittys and Hammel and Butera and more

Play younger guys fine. But not MLB worst, who are aging vets

I’ll take a Chipper Jones with the first pick please.

What's funny is Chipper Jones was a signability pick.

He wasn't so much a signability pick as Van Poppel was just considered the best in the draft but fell because he was a prick about signing. Jones was still considered one of the top 5 guys. That story has more to do with Van Poppel than Jones.

Yep. I get that you want/need vets on the Team to help aid the progression of the younger guys. But, those 3? JC, why? Alcides shouldn't play another game in a Royals uni. .202/.253/.273 slash :Lin:

My good pal Steve is a huge baseball fan in Chicago. He sent me this blurb from a baseball writer he follows named Joe Sheehan. Interesting to get an outside perspective on the state of the Royals organization:

"Kansas City Royals (27): I really liked the Mike Moustakas trade. For two months of a decent player (there’s a mutual option for $14 million marginal that the Royals were never picking up), the Royals got the kinds of gambles they are free to take right now. Brett Phillips was swamped by the Brewers’ flood of outfielders from outside the organization. He’s a plus defensive outfielder with what will be one of the best arms in the game. The bat...he’ll never hit for average, but he could be a low-average contributor. He’s not shaped like Rob Deer, but that’s the kind of player he could be, a .230 hitter who is still a very good player because he does everything else.

Jorge Lopez was a rated prospect two years ago. Since then, he has a 6.63 ERA in 111 innings at Triple-A, and hasn’t been all that effective in a couple of stints at Double-A, either. Like Phillips, he’s a post-hype sleeper with six years of control left who can be paid the minimum or a tick above for the next four years. It’s not that Phillips and Lopez will be here when the Royals are ready to win; it’s that they could build value and be traded for players who will.

I’d be happier about the deal had Dayton Moore not chosen to speak in its wake. From the Kansas City Star. “We didn’t want to do a prospect-type deal in this case, because of the nature of where we are at the major-league level and what we’re trying to accomplish.”

The Royals are 34-78, and have been outscored by almost two runs a game. They have scored the fewest runs in baseball and they have allowed the most runs in baseball. What in the world is Dayton Moore talking about? “Where we are at the major-league level” is having the worst team in baseball. It’s not like it’s a young 34-78, either. Adalberto Mondesi is 22, but somehow he can’t get on the field because the Royals are still playing 31-year-old millstone Alcides Escobar. Phillips, 24, becomes the second-youngest Royals position player this year. The farm system is terrible. The team isn’t going to spend to bring in superstars.

I circle back to what I said three years ago. If you want to go all RINGZZ!! with Dayton Moore, that’s fine. But when you look at his actual decisions, it’s basically the Zack Greinke trade eight years ago (a huge win), and then signing every low-OBP slugger who was willing to play for cheap. If the Royals won the Wil Myers trade, it was after spending 16 months trying Wade Davis as a starter when even on the day they traded for him he looked like a reliever. I don’t think Dayton Moore is a good GM, even with the jewelry, and my evidence is his own words, his own thinking, his own transactions. The Royals are going to wander until he’s let go."

:clap: - thanks for the post, George

Felix Hernandez officially became the worst qualified starter in the majors yesterday.

I'm hopeful he can have a Verlander/Greinke like resurgence.

GMDM is not perfect, but taking his words at face-value is the most basic and elementary mistake to make when evaluating him as a GM. It's why national analysts so often misread and underestimate him.

And something tells me GMDM prefers it that way.

What's so goddamn frustrating about the last two lineups is that it's Ned contradicting himself.

Early in Esky's career, Ned refused to pinch-hit for him in late-game pressure situations because he said it was crucial to his development -- he needed to "learn to hit" in those circumstances.

Now, he sits O'Hearn and Phillips against LHP because, apparently, he's afraid that starting them will reerun their development or something. This from a guy who is about as anti-platoon as you can find. Yet, now he thinks it's important to play Drew Butera -- DREW BUTERA -- at first base TWO NIGHTS IN A ROW to protect a young hitter. If those guys can't learn on the job in a season like this, when will they?

And I won't even get into the madness that is accepting lower-quality prospects rather than eating salary when trading good players, while forking over hundreds of thousands of dollars in plate-appearance bonus money to a really shitty player in Esky.

Uhh.. next season.

I like Joe Sheehan a bunch, but he misses the mark on a few things he said there.

First, let’s revisit his comments about the Shields/Davis trade. They did not spend 16 months trying to turn Davis into a starter.

They spent 3-4. He moved to the bullpen late in 13 and was in the bullpen to start 2014. They talked about him having a floor of being a high-value reliever. So that didn’t come out of nowhere.

Second, saying those two trades are the only things Moore has done overlooks the overhaul of the farm system from complete laughing stock to an elite system that was one of the best in recent memory.

Third, as pointed out, it takes something Moore said at face value. Which we know is folly.

Why wait til then?

I'm not convinced this regime will play them even then. Look for esky to be re-signed yet again.

Why not both? There are plenty of games left this season and next and the Royals will be competing in neither season. Sitting on the bench for 2 games isn't the end of the world.

Take a breather buddy. If they don't care about losing games, then you shouldn't be getting that worked up either.

SMH. I'm tired of Butera playing but atleast it's to give Salvy a day off. I don't see Duda getting traded.

@DBLesky: #Royals lineup vs. Quintana:

Merrifield 2B
Gordon LF
Perez DH
Dozier 3B
Duda 1B
Bonifacio RF
Phillips CF
Mondesi SS
Butera C
Fillmyer P

That's a much more acceptable lineup, imo.

Meanwhile, Kelvin Herrera was placed on the DL today. He has a 4.76 ERA and 6.03 FIP with Washington.

But GMDM lost that trade!!!

One other thing Sheehan was way off on:

The Royals farm should no longer be described as “terrible.”

It’s not a leading system, but it’s firmly in that second 12-20 range now.

It’s the Alex Smith of farm systems. With quite a bit of upside, actually.

So we'll be losing in the Wild Card game in no time!

Yeah farm system isn't too bad now. We have quite a few players that are looking real good. Crappy thing about it is that I'm not sure how many pitchers are having great seasons.

have to lose out and get Bobby Witt Jr.

That just sounds like the name of a loser haha

7-42 and the Royals beat the all time record of futility. 8-41 and they tie the Tigers. I believe we can do it. I believe.

To The Schooner With Bobby Witt Jr.

The good news is Kelvin Gutierrez is starting to hit. He's been on fire the last couple weeks in AA.

And he likely was the 3rd piece lotto ticket of that trade as well.

I care about playing young players to find out what we have. The sooner that happens, the better. Every game of evaluation counts. Why waste it?

And why be annoyed about it? Because it’s illogical and senseless for a rebuilding team. It doesn’t inspire confidence.

And I’m not your ****ing buddy.

One of the reasons that trade drew questions nationally is that Gutierrez is the most known/scouted piece of it and was highest reared in the Nats system entering the year, so many assumed he was the key piece.

Re: pitching prospects in the system, the 18 draftees make up most of the really interesting pieces (the Lynch kid from UVA has been particularly good).

Carlos Hernandez has also had a good season and is on a hot run. 6-4 kid with good FB velo.

18 3rd rounder Kyle Isbel is also off to a great start. Playing a good CF, stolen 18/21 bases, and hitting for power and average across two levels.

Hud with a call there. Said if Fillmyer leaves the ball up the Cubs were going to hurt him, next pitch is up and he takes a shot right off his leg. They physically hurt him.

Sheehan's a grumpy old coot who's always been bitter about the Royals and can't wait to celebrate their final regression to the mean as he sees it.

So far so good for Fillmyer.

That's worth a standing O. Heck of an effort by Fillmyer against a really good offense.

Holy Mondesi. That was a bomb.

To the fountains!

Fillmeyer has been reasonably good in the minors it appears. Maybe we have something. 5th rounder, still young. Finds the zone well.

I'm watching game 6 vs. Toronto. Totally forgot about the Zobrist homerun vs. our nemesis Price. How many times did he spark a rally or start the scoring for us?

FWIW the Moose homerun could have been interference :eek:

But why I'm posting this is Yordy is kicking ass. ****ing hell. Why did he have to die? Royals have gotten amazingly lucky to win two WS in my lifetime. Then almost immediately had a crushing death (Howser, Yordy). It's tough to deal with.

Add in Delaney - I remember where I was when I heard the news. The 30 for 30 was brutal to watch. What a hero and what a sad death.

Game 6 in the 2014 WS against the Giants is another fun one to watch. He was on fire in that game.

https://s.yimg.com/ny/api/res/1.2/qR...om/0KDvPCY.gif

Had the Royals won game 7, his performance in game 6 would be forever remembered(not just by us)as an all time great.

Today Joakim Soria gave up the go-ahead Grand Slam for the Brewers against the Padres.

He's having a good year, but that looked all too familiar.

Honestly if Ned managed Game 4 of the 2014 WS like he managed Game 4 of the 2015 WS, there wouldn't have been a Game 7.

I just bought tickets to see the Royals in Tampa on the 21st. Maybe I'll see a win.

Wade Davis gave up 2 home runs tonight to lose a game against the Dodgers. He's now 1-6 with a 5.51 ERA, but he does still lead the NL in saves.

He had 6 losses in the last 4 years, combined.

Amazingly, Holland, Herrera, and Madson are all now pitching for the same team.

And Joakim Soria has had a better season than all of em (Wade included).

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Mariners Move Felix Hernandez To The Bullpen <a href="https://t.co/5ugGEtgHMF">https://t.co/5ugGEtgHMF</a> <a href="https://t.co/3Qm0vDW1ip">pic.twitter.com/3Qm0vDW1ip</a></p>&mdash; MLB Trade Rumors (@mlbtraderumors) <a href="https://twitter.com/mlbtraderumors/status/1027904585036443648?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 10, 2018</a></blockquote>
<script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

Royals headed for 35-80....

Can we go 7-40 to close the season? I believe! We got this. More Escobar. More Mauer. More Burch Smiff. Can we still bring back Almonte and Goins?

They’re neck & neck with the O’s.

50 wins would be a hell of a way to celebrate the 50th season.

I'll take the under