Originally Posted by Halfcan (Post 12136067)

I loved the fire and intensity this team played with last year. The media called them flukes and one year wonders-then we came out ever better.

I hope they play like this when the season starts. They didn't take any shit from anyone.

Originally Posted by eDave (Post 12138882)

What did he say here that makes him that?

Originally Posted by Halfcan (Post 12136067)

I loved the fire and intensity this team played with last year. The media called them flukes and one year wonders-then we came out ever better.

I hope they play like this when the season starts. They didn't take any shit from anyone.

Originally Posted by LoneWolf (Post 12139588)

If you strip all the bullshit away from this story and get it down to its core, it's basically a team telling a player that he can't have his kid in the clubhouse everyday. Unless there is specific language in LaRoche's contract stating that he can, and if there was he would be contesting this as a breach of contract, then all the other players, Sale included, need to shut the **** about it and play baseball.

I don't give a shit what Williams told them. Maybe there were three different versions because three different groups complained about the kid being there.

Originally Posted by WilliamTheIrish (Post 12139596)

What media called them flukes? Or one year wonders?

Originally Posted by kstater (Post 12139598)

According to Sale, it's in his contract

Originally Posted by BigCatDaddy (Post 12139602)

Pretty much everyone on ESPN and MLB TV.

Originally Posted by WilliamTheIrish (Post 12140019)

Interesting and untrue.

Originally Posted by duncan_idaho (Post 12141855)

Haven't seen every ST game, obviously, but I've been impressed by Rey Fuentes when I've seen him play.
He seems like a really useful 4th OF

Originally Posted by KChiefs1 (Post 12142300)

Me too but does he have a chance to make the 25 man?

Originally Posted by WilliamTheIrish (Post 12139596)

What media called them flukes? Or one year wonders?

Originally Posted by thurman merman (Post 12142394)

Pretty much everybody in the media picked them to lose the division last year.

Originally Posted by tk13 (Post 12142603)

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="es" dir="ltr">Hochevar, Soria, Wade &amp; Herrera&#39;s combined Cactus League numbers:<br>23 IP, 13 H, 1 ER, 4 BB, 22 K. (0.39 ERA)<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Royals?src=hash">#Royals</a></p>&mdash; Josh Vernier (@JoshVernier610) <a href="https://twitter.com/JoshVernier610/status/711679473091874816">March 20, 2016</a></blockquote>
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Originally Posted by kstater (Post 12139598)

According to Sale, it's in his contract

Originally Posted by KChiefs1 (Post 12142300)

Me too but does he have a chance to make the 25 man?

Originally Posted by duncan_idaho (Post 12142676)

I think so. He has been the most impressive of the extra OF guys, including Orlando.

He definitely makes it opening day, and if he performs, I could see them keeping 5 OF, I guess.

It's all going to depend on his audition. If he takes advantage, they'll have a hard time moving him out entirely, IMO.

Originally Posted by Lex Luthor (Post 12142634)

Chris Sale is a ****ing moron. If it were in LaRoche's contract, LaRoche wouldn't be walking away from $13 million. He'd file a grievance and the MLB players union would be all over it.

Originally Posted by Archie F. Swin (Post 12142984)

Who replaced Andy McCullough as the Star's Royals reporter?

Originally Posted by Prison Bitch (Post 12142992)

Man id love if NOMar Outfante would start bringing his kid around and then quit with 16M of dead money remaining

Originally Posted by Prison Bitch (Post 12142992)

Man id love if NOMar Outfante would start bringing his kid around and then quit with 16M of dead money remaining

Originally Posted by Prison Bitch (Post 12142992)

Man id love if NOMar Outfante would start bringing his kid around and then quit with 16M of dead money remaining

Originally Posted by duncan_idaho (Post 12142676)

I think so. He has been the most impressive of the extra OF guys, including Orlando.

He definitely makes it opening day, and if he performs, I could see them keeping 5 OF, I guess.

It's all going to depend on his audition. If he takes advantage, they'll have a hard time moving him out entirely, IMO.

Originally Posted by Mother****erJones (Post 12143182)

Lol I loved LaRoche being a pissy bitch. Saved my sox $13 mil.

Originally Posted by KChiefs1 (Post 12143196)

My 25 man as of today:

Starting rotation: Edinson Volquez, Yordano Ventura, Ian Kennedy, Chris Young & Kris Medlen.

Bullpen: Wade Davis, Kelvin Herrera, Joakim Soria, Luke Hochevar, Dillon Gee, Danny Duffy & Chien-Ming Wang.

Infield: Eric Hosmer, Omar Infante, Alcides Escobar & Mike Moustakas.

DH: Kendrys Morales.

Catcher: Salvador Perez.

Outfield: Alex Gordon, Lorenzo Cain & Paulo Orlando.

Bench: Christian Colon, Drew Butera, Reymond Fuentes & Whit Merrifield.

Originally Posted by KChiefs1 (Post 12143196)

My 25 man as of today:

Starting rotation: Edinson Volquez, Yordano Ventura, Ian Kennedy, Chris Young & Kris Medlen.

Bullpen: Wade Davis, Kelvin Herrera, Joakim Soria, Luke Hochevar, Dillon Gee, Danny Duffy & Chien-Ming Wang.

Infield: Eric Hosmer, Omar Infante, Alcides Escobar & Mike Moustakas.

DH: Kendrys Morales.

Catcher: Salvador Perez.

Outfield: Alex Gordon, Lorenzo Cain & Paulo Orlando.

Bench: Christian Colon, Drew Butera, Reymond Fuentes & Whit Merrifield.

Originally Posted by cosmo20002 (Post 12143169)

Back from trip to Spring Training. Went to three games and a couple morning practice sessions. Pretty cool experience, if you're into that sort of thing. The games of course lack the drama or intensity of a real game, but you get to see a lot of stuff up close.

The morning practice sessions are also interesting. Some of their drills are the same as we did in Little League. And it's pretty cool seeing how seemingly effortlessly how great most of these guys are (compared to normal humans). Gordon put on a pretty good show one day. After throwing several strikes in a row to the plate from the deep outfield, during his BP, he was just a machine. Line drive to left, liner to LC, liner to center, liner to RC, liner to right, HR to left, HR to center, HR to right. Machine. Salvy just flicks HRs out to LF seemingly at will.

Also interesting to see how some guys interact with fans. Alex I think makes it a point not to even make eye contact with fans. But if you wanted an autograph from Ned, you got one. He'd spend 45 minutes before the game going down the rail signing every autograph, taking every picture.

Originally Posted by Prison Bitch (Post 12143209)

Lucky bastards

Originally Posted by KChiefs1 (Post 12143196)

My 25 man as of today:

Starting rotation: Edinson Volquez, Yordano Ventura, Ian Kennedy, Chris Young & Kris Medlen.

Bullpen: Wade Davis, Kelvin Herrera, Joakim Soria, Luke Hochevar, Dillon Gee, Danny Duffy & Chien-Ming Wang.

Infield: Eric Hosmer, Omar Infante, Alcides Escobar & Mike Moustakas.

DH: Kendrys Morales.

Catcher: Salvador Perez.

Outfield: Alex Gordon, Lorenzo Cain & Paulo Orlando.

Bench: Christian Colon, Drew Butera, Reymond Fuentes & Whit Merrifield.

Originally Posted by RealSNR (Post 12143566)

What about Dyson?

Originally Posted by Mother****erJones (Post 12143182)

Lol I loved LaRoche being a pissy bitch. Saved my sox $13 mil.

Originally Posted by RealSNR (Post 12143566)

What about Dyson?

Originally Posted by Prison Bitch (Post 12144771)

#1 HS player in America is in KC Metro again, just like 2011 with Starling:
http://www.nola.com/lsu/index.ssf/20...su_baseba.html


This may have been posted already, but id never heard of him, and if I hadn't, there's no chance any of you sonsabitches did either outside of Dincan

Originally Posted by Prison Bitch (Post 12144771)

#1 HS player in America is in KC Metro again, just like 2011 with Starling:
http://www.nola.com/lsu/index.ssf/20...su_baseba.html


This may have been posted already, but id never heard of him, and if I hadn't, there's no chance any of you sonsabitches did either outside of Dincan

Originally Posted by duncan_idaho (Post 12144868)

Yeah, Pint is a very projectable righty. He's not a cant-miss-No. 1, but he's talented.

I'm also aware of potential 2019 first rounder Darrien Howard, who is the son of Ryan Howard and is - I believe - starting for Rockhurst as a true freshman. (I used to work with his mom).

He hit a triple off the top of the fence in LCF on the first pitch he saw in his first Hs game.

Originally Posted by tk13 (Post 12145195)

It's amazing how a post on an opponent's message board led to a nickname that everyone uses.

Originally Posted by ChiefsCountry (Post 12145045)

He needs to follow his dad's footsteps to Springfield.

Originally Posted by siberian khatru (Post 12145527)

It's just spring, but ...

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Keep an eye on Wade Davis&#39;s velocity. Down 3 mph from 2015.<br>2015 Average: 95.9<br>3/9/16: 94.6<br>3/12/16: 94.1<br>3/18/16: 92.9</p>&mdash; Jeff Zimmerman (@jeffwzimmerman) <a href="https://twitter.com/jeffwzimmerman/status/712287853460398080">March 22, 2016</a></blockquote>
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Originally Posted by siberian khatru (Post 12145537)

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Royals reassign Morin, Calixte &amp; Dusty Coleman to minor league camp. Option Brian Flynn &amp; Scott Alexander to Omaha. Ohlendorf&#39;s released.</p>&mdash; Josh Vernier (@JoshVernier610) <a href="https://twitter.com/JoshVernier610/status/712655043829194752">March 23, 2016</a></blockquote>
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Originally Posted by Sure-Oz (Post 12145649)

Is Wang going to make the team

Originally Posted by tomahawk kid (Post 12145606)

Thank God.

Brian Flynn should have been sent to Siberia.

Originally Posted by duncan_idaho (Post 12145600)

Great breakdown in Baseball Prospectus Kansas City today re: Kelvin Herrera's slider.

I didn't realize how dominant the pitch was, but he got a near-30 percent swing-and-miss rate on it over the second half of 1015 and the playoffs.

Just another weapon for him and should make him even more dominant vs RH hitters.

Originally Posted by tk13 (Post 12145901)

Surprised no one has posted the gold trim jerseys the Royals are going to wear opening night. Apparently they go on sale at the K gift shop tomorrow morning.

Originally Posted by tk13 (Post 12145901)

Surprised no one has posted the gold trim jerseys the Royals are going to wear opening night. Apparently they go on sale at the K gift shop tomorrow morning.

Originally Posted by Dartgod (Post 12145954)

I saw the hats last night, they were wearing them vs. the Dodgers. Pretty badass. I have not seen the jerseys, do you have a pic?

Originally Posted by siberian khatru (Post 12145962)

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Originally Posted by Chiefspants (Post 12145531)

Meh. Wade admitted himself that he mostly f's around in the Spring. He'll spend entire games throwing only cutters or tinkering with his fastball. Not gonna panic until we see that diminished velo during the season.

Originally Posted by mikeyis4dcats. (Post 12146024)

Originally Posted by WilliamTheIrish (Post 12145914)

The hats are awesome too. Wearing them for BOTH mets games.

Originally Posted by ChiTown (Post 12146037)

I'd pay top dollar to see a guy in his 50's rocking that flat bill hat:D

Originally Posted by Prison Bitch (Post 12145881)

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CePe8I-W4AA-cnj.jpg

Conor Lastowka
Conor Lastowka – ‏@clastowka

If Jeurys Familia is on the SI cover, shouldn't there be at least one @Royals player rounding the bases behind him?

Originally Posted by DJ's left nut (Post 12145978)

It's also week 3 - the notorious 'dead arm' period.



Not everyone gets it, but for the vast majority of pitchers that do, week 3 is usually where you see it.



Not surprising at all that he had a little lower velocity early on as he's breaking the rust free and then after a couple weeks, it dropped. He'll fight through the dead arm and come back somewhere near where he was last year.



Reliever volatility and general aging curves for relief pitchers do suggest that he'll probably lose a tick of velocity this year over last, but probably no more than a half mph or so.



The only thing that would really worry me is that it's that power cutter that makes Davis pretty unique and so effective. There are maybe 3-5 guys that can get a cutter into the mid-90s and all of them are friggen nails (Betances is the other that springs immediately to mind). If he does lose a mph or so, that cutter goes from otherwordly to merely very good and at that point he may be closer to mortal.



He'll still be damn good, but probably closer to the Kenley Jansen sort of "goddammit, how are we going to hit him?" rather than "well **** this, why am I even bringing a bat to the plate?"