5th highest ratings while having a bottom 2 team just doesn't equate to fair weather fans.

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.for...tar-break/amp/

How's Duffy's arm?

The attendance is terrible and like I said this is now the 3rd year in a row the franchise has lost money. This team isnt competing for ATLEAST 3 years. Why would the Glass family sit back and continue to lose money? Time to trim. Duffy and Perez should be traded.

It'll never happen, so no use debating it. I wanted Duffy traded when he was worth at least something, but now that is out of the question. Duffy has zero value.

Because guys with shot elbows have increases in their velocity, right? You're a ****ing dumbass.

Actually, studies show players coming off TJ show no diff at all in velocity, and actually have increased results:
https://sites.psu.edu/siowfa16/2016/...-john-surgery/


I shouldn't have to teach dipshits how to use Google.

I shouldn't have to teach middle-aged dipshits how to read.

Duffy's velocity in 2017 on his fastball was 92.8. This year it is 93.1. Both years were well after TJ. The post wasn't about TJ improving velocity before and after but indicating that velocity drop is an indicator of UCL damage, or maybe you missed the 10mph drop that Ohtani had Sunday night....right after he blew out his elbow.

I never said Duffy's elbow was "shot" and I didn't mention velocity so I don't know what we're even arguing.

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You literally bumped this prediction today.

So, what's your point? Is it about his elbow? His velocity shows no indication of UCL damage.

Generally, when people make claims, they offer support for their evidence. You say the problem is his elbow. You offer no support that indicates his elbow is the problem. Then, you misread one of my posts (because you're an imbecile), and now you're claiming that you didn't say anything about his elbow being a problem. That about cover it?

If you're going to argue with people, I'd suggest you learn how to read better and lie less. You'll make an ass out of yourself far less often.

So we have a pitching fWAR of 3.1 (this moved up from last month when it was 2.6). That means we are basically a team of AAAA pitchers. Trevor Oaks-Skoglund types. This means our pitching has been so shitty, we would only be a 68-94 team with a league average offense.



Or: of the 2,512 seasons in MLB history, we are 19th worst. (Our 2006 team was 3rd worst). This puts us in the 99.3% percentile. For those of you who've heard of "Six Sigma", that's 99.7%.



We are the Six Sigma staff.

Drug abuse issues?

Pratto goes 2-3 with a HR, 1 BB followed by a strong outing by Kowar in the playoffs. 5 ip, 1 ER

Do we think the org told him to work on his hit tool most of the early part of the year (which lead to a lower walk rate & swinging at more difficult pitches to see what he can handle), and now that it's playoffs told him to unleash?

Can’t embed but did everyone see this?

https://twitter.com/snytv/status/103...558240256?s=21

Drug abuse?

I think he is referring to the DWI.

Six Sigma is actually 99.99966%.

You're right. It's 3-sigma. Ain't nearly enough data points to ever get to 6-sigma calculations.

Has anyone been following the CRAZY story about how one Tigers announcer almost choked out the other in the booth?!

There were times in 2012 where Ryan seemed close to doing that to Hud lol.

Devastating blow for the White Sox tonight. Their ace pitching prospect Michael Kopech needs Tommy John. He is going to be out all of next year and will return in 2020. He was considered one of the top prospects in all of baseball, throws 100 mph and had just been called up to the White Sox.

There have been whispers around town that he has substance abuse issues. The BK epsiode being the most notable. Besides that he now has a lengthy durability issue and with the team in the red and going nowhere the next 3 years it wouldnt be shocking if they move on. Should have done it while he had value but whatever.

Duffy was not on anything at the time of the BK drive-thru incident. He was blood-tested and the alcohol was the only thing found, or he would have faced more severe punishment.

Those whispers are just that - whispers.

KC is on the hook for the contract unless they find someone willing to take it. There’s no win for KC to simply move him in a salary dump.

His value was at a peak entering 2017, and they could have traded him then, but kept him to try to take another shot at winning.

If KC is going to do a pure salary dump of a starter, it should be someone like Ian Kennedy who doesn’t have enough upside to make you a big loser in the deal on the back end of it.

They should dump them both for nothing, if they even can.

I’ll buy that on Kennedy. You’re not going to get anything for him and if you can find someone to take on some of the contract, it is worthwhile.

With Duffy, there’s still more upside - and risk that comes with it- in just flat dumping him. He’s still just a good first half or good year away from being someone you can get value for.

The front office can survive overpaying Duffy for a few years while the team is not competitive. What it could not survive is dumping him for nothing and then seeing him perform well for another team.

Not much risk of that with Kennedy... at this point.

You'd almost certainly have to give up something of decent value to get someone to take Kennedy's contract. I'm not optimistic about that at all.

How about 2015 ALCS MVP Alcides Escobar???

Hopefully he’s gone after this year and they just commit to going young. He’s going to be cheap and likely obtainable on a minor league deal next year.

With Whit likely back and Lopez looking ready doesn't he pretty much have to be gone? You have Herrera as a utility guy.

You would think so. But they’re loyal to him.

I was fine with bringing him back this year. They wanted to make Mondesi prove it and thought he needed it for his development. Can’t really argue with that so far.

Hopefully Whit is not back, Mondesi and Lopez can man the middle. And yes, I'm assuming we get a rather large return for him. Herrera can be the utility IF guy, and we have other cheap options that can fill in.

If they do bring Whit back, we have a pretty solid IF. Whit/Lopez @ 3B, Mondesi at SS, Whit/Lopez at 2B. I see no reason why Lopez/Whit can't play 3b. Whoever has stronger arm out of Whit/Lopez should play it, which I would imagine is Lopez. Ideally Hunter Dozier will play like the Hunter Dozier in the last 3 weeks but I'm not counting on it.

I wasn't fine with it and you shouldn't have been either, he's a negative WAR player. If your point is you wanted him to block Mondesi for a bit, that's fine, but you can go get a diff vet SS to do that.

Also did anyone hear Ned on with Keitzman yesterday? Always appreciate how hes a straight shooter but he didnt seem confident in coming back next year.

So Billay is full of shit...like usual.

How am I full of shit? It's what I heard. Do you even live in Kansas City?

You're full of shit because you're throwing out unfounded rumors as fact.

Technically no, I live in the KC Metro area. And this is the first time I've heard of it. Probably because it's bullshit.

@mlbtrroyals: Heyman: Royals Plan To Offer Ned Yost One-Year Extension http://dlvr.it/QjZ9k0

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Lopez with a perfect game through 5!

Edit: Through 6!

7!

Through 7

UH

Lopez perfect thru 7. Oh hell yeah!

This is insane!

Hope he does it tonight. Someone needs to have a bright spot because the hits for the White Sox keep coming after another devastating injury.

MAKE THAT 8

Anyone know a good place for a stream of the Royals game?

8

Paint.

Holy **** this is awesome. This would be really ****ing great.

That pitch was picture perfect.

I'm so excited, I haven't been this into a Royals game since game 5

UHHH

This is happening folks!!!!!!!! Holy crap!

I know, right? The instant I read perfect through 6, I just dropped everything and said "IN!".

This is awesome

Headed to the bottom of the 9th...

Welp here we go....

Make up strike.

This dude's a dick for not going up there hacking.

****.

Well, at least the other thing is still in play.

What the ****? Just throw down the middle and take your chances.

****ing idiot just stood up there with the bat the shoulder

They can't even do this right... Bring in Brandon Maurer and lose.

Now its 2018 Royals time to blow a perfect game through 8 in the 9th.

I don't get it. 3 outs from a perfect game and they got cute. Just throw hard down the middle and take your shot.

That's not how pitching works. Third time through the order you have to reinvent yourself, and find ways to get guys out. Throw down the middle against mlb hitters....not good.

Were you always this much of a dumbass when you were Tuckdaddy?

Yes he has always been a ****ing idiot.

The guy was making his 7th career start. I'm sure his nerves were probably cranked up to 15 in that last inning. Even if he wanted to throw it right down the middle it's not exactly easy. I'd love to know the number of pitchers who took a perfect game into the 9th inning in one of their first 10 career starts. It has to be a pretty small list.

Wacha took a no-hitter into his 9th career start against the Nationals and lost it on an infield single with two outs.

Jose Jimenez threw a no-no in start fifteen, and Bud Smith did in his 11th.

Not perfect games, though.

What you heard was really ****ing wrong.

The first batter wasn't going to take the bat off his shoulders under any circumstance.

Yeah I was thinking Bud Smith was a guy who threw one early in his career. I didn't realize Wacha's was even earlier.

Then again Kerry Wood's 20 K game was like in his 5th start and that might arguably be the best pitching performance ever.

Are all of you this ****ing stupid? It's the 9th you dumb shit. A walk ruins it all. Throw strikes is the only answer. What the **** is wring you dipshits. Take your shot with defense and the batter wanting to help maybe. Seriously they wouldn't bunt. Idiots on this board.

You are a ****ing idiot. He should have just thrown strikes for obvious reasons. **** off.

I know pitching, I pitched through college. Its not as easy as it looks, and I cant even fathom what its like for a pro player the 3rd time through the order with a perfect game on the line in your 1st 10 starts. But yeah. just throw it down the middle you pos seems reasonable.

You dont groove one with a perfect game on the line LMAO

Strikes, doesn't mean just throw up meat balls. You can't afford a walk. He threw two in the damn dirt hoping for swings and he didn't have to. They were not going to try and **** up the game. But of course the internet potchers from highschool say stupid shit like reinvent yourself in the 9th on a peefect game run
Dumb ****s.

I think it was the highest by game score.

The middle of the plate is meatball city in the pros.