Putting on an ass whooping tonight.

This was awesome.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Emmanuel Rivera is back and already making completely absurd plays.<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/TogetherRoyal?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#TogetherRoyal</a> <a href="https://t.co/vMyQKkzWNA">pic.twitter.com/vMyQKkzWNA</a></p>&mdash; Kansas City Royals (@Royals) <a href="https://twitter.com/Royals/status/1423104897717870594?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 5, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

Not enough, he needs to hit 3 HR a night for a week before he deserves a promotion.

Witt Jr. with another bad ass night and Melendez with an even more badass night.

Hernandez with another solid outing.

Damn

Why wouldn't you see MJ at AAA and then in '22 just rotate Salvy and MJ behind the plate and DH if he does well?

They need to trade 2 of Gallagher, Viloria, and Rivero to make room for Melendez at AAA. Probably will happen in the off-season when the long-term trade market is better.

Demoting one of those guys to make room for MJ would probably lower their trade value.

Not what i would do, but I suspect that’s a factor.

THE MEN
Robert Witt the Second .298 avg, 21 HR, 29 BB, 81 SO, .941 OPS
Nick Pratto .266 avg, 19 HR, 55 BB, 97 SO, .966 OPS
MJ Melendez .294 avg, 28 HR, 42 BB, 71 SO, 1.031 OPS
Jackson Kowar 2.71 ERA, 63 IP, 26 BB, 90 Ks

POSSIBLE MEN
Kyle Isbel .247 avg, 8 HR, 36 BB, 67 SO, .751 OPS
Rudy Martin.309 avg, 7 HR, 44 BB, 63 SO,.919 OPS
Jon Bowlan 1.59 ERA, 17 IP
Austin Cox 2.98 ERA, 57 IP
Foster Griffin & Daniel Tillo just started back playing in AA


PROBABLY AAAA CHODES
Vinnie Pasquantino .293 avg, 17 HR, 65 BB, 89 SO, .950 OPS
Clay Dungan .292 avg, 8 HR, 28 BB, 51 SO, .849 OPS
Brewer Hicklen .228 avg, .711 OPS
Blake Perkins .205 avg, .712 OPS
Jon Heasley 4.28 ERA, 69 IP

Can you please add O'Hearn to this? Might as well throw in McBroom too

I know your comment was in jest, but it reminded me of this tweet I saw last night. What an amazing display MJ has put on since the beginning of July.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Did you know ⁉️<br><br>Since the start of July, <a href="https://twitter.com/mjmelendez7?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@mjmelendez7</a> has not gone more than three games without a home run. That continues today! <a href="https://t.co/0U314RDsGc">https://t.co/0U314RDsGc</a></p>&mdash; NW Arkansas Naturals (@nwanaturals) <a href="https://twitter.com/nwanaturals/status/1423062707629084682?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 4, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

The turnaround has been amazing for him and Pratto. I was really down on them along with Matias in Wilmington. Doesn’t look like Matias will ever be able to avoid strikeouts enough to be playable in the majors, but the other two are night and day better from where they were at 2 years ago.

We have an endless supply of catchers in this org. We are hoarding them on purpose so that the powers that be cannot have them.

Yeah it sucks for Melendez but it's probably not much to worry about. Missing out on a month of AAA shouldn't derail him. Here's one area of player development where the Royals are actually doing really well. And that doesn't even factor that they were able to steal Luca Tresh in the draft. There are a lot of solid catchers in the system.

And Carter Jansen in the draft as well. Deep, deep position for the Royals.

The depth of the position SHOULD mean they can advance Jensen based on his bat rather than his C defense.

I think we’ll see them try him in a corner OF or possibly 3B (and he’ll end up at LF/1B guy).

If they can fix his launch angle, he could shoot through the system. Hits the ball really really hard.

If you have a sub to The Athletic, go check out Alec Lewis’s story about hitting development. I think KC is leading the pack I. How it approaches that, and it’s turning guys like Pasquatino and Michael Massey into legitimate hitting prospects.

Rivera delivers in the first inning. That may be the worst read of a ball you'll ever see by the CF.

That ball turned him around :clap:

Lynch looks good knock on wood. Glad he's rebounded after those early starts.

Niiiiice recovery by Lynch

Well, he got out of that jam. Good going, Lynch.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Seuly Matias put it through the window of that house across the street, then all the players ran off so their parents wouldn&#39;t find out. <a href="https://t.co/ve7JqOTVSs">https://t.co/ve7JqOTVSs</a></p>&mdash; Royals Review (@royalsreview) <a href="https://twitter.com/royalsreview/status/1423460671086288897?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 6, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

Olivares with another HR...better send him down :thumb:

If Olivares keeps this up, Moore will have no choice but to send him to Omaha

Fantastic, gents.

I'm hoping he's finally improved his bible study so they'll let him stay!

What if he told them he's an atheist?

Barlow is nasty. He was someone I was okay with demanding a high price for at the deadline.

Left that pitch to Jiminez up. Other than that, solid inning.

He will promptly be traded for Yuniesky Betancourt.

Another series win against the White Sox.

Jake Brentz closing like a boss

Taking the season series in Chicago. Nice win Royals!

2 out of 3, take it.

Lynch!

Olivares!

Who was it on here that said the White Sox ‘owned’ us a couple weeks ago?

3 out of 4 in KC last week and 2 out of 3 now.

They’ll be in the playoffs and we won’t, but still needs to be said . . . . .

**** the White Sux!

Dayton just prayed for you.

They owned us last year thats for sure.

What a great series for our young arms.

True.

But we owned them for basically a decade.

https://soxmachine.com/2020/09/07/wh...s-9-out-of-10/

So they were due for at least one good season against us. Now things are starting to get back to normal. My only regret is Brad Keller didn’t get to pitch in this series and stick a ‘W’ on them. That would have made it a perfect 2 weeks against the Sux.

Olivares should have been up all ****ing year. Dumb shit Dayton should get hit with a battery.

I honestly want Moore fired

Flanny said via twitter that the Royals FO has been "split" on Olivares all year. Feels obvious with how they've used him, but did they really think giving Kelvin Guiterrez a half season was more beneficial to their longterm plan than throwing the Olivares out there? I'll never understand that.

Sometimes, guys need a chance and PT to prove themselves. We’ll see how Olivares adjusts - hopefully well - now that the league has seen him a bit. He’s not just punishing fastballs, though. He has hit some good pitches out (the one off Giolito especially - that was a pretty good changeup down and away).

I was really encouraged by Lynch’s start because he started working swing and miss into his results. You could also tell that he wasn’t happy with his execution of the slider on some of the Ks - he got swings and misses even though the slider caught too much of the zone. I like to see that.

Hope Singer is watching

Worth pointing out:

The Royals got Olivares and a PTBNL for Trevor Rosenthal.

The PTBNL ended up being a reliever prospect named Dylan Coleman. Who now is throwing upper 90s with a wipeout slider and looks like a potential future dominant back-end bullpen guy. I expect him to get a look soon, maybe September or maybe out of ST next year.

An average or better everyday outfield and bullpen weapon would be a pretty tremendous return for a rental guy.

It'd be nice for a DM trade to work out. It seems like it's been ages since that has happened.

I saw Coleman pitch an inning in Springfield a few weeks ago. He hit 100 several times.

He’s normally done fine with trades. How many good players has he even traded away? Not a ton.

If anything his big issues are (1) holding on too long rather than trading and of course (2) drafting

100%

No Olivares in the lineup tonight. This is really starting to piss me off in an irrational way.

Jesus. And it was to keep Ryan O’Hearn’s goddamn AAAA bat in the lineup?

The ****.

Shades of Mozeliak having to trade guys so Matheny would stop running them out there.

He’s platooning against Wainwright in order to get a meaningless win. Because DM values marginal wins more than developing players.

Here’s an idea: Play Olivares against Waino and see what he can do. Isn’t that the ****ing point? But no, Moore thinks that empty-calorie 70th win is more important to competing in 22-23 than, you know, actually developing talent.

Why no Salvy tonight?

Woke up not feeling well. Precautionary

Moore isn’t filling out the lineup card, though.

But he also clearly believes they should be chasing wins.

Tonight’s lineup is very Omaha Storm Chasers-esq

Matheny and Moore are on the same page, though

Matheny can't get shit canned soon enough and DM is a sack of shit for hiring him. Those 2 need to go rub one out on a bible in some other city.

They know it gets real steamy in the Song of Solomon.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">&quot;That&#39;s gonna come down in a cornfield in Iowa.&quot;<br><br>Bobby Witt Jr. got ALL of this homer for <a href="https://twitter.com/OMAStormChasers?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@OMAStormChasers</a>. <a href="https://t.co/onFgv0fKFx">pic.twitter.com/onFgv0fKFx</a></p>&mdash; MLB Pipeline (@MLBPipeline) <a href="https://twitter.com/MLBPipeline/status/1423821643672133637?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 7, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

Watched tonite in 7min. Played when runs scored


Only way to fly

BW Jr. has to be the best prospect in baseball.

Olivares needs to play everyday, stupid ass management

It’s either Witt, Adley Rutschman, or Julio Rodriguez, IMO.

I wouldn’t quibble with any of them. Witt has the most defensive and baserunning value and is nearly identical with the bat.

Well, Keller's turn to start, and immediately walks 2, gives up 1 hit, and trails 2-0. :shake: Lost track of pitches, but its close to 30, in the first.

I hate losing to the Cardinals and the Yankees. Going to be a suck week.

Nice going to tie the game! :thumb:

Grand slam. Bobby Witt Jr

Good to see Sucky Keller back and the Royals limp dick offense.

Bobby Witt Jr. and MJ Melendez continue to destroy minor league pitching.

It does not bother me to see Matheny's strategy of relying on gassed vets because he's "chasing every win" blow up in his face in front of his old crowd.

Brutal blown lead. Now it's tied and looking at the weather radar it's about to storm.

Royals bullpen and Matheny try and hand the game to the Cards.

Cards responding ‘hold my beer’

Yea the Royals blew the 5-1 lead, tied 5-5 in top of 9th, Royals with runners on 2nd & 3rd, 0 outs and now a rain delay.

F'ing Royals

White Sox are playing home run derby at Wrigley tonight. 3 homers in first inning. Wind is blowing out.

Starting back up at 6:50.