2016 - injuries to Cain and Moose, derailed that season
2017 - Ventura's death. Ventura pitched last year, we take the 2nd wild card over the Twins more than likely

Ventura's death has caused a lot of the problems with the starting pitching. Losing a cost controlled ace unexpectedly is something you can't plan for through minors and the band aids haven't been the best.

@Shauncore: I tried finding similar historical seasons to what Seuly Matias is doing this year, but they basically don't exist. As far as I can tell, no 20 or younger player has had a .300 ISO in A-Ball let alone the .386 ISO Matias has now. https://twitter.com/Shauncore/status...153472/photo/1

Not the most impressive list of names.

Cueto putting the team on his back in the deciding game 5 against Houston? He was masterful that day and helped us win the ALDS. And then a complete game 2 hitter to take game two in the WS against the Mets.

FFS now you're just trolling, or as Dane likes to put it: a Butt****ing moron.

I'm sure it's already been talked about, but just read an article again about how Ronald Acuna almost came here before Atlanta swooped in with a bigger offer. It seems like just another mishap or bad luck that seems to be the norm around here now. Let's hope the draft next month ushers in a new era in Royals baseball.

Let's shoot for 2021

Maybe this is what we could shoot for
Jake Junis 3.8 ERA
FREE AGENT 3.9 ERA
Foster Griffin 4.2 ERA
Daniel Tillo 4.1 ERA
Trevor Oaks 4.4 ERA

1B - Nick Pratto .286 20 HR
2B - Whit Merrifield .305 22 HR
3B - Hunter Dozier .270 14 HR
SS - Raul Mondesi .286 15 HR
RF - Jorge Bonifacio .266 25 HR
CF - Michael Gigliotti .301 7 HR
LF - Khalil Lee .247 22 HR
DH - Jorge Soler .264 37 HR
C - MJ Melendez .275 17 HR
UTILITY - Nicky Lopez .286 2 HR
BENCH - SEULY MATIAS

Staumont 2.54
Lovelady 2.45
Adam 2.94
McCarthy 3.2
Keller 3.2
Skoglund long man

Some day I wish we could develop a real ace. Ventura had the potential, but unfortunately we'll never know. Otherwise, the last ace we've developed in house was Greinke.

Hadn't heard the name Tim Collins in a while but he's back up in Majors with Washington, replacing another former Royal Ryan Madson who went on the DL.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Nationals announce they’ve called up Tim Collins to replace Ryan Madson, who was put on the 10-day DL. Howie Kendrick was moved to the 60-day DL to make room on the 40-man. Collins hasn’t appeared in a major league game since 2014. He’s undergone 2 Tommy John surgeries since then</p>&mdash; Jorge Castillo (@jorgecastillo) <a href="https://twitter.com/jorgecastillo/status/998613410555355137?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 21, 2018</a></blockquote>
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A few edits/thoughts:

3B Emmanuel Rivera (Wilmington) is more likely to be the 3B at that point.

I can’t imagine Matias being a bench guy at that point.

SP needs a lot of help

Like the potential shape of that pen, though

The most amazing thing is that he's now 6-foot-4.

Wat

Fixed it.

I checked on the standings before our series. What’s the deal? I looked at tonights line up and you guys got some damn good players in that lineup. They having down years? Is it pitching?

We’ve looked like shit this year. Played the Reds a lot so it makes the record better than what we really are.

There is a distinct and troubling lack of Maarten Gasparini at 2B in this lineup.

The Battle of Missouri begins tonight!