game on boys!

Nice to have a pitcher worth watching on a Friday night!

LaRussa out here holding up the game for 10 minutes in the first inning at 9:30pm so Keuchel can have his rosin bag.

WTF was that all about? He has to have his special rosin bag?

I wanna know what’s in that rosin bag…


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He throws that 99mph so effortlessly it seems

rosin is rosin...wtf

Apparently he didn't want to fondle a white sack. He wanted a black one.

never go full black rosin bag

Mondesi clears the bases then steals third.

This is fun!!!

Meanwhile Melendez played 3B again tonight and is hitting one handed homers.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">MELENDEZ MAGIC ��<br><br>MJ Melendez is now tied for the most homers in <a href="https://twitter.com/MiLB?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@MiLB</a> with 35! <a href="https://t.co/ijFB8Oliek">pic.twitter.com/ijFB8Oliek</a></p>&mdash; Omaha Storm Chasers (@OMAStormChasers) <a href="https://twitter.com/OMAStormChasers/status/1433951625664733185?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 4, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

I haven't seen this kind of offensive turnaround in our Farm System ever. Whoever is down there as their hitting coach is killing it.

You get these young guys producing with a healthy Mondesi and a superb hitting Salvy and this team is dangerous.

Of course the pitching seems to be a huge concern still and losing Duffy didn't make it more stable (yes it was the right move).

Carlos cruising again tonight.

Royals may finally have a legit #1 & #2 starter in Hernandez and Lynch. They’ve both definitely got the stuff for it.

Fun to watch!

Benintendi with a single thanks to the scorer. Needs a HR for the cycle.

I love that Hernandez is working as a starter. I always thought his future was as a back end reliever. He has dominating stuff but had injury issues and was old for his minor league level.

It's nice to see him working as a starter so far.

His stuff is just SOOOOO good.

And he looks effortless out there throwing.

Really impressive to watch him pitch like this while still ‘learning’ at the Major League level.

Ditto. I always thought he would be the closer.

Damn, got to the game late, what happened to Lynch tonight?

Salvydong #39.

Passes Moose for 2nd most in a season. Only Soler is ahead of him now.

I think passing Bench is a bigger deal


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Oh for sure. But it's still cool to see because it felt for so long that we'd never see someone even hit 40.

Salvy has 6 multi home run games this year. He had six in his career coming in this year


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Salvydong #40!

Single handedly keeping the Royals in this game!

Santana wakes up with a bomb. Chipping away.

I know we're weary of him getting injured, but wtf is the point in having Mondi sit every other game. It's the last month of the season, so see if he can get through playing an entire month.

Hot damn that was some vintage Wade Davis there. strikes out the side.

Why is Isbel not up manning CF? We have him in the opening day lineup and let him start 12 measly games. He needs big league ABs the rest of this year and next.

The thing that will drive me insane is that we have so many guys next year that will be needing full time ABs in the majors, but this off-season DM will 100% sign some AAAA utility **** to block a prospect.

6 More to pass the great Johnny Bench.

This would be an incredible achievement.

I really hope Salvy can take the record from Soler. Dude deserves it.

Fun game to attend in Omaha tonight! Pretty memorable for a minor league game. It was “bring your cat to the park” night. It was pretty funny because literally no one brought a cat but they kept playing cat sounds, songs referring to cats and cat memes on the scoreboard. Then, in an ode to Joba Chamberlain, the entire stadium got swarmed by midges or gnats or some shit for about 3 innings. And I mean swarmed. Everyone was picking handfuls of bugs off their clothes and hair for a solid hour or so.

Anyway, game itself was pretty sweet. AAAA super star Ryan McBroom crushed two monster dingers and Isabel hit one out as well. BWJ made a couple slick plays and had a hit. He also destroyed a ball that was just foul or it would’ve been a monster dong.

Werner is a great place to see a game if you get the chance. Storm Chasers now tied for first.

How many does Soler have.? I know Salvy hit #40 yesterday.

2019 Kansas City Royals Jorge Soler - 48 HRs

Would take a hell of a month, but it’s doable. The Bench record has more historical importance so I’m hoping he at least gets that one. His current pace has him on track to beat Bench and tie Solar.

Kansas City Royals 27 more games.
1 Chicago White Sox
4 @ Baltimore Orioles
3 @ Minnesota Twins
3 Oakland Athletics
3 Seattle Mariners
4 @ Cleveland Indians
3 @ Detroit Tigers
3 Cleveland Indians
3 Minnesota Twins

1970 Cincinnati Reds Catcher Johnny Bench 45 HRs

Just to add, historically Salvy hits the Twinkies like a red-headed stepchild.

Salvy! Man. Fountain bomb.

Yup. 7 more to tie it with 27 games remaining.

It’s absolutely within striking distance.

I hope Salvy can somehow get 50.

I want a picture of Mahomes and Salvy representing KC’s 50-50 club.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Longest opposite-field HR ever recorded by Statcast (outside of Coors Field)<br><br>454 ft - Joey Gallo<br>448 ft - Joey Gallo<br>448 ft - Salvador Perez, just now</p>&mdash; Andrew Simon (@AndrewSimonMLB) <a href="https://twitter.com/AndrewSimonMLB/status/1434586073439612930?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 5, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

That would be cool.

:clap:

Salvy has been on a hot streak like I have never seen. Wow!

I think he wants that Bench record. It would go a long way towards getting him into the HOF.

Good thing we got rid of his sorry ass.

LMAO Salvy ready for Chiefs season. Kicks it into right field for an RBI.

Santana hits one that will be a homer tomorrow.

That was a great play by Taylor.

Every time I see Dozier at the plate, I want to thank Dayton Moore for that contract he signed.

Great outing by Singer. 7 IP, no runs on 4 hits against a good team.

Royals take the series and the season series from the White Sox. On to Baltimore and Minnesota big week to pick up some wins.

I once saw Bo Jackson hit one in a very similar spot. So Salvy is doing Bo-like stuff.

Yup.

When he can throw both of his pitches for strikes, he’s really tough.

Sure hope he will work on that 3rd pitch in the off season so he can be more consistent start to start and not have such a ‘live or die’ mentality with his pitching approach.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Most wins vs. 1st-place teams this season:<br><br>1. <a href="https://twitter.com/Royals?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@Royals</a> (20-16)<br>2. Yankees (19-13)<br>3. Mariners (18-14)</p>&mdash; Nick Kappel (@NickKappel) <a href="https://twitter.com/NickKappel/status/1434625935194693636?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 5, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

Matheny on post game said Salvy forced him to throw some pitches that he was trying to shake off.

That’s good to hear.

It’s a start anyway.

Kids tough, but he needs to realize and accept he doesn’t have it all figured out yet. Once he gets there, he can become a much better (and more consistent) major league pitcher.

That’s nuts. WTF???

I thought Elias clarified that only home runs hit while in that position count? If that’s true, Salvy won’t get that record….


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TOO BAD SALVY CAN'T FRAME PITCHES AND SUCKS.

I think that Singer normally has Cam as his catcher and not Salvy.

https://www.mlb.com/news/most-home-runs-by-a-catcher

Salvy would have the HR record because he has played more than 50% as a catcher.

For the baseball nerds who want to say- "while catching"- he would not get it. If that is the case- Bench would not have it either.

Separating HR's between what position they were playing at the time is kind of dumb. That is saying any production at DH would not count.

That is the narrative.

Took my baby to one last Royals game before football season starts. Nice 6-0 win for the Roy's.

Agreed….and I do recall seeing bench stats where he played several positions (including outfield!).


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Guess how many walks Hanser Alberto has in 216 plate appearances this year?

TWO!!!

Manly.

Swing at everything baby.

Wow. Crazy. I never knew that. Imagine Salvy playing outfield. ROFL

Dayton just creamed his pants and then prayed for forgiveness.

Two is correct. And we thought Salvy wasn't disciplined!

Dayton Moore has an orgasm.

Benintendi robs a HR and saves the day.

Winner!

Watched at work today.

Fun game.

I'm reporting you. Where do you work?

MAYBE HE WORKS FOR THE ROYALS! DID YOU THINK OF THAT?


HUH?

Fangraphs wont like Benni's catch today

Frank Schwindel was NL player of the week? I didn't realize he was killing it for the Cubs.

Frank has always been able to hit. He just was never really taken seriously as a prospect. That being said, his success is for about 130 or so PAs.

#2 on SportsCenter top plays tonight
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Full extension from MAT.<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/TogetherRoyal?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#TogetherRoyal</a> <a href="https://t.co/VzcjVOplvn">pic.twitter.com/VzcjVOplvn</a></p>&mdash; Kansas City Royals (@Royals) <a href="https://twitter.com/Royals/status/1435410340695642112?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 8, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>