***Official Royals vs. Dodgers GDT - June 14***
 

Let's see if I can ride yesterday's mojo to another Royals win.

9:10 PM CDT Start

Cole Ragans LHP
4-4 3.08 ERA

vs.

Gavin Stone RHP
7-2 2.93 ERA

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-theme="dark"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">We have made the following roster moves: <a href="https://t.co/lb6MQ0Ze9Q">pic.twitter.com/lb6MQ0Ze9Q</a></p>&mdash; Kansas City Royals (@Royals) <a href="https://twitter.com/Royals/status/1801628193985581502?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 14, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-theme="dark"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Tonight&#39;s <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Dodgers?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Dodgers</a> lineup vs. Royals: <a href="https://t.co/v6R6R3Tox0">pic.twitter.com/v6R6R3Tox0</a></p>&mdash; Los Angeles Dodgers (@Dodgers) <a href="https://twitter.com/Dodgers/status/1801731881182105651?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 14, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

Cole Ragans on the bump, Royals have not yet announced our lineup.

LAST 10 GAMES:
Dodgers: 5-5, .257 batting average, 3.13 ERA, outscored opponents by 20 runs

Royals: 5-5, .260 batting average, 5.30 ERA, outscored by 13 runs

^That's interesting. Over their last 10 games, Royals and Dodgers are both .500, yet the run differential is net 33 runs in the Dodgers favor.

1. Garcia - 3B
2. BWJ - SS
3. Vinnie - 1B
4. Salvy - C
5. Frazier - DH
6. Loftin - 2B
7. MJ - LF
8. Waters - RF
9. Isbel - CF

Bold prediction…. Salvy returns to form and starts heating up again after a month of being in the weeds…

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-theme="dark"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Cole Ragans heads to the mound tonight to open our West Coast trip and series against the Dodgers. <a href="https://t.co/ooNlzZe3yc">pic.twitter.com/ooNlzZe3yc</a></p>&mdash; Kansas City Royals (@Royals) <a href="https://twitter.com/Royals/status/1801744982035902899?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 14, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

damn west coast time... Im maybe not staying up that late
Big stage for The Boys playing some ball

Would you take this trade?

Ohtani hits for us 4 times this game in say the 7th spot. But we take an automatic out when MJ, Isbel and Waters are due up?

I think I might have to take it. The odds of Ohtani going say 3 for 4 are probably better than the odds of our bottom three going 4-12.



Hope I’m wrong and someone can re post and shove this up my ass later.

Bro it's Friday night

Bobby's birthday bash the dodgers

Yeah and I'm old. So GET OFF MY LAWN :skip:

Let's go dumples

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-theme="dark"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Two top shortstops clash in LA this weekend 🤩 <a href="https://t.co/qIT4rbGeFW">pic.twitter.com/qIT4rbGeFW</a></p>&mdash; MLB Network (@MLBNetwork) <a href="https://twitter.com/MLBNetwork/status/1801752477613613436?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 14, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

Getting? I've done gotten old... If the Royals are competitive, I can stay with them, otherwise it's like watching golf...

Go royals.

I'm just glad they're still in it up to Father's Day. Very surprised, and optimistic.

The total on this game is 7.5 which is a very low total for a game with the Dodgers, a team that every offseason just signs whoever won MVP that year. From Freddie Freeman to Mookie Betts to Shohei Ohtani, it's a team just comprised of other teams' best players.

Conclusion: the betting market believes Ragans is legit.

Better than Mookie Betts. Boomshakalacka

Let's Go Royals!

This series is baseball's equivalent of Chiefs vs. Raiders.

A vast majority of Dodgers fans are Raider fans.

No score, Dodgers coming up.

Yes but imagine the Raiders have 3x the salary of the Chiefs. MLB is such a ****ing joke.

Royals have same number of World Series titles in the last 10 years as they do

Quick work through 2 innings for both Ragans and Stone.

My tiny little old mother just said the best thing about MJ.

“Ohhhh, I just wanna kick him in the pants as much as I wanna hug him…”

MJ you ****ing moron.

Rare miss from my boy Yalvy

Salvydong

Salvy! Absolute bomb.

YAYASSSS!

SalvyDong1! 3-run HR

Oh Captain my Captain!

SALVY DONG!!!

There we go SALVY!!

Niiiiiiiiiiice, Salvy

Beautiful sound off the bat. I could listen to that all day.

Salvy is gonna get hot again…. And here we go!!!

Damn, that was a freaking bomb.

437 feet!

Murder ball.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Salvy knew he got all of this one. ��<br><br>Is he your starting AL catcher in the <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/AllStarGame?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#AllStarGame</a>? <a href="https://t.co/AOTyLAg5Kr">https://t.co/AOTyLAg5Kr</a> <a href="https://t.co/YG08bH1aJd">pic.twitter.com/YG08bH1aJd</a></p>&mdash; MLB (@MLB) <a href="https://twitter.com/MLB/status/1801809781679636592?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 15, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

Who is the color guy on the TV broadcast? And why isn't it Hud?

Jeremy Guthrie.

Dang, missed an opportunity there.

Ahhh.

Sounds like Sweeney.

That was a good pitch he hit for a HR. 3-2 Rs

Well shit

Welp

Dodgers hit 4 HRs in one inning last week against the yanks.

Well, ****.

We just love getting our shit kicked in by 7-8-9 hitters.

All tied up after 5.

Ragans, WTF?!?

You give up a HR to a .120 hitter that’s had 0 HR’s and 8 hits in his last 70 AB’s?!?

I mean, if it was Betts or Ohtani I could understand, but giving up gopher balls to guys with no power?

Frustrating. :facepalm:

Reminder to vote! Let’s get BWJ and Salvy to start!!!

https://www.mlb.com/all-star/ballot

Oh, look who decided to show up and diarrhea all over the thread.

@WilliamTheIrish: no lies detected in this instance.

Thank god for Salvy right now.

Come on boys, we need some more runs now.

Man I ****ing hate the Dodgers and their dumbass fans.

They all just give handjobs involuntarily. Like a Dodgers fan sees a guy walking close to them and they just instinctively reach to jerk them until completion.

It's a LA thing

Home runs really can kill it…

I was a senior in high school, and Appier was dominating…. He gave up a wall scraper homer to that bundle of sticks Palmeiro. Royals had 9 hits, couldn’t score. Dude lost a 1 hitter albeit it was a homer. Those were some frustrating years.

Just the typical 6-4-3 double play from left field.

Holy ****ing shit Bobby!

Damn Bobby, that was awesome

Don’t see that too often

Dayum Bobby!

That doesn't sounds so bad.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-theme="dark"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Birthday Bobby!<br><br>Bobby Witt Jr. makes an incredible retreating catch and the <a href="https://twitter.com/Royals?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@Royals</a> turn two! <a href="https://t.co/sSQnxOPZs7">pic.twitter.com/sSQnxOPZs7</a></p>&mdash; MLB (@MLB) <a href="https://twitter.com/MLB/status/1801822984677577074?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 15, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

Is this for tonight’s Pride Night at Chavez Ravine? Or all the time?

Come on Vinnie, you can't do that.

God damn Vinnie. He's been ****ing around at 1B the last several games.

Vinnie this is on you!

Of course it costs a run, damn it Vinnie.

How many relievers will we trot out in this one? And how many runs will they surrender?

…probably not many, given the Dodgers may only have this current turn at bat left. Frustrating inning to say the least.

I pray everyday it isn't HUD.

Why did we sub out Perez after the 7th?

Would have been nice to have his bat in a one run game in the 9th.

Do you like the nickname "Pasquatch"

Foul ball off the hand.

Check my post history. Call him that all the time. I'm a big Vinnie fan.

Gotcha. Thanks.

2 hour game. Defense blew it.

Thanks Vinnie