<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Steve Stewart said he&#39;s never seen a ball hit further at Goodyear Ballpark than this blast from Seuly Matias. Steve Physioc estimated it at 450 feet. (video courtesy of <a href="https://twitter.com/Royals?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@Royals</a>) <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Royals?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Royals</a> <a href="https://t.co/GgXhnRpPOg">pic.twitter.com/GgXhnRpPOg</a></p>&mdash; Josh Vernier (@JoshVernier610) <a href="https://twitter.com/JoshVernier610/status/1366545736423272450?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 2, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

Would be really nice to see him realize his potential.

It's hard to see him becoming viable in the majors with contact rates of 48%, 61% and 58%. I've given up on him even as young and toolsy as he is.

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Well, well.

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We really are getting the band back together.

Loved him, but this seems weird.

They need to let 2015 go

You are a fan of a college football team that still thinks it is the 20th century.

Shouldn't Nebraska let go of the 1990's too?

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The "new" Mel Stottlemyre.

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Butler
Beltran
Damon

I voted Billy Butler even though Beltran & Damon were better players.

Keith Law's new rankings.

https://theathletic.com/2420975/2021...ith-laws-list/

2021 MLB draft prospect rankings: Vanderbilt’s Jack Leiter, Kumar Rocker top Keith Law’s list

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Ventura only.

Same here.

Butler's top 10 in Royals history for hits, doubles, HRs, RBI, etc. He played on a World Series team. I think he's got a shot eventually.

Funny thing is he hasn't played baseball in 5 years and he's still younger than our current 1B. I think that seems to hurt his image a bit. But if you look solely at his overall numbers in Royals history he's up there.

Beltran has the name value. He's certainly one of the most talented players in team history and he put up big numbers over several years. He's still in the top 10 for WAR in Royals history. Where Damon really didn't click until his last couple years in KC, and he went on to win titles in his prime with other teams.

If Hiram doesn't make it, I'm out.

Agreed, although I'd be okay with Butler. Hell no to Beltran/Damon.

Absolutely

The next great Royals .175 hitter.

Hey might as well sign Billy Butler. He's only 34, younger than all of our Santanas. He's just been hanging out getting fat in Montana playing beer league softball. He was their MVP last year.

those uniforms that Beltran has in this pic were, and still are, hideous.

I always hated the vest-top phase in baseball uniforms. I'm glad those are gone.

Kyle Davies? KYLE DAVIES??????

No shit.

Who put HIS name on the list . . . . . . . ?

Dayton Moore. Duh.

Was watching the Cubs - Mariners game and there was a pitcher with last name Davies.Was thinking the Royals had a pitcher with that name.But yeah,i don't remember him being very good,let alone in the Royals HOF.

At least they didn't put Luis Mendoza.

Kyle Davies

ROFL ROFL ROFL

other than Ventura, I wouldn't put any of them in.

Damon and Beltran were great elsewhere, after leaving because we couldn't pay them. Why do we want to enshrine that?

none of the rest of those guys were exceptional players.

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6-7 years just isn't very long for a team's HOF, IMO (not including Ventura, of course).

On a separate note, when confirming how long Damon was with the Royals, noticed he recently got a DUI with a BAC higher than his career batting average. :eek:

Nobody has warning track power like Country Breakfast!

Holy shit Kyle Davies. Didn't he hold like a pretty major record for shittiness or close to a record. Only person I for sure would put in is Ventura and maybe Billy Butler. If he just stays 1 year longer, then he for sure gets to be on it.

Ace- In for sure.

Hochevar- Love his redemption story in going from a bust to a solid, if not dominant, part of that great championship run bullpen. But probably had to short of a good run to be HOF material. But I wouldn’t hate it if he got in.

Breakfast- Was the only Royal who looked like he belonged in the major leagues for a few years there (not physically. Lol). But ultimately only did one thing well and not for a lengthy enough period of time.

Guthrie- If there was a section for awesome teammate/cheerleader/great post season pressers, he would walk in.

Davies- bahahahahaha

Beltran/Damon- WTF?

Especially for a team like the Royals when it’s going to be more difficult than normal to keep guys here long term, there is a thing to be said about longevity that should work in the players favor if the numbers are close.

So that will ultimately mean Butler is getting in and probably this year

Hochevar and Guthrie won’t make it on first try but it’s conceivable they get in at some point. If Guthrie had won Game 7, he’d be a lock.

Ventura is getting in, lack of longevity aside.

Beltran is going to make it. Maybe not this year but won’t be surprising if that is so.

He’s definitely in before Damon

Damon has a chance someday to make it but not before or at same time as Beltran

Davies - wow. No

My Ballot

Ventura - yes
Butler - yes
Beltran - on the fence, hard pass
Hochevar - not yet
Guthrie - not yet
Damon - not yet
Davies - not even close

If anyone could get into the HOF for a single postseason performance alone, it’s Hoch. He had what, 10.2 innings and zero earned runs? Might not have won G2 of the ALCS and G4 and G5 of the WS without him. Dude was just utter nails.

Maybe my WTF for Beltran was a bit harsh. He was pretty damn good for KC. But still, no one outside of us remembers him as a Royal and he was here so long ago, just still would seem weird to throw him in the HOF.

Oh he definitely was and yes G2 ALCS working out of that jam against the Jays is criminally overlooked - he kept them in that game to enable the comeback to be possible. As an aside, G2 2015 ALCS might be the most underrated great Royals win from that postseason. That was unbelievable!

Hochevar also had a tremendous 2013 season - if not for TJ surgery, he’s in the pen for 2014 (but also that would have meant Wade’s transition from starter to reliever is either delayed substantially or might not have even occurred at all)

Still if hindsight is 20-20 and Hochevar is not hurt at all and Royals still put Wade in pen regardless, boy what I would give to get us back to G4 WS with 4-1 lead T4, PH for Vargas and just let it ride with Luke and then onto HDH for 18 outs and get a stranglehold on that series and close them out in 6 at the K....

I know people still talk about sending Gordon home in the 9th inning of game 7 in 2014, but the thing I always bring up is wishing that Ned had only let Guthrie go the first 3 innings & then turned it over to HDH to pitch from there on out in game 7 of the 2014 WS.

The game would have been tied at 2 going into the 10th inning.
MadBum vs the Royals bullpen.

WTF would anyone vote for Ventura?

He played two seasons.

Yeah he died. And?

Game 2 of the 2014 ALDS, Games 2 & 6 of the 2014 WS, and Game 6 of the 2015 ALCS come to mind. Similar argument to Hoch really (postseason glory/success). Ventura was a big part of why we made it to the postseason in 2014 which is another argument in his favor.

Is Joe Delaney in the Chiefs Ring of Honor? Unsure if he is or not, but similar thought process there, I think.

Completely agreed. I’m also a bit partial to that game, as it was the 2015 postseason game I was able to attend. Prices crashed from $400+ to $100 the morning of the game and I cancelled a required university exam I needed to take and went with my friends spur of the moment. Will forever remember being in a stairwell with 20+ other royals fans by the HOF during the comeback and the mass group hugs that followed. Agreed about Hoch’s dominance in 2013, too. He seemed to be finally finding his role on the team.


I tell myself at the very least that Ned seemed to learn from not managing 2014 G4 like a Game 7. Flash forward to G4 in 2015 and Ned was much more aggressive to pull Young (who hadn’t run into the trouble Vargas had) to get to the Royals bullpen early. Despite the Royals being down, it always felt good to be in a bullpen battle with the 2015 Royals pen if you were only down by a run or two.

The last I heard Kyle Davies was working for his brothers construction company in Florida.

So perplexing why they put him on the list. It's almost like they don't like him and they are trolling him. He was one of the Royal's worst starting pitchers ever in the last 10 years.

Dayton Moore legitimately seemed to love him and it seemed to break his heart when he finally had to cut ties after a DUI(?)

Tell me the similarities of their deaths.

Wildly different circumstances. I just took your question to mean that we should stay focused on their efforts on the field and asked about Joe wondering if there was a soft precedent when a career is cut short due to tragic circumstances like that.

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Joe is, mostly due to the efforts of people here.

That’s awesome. This place has helped spur some pretty incredible changes at Arrowhead.

Nick Pratto seems to be having a good spring so far.

Beltran and Damon were the only reason to watch the Royals in the late 90s early 2000s.

So yes.

This is just my opinion of course but there's no way I'd put Beltran in the Royals HOF due to his blatant cheating in Houston.

He does not belong in the same breath as George Brett, Paul Splittorff, Fred Patek and all of the Royals greats from the past.

Good point. Forgot about that. I would have to agree

You know what? I agree. I’m reinstating my WTF in regards to Beltran.

Yeah, Beltran can **** right off too. Didn't we go after him in FA pretty hard when we were contenders? I wanna say that he accepted a lower offer from someone else or something like that.

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Total facepalm.

And then bailed for the cash. **** them both.

No, **** Dan Glass.

Beltran was willing to do an extension and then Glass threw a fit when Beltran’s agent requested $1M more/season.

Mike Minor & Bobby Witt Jr had good games today.

They need to find a spot for Witt Jr...its time

Yeah... no.

He's close and might actually be up this season... but the guy hasn't even played full season minor league ball yet. They need to test him in the minors a bit first.

Starting him at AA would be an aggressive move, but I could see it based on his performances at major league camp last year and this spring.

I don't want to put anybody in from the shitty years when we had to let everyone good go because we couldn't afford them.

None of these guys were great Royals.

Ventura I put in because he died young.

The rest of them? Nope. You don't get claimed here when you went and took the big money elsewhere.

If you won a WS here, then we can talk about it.

I just think he could give is some early punch vs Lopez

I'm usually a "bring em on up" guy, but no way in hell should Witt Jr. be on the opening day roster. If he smashes for a few months at AA, then I'd bring him up.

Padres announcers are awful.

Don Orsillo might be the most popular local play by play guy in the game. Their announcers were literally ranked first when they did a poll of baseball fans a couple years ago.

Good for them.

Taylor with a bomb.

3 observations from the game today.

1. Padres announcers have to be the two biggest annoying goons I have ever heard in my life, my God, you talk about a couple of drips,dorks, saps. next time they are on I am muting the sound.

2. Carlos Hernandez was filthy, he is not far away from being a dominant bullpen guy, 98-100 with a filthy breaking ball he was unhitable except the mistake to Hosmer which the ball was placed belt high and away which is the only place he can drive a ball, that was major league closer stuff. I wish the game would have been on tv yesterday, it sounds like Austin cox and Johnathan Bowlan were nasty as well both striking out the side. So far the guys not named Lynch, Kowar and Bubic are the ones who are shining bright.

3. the hitting looks the same as the last 3 years, they cannot hit with men on base or in scoring position, bases loaded no outs, don't score, base loaded 1 out, don't score, 2 on no outs don't score, runner at second no outs don't score, 9 guys stranded through 5 innings, same old shit. Taylor has been impressive so far, that would be huge for the bottom of the lineup if he can swing the bat the way he is and play premium defense.

Trying to get to a game is proving to be impossible. It already nearly was before Covid. No bueno now. 20% max capacity.

Yup.

And those buying tickets and selling secondary are asking for 2-3x the price. No thanks.

That's not much worse than pre-covid. But at least then it was full, and fun, and full of hot AZ chicks. God damn! Such a great social scene rivaled only by the WM Open. Sucks man. Sucks bad.

I don’t remember details. I just remember being the NY and Boston farm club.

Actually you mean Oakland and Houston because that who we did the deals with for Dye, Damon and Beltran.