***Official 2023 Royals Season Repository Thread***

[ChiefsCountry]

2023 – A new beginning for the Royals. Matt Quatraro era begins. A year to see which of our young players will make up the core going forward. Can Bobby Witt Jr become a superstar SS or will go to the hot corner? Will Brady Singer take the next step forward? Will Salvy be Salvy? Will Big Vin or Pratto take first base? Will they find a position for MJ? Who else emerges from the youth movement? Not to mention the development of the new downtown stadium.

Free Agents/Trades Acquisitions
Jordan Lyles, RHP
Ryan Yarbrough, LHP
Josh Taylor, LHP
Aroldis Chapman, LHP

Top 10 Prospects from Baseball America
1. Gavin Cross, OF
2. Cayden Wallace, 3B
3. Drew Waters, OF
4. Ben Kudrna, RHP
5. Frank Mozzicato, LHP
6. Maikel Garcia, SS
7. Tyler Gentry, OF
8. Nick Loftin, OF/3B
9. Angel Zerpa, LHP
10. Carter Jensen, C

[KCUnited]

KCMO has to be off the table at this point and they're looking at a downtown KCK stadium, right??

[Mecca]

Originally Posted by WhawhaWhat

Royals play in by far the worst division in baseball. They are 5-12 in games against those teams.

Here are the five worst records in the American League. Four are teams from the Central division. pic.twitter.com/1w7Mw1xrGS

— Pete Grathoff (@pgrathoff) June 14, 2023

The MLB going away from the unbalanced schedule has certainly highlight how awful the central is.

[Prison Bitch]

Originally Posted by myselff77

This team will finish with the best record since 2017.

Lol

[Sassy Squatch]

Originally Posted by KCUnited

KCMO has to be off the table at this point and they're looking at a downtown KCK stadium, right??

Lawl, at this point the Royals will be lucky to get a new stadium here at all, or anywhere for that matter unless its almost entirely out of Shermans pockets.

[Sassy Squatch]

Look at the embarrassment the As are going through now. The team and commish ran their mouths about how they were headed for Vegas and Oakland just wasn't feasible, and.now they're at the precipice of Vegas just outright telling them to **** off unless they want to foot the bill almost entirely.

[-King-]

Wish we could just trade this team for an NBA team. A shitty NBA team is 1000x more exciting than this shit.

[Pablo]

Originally Posted by -King-

Wish we could just trade this team for an NBA team. A shitty NBA team is 1000x more exciting than this shit.

It's true

Boomerball isn't made for small markets.

[Pablo]

Originally Posted by ChiTown

I got to take both of my boys to the Playoff games and WS in 2014 & 15 (they were teenagers at that time. I'm so glad I did because it was a lot of fun to share that experience with them. My youngest just graduated college and moved to KC, and we've been talking about maybe meeting up and going to a Royals game, but neither one of us are really that interested. I think we are just going to wait and go to a Chiefs game in the Fall

Yeah I'll take him to a Chiefs game here in about three years when he's 10. That's the proper introduction to KC sports. Not watching the hapless Royals lose 3-1 on a 102 degree summer day.

[ChiefsCountry]

NBA blows balls. Horrible league.

[myselff77]

Originally Posted by Superturtle

Look at the embarrassment the As are going through now. The team and commish ran their mouths about how they were headed for Vegas and Oakland just wasn't feasible, and.now they're at the precipice of Vegas just outright telling them to **** off unless they want to foot the bill almost entirely.

Where is this news coming from? Last headline I saw said Las Vegas approved a bill to help fund the stadium?

[ChiefsCountry]

Originally Posted by Pablo

Yep. I'm abandoning all hope moving forward. Just gonna be a bitter asshole. Really sucks too because my son's at the age where he is actually caring a little bit about watching sports.

I'm not gonna make him watch Royals games or probably even take him to any so he might just grow up not giving a shit about them at all. And that's probably the best thing I can do for him as a father. Not subject him to this scumbag org.

Eh I'll probably take him to some. One of the perks of the current stadium is the Little K where he can actually have fun and play games and stuff. That will go away with a downtown park and it will just be watching baseball. Which is torture for little kids.

A new stadium will have more entertainment than Kauffman. That's why they want one.

[Pablo]

Originally Posted by ChiefsCountry

A new stadium will have more entertainment than Kauffman. That's why they want one.

Is that the reason they want one? To provide great entertainment options for their fanbase?

[Pablo]

Originally Posted by KCUnited

KCMO has to be off the table at this point and they're looking at a downtown KCK stadium, right??

They can play next to 7th street casino

[myselff77]

Originally Posted by Pablo

Is that the reason they want one? To provide great entertainment options for their fanbase?

Kind of. They want all your money is the real reason. To get all your money, they want to be able to offer you more entertainment options both at the ballpark and around it.

The new ballpark would certainly have more suites for more money. It would have more child friendly options for more money. The area surrounding the ballpark would have more venues for food/drink before the game, after the game, and during the offseason for which they will get a cut of the money spent there. Also, since everything is nice and new, they will charge more for all of it.

So yes, you will get much more entertainment and they will get much more money.

[ChiefsCountry]

Originally Posted by Pablo

Is that the reason they want one? To provide great entertainment options for their fanbase?

Yes more entertainment at the stadium equals more printing money