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06-17-2022, 02:06 PM | #2297 |
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You Royals fans don't realize how good you have it. I'm a fan of a team with truly no hope. I still wake up in the morning, wash the vulva excretions off my goattee, and hope for better that night. As an Angels fan, this Royals suppository depresses me.
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06-17-2022, 08:16 PM | #2298 |
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Can't wait till the A's move out of that dump in Oakland and go to Las Vegas.
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06-17-2022, 08:19 PM | #2299 |
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They better put the stadium inside. Ain't nobody gonna be watching baseball outside in vegas during almost any part of the baseball season
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06-17-2022, 08:29 PM | #2300 |
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Andrew Benintendi is having the worst season he's ever had. Last season was the 2nd worst season he's ever had.
2016. .835 ops 2017. .776 ops 2018. .830 ops 2019 .774 ops 2020 hurt 2021. .766 ops 2022. .761 ops
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06-17-2022, 10:50 PM | #2301 |
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06-17-2022, 11:05 PM | #2302 |
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06-17-2022, 11:47 PM | #2303 |
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https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/...nnect-uniforms
Ranking MLB's City Connect uniforms Major League Baseball and Nike introduced the City Connect series during the 2021 season to shake up uniform design across the sport in the most dramatic fashion since the league introduced the Turn Ahead the Clock alternates in the late 1990s. Nike has worked with each MLB team to craft a uniform that expresses the personality and communities of the team's home city. Last year saw the launch of seven City Connect uniforms: for the Arizona Diamondbacks, Boston Red Sox, Chicago Cubs, Chicago White Sox, Los Angeles Dodgers, Miami Marlins and San Francisco Giants. The unveilings have continued this season with the Washington Nationals, Houston Astros, Kansas City Royals, Colorado Rockies, Los Angeles Angels and Milwaukee Brewers so far, and those will be followed by the San Diego Padres on July 8. After taking over as the uniform supplier for the NFL and the NBA, Nike pushed for radical uniform-design changes in those leagues, a move that is now making its way into the baseball world. While some MLB traditionalists have scoffed, many of the designs have sold out quickly after their unveiling. With some of the designs more polarizing than others, here's our breakdown of the uniforms that have dropped to date -- and how we rank them. 1. Colorado Rockies 2. Chicago White Sox 3. Miami Marlins 4. Washington Nationals 5. Boston Red Sox 6. Arizona Diamondbacks 7. Houston Astros 8. Los Angeles Angels 9. Milwaukee Brewers 10. San Francisco Giants 11. Kansas City Royals Debut: April 30, 2022, vs. New York Yankees Design inspiration: Nike presented the Royals with multiple themes, including barbecue and jazz, and the team went with a theme inspired by the city's fountains and art deco architecture. The navy blue pays homage to the city's baseball past with the Monarchs, Blue Sox, Athletics, Packers and Blues, while the design detailing is a nod to the team's past uniform history. Fan reception: The uniforms received a mixed reception on social media. Some fans criticized the safe approach to the City Connect design while others praised the team's approach with its fountain-inspired logo. Verdict: While the Royals created a strong, modern logo, the team fell short in creating a look that differentiated itself from the rest of the team's uniform set by going with safe colors. These uniforms fell short, similar to the Cubs' uniforms, which played things slightly too safe when presented with an opportunity to go bold 12. Chicago Cubs 13. Los Angeles Dodgers Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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06-18-2022, 12:56 PM | #2306 |
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06-18-2022, 01:38 PM | #2308 |
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06-18-2022, 02:22 PM | #2309 |
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06-18-2022, 02:35 PM | #2310 |
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***Official 2022 Royals Season Repository Thread***
Whit Merrifield is the Royals’ worst every day player
Carlos Santana barely edges out Whit in fWAR, -0.1 to -0.2. The real difference between them comes from bWAR where Santana leads 0.4 to -0.9. You might be tempted to cry foul and point out that Carlos Santana has been hot lately and without that stretch he wouldn’t be better than Whit. However, Whit Merrifield has also had a hot stretch in there. Additionally, WAR is a cumulative stat which means that the player who plays more has a greater opportunity to improve their WAR than one who does not. Carlos has been getting days off as the Royals prepare to give in to the inevitable and let him go while they continue to send Whit out to do his faux-Iron Man schtick because it’s about all the team can celebrate, right now. There’s no escaping it at this point; Merrifield’s time as a productive major league player is at an end. He had an atrocious start to the season that all but guaranteed it, but everyone rightfully insisted he wasn’t going to be that bad over a full season. And he did improve. But the improvement stopped and it didn’t get him to where he needs to be. The most damning part is that Nicky Lopez has been seeing less and less playing time of late because of the decline of his offensive performance, despite the fact that everyone admits his defense is still quite good. Merrifield, who again has not had a single day off this season, is carrying a 61 wRC+ to Nicky’s 58. Obviously, neither is good, but one of them is providing high-quality defense and is still relatively young. The other is well on the wrong side of 30 and has shown declining offensive skills for four straight years, now. What should the Royals do? While the case for cutting Santana is pretty clear, it’s less clear with Merrifield. He still offers value in terms of both speed and defensive flexibility. He’s always shown a knack for stealing bases that rivaled even that of noted Royals speedster Jarrod Dyson. Keeping him on the team as a pinch-runner and to give guys the occasional day off isn’t a bad plan. But allowing him to play every day while guys like Nick Pratto and Vinnie Pasquantino languish in AAA is just as unconscionable as playing Santana over them. You might think to yourself that Whit plays positions they don’t but so far this season he has started less than half of his games at second base. He’s started more games in the outfield plus a handful of DH games. Nick Pratto can play in the outfield. Both can DH. If Whit is in the outfield that also means Hunter Dozier or MJ Melendez are probably playing the infield or at DH, further precluding opportunities for either player to play at first or to DH themselves. The Royals need to cut Carlos Santana. They should probably cut Ryan O’Hearn while they’re at it. They don’t need to cut Whit Merrifield, but they do need to play him much less often and Pasquantino and Pratto continue to need to be promoted in order to find out if their AAA success can translate to the big league level or not. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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