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04-13-2021, 05:21 PM | #1021 | |
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Just think what it would be in Mondesi was in the lineup, 8 games, that's at least 12k's. I said before the season that Santana and Benintendi would make no difference because this is the same group of rummies they have ran out there the last three years, the same group with low obp. high k rates, low bb's, terrible with runner runners in scoring position, terrible situational hitting, cant move base runners, and most of them are in their late 20's and early 30's so its not like they are young kids who will improve with experience. This lineup is going to have to be reconstructed or it will not matter if Lynch and lacy or any of those guys are Cy Young Jr. if they are out of the race by the draft, which I expect they will be, they need to take offers on everybody except Whit Jr. and lacy. Mondesi, in my opinion gets the rest of this year to prove he can be consistent and healthy or its time to begin the booby Whit era at shortstop and move Mondesi for something of value. |
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04-13-2021, 06:10 PM | #1022 |
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04-13-2021, 09:15 PM | #1023 |
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Is Whit the most underrated guy in MLB?
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04-13-2021, 09:16 PM | #1024 |
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04-13-2021, 09:20 PM | #1025 |
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Royals are 5-4 and a half game out of first
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04-13-2021, 10:15 PM | #1026 |
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04-14-2021, 09:49 AM | #1027 |
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When we were terrible for that ~30 year drought, all fans could ever say is, "Well, at least we have Butler/Sweeney/Beltran etc."
Whit puts all of those "at least we have" guys to shame. He's a monster. He's Ben Zobrist with a .300 batting average. And he steals way better than Zobrist. And as strong of a utility guy that Zobrist was in the field, Whit is a hair better. I mean, the guy isn't half bad as a center fielder for crying out loud. It's not his ideal spot, but if we have to put him there, we're not exactly going to lose games because of him. It's just a shame his time in the pros came one year too late to enjoy a World Series. |
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04-14-2021, 11:18 AM | #1028 |
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Precisely 60 feet, 6 inches from home plate.
Well, 128 years is one hell of a run. But now even the mound is on the move. Starting this summer, sources tell The Athletic, in eight Atlantic League parks from Kentucky to Long Island, that pitcher’s rubber will creep 12 inches farther from the plate than it has been at any time since 1893 – to an unfamiliar distance of 61 feet, 6 inches. That’s because, in conjunction with its friends at Major League Baseball, the independent Atlantic League is up to its old experimentation tricks again. And moving that rubber back a foot is only half of this story. Besides the mound change, the two leagues also announced Wednesday that the Atlantic League will be trying out another new wrinkle – this one a variation on the Universal DH that you actually read about right here in The Athletic. They’re even using a name that was suggested by, well, me: the “Double Hook.” Here’s the way the Double Hook works: Every team starts out the game with a designated hitter. But once the starting pitcher leaves the game, that team also loses its DH. Hence the DH 2.0 terminology – Double Hook. Brilliant, right? Wait. Don’t answer yet. So why should a Dodgers fan or a Cubs fan or a Twins fan pay attention to anything that happens in the Atlantic League? Hey, why do you think? Because what happens in the Atlantic League doesn’t always stay in the Atlantic League. You know the ever-popular (except with artists once known as situational left-handers) three-batter rule? Don’t forget, it started in the Atlantic League in 2019. It’s now in its second season in the big leagues. And a bunch of other 2019 Atlantic League rule-change experiments have already made their way to various minor leagues for further examination in 2021.
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04-14-2021, 11:23 AM | #1029 | |
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https://theathletic.com/2517979/2021...ected-players/
‘He’s a guy you just admire’: How the Royals’ Whit Merrifield became one of baseball’s most respected players by Alec Lewis Quote:
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04-14-2021, 12:24 PM | #1030 |
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Afternoon game today. I hope the Royals try to bounce a wild pitch off a batter's dick again -- that strategy worked really well last night.
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04-14-2021, 12:25 PM | #1031 |
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That was a ball....
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04-14-2021, 12:31 PM | #1032 |
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Angels catcher having a bad inning.
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04-14-2021, 12:33 PM | #1033 |
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Well that's some shit luck.
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04-14-2021, 12:34 PM | #1034 |
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04-14-2021, 12:34 PM | #1035 |
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Taking out our own cleanup hitter with a line drive.
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