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04-19-2021, 06:08 PM | #1291 |
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04-19-2021, 06:11 PM | #1292 |
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Big early season series against the defending AL Champs.
Games getting ready to start. We gonna do a game thread or just posting here? Edit: Nevermind Last edited by TomBarndtsTwin; 04-19-2021 at 06:12 PM.. Reason: Nevermind |
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04-20-2021, 09:19 AM | #1293 |
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MLB POWER RANKINGS: APRIL 19, 2021 17. Kansas City Royals Record as of Monday morning: 9-5 Last Power Ranking: 21 Every winter there is some half-conceived team with no real shot of competing but are in that sweet spot of six-to-10 good players for them that gets declared as “fun” by national observers who have no intent to watch this team more than a dozen times in a six-month span. In a similar vein, there is always a solid cadre of veteran free agents who are neither difference-makers nor on the upswings of their career but are productive enough that they deserve a job somewhere, so we can all say “good pickup for the Jacksonville Jamokes” before forgetting where they signed 15 minutes later. This spring in Kansas City, these two forces have joined up like a Voltron to produce a hot enough start to make them the current kings of the AL Central. The magical area where Kansas and Missouri meet is the only remaining territory where good, non-superstar players over 30 are not immediately fenced for prospects. Thus it’s the only place where Whit Merrifield and Salvador Pérez could be carrying the Royals with monster starts that, you know, probably won’t last. But they’re helping to keep things positive in Kansas City as we all try to suss out if Jakob Junis’ big turnaround is legitimate, and flip-flop on whether to descriptively refer to Brad Keller as the Opening Day starter or a former Rule 5 pick on a start-to-start basis. Other teams of note: 1. Los Angeles Dodgers Record as of Monday morning: 13-3 Last Power Ranking: 1 8. Chicago White Sox Record as of Monday morning: 8-8 Last Power Ranking: 7 9. Minnesota Twins Record as of Monday morning: 6-8 Last Power Ranking: 5 11. New York Yankees Record as of Monday morning: 5-10 Last Power Ranking: 4 13. St. Louis Cardinals Record as of Monday morning: 7-8 Last Power Ranking: 10 19. Cleveland Indians Record as of Monday morning: 8-7 Last Power Ranking: 16 27. Detroit Tigers Record as of Monday morning: 6-10 Last Power Ranking: 26 30. Colorado Rockies Record as of Monday morning: 4-12 Last Power Ranking: 28
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04-20-2021, 09:46 AM | #1294 |
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Kind of ironic one of the last times it snowed during baseball season was in May 2013. Guess who the opponent was for the Royals that night - Tampa Bay.
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04-20-2021, 09:51 AM | #1295 | |
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He probably had the Royals ranked around 17 during the spring of 2015. "Can't trust a team who went only a few games above .500 and got hot in the playoffs when they have no experience. Nothing elite. No stars. All of their success we WILL see regress, because it's not sustainable, yadda yadda" |
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04-20-2021, 10:05 AM | #1296 |
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I, for one, appreciate the Royals stand against trading established, really good players for any prospects they can get.
Teams are hoarding prospects like never before. Remember when Nico Hoerner was “too much” to give up for Merrifield STRAIGHT UP? That dude actually kind of sucks. It’s easy to say “trade em” but nearly impossible to find a team willing to trade actual prospects of value.
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04-20-2021, 10:17 AM | #1297 |
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Yeah, imagine this team without Whit and Salvy
Those two are now central for our hopes of contention next year. Last edited by Chiefspants; 04-20-2021 at 12:07 PM.. |
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04-20-2021, 10:45 AM | #1298 |
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Who knows how the season will progress, but I don't know why there's reason to believe that Whit and Salvy can't continue what they're doing right now. Their numbers aren't astronomically great or anything, except for Salvy's power numbers maybe, but he's been a different hitter last year, this spring and so far this season.
The real question is can Dozier, Soler and Benintendi get going a little bit. |
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04-20-2021, 10:52 AM | #1299 |
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04-20-2021, 11:00 AM | #1301 |
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Did he lose a bet or something?
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04-20-2021, 11:02 AM | #1302 |
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@PatrickMahomes: I guess we will see in 20 years... https://twitter.com/tombrady/status/1384544984695721987
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04-20-2021, 11:04 AM | #1303 |
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Mahomes taking shots at Brady!!! That’s my QB!!
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How does someone look so promising coming out of the gates, turn 24 and regress? He's like the much shittier version of Bryce Harper.
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