*** Official 2019 Kansas City Royals Repository ***

[Mama Hip Rockets]

Get the offseason thread out of here. It's on!

Opening day roster:

Catchers (2): Cam Gallagher, Martin Maldonado

Infielders (7): Hunter Dozier, Lucas Duda, Whit Merrifield, Adalberto Mondesi, Ryan O’Hearn, Chris Owings, Frank Schwindel

Outfielders (4): Alex Gordon, Terrance Gore, Billy Hamilton, Jorge Soler

Starting pitchers (3): Jakob Junis, Brad Keller, Jorge Lopez

Relief pitchers (9): Scott Barlow, Brad Boxberger, Jake Diekman, Chris Ellis, Tim Hill, Ian Kennedy, Kevin McCarthy, Wily Peralta, Kyle Zimmer

Injured list: Danny Duffy, Brian Flynn, Jesse Hahn, Salvador Perez

Suspended: Eric Skoglund

[Coach]

Originally Posted by Prison Bitch

Man Cleve has a shit lineup without Lindor

Hint: Lindor isn't saving that offense. Their outfielders ain't shit.

[BWillie]

No chance Perez comes back as a DH later in the year?

[Coach]

Originally Posted by BWillie

No chance Perez comes back as a DH later in the year?

Unlikely. The injury occurred in late February/early March, and usually TJS is a 6 to 8 month recovery for most position players.

[Prison Bitch]

Originally Posted by Coach

Hint: Lindor isn't saving that offense. Their outfielders ain't shit.

But 38 Homers and 129 runs like last year can’t hurt

[Coach]

Originally Posted by Prison Bitch

But 38 Homers and 129 runs like last year can’t hurt

No, no it doesn't hurt at all, you're right. But I don't foresee him hitting 38 HR's and 129 runs if the other guys (outside of Santana) aren't holding up their bargain of the deal. Martin is doing fine in center field and Bauers should be decent, but Cleveland has had a glaring hole in its outfield since Michael Brantley departed via free agency.

[dallaschiefsfan]

Looking across the league...it's only been 2 weeks...and while many of the slumping teams will eventually get some momentum, there are some legitimate flaws in many of the perceived AL contenders. The Indians just look so vulnerable. It's too bad that we're at our current stage of the rebuild - the AL is screaming for some over-achieving teams to take advantage this year.

[ChiefsCountry]

Originally Posted by duncan_idaho

They really squandered their window.

Prison Bitch weeps

[DeepSouth]

Hunter Dozier's been swinging well lately. .407 avg over last seven games. Would love for him to prove he deserves to be the starting 3rd baseman.

[Prison Bitch]

Ned pulled out his DICK late and flashed it to Cleve. They weren’t impressed and whacked him off the rubber.

[duncan_idaho]

Originally Posted by Prison Bitch

Ned pulled out his DICK late and flashed it to Cleve. They weren’t impressed and whacked him off the rubber.

-27/10

[Prison Bitch]

Originally Posted by duncan_idaho

-27/10

Let’s hug it out bro. As a token of my love for you, here’s today’s FG ranking of our top prospects. (Surprise #1 too)


https://blogs.fangraphs.com/top-27-p...s-city-royals/

[zigbazah]

Originally Posted by duncan_idaho

They really squandered their window.

Imagine if we blew our 3-1 lead in 2015. Yeesh

[Chiefspants]

Originally Posted by zigbazah

Imagine if we blew our 3-1 lead in 2015. Yeesh

Yeah - all those fans rooting for us to lose in Game 5 so we could win at home were really not considering this as a very real possibility.

[siberian khatru]

Originally Posted by Chiefspants

Yeah - all those fans rooting for us to lose in Game 5 so we could win at home were really not considering this as a very real possibility.

They were insane. I was terrified of going back to KC. And I recall an unusually candid quote from Dayton Moore afterward that he was too -- he said the team was running on fumes at that point.

I am so, so, so thankful for that 2015 championship. I often look back and think about all the things that could've gone differently.

[Chiefspants]

Originally Posted by siberian khatru

They were insane. I was terrified of going back to KC. And I recall an unusually candid quote from Dayton Moore afterward that he was too -- he said the team was running on fumes at that point.

I am so, so, so thankful for that 2015 championship. I often look back and think about all the things that could've gone differently.

Absolutely agree. GMDM is usually quite candid when accessing the autopsy of a team (compared to his usual BS he gives when forecasting an offseason), but he nailed it. There was something a bit helpless about watching Peak-Harvey blow through our line-up like he did. The moment Hos doubled Cain in, it felt like the game to win.

Had Degrom and Noah pitched at 90% in KC, each game would have been a struggle. Their rotation was far too dangerous to count on winning another game.