Yarborough just got drilled in the face at 107 velo

Guessing broken nose and orbital bone

concussion too..maybe? Hopefully his eye is okay
cant believe they replayed it

Hope the Fratty pirate is ok.

I took a throw to the dome off my forehead in Pony’s. Thankfully it was just a relay from the 2B, and traveling about 55/60 rather than 100+.

I drilled a key in the ear flap during legion ball days, which also was horrible. Kid dropped like a sack of potatoes but was ok. (I topped out at 84-85).

It’s horrifying on both sides of it.

Yar was dealing too...Miller came inside on Salvy and he jumped up and stared that dude down
3rd hit of the day for Salvy

Pratto with a two run double..As just gotta suck on it for a day

Moose, Esky, Davis, Herrera, Holland.

It does seem that many of the can't miss prospects don't quite pan out.

So... I'm wrong again... What IS the problem? I was a fan of keeping Perez and not Gordon, who was a disappointment (based on the hype that he was the next Brett).

There's a lot of teams that aren't good; maybe a big part of it is the structure of the salaries, lack of revenue sharing and salary cap. Very hard for small market teams to compete year in and year out.

I remember watching this live

https://youtu.be/ggGrmIf-SQE

Brutal...the ball hit Yar and bounced back to the plate were Salvy could throw the runner out....
Any news?

My argument would be drafting. The MLB changed the rules to a point that it undercut the expansive inroads the Royals made in Latin America (leading them to sign Salvy, Yordano and Herrera). The Royals needed to adjust after losing that advantage, and they just… never did?

They also put a ton of trust in the specific scout that found Manaea and it led to a catastrophic series of busts.

Add in that GMDM successfully developed 2 starting pitchers in 16 years, and it made the drafts where he exclusively went all in on SP (Lynch, Kowar, Singer, Bubic, Bowlan and Lacy) uniquely disastrous (the jury’s still out - but it’s looking grim).

I’d argue that one of the best things that happened for GMDM was that the heat was so hot after 2014’s bad start that he had to abandon almost all of his boys club to hire a Major League staff with experience (Waka, Eiland, Sveum) and when that era ended, he immediately reloaded with his guys again. It’s going to take a while to start a truly new era after the 2018-2022 years in the organization.

Calling one of the best Royals of all time and one of the 2010's better overall MLB players a "disappointment" because he didn't live up to an absurd comparison made by a couple of media dipshits is an interesting way to make a point.

It's that and our hitting drafting profile is very limiting in what kind of players it produces. The Royals almost exclusively draft position players for speed and defense and just have to hope the power comes eventually. How many times have you heard a Royals prospect described as "if he could just hit a little bit he would be a great player". It's not surprising that the best hitters we developed are exclusively top draft picks because guys taken in the top 5 are usually 5 tool players anyway. That got us Moose Gordon and Hosmer, but even the royals will Royal and took limiting guys like Colon at times. You will never see an Adam Dunn come through the system because they would never draft that type of hitter. There's a reason it took us until 2017 to have a guy even break 36 home runs, which is embarrassing, especially in peak juice ball era. While we all know that Kaufman isn't a great HR park, somehow everyone else in pitchers parks are able to find power and for some reason we can't. This is the reason we can't. How we draft this year is going to be interesting. Do we take more guys with more raw power with less of a focus on defense? Can we draft anyone who profiles as a DH just because he might hit a ton and that's useful too? A change would do our system some good.

The 2011, 2012, 2014, 2015, and 2016 drafts are the big reason for the suckage.

Okay, to clarify, I believe he didn't live up to the big contract that he was given after the World Series. After the collision with Moose and the injury, he didn't seem like the same player. There was a lot of pressure on him to be the next GB and he was one of the best outfielders ever. His last few years were pretty lackluster at the plate.

Overthinking why the Royals suck year after year is the saddest exercise in mental illness evaluation possible

Gordon really hit the wall physically after 2015. Unfortunate but not something I expected so soon.

For KC to compete, it all comes down to draft and development. They haven’t done a good enough job with that since the Hosmer-Moustakas wave of talent.

I was thinking today about something … I wonder if one of the reasons the Royals reacted so poorly to high school talent in the past ten years or so is that they’re still operating in “old days” scouting when kids weren’t getting as much specialized, polished pitching coaching in high school, and KC scouts keep projecting more velocity from guys who have already maxed themselves out.

Fair.

Yeah the drafts that happened over a decade ago are why we suck now lol

They don't have good scouts, coaching and draft picks. End of story.

I’d rather attend bible study lead by Prison Bitch than watch this team.

Everyone knows it takes two to three decades for things to come together

Hunter Dozier was drafted in 2013 and is only 31. HS guys in 2012 would just now be hitting their primes.

You seem to be more tarded, than crazy. None of those 5 players you mentioned were even close to good when they left. Gordon wasn't even remotely close to a disappointment and was a huge reason we won a WS, KirkTard.

I was at the game on a sat and it was awful. They stink bad.

Did you at least ponder how much better the experience would have been if you were watching in a new downtown stadium?

‘33 is our year. Tasty views and a squad that can really dream about .500

Bubba Starling is 30 years old. Should be in his prime right now. That's 2011 draft. 2015 draft guys are 28/29 for the college players; 25 for the high school guys.

Royals have nothing to show for that era.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">With 4 strikeouts today, David Sandlin has retaken the lead for strikeouts among <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Royals?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Royals</a> minor league pitchers. <br><br>All three of these guys currently rank in the top 10 for strikeouts among the entire minor leagues. <a href="https://t.co/pewDRv04CW">pic.twitter.com/pewDRv04CW</a></p>&mdash; Preston Farr (@preston_b_farr) <a href="https://twitter.com/preston_b_farr/status/1655338337455190017?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 7, 2023</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">We have acquired RHP James McArthur from the Philadelphia Phillies in exchange for minor-league OF Junior Marin and cash considerations. <br><br>To make room on the 40-man roster, OF Franmil Reyes has been designated for assignment.</p>&mdash; Kansas City Royals (@Royals) <a href="https://twitter.com/Royals/status/1655592431650324482?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 8, 2023</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

So they trade a young OF with some potential for a sack of shit AAAA pitcher. Nice job.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Maybe the Royals can fix McArthur; maybe Junior Marin isn&#39;t a prospect. I can&#39;t see the future.<br><br>But the Royals just traded a 19-year-old OF with a career pro line of .348/.425/.554 for a 26-year-old minor leaguer *who was already designated for assignment*. Seems unnecessary. <a href="https://t.co/LhcHIzSNE5">https://t.co/LhcHIzSNE5</a></p>&mdash; Rany Jazayerli (@jazayerli) <a href="https://twitter.com/jazayerli/status/1655602777719025665?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 8, 2023</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

Woah, that's a headscratcher.

Looks like another starter for Omaha that has options. Pretty meh.

Meet the old boss, same as the new boss.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Becoming the Rays is not one big move. It’s a bunch of little moves that add up.<br><br>Also they’re not lingering with Reyes. Tried it. Didn’t work. Moving on. <br><br>With Pratto and Garcia on the Big League roster the defense has been greatly improved. That’s a Rays-like move as well. <a href="https://t.co/UyUGuSauPE">https://t.co/UyUGuSauPE</a></p>&mdash; Soren Petro (@SorenPetro) <a href="https://twitter.com/SorenPetro/status/1655599852548399104?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 8, 2023</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

The Royals have not remotely earned that trust, they can't even fix their own guys.

Serious question. Has Piccolo made a single roster move that doesn't at least give you a bit of pause and make you think 'what the f...' yet?

Not really, so far he's basically Dayton Moore light, he fired Matheny and Eldred that's all he's done different.

and, that was driven by ownership that wanted a house cleaning. I'm not giving JJ any credit for that. Now, he'll live and die by the Matt Quatraro hiring and the development or lack thereof in our farm system being able to contribute at the MLB level

Yeah, but any one of us could've done that nonsense. Who he gets to replace them with is the actual issue and instead of marginal improvement we seem to have bottomed out even worse. I know this was going to be a long and arduous rebuild even best case scenario, but I was at least expecting a hint of immediate competence from the team, not being right back in the lowest dregs.

To me the biggest problem is they kept the vast majority of the organization in tact. They didn't get outside of the organization for an assistant GM, they hired a new Manager and pitching coach.

That isn't starting over, or an organization reset, that is saying we think everything is fine just Dayton makes bad decisions and is to loyal...

So by and large nothing much changed.

They replaced one shit player on the 40 man with another shit player.

Sounds like a fair deal then. :shrug:

Yep, except they had to give up something to do so.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">We appreciate all the support for Ryan Yarbrough and the patience from fans and the media.<br><br>We&#39;re happy to share that Ryan is stable and improving and never lost consciousness. He sustained multiple non-displaced fractures, and we do not believe he will need surgery.<br><br>Ryan is…</p>&mdash; Kansas City Royals (@Royals) <a href="https://twitter.com/Royals/status/1655678041807286273?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 8, 2023</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

He is done for if not the season, the majority of it.

JJ a big thumper too? Surely he didn’t get to be behind Dayton without a strong anti masturbation stance

Any1 hav a gif of yarbro takin 1 off the dome?

Still pisses me off mlb capped the royals on how they were investing in Latin America. But won't put a cap on the majors.
The royals literally started a pipeline. And baseball was oh hell no, no small market dominance.

The defense has gotten so much better adding Garcia at 3rd and Pratto at 1st.

They've done a few things to **** small market clubs. Which is God damn ridiculous.

That's because the MLBPA wants money spent on MLB players not 16 year olds, it's shit they fight for in the CBA.

For discussion in hindsight would you have kept Andrew Benintendi at the contract that he signed with Chicago for? 5 for 75. Average of 15 million per year.

Pratto has been really bad defensively. Up the thread you'll see me bitching about a 2-base error he made when he tried backhanding a routine grounder and ended up booting it into RF. Beyond that, statistically, his 'Def' for 2023 per fangraphs is well negative already (-3.6), and that's a counting stat. He put up that big of a negative in only 11 games, meaning he has cost the team almost 4 runs on defense in just those 11 games. Horrible! He was negative last year as well, -3.9 in 49 games.

Pratto fails both the eye and the statistical tests on defense. I know his reputation is that he's really good at D but he just hasn't been able to perform anywhere near that reputation in the bigs.

Whoever made that tweet up the thread about Pratto helping the defense didn't actually check how he's been doing, nor was he watching that game over the weekend I was bitching about. I think the tweeter was just going on rep.

you're a bitch, chiefs country. I give you both observations and stats, I make my case like a ****ing attorney, and you give me a downvote for it. In the future, don't say demonstrably false shit and you won't get corrected on it, and then you won't have any replies to get upset about and downvote.

LMAO

It has nothing to do with the MLBPA. They ****ed teams small markets in the draft too.

Nice inning for the Rs. For once.

Royals are en fuego.

It's almost like their performance is finally reflecting their degree of contact.

Amir Garrett's stomach is en fuego.

Garrett must have stopped at the Taco Bell on Blue Ridge Cutoff before the game

Pitched like he went to Denny's

Could be low on electrolytes if he sweated a lot today.

Royals hitters looked like they had a plan at the plate today.

Today's Royal's PR strategy:

https://th.bing.com/th/id/OIP.rF0jQA...id=ImgDet&rs=1

The offense has been heating up over the last 15 games. They're averaging 5.1 runs per game over there last 15 games. 5.1 runs per game would put them in the top 10 in all of baseball. If only the pitching wasn't a dumpster fire, then we could be winning a bit more.

The offense has been heating up over the last 15 games scoring 77 runs. They're averaging 5.1 runs per game over there last 15 games. 5.1 runs per game would put them in the top 10 in all of baseball. In there first 20 games they only scored 59 runs which was good for 2.95 runs per game. If only the pitching wasn't a dumpster fire, then we could be winning a bit more.

I only bring this up because I said they'd start hitting and scoring much better and I was right. I argued with that dipshit Tyreekthefreak about it and I'd like him to come back and beg for forgiveness.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Royals rain-delay trivia: White Sox starter Lucas Giolito’s late grandfather (Warren Frost) played Susan’s dad on Seinfeld. <a href="https://t.co/PMlWpfv5Bb">pic.twitter.com/PMlWpfv5Bb</a></p>&mdash; Pete Grathoff (@pgrathoff) <a href="https://twitter.com/pgrathoff/status/1656086465552478208?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 9, 2023</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Vinnie Pasquantino - Kansas City Royals (7) <br> <a href="https://t.co/LtNEjitng0">pic.twitter.com/LtNEjitng0</a></p>&mdash; MLB HR Videos (@MLBHRVideos) <a href="https://twitter.com/MLBHRVideos/status/1656115361555652608?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 10, 2023</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

This is Vinnie's slash the last 30 games

313 BA/.395 OBP/.598 SLG/.993 OPS

Has 10 RBIs in his last 9 games too. Dudes on fire and just seems like this is gonna be how he is. He's a beast.

Witt sucks /Bwillie

468 feet for Soler.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">I cannot believe where this baseball landed. <a href="https://t.co/RLq32Th7to">pic.twitter.com/RLq32Th7to</a></p>&mdash; Paul Hembekides (Hembo) (@PaulHembo) <a href="https://twitter.com/PaulHembo/status/1656119332546412545?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 10, 2023</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

Bases loaded for Dozier. I think we know how this ends.

His really good performance is going to be wasted this season.

After tonight the Yankees are in last place in the AL East, and they still have a better winning % than the Twins who are 1st place in the AL Central.

You are the king of hindsight....and a total head case!!!!!!

11 more K's last night. Hard to win when you whiff a third of your at ABs!

They have been scoring more lately and I'm excited about it! I think it has a lot to do with playing the young guys more than anything else. Pratto, Garcia, Fermin have provided a spark and quality defense to this team. Massey has been playing against both lefties and righties which goes against your "percentage" arm chair coaching!!!!!

When you're a team who relys on the Farm system for players versus free agency......you have to keep your young guys playing so they can learn. let em take their lumps so to speak. Don't sit em against certain pitchers playing the computer game!!!! Only thing that gets you is 26 situational players and that ain't gonna win you shit!!!!!

Now scat dlphg9....back to your momma's teet!!!!! Headcase....

I think Nate Eaton's .031 BA would look better in Omaha, or even NWA.

It will be interesting to see what happens with the roster when Nicky Lopez & Drew Waters are ready to return. I imagine JBJ will find a way to remain on the Major League roster, but unless the Royals figure out a way to trade Lopez for anything they consider value, how can Dozier remain on the team?

Vinnie Pasquantino, Kansas City Royals – Seven years, $54 million

Pasquantino is not a superstar, but the Italian Breakfast has turned out to be the most developed of the team’s hitting prospects. Whit Merrifield is gone, and Salvador Perez is entering his mid-30s, and as the Royals continue to shift away from the last of their World Series winning roster, Pasquantino should spend the next five or six years hitting in the middle of the order. Locking him up now keeps him at a Royals-friendly price throughout his likely prime years.

https://blogs.fangraphs.com/whose-co...-with-urgency/