Wish they would just come out and say East Village. Even though they probably have to grease the dirty politician wheels for the other sides to get them support the East Village site.
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Brooks Sherman says the <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Royals?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Royals</a> have narrowed their ballpark district location down to 4-5 sites but doesn’t state any specifics.</p>&mdash; Anne Rogers (@anne__rogers) <a href="https://twitter.com/anne__rogers/status/1620566650839011329?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 31, 2023</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

The Athletic's Keith Law ranks the Royals' farm system No. 16 in baseball.

https://theathletic.com/4138444/2023...urce=twitterhq

16. Kansas City Royals

The Royals placed just one guy on my top 100, but I love the depth in this system and its capacity for a big improvement overall in the next year. The class of high school pitchers they took in 2021 hasn’t made its mark yet, but the top two guys they took, lefty Frank Mozzicato and righty Ben Kudrna, still have the same upside the Royals saw in high school — they aren’t all Andrew Painters. There’s some catching depth, some outfield depth, a lot of athletes, and some more arms than I mentioned. It’s a big challenge for the Royals’ player development group, but also means they could make a big move in the next 12 months — and they’ve done some great stuff with hitting prospects in the past two years.

They're holding off on making the Greinke deal official which means someone is probably getting moved.

I went ahead and did the 3-pack to snatch opening day tickets as well. I assume you won't be able to get opening day after tickets go on sale to the general public tomorrow :shrug:

Anyone else going to this Fan Fest deal on Saturday at the K? Seems kinda cool and it will be nice out for February. Got myself and my sons tickets. Could be lame I guess but what else is going on in the sports world this Saturday?

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Full powder. ��️ <a href="https://t.co/xNnxXZwL1d">pic.twitter.com/xNnxXZwL1d</a></p>&mdash; Kansas City Royals (@Royals) <a href="https://twitter.com/Royals/status/1621541537665400834?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 3, 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">In a corresponding move, LHP Anthony Misiewicz has been designated for assignment.</p>&mdash; Kansas City Royals (@Royals) <a href="https://twitter.com/Royals/status/1621524352347897857?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 3, 2023</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

I'm glad that someone with the gravitas of Keith Law is saying this...because despite the top-level talent deficiency (mainly due to graduating our best in '22), I've never understood the idea that the system is devoid of talent. There are some really interesting guys that have the potential to shoot up the prospect lists, depending on their 2023.

Trash. Every team has been doing powder blues. Even the Rangers. It's all over sports.

Yes, the Royals actually wore it once upon a time, but so did the Rangers. Most all teams had a powder blue uniform, and most all teams are bringing them back. The Twins wear all powder blue uni's regularly. Phillies do it too.

Big L for the Royals. What happened to those City Connect unis? Those were legit. Bought myself a City Connect Royals hat, I did. It was $52.

Relax. Those are just the opening day uniforms. I mean, they’ll wear them some in 2023 but the CC uniforms will be worn at times this season.

$52? Whoa.

Are you stupid?

-1 :)

It was worth it. The embroidery is top notch and it fits like a dream. Perfectly crafted. I've been trying to get a decent picture of my dog wearing it to use as a new avatar for a while now, but it's hard to get her to sit still.

Vinnie talks hitting:

https://blogs.fangraphs.com/vinnie-p...talks-hitting/

Great article. I personally consider Pasquantino to be the best and most valuable player in the whole organization. MJ Melendez a close second. Singer third.

Really interesting insight into the science of hitting. But that interviewer dropped the ball a little bit. I'd have asked VP about the bad shoulder injury he sustained last year from swinging a bat in BP. You hate to see such a serious injury be sustained from something that simple. You can't ask him to stop swinging, ya know?

I fear it'll prove to be a chronic situation, much like the Angels are dealing with as it pertains to Anthony Rendon. I'd argue it's the #1 most important thing when it comes to VP, not his ability to hit well when he's feeling good, which I'd argue can at this point just be assumed.

When he sustained that injury this past year, he said it's happened to him a lot in the past and so he knows by how bad it was this time that it won't keep him out for more than a couple months or so. That didn't seem like such great news to me at all.

A+ to PB for the link, C+ to fangraphs for not asking the actual pertinent question.

I’d still take Jr over him simply by his position and baserunning. I could see him hitting 30 jacks this year too. VP is advance a bat as we have produced since prob Mike Sweeney. We made him C his first few years, hurt his bat. When we made him 1B he OPS like 940 for his career there. VP could get to the 850-900 consistently I think

Fair point PB and dude I'm ramping up heavy for fantasy baseball season. I'm in an AL-Only league and here is the list of players in the order they get taken in those leagues in the first round:

#1 Aaron Judge
#2 Jose Ramirez
#3 Julio Rodriguez
#4 Kyle Tucker
#5 Yordan Alvarez
#6 Bobby Witt Jr.
#7 Vlad Jr.
#8 Bo Bichette Jr.
#9 Shohei Ohtani
#10 Rafael Devers
#11 Gerritt Cole
#12 Mike Trout

Granted, in fantasy, defense means 0.0 and SBs mean a lot. But still, that's INSANE hype on BWJ! I was actually shocked that if I get the #7 overall pick in that draft, it'll be too low of a pick to get BWJ. The market LOVES that guy.

ETA: I'm in a mixed league slow draft right now and BWJ went 8th overall in all of MLB, not just the AL. It went: Trea Turner #1 overall (yours truly), then Acuna - Julio R - Jose R - Judge - Tucker - Alvarez - BWJ - Juan Soto - Mookie Betts - Vlad Jr.

This offseason has now met every expectation for me.

This season news
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">J.J. Picollo says third base is where Hunter Dozier will get the most work this spring. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Royals?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Royals</a> want him in the lineup, and third base “is the best place for him to play every day.” Also says Bobby Witt Jr. will be the SS, 2B is a competition between Nicky Lopez, Michael Massey.</p>&mdash; Anne Rogers (@anne__rogers) <a href="https://twitter.com/anne__rogers/status/1621924263870480385?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 4, 2023</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

Long term news. No MJ but his agent is dick**** Boras so it's not surprising
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr"><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Royals?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Royals</a> have started exploring extensions for their young core of players and will continue to do so over the next year, Picollo said. Brady Singer, Bobby Witt Jr. and Vinnie Pasquantino are in that group.</p>&mdash; Anne Rogers (@anne__rogers) <a href="https://twitter.com/anne__rogers/status/1621928829085179908?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 4, 2023</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

Extend Vinnie. NOW. He will be the cheapest too even though he's the best player from the group.

Yes, but no. The Royals know more about that shoulder than any of us do. He separated it just taking swings off a tee in practice. That's a serious issue, Bwillie. Maybe it isn't. But for a team like this to really gamble by locking a young guy up, it isn't VP, even though I love the guy. And it isn't BWJ, due to the defensive concerns you've brought up. It's either Melendez or Singer. Give both a huge, but not too huge, contract now. Let VP play for a full season. If his shoulder doesn't go out, lock that bastard up too.

Trade BWJ for Adley Rutschman and Gunnar Henderson both, because based on how fantasy drafts are going, the Orioles would jump on that.

Lol

They wouldn’t do either straight up

I know PB come on now. It's insane how high BWJ is getting drafted in these leagues, PB, that's all I meant to convey there.

I snagged an invite to the VIP event last night at the K.

First time I'd been in the locker room since they were covered in plastic

Nothing big from it, but a few observations:

Pasquantino is the best interview/commenter, by far. Thoughtful guy, funny, too.

Greinke: Still awkward AF

Quartraro was engaging and said the right things. Picollo is boring AF.

Bags are pretty hard to come by in fantasy baseball these days. Witt provides a lot of them.

You play a little of the fantasy Duncan? You're invited. Name your buy-in. Right now I'm doing $30 slow drafts on RTS, where you get 4 hours for each pick, and the draft literally takes close to a month.

In the mean time it then becomes NFBC50 season right after that.

Then we go to our Yahoo friends and family leagues.

Then it's OC drafting time mid-March. The NFBC $380 dollar leagues with the overall prize attached.

Then on March 31, an actual NFBC draft in Vegas. The Main Event. $200,000 to the overall winner. $7,000 to every league champ. $1,750 per entry. It's a slow build up to that and I'm not saying meet me in Vegas. I can get you into the Yahoo leagues I run if you want. I'd like to get a Royal guru in there.

Piccolo needs to go. jmho

I'm willing to give him a chance of not being Dayton's yes man. I like everything he's done so far.

Not even a year in? Weird take.

Nevermind was just trying a new avatar that didn't take.

It did take. That's me, boys. In my City Connect Royals hat!

I mean, I play fantasy, but not at that level.

Thanks for the invite, LOL.

Fock dude how much puzz you swat away every night?

In this jacket, enough. With this hat, bro, enough. Don't worry about me. Worry about what you're hiding without putting your own picture up.

Lmfao

More than that XZTop or whatever his name is.

Relax. I need some information first. Just the basic facts, can you show me where it hurts?

:clap:

I hated the city connect or toilet drain trap Jerzy.

well sir if you will refer to my avatar, I think you know what that means. George Brett statue. Me and you. Name your time. I already named the place.

Any thoughts on the reddit/twitter speculation about Salvy’s absence from fanfest?

(EDIT: Server was acting up so this got posted like 15 times).

There's a photo out there of Salvy with the Venezuela team meeting for the World Baseball Classic coming up here soon. Still it's weird for him not to be there. I know even Rany was floating the idea of trading him last week during the podcast he does with Petro. It would be sad but it'd also be the type of move the Rays might make. It'd be an all time unpopular move though.

Preemptive strike. :D

I didn’t really think about it.

But there was a bit of LeFebvre-led talk about how Melendez was prepping to play OF and C next year.

I wouldn’t expect conversation around that if they were planning to move Perez.

But, as painful as it is to think about, I would understand them moving Perez.

Perez unfollowed the team when they didn't hire Pedro Grifol...he followed then back later but thar isn't a great look obviously.

It's easier for the Rays to trade players when you have no fan base to appease.

You just hate everything. Too urban for ya, huh?

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">The <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Royals?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Royals</a> believe the big league instruction was the problem for the young pitchers. They also believe they fixed that. The time is now for the young guys to prove they belong. I&#39;m very curious to see how the new coaches help. <a href="https://t.co/Sh8HMquJhC">https://t.co/Sh8HMquJhC</a></p>&mdash; David Lesky (@DBLesky) <a href="https://twitter.com/DBLesky/status/1622968675530854402?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 7, 2023</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

Because the ex-manager told them to read up on what the Bible has to say about pitching

I believe them I swear.

They're gone. Can we stop with this caricature? They were clearly incompetent at doing the one thing their job required - making their talent excel at the major league level. That's it. Period. End. Move on.

I think this is the right approach.

Coach the younger pitchers more effectively and see what differences that makes.

If it doesn't make any, you know your pitching draft and develop plan as an org from 2018-20 failed, and you adjust and move on.

Does that necessarily have to be serialized, though? Can you not assess both and move to improve both simultaneously? I mean, this to me seems a little short sighted, and comes across as pointing the finger\blaming Matheny and Eldred solely. I don't think it's all on them based off the track record through the minors of a lot of these guys.

Are you saying Jesus Christ can't hit a curveball?

No one has seen it……….

I think they're trying to cover if guys like Lynch and Bubic continue to not be what was hoped, with the veteran signings (Greinke, et al).

They're just not going to make long-term commitments until they have a chance to assess with competent coaching.

Bubic and Lynch were both pretty successful in the minors and have not translated it to the majors. I think you can make a very fair case that their major league coaching (which includes side work as well as game to game strategy and focus) was poor under Mamoron's regime.

Yeah, but can he THROW a curveball?

ZIPS projections out.

70 wins.

Dead f*** last.

Good work, Shermanator

https://blogs.fangraphs.com/the-2023...erican-league/

And yet there is hope. Going into a season with the staff and front office we had i would be unhappy. But we are in the infancy of an overhaul. This is what was needed.

Then why on earth do you leave coaches you clearly feel are incompetent in place and not fire them during the season? Cal Eldred would have been gone years ago. If he was tied to MM that tightly then cut bait and move on. Why let the whole situation perpetuate?

I bet fangraphs has difficulty accounting for the unorthodox use of the pen. Probably undershooting the wins by 5-10% but still not great.

I'll hold my judgement till this time next year. If the young pitchers progress and sherm doesn't spend any money next off season, then ya, we are dealing with a chicken shit owner.

GMDM’s acolytes would have us believe they still needed more time. The month long crying about how we did GMDM and his guys dirty from national talking heads was baffling. You definitely saw a bunch of company men defending one of their own after that decision.

Yeah right, a fountain that looks like a toilet drain trap is so urban.

I like a lot of things but I hate beef liver and turds like you. Just so you know dipshit.

yikes, a .500 season some day will seem like a Super Bowl

Everyone that was responsible for letting that happen is gone.

Why you screaming, man?

Who cares. Baseball isn't about winning or losing. Nobody at the stadium really gives a shit who wins or loses.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">The <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Royals?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Royals</a> have signed Franmil Reyes to a minor league contract with a non-roster invite to spring training, sources tell me and <a href="https://twitter.com/juanctoribio?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@juanctoribio</a>. Former Guardians slugger who hit 30 homers in 2021 finished last season with the Cubs.</p>&mdash; Anne Rogers (@anne__rogers) <a href="https://twitter.com/anne__rogers/status/1625963994690248706?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 15, 2023</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

Why not

That's an interesting signing. He's only 27 and been an .800 OPS guy pretty much every year up until last year where he did struggle. But he had a pretty good track record before that. Bounceback candidate, imagine he'd mostly be a DH though.

1B/DH

This team has a lot of those does make you wonder if they're open to moving guys or sending some back to AAA.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Brady Singer Loses Arbitration Hearing Against Royals <a href="https://t.co/nU7yv5imhk">https://t.co/nU7yv5imhk</a> <a href="https://t.co/9qJ6nsJCTw">pic.twitter.com/9qJ6nsJCTw</a></p>&mdash; MLB Trade Rumors (@mlbtraderumors) <a href="https://twitter.com/mlbtraderumors/status/1626014778245414914?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 16, 2023</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

Haven't seen this kind of headline in a while. I've become accustomed to the Royals having no arbitration cases.

Feel like there’s got to be a decent shot of a Mahomes first pitch opening day.

PECOTA: 62.5 wins ROFL



https://www.baseballprospectus.com/standings/

Heh! Couldn't quite pull the trigger on a 100 loss season.

This is so ****ed up for the Royals to do. Mother****ers are going to fight the kid, who is our best pitcher and could be the best pitcher since Greinke, over $300k? Jesus, what douches.

Pretty ridiculous.I'm pretty sure the better coaches will help the Royals players a lot,but it seems like they have that broad from Major League as an owner.

Well they won the case so they were right.

I don't believe there are any winners in this case. Brady Singer's agent has to say these are the reasons my client deserves $3.325MM. The Royals have to point out Singer's faults to show his true worth at $2.95MM.

The Royals for $375K create several million dollars' worth of "F" you for later.

But hey, they won for now.

Some interesting video here. Salvy with Paul Hoover, who is now our bench coach but spent a bunch of years in the Rays system working with catchers.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">95 seconds of seven-time All-Star Salvador Perez listening to new bench coach Paul Hoover.<br><br>“I’m still learning,” he said. “I know I have some Gold Gloves, but I’m still learning.” <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Royals?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Royals</a> <a href="https://t.co/ggF8h0jRPU">pic.twitter.com/ggF8h0jRPU</a></p>&mdash; Josh Vernier (@JoshVernier610) <a href="https://twitter.com/JoshVernier610/status/1625956186729381889?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 15, 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">Former Royals manager Ned Yost, who guided the team to two World Series appearances, will be inducted into the team’s Hall of Fame in a September ceremony <a href="https://t.co/2QrT7JFJfH">https://t.co/2QrT7JFJfH</a></p>&mdash; The Kansas City Star (@KCStar) <a href="https://twitter.com/KCStar/status/1626255108894867458?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 16, 2023</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

He and his agent will remember this and will leave the Royals for even 300 K less per year.