Originally Posted by RealSNR:
Most importantly, did Matheny have enough games this year to figure out who his favorite players are? Which ones attended the most Bible studies?
Originally Posted by Prison Bitch:
Royals org had a great year. Won 26 games and Pythagoreans said 27, baseruns 28. We finished 15th on offense WAR and 19th in pitching. Thats all told not far from an average team. We cleared off Alex + Ian while Duffy bounced back. He should be good for 25 starters / 4.60 next year.
Singer and Bubic and Keller were excellent IMO which was the most important thing to find out. We learned Lil Nicky sucks and cant start next year, Whit needs to move back to 2B. And as DJ pointed out we still ended up with #7 overall.
Disappointments really limited to the Farm not being able to progress. But since everyone faced that its hard to determine it as a net loss. Since Dozier is moving to 1B next year, it was great to see his fielding metrics there improve.
Question for next year: Who. Are. The. 3. OF? Cordero? Oliveras CF? McBroom? RoH? Need to find a corner OF as top priority.
Agreed.
It SOUNDS like the off-season work by Pratto and Melendez helped them a bunch, plus Witt showed out in camp and probably accelerated his debut.
Entire Central division booted out in the first round. We knew this was a pattern for the Twins, but Indians continue to show they peaked in 2016 and the Sox are either not ready for prime time or are not built to make a deep run. [Reply]
Originally Posted by dallaschiefsfan:
Entire Central division booted out in the first round. We knew this was a pattern for the Twins, but Indians continue to show they peaked in 2016 and the Sox are either not ready for prime time or are not built to make a deep run.
Well the Twins and Indians both went .500 against the Royals. You knew they weren't ready for prime time. [Reply]
Padres are putting up a fight. Entertaining game. It would have been a set back to be beat by an inferior team as they're ascending as an organization. [Reply]
I put this together because I was looking at the KC players for 2021 and seeing what kind of contracts each of them had. At the end, I also took a look at possible free agents for the Royals.
2021 Kansas City Royals Roster
Starting Lineup 2B #15 Whit Merrifield, R/R, Age 31, $6.750 M 21, Team Option 23, FA 24 SS #27 Adalberto Mondesi, S/R, Age 24, ARB1 21 DH #12 Jorge Soler, R/R, Age 28, ARB2 21, FA 22 C #13 Salvador Perez, R/R, Age 30, $13 M 21, FA 22 3B #7 Maikel Franco, R/R, Age 27, ARB4 21, FA 22 1B #17 Hunter Dozier, R/R, Age 28, ARB1 21 RF #19 Franchy Cordero, L/R, Age 26, ARB1 21 LF #14 Edward Olivares, R/R, Age 24, PRE-ARB CF #0 Nick Heath, L/L, Age 26, PRE-ARB
Bench
C #36 Cam Gallagher, R/R, Age 27, PRE-ARB
1B #66 Ryan OHearn, L/L, Age 26, ARB 22
UI #1 Nicky Lopez, L/R, Age 25, ARB 22
OF #11 Bubba Starling, R/R, Age 27, ARB 23
Possible later call ups
3B Bobby Witt JR, R/R, Age 20
OF Kyle Isbel, L/R, Age 23
OF Khalil Lee, L/L, Age22
Possible Starters
SP #56 Brad Keller, R/R, Age25, ARB 21
SP #65 Jakob Junis, R/R, Age 28, ARB 21
SP #41 Danny Duffy, L/L, Age32, $15.5 M 21, FA 22
SP #50 Kris Bubic, L/L, Age 23, PRE-ARB
SP #51 Brady Singer, R/R, Age 24, PRE-ARB
SP #21 Mike Montgomery, L/L, Age 31, ARB3 21, FA 22
SP #71 Carlos Hernandez, R/R, Age 23, PRE-ARB
Possible call ups
SP Asa Lacy, L/L, Age 21
SP Daniel Lynch, L/L, Age 23
SP Jackson Kowar, R/R, Age 23
Possible Relief
RP #58 Scott Barlow, R/R, Age 28, PRE-ARB
RP #32 Jesse Hahn, R/R, Age 31, ARB4 21, FA 22
RP #55 Richard Lovelady, L/L, Age 25, PRE-ARB
RP #61 Kevin McCarthy, R/R, Age 28, ARB 22
RP #68 Jake Newberry, R/R, Age 26, PRE-ARB
RP #63 Josh Staumont, R/R, Age27, PRE-ARB
RP #53 Tyler Zuber, R/R, Age 25, PRE-ARB
RP #45 Kyle Zimmer, R/R, Age 29, PRE-ARB
RP #67 Gabe Speier, L/L, Age 25, PRE-ARB
RP #57 Glenn Sparkman, R/R, Age 28, ARB1 21
RP #64 Scott Blewett, R/R, Age 24, PRE-ARB
Free Agency
Attempt to sign one or two of the following pitchers -
RP Greg Holland R/R, Age 35
RP Wade Davis, R/R, Age 35, FA Minor League contract
RP Kelvin Herrera, R/R, Age 30, FA Minor League contract
RP Trevor Rosenthal, R/R, Age 30, FA
SP Chris Archer, R/R, Age 32 low cost contract since he is trying to recover after thoracic outlet syndrome surgery.
SP Taijuan Walker, R/R, Age 28- Had Tommy John Surgery in 2018. Missed 2019 and threw 53 innings with 11 starts in 2020
Attempt to sign one or two of the following outfielders
RF Yasiel Puig, R/R, Age 30
LF Michael Brantley, L/L, Age 34
CF Jackie Bradley JR, L/R, Age 30
Originally Posted by Wilson8:
I put this together because I was looking at the KC players for 2021 and seeing what kind of contracts each of them had. At the end, I also took a look at possible free agents for the Royals.
2021 Kansas City Royals Roster
Starting Lineup 2B #15 Whit Merrifield, R/R, Age 31, $6.750 M 21, Team Option 23, FA 24 SS #27 Adalberto Mondesi, S/R, Age 24, ARB1 21 DH #12 Jorge Soler, R/R, Age 28, ARB2 21, FA 22 C #13 Salvador Perez, R/R, Age 30, $13 M 21, FA 22 3B #7 Maikel Franco, R/R, Age 27, ARB4 21, FA 22 1B #17 Hunter Dozier, R/R, Age 28, ARB1 21 RF #19 Franchy Cordero, L/R, Age 26, ARB1 21 LF #14 Edward Olivares, R/R, Age 24, PRE-ARB CF #0 Nick Heath, L/L, Age 26, PRE-ARB
Bench
C #36 Cam Gallagher, R/R, Age 27, PRE-ARB
1B #66 Ryan OHearn, L/L, Age 26, ARB 22
UI #1 Nicky Lopez, L/R, Age 25, ARB 22
OF #11 Bubba Starling, R/R, Age 27, ARB 23
Possible later call ups
3B Bobby Witt JR, R/R, Age 20
OF Kyle Isbel, L/R, Age 23
OF Khalil Lee, L/L, Age22
Possible Starters
SP #56 Brad Keller, R/R, Age25, ARB 21
SP #65 Jakob Junis, R/R, Age 28, ARB 21
SP #41 Danny Duffy, L/L, Age32, $15.5 M 21, FA 22
SP #50 Kris Bubic, L/L, Age 23, PRE-ARB
SP #51 Brady Singer, R/R, Age 24, PRE-ARB
SP #21 Mike Montgomery, L/L, Age 31, ARB3 21, FA 22
SP #71 Carlos Hernandez, R/R, Age 23, PRE-ARB
Possible call ups
SP Asa Lacy, L/L, Age 21
SP Daniel Lynch, L/L, Age 23
SP Jackson Kowar, R/R, Age 23
Possible Relief
RP #58 Scott Barlow, R/R, Age 28, PRE-ARB
RP #32 Jesse Hahn, R/R, Age 31, ARB4 21, FA 22
RP #55 Richard Lovelady, L/L, Age 25, PRE-ARB
RP #61 Kevin McCarthy, R/R, Age 28, ARB 22
RP #68 Jake Newberry, R/R, Age 26, PRE-ARB
RP #63 Josh Staumont, R/R, Age27, PRE-ARB
RP #53 Tyler Zuber, R/R, Age 25, PRE-ARB
RP #45 Kyle Zimmer, R/R, Age 29, PRE-ARB
RP #67 Gabe Speier, L/L, Age 25, PRE-ARB
RP #57 Glenn Sparkman, R/R, Age 28, ARB1 21
RP #64 Scott Blewett, R/R, Age 24, PRE-ARB
Free Agency
Attempt to sign one or two of the following pitchers -
RP Greg Holland R/R, Age 35
RP Wade Davis, R/R, Age 35, FA Minor League contract
RP Kelvin Herrera, R/R, Age 30, FA Minor League contract
RP Trevor Rosenthal, R/R, Age 30, FA
SP Chris Archer, R/R, Age 32 low cost contract since he is trying to recover after thoracic outlet syndrome surgery.
SP Taijuan Walker, R/R, Age 28- Had Tommy John Surgery in 2018. Missed 2019 and threw 53 innings with 11 starts in 2020
Attempt to sign one or two of the following outfielders
RF Yasiel Puig, R/R, Age 30
LF Michael Brantley, L/L, Age 34
CF Jackie Bradley JR, L/R, Age 30
I've never been a big Yasiel Puig fan, but maybe at this point in his career he's not too expensive and he "feels like playing baseball". Royals could use someone that can hit. [Reply]