Royals *** Official 2018 Royals Offseason Repository *** - Page 165

Originally Posted by siberian khatru:
I assume they expect Zimmer to clear waivers. Peralta, who cares. Glad they kept Smith over him.

Karns, where did that come from? He had a good spring, too.

Goins has been a sure thing since the day the Royals signed him. Dayton and Ned love them those Chris Getzes.

If Zimmer doesn't clear waivers, he'll get hurt on the way to his new team
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To sum it up:

#Royals moves. Nate Karns, Salvy Perez, Adalberto Mondesi, Bubba Starling to DL. DFA Wily Peralta & Kyle Zimmer. Contracts of Ryan Goins & Blaine Boyer selected. Cam Gallagher recalled. Tim Hill, Burch Smith, & Brad Keller make team
— Joel Goldberg (@goldbergkc) March 29, 2018

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Opening Day roster (h/t Royals Review):

Catchers (2): Drew Butera, Cam Gallagher

Infielders (6): Cheslor Cuthbert, Lucas Duda, Alcides Escobar, Ryan Goins, Whit Merrifield, Mike Moustakas

Outfielders (4): Alex Gordon, Jon Jay, Paulo Orlando, Jorge Soler

Starting Pitchers (5): Danny Duffy, Jason Hammel, Jakob Junis, Ian Kennedy, Eric Skoglund

Relief Pitchers (8): Blaine Boyer, Brian Flynn, Justin Grimm, Kelvin Herrera, Tim Hill, Brad Keller, Brandon Maurer, Burch Smith

Disabled List: Jesse Hahn, Nate Karns, Salvador Perez

Suspended: Jorge Bonifacio
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Originally Posted by SPchief:
If Zimmer doesn't clear waivers, he'll get hurt on the way to his new team

The Royals spent a lot of money on medical bills for Zimmer. Hopefully he'll clear waivers and he'll come cheaper with a minor league contract.
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Royals' bullpen with Brandon, Brian, Blaine, Brad, and Burch should be known as the Filler B's
— Tom Whitmore (@hospital_bar) March 29, 2018

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Welp, Finally made the jump and bought a subscription to the Athletic
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Originally Posted by siberian khatru:
WHAT?

Nate Karns will be used as a reliever when he returns from the D.L. Eric Skoglund will take his rotation spot. #Royals
— Josh Vernier (@JoshVernier610) March 29, 2018

WTF?

Skoklund is taking Karns rotation spot? Hello Ned and Dayton? What about that guy named Junis that had the best spring of all are starting pitchers?

Salvy out 4-6, Karns to the DL, Zimmer DFA’d (which I kind of get) and Ned and DM playing the role of dumb and dumber with the starting rotation.

This year is off to a banging start . . . . .

Edit: nevermind. Just saw that Junis made the 25 man roster. Originally, they were talking like he wouldn’t.
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Originally Posted by TomBarndtsTwin:
WTF?

Skoklund is taking Karns rotation spot? Hello Ned and Dayton? What about that guy named Junis that had the best spring of all are starting pitchers?

Salvy out 4-6, Karns to the DL, Zimmer DFA�d (which I kind of get) and Ned and DM playing the role of dumb and dumber with the starting rotation.

This year is off to a banging start . . . . .

I guess they aren't winning the World Series now.
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Originally Posted by WhawhaWhat:
I guess they aren't winning the World Series now.

No one is delusional enough to think they are competing for anything like that this year.

Still, it would be nice if they are at least competitive . . . .
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Originally Posted by SPchief:
Welp, Finally made the jump and bought a subscription to the Athletic

Me too, yesterday. So far, I like it a lot.
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As a T Mobile Customer, I just received MLB.tv for free.

They also allowed me to cancel my single team subscription that was paid for back in early March, so I'm good to go.
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Originally Posted by lewdog:
Lew is likely still working at start time.

Plus also dealing with months long sleep deprivation from a small object that pisses and shits himself daily.

Less baseball in Lew�s immediate future. :-)

Hey, if there's a new Lew in the world, THAT'S AWESOME!!! The world is a better place!
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It appears Royals former 1st round pick Ashe Russell has completely quit baseball.
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Originally Posted by Al Bundy:
It appears Royals former 1st round pick Ashe Russell has completely quit baseball.

How does that work with signing bonus' and contracts? He should have to pay that money back
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Originally Posted by dlphg9:
How does that work with signing bonus' and contracts? He should have to pay that money back

Baseball contracts are guaranteed
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