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
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Originally Posted by siberian khatru:
Right behind Royals bullpen. I hope I don’t get burned when it spontaneously combusts.
I'm right on the 3rd base line about 6 rows up.
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Originally Posted by Jerok:
I'm pretty excited that one of our old 1st round picks is showing up. Great work Dozier, hope you are a part of our next playoff run.
He helped already. Him taking a lower contract allowed the Royals to sign Manea, who was shipped off for Zobrist.
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So is it too early to talk draft yet? Pitchers are looking pretty good in the minors so far, hitters not so much. I know you don't draft for need, so luckily the top draftees available are almost all hitters. Hopefully the vaunted trio of Matias/Melendez/Pratto eventually figure Wilmington out, because right now Matias has the highest BA of the trio with .207 at almost 20 games into the season. I think a good college bat is a needed infusion into the system, so my money is on 1B Vaughn being the pick. This rebuild is really going to start to drag on longer than it should if we don't get some more solid Vall around hitters in the system who won't strike out 2-3 times a game.
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