I'll dig in on our Royals this week, now that football season is over. I've been nerding out about the NFL draft for the first time in a long time.
I think there are some reasons for optimism and definitely some interesting things to watch. The starting pitching still isn't going to be good enough this year to have any sort of run, but it's coming... [Reply]
Originally Posted by tk13:
This is an... idea. Definitely a lot of heat on Manfred tonight on social media.
MLB reportedly planning to change postseason format from 5 to 7 teams per league.
- Wild card game would go away - First round would become best 2-of-3 - Top seed in each league gets a Bye - Teams with best records would pick their opponents. (via @Joelsherman1)
Originally Posted by FringeNC:
Those architects should be fired. Would be the ugliest park ever built.
The fact that there are zero fountains in that design show the architects have no idea what they're doing. I'm not 100% against a downtown ballpark but you have to keep some of the elements that make the K one of the most unique stadiums in sports, and it reflects the city. Even the people on Twitter who want to go downtown were ripping this apart. Sure it's just a design but if you want to build buzz for a new ballpark this ain't it. [Reply]
It's blasphemous to design a stadium for the Royals that doesn't have some prominent structure that features the crowned shield (Crown vision). It's the home field icon. [Reply]
5. Bubba starling
6. Anthony rendon
8. Francisco libdor
9. Javier Baez
11. George springer
Witt Jr. really needs to hit the ground running this year. The best reports coming out from the organization were that he was a good teammate in his limited action last year. Most of the other top 10 picks advanced to A ball last year after dominating in rookie ball. Bobby Witt Jr couldn't make it past rookie ball where he hit a mere .262/.317. For comparison, CJ Abrams hit .401/.442 in rookie ball over 32 games before advancing to A ball for a 2 game stint. I don't know if it's is taking the wrong player or our development program being so piss poor, but it's highly discouraging when a highly heralded guy like Witt Jr isn't able to come in and dominate the way his draft pedigree says he should. [Reply]
I'm not going to lose my shit over a small sampling after a guy was drafted but I can understand a flag going up considering the Royals player development has been pretty well horrible for quite awhile now. [Reply]
Originally Posted by Mecca:
I'm not going to lose my shit over a small sampling after a guy was drafted but I can understand a flag going up considering the Royals player development has been pretty well horrible for quite awhile now.
I’ve read that Witt’s exit velocity numbers and other advanced stats were elite. On-field results just didn’t quite match.
Something to watch this year, for sure. Those advanced stat indicators need to translate to real production over a full season. [Reply]
I guess a real question here is how much leash does Dayton Moore get, if the Royals in the next 2 years show no signs of improving and that farm system doesn't climb quite a bit higher, does he inch closer to being fired? [Reply]
Originally Posted by Mecca:
I'm not going to lose my shit over a small sampling after a guy was drafted but I can understand a flag going up considering the Royals player development has been pretty well horrible for quite awhile now.
I certainly won't lose my shit, winning the super bowl still has me on cloud 9. I have a lot more patience for a while to put up with a shitty Royals team and a shitty Mizzou program. [Reply]