Year Two of the Matt Quatraro tenure. Time to take a step up this year. Active in free agency and trades this offseason. A new look pitching rotation and bullpen. Will the young players take the leap up offensively? Bobby Witt extension? New stadium? Will Vinny recover from injury? Salvy taking aim at the Royals record book? Will Cole Ragans turn into the best Royals starting pitcher since Greinke 1.0?
Free Agents/Trades Acquisitions
Seth Lugo, SP
Michael Wacha, SP
Kyle Wright, SP
Hunter Renfroe, OF/DH
Will Smith, RP
Chris Stratton, RP
Nick Anderson, RP
Adam Frazier, 2B
Garrett Hampson, INF/OF
Matt Sauer, RP [Reply]
Originally Posted by nychief:
Avasail Garcia was released by the Marlins. He’s been bad…but much better than Melendez
He's a shithead that I wouldn't anywhere near the Royals locker room. The Marlins released him but still have to pay whatever remains of $12 mill for this year, $12 mil next year and a $5 mil buyout in 2026. The Marlins.
I don't know what happened this time but they were willing to eat $20+ mil to make him go away. [Reply]
looks like a pretty significant storm will hit the cleveland area around first pitch, and probably isn't clearing out until around 8:30 pm eastern time. Might be a late night tonight if there's a delay. [Reply]
You can tell it's a bad offensive season by looking at the OPS of some of those positions. National League OF is atrocious. It's not the era of Hank Aaron-Willie Mays-Roberto Clemente in the NL OF. [Reply]
This sucks. News on Massey isn't great. And back issues just never seem to go away. Looks like we'll definitely need to add a bat now along with some relievers if we wanna stay in this thing.
