Why? Thought they had almost zero chance?
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Mike Matheny said the reason they are starting Danny Duffy tonight is they are satisfied with what they learned about why he missed the team flight -- essentially just a car/tire issue. The Royals needed to be sure, and now they are.

— Jeffrey Flanagan (@FlannyMLB) September 18, 2020

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Looks like the Pirates have Rocker wrapped up.

Getting Jack Leiter is still up for grabs but the Royals fucked up any way of getting a top notch prospect. Glad Singer has turned out to be worth a shit. Surprising the Royals might have developed a decent pitcher for once.

Bring on another Christian Colon!
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I cannot stand Danny Duffy
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Royals are .500 against their entire schedule expect for 1-9 against the White Sox. Kind of interesting.
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Typical Duffy start. Cruises through the first few innings and then shits his pants in the 4th or 5th inning. What a disappointment his career has been.
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The White Sox have the best record in the AL.
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Mondesi sucks.
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I hope Duffy gets the covid.
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There have been a lot of Royals through the years that the organization has been too loyal to when it was obvious early on they weren't going to ever become what they were expecting. Should have traded him a couple years ago.
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On the other hand Salvy is hitting out of his mind. Kind of a shame we're wasting this kind of Salvy effort on this season.
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Seriously. If the Royals were in contention (and he had been healthy and producing at the same level) he’d be an MVP candidate.
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This whole season has been a shame.

Could have completely tanked this lost season & had Kumar Rocker added to our organization(what a pitching staff that would have been).

It's kinda the typical Royals...no playoffs & no #1 pick. Purgatory. :-)

They will end up with a top 10 pick but not getting an elite talent.

Bring on Christian Colon 2.0
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Cant wait for Duffy to no longer be in the starting rotation. Hes gonna put up a worse ERA than the 2 rookies and obviously Keller. He will be better than Junis, but Junis is literal trash that shouldn't even be on the team. Hes almost as bad as Kyle Davies, not quite, but almost. For real look at Kyle Davies last 2 seasons with us and this year and last year Junis.

I think if you swap out Duffy and Junis for Kowar and Lynch, then we are probably .500. Hell if we don't lose Salvy and Keller for such a long time then we are probably .500. This team actually showed promise so far.
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You don't have to have a top 3 pick to get elite talent.

Trout was drafted 25th
Bellinger was a 4th rounder
Judge was drafted 32nd
Kershaw was drafted 7th
Yelich 23rd
Betts 5th round
Anthony Rendon 27th round
Lindor 8th overall
Pete Alonso 64th overall

These are some of the best players in baseball and they would all last until our pick this year. We are in the 6 spot currently.
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