Royals *** Official 2019 Kansas City Royals Repository *** - Page 254

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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Lorenzo Cain with catch of the year tonight
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Originally Posted by Deberg_1990:
Wow. Losing 103 and only picking 4th

Because Royals......

The Marlins' loss means the Royals, despite 103 losses, will not pick until 4th in next year's draft.

They last picked #4 in 2010, when there was a clear top 3 of Bryce Harper, Jameson Taillon, and Manny Machado, and the Royals were forced to settle for Christian Colon.
— Rany Jazayerli (@jazayerli) September 29, 2019

“Forced to settle for Colon”

No, Rany, they chose Colon. There were rumors they were leaning towards a skinny lefty with a weird arm slot right up until the draft. But the Royals opted for Colon over that lefty, Chris Sale. :-)

And if that didn’t sting enough, Christian Yelich was drafted later in that round by the Marlins. But lots of other teams passed on him too . . . . . .
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Originally Posted by dlphg9:
Looks like next year is going to be a deep draft with lots of good college arms and college bats.

Maybe we can get another Bubba Starling
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I really wanted that #1 pick.
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And yet, Christian Colon remains the only one of them with a ring.
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Originally Posted by BWillie:
Maybe we can get another Bubba Starling

Yep. Should be able to help the club win by 2029
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The next draft class is good enough the Royals can get a better player at 4 than available at 1 in several recent drafts.

I’m still enamored KC Spencer Torkelson of AZ State but don’t expect him to last to 4. He and Hancock will go 1-2 unless one of them just collapses (which is possible - Singer was a consensus #1 going into his junior year and fell to KC).

Pete Crow-Armstrong seems like a good fit for KC at 4. Super athletic CF with good speed who has contact skills and power potential.
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Durrrrr Dayton Moore needs to trade up to #1 durr
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Originally Posted by Discuss Thrower:
Durrrrr Dayton Moore needs to trade up to #1 durr

I'm actually surprised that they aren't allowed to trade draft picks yet. That is one stupid ass baseball thing.
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Ned goes out with a walkoff win and a Salvy splash. Soler hits HR #48 and Dozier hits his 10th triple of the year to finish tied with Mondesi and Whit for the AL lead.
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Originally Posted by tk13:
Ned goes out with a walkoff win and a Salvy splash. Soler hits HR #48 and Dozier hits his 10th triple of the year to finish tied with Mondesi and Whit for the AL lead.

Great way to end the season.
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Originally Posted by Al Bundy:
I'm actually surprised that they aren't allowed to trade draft picks yet. That is one stupid ass baseball thing.

Would make the draft more interesting.
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Eric Hosmer turned in a very even number year in an odd one.

Excellent game for Ned to go out on today.
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Hoz -0.1 and -0.3 fWAR since he left. What a piece of garbage he is. He isn’t even a contact hitter anymore, used to k 16% of his PA...now it’s 24%. 142k and 160k In SD. Man is that contract a millstone
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Originally Posted by Prison Bitch:
Hoz -0.1 and -0.3 fWAR since he left. What a piece of garbage he is. He isn’t even a contact hitter anymore, used to k 16% of his PA...now it’s 24%. 142k and 160k In SD. Man is that contract a millstone

#NotOurProblem
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