Free Agent Signings:
Carlos Santana
Mike Minor
Michael Taylor
Ervin Santana
Top 10 Prospects:
1 Bobby Witt Jr., SS
2 Asa Lacy, LHP
3 Daniel Lynch, LHP
4 Jackson Kowar, RHP
5 Erick Pena, OF
6 Nick Loftin, SS
7 Kyle Isbel, OF
8 Khali Lee, OF
9 Jonathan Bowlan, RHP
10 Carlos Hernedez, RHP [Reply]
Originally Posted by CaliforniaChief:
My son bought our family tickets to tonight's game in Anaheim. Sitting behind the Royals bullpen, and looking forward to watching Jackson Kowar make his debut.
Haven't been back to the Big A since the Royals tore them a big A in the 2014 playoffs.
Originally Posted by Mama Hip Rockets:
Awesome. I took my kids to the games on Friday and Saturday. Three daughters (11, 9, and 7) and my newborn son (4 months). I taught the older daughters to keep score while we watched the game on TV on Thursday night, and they helped me keep score at both of the games we attended. They kept asking questions to confirm they were keeping score correctly. ("That's a forward K since he swung, right?") It was great. I've been trying for years to get them into sports, and I think they're finally starting to enjoy it. (I also took my oldest to her first Chiefs game last season.) When the 9-year-old woke up on Sunday morning, she said, "It's weird not being at a hotel and getting ready to go to the Royals game."
We got them Blue Crew memberships while we were there. They got cute little Royals earrings and wanted everything in the team store. They put on their Royals temporary tattoos and Blue Crew lanyards as soon as they got home. Looking forward to going to more games later this summer.
So you must have gotten the Soler and Whit bobbleheads (I was there Sat.). Building them a strong bobblehead collection is important. [Reply]
Originally Posted by cosmo20002:
So you must have gotten the Soler and Whit bobbleheads (I was there Sat.). Building them a strong bobblehead collection is important.
Gotta be honest, man. Those go straight to eBay. [Reply]
Kowar didn’t throw his FB enough. Jeezus Sal, have him go 96 for 12 straight pitches and see where that takes you. Better than that secondary shit he wasnt getting over [Reply]
Originally Posted by Prison Bitch:
Kowar didn’t throw his FB enough. Jeezus Sal, have him go 96 for 12 straight pitches and see where that takes you. Better than that secondary shit he wasnt getting over
Sal was really struggling to read his off speed stuff, too, which didn’t help. [Reply]
Originally Posted by BWillie:
Tried to tune in to watch Kowar and missed it. He wasn't even in the game in the 2nd inning when I turned in.
You didn't miss much.
He was overthrowing and also nibbling around the corners rather than trusting his stuff. He's got to get his breaking ball and changeup closer to the plate (and occasionally throw them for strikes) to get some swings and misses on them. It's an adjustment from AAA.
The curve looks better than it has at any point when I've seen it in the past, which is encouraging for his long-term prospects. [Reply]
Originally Posted by duncan_idaho:
You didn't miss much.
He was overthrowing and also nibbling around the corners rather than trusting his stuff. He's got to get his breaking ball and changeup closer to the plate (and occasionally throw them for strikes) to get some swings and misses on them. It's an adjustment from AAA.
The curve looks better than it has at any point when I've seen it in the past, which is encouraging for his long-term prospects.
His change looked nasty the couple times he was able to locate it. The bottom just drops out of that thing. [Reply]