2023 – A new beginning for the Royals. Matt Quatraro era begins. A year to see which of our young players will make up the core going forward. Can Bobby Witt Jr become a superstar SS or will go to the hot corner? Will Brady Singer take the next step forward? Will Salvy be Salvy? Will Big Vin or Pratto take first base? Will they find a position for MJ? Who else emerges from the youth movement? Not to mention the development of the new downtown stadium.
Free Agents/Trades Acquisitions
Jordan Lyles, RHP
Ryan Yarbrough, LHP
Josh Taylor, LHP
Aroldis Chapman, LHP
Top 10 Prospects from Baseball America
1. Gavin Cross, OF
2. Cayden Wallace, 3B
3. Drew Waters, OF
4. Ben Kudrna, RHP
5. Frank Mozzicato, LHP
6. Maikel Garcia, SS
7. Tyler Gentry, OF
8. Nick Loftin, OF/3B
9. Angel Zerpa, LHP
10. Carter Jensen, C [Reply]
Originally Posted by duncan_idaho:
And it isn't just the appearances. It's the willingness to get guys up and warm and sit them down and then do it again and actually put them in the game.
All those warm ups count, too. It's one of the things Yost was best at, actually. If he got a guy up and warm, he'd treat it like he pitched that day and give him rest days as appropriate.
Matheny was a disaster in Kansas City and always a bad fit for what KC was trying to do. He was bad in St. Louis.
But there's probably a team out there that's dumb enough to give him another chance.
Oh I'm sure. I can imagine his press conference too. "I really learned a lot from my time with the Royals and I've had a lot of time to reflect on the things I did wrong. I'm a changed man and won't have the clubhouse so uptight that players hate being here and I learned a lot about ruining good pitchers careers, so I'll try to not do that."
I still remember after he was hired here and some of the local radio guys were pretty skeptical and then he had his press conference and they were talking like he's a changed man and all this other shit. It's pretty easy to have people write a speech where you don't sound like a blubbering idiot. [Reply]
Originally Posted by dlphg9:
Oh I'm sure. I can imagine his press conference too. "I really learned a lot from my time with the Royals and I've had a lot of time to reflect on the things I did wrong. I'm a changed man and won't have the clubhouse so uptight that players hate being here and I learned a lot about ruining good pitchers careers, so I'll try to not do that."
I still remember after he was hired here and some of the local radio guys were pretty skeptical and then he had his press conference and they were talking like he's a changed man and all this other shit. It's pretty easy to have people write a speech where you don't sound like a blubbering idiot.
His "chase every win" approach also looked a lot more sustainable than it was since his first year was a 60 game season.
By Year 2, relievers hit the wall by July, and when Jeff Flanagan, perhaps GMDM's most reliable media mouthpiece, was even leaking concerns from the locker room, the writing was on the wall [Reply]
Originally Posted by poolboy:
it only takes a couple of hours these days
One game last week, the Cardinals game started one hour before the Royals game. Royals game finished before it was done. Got to watch the entire 9th inning after the Royals game. It was crazy lol. [Reply]
Royals sign 8th overall pick, Blake Mitchell to his first MLB contract this morning. TV: Bally Sports Kansas City Stream: Bally Sports app pic.twitter.com/RKJSeopgHC
— Bally Sports Kansas City (@BallySportsKC) July 15, 2023
Ontiveros already knows he made the wrong choice and will be getting fired for it. [Reply]
