Royals ***Official 2022 Royals Season Repository Thread*** - Page 234

Originally Posted by TomBarndtsTwin:
I guess he figured it worked last night, so might as well trot the same lineup out there again . . . . .

Honestly, though, I don't know that I can see Toronto being held to less than 3 runs again in this series.

The problem with Massey is you can't really sit Lopez right at the moment for a guy whose never played at the big league level. He's just here as insurance for Lopez.

So unless he can play a competent right field . . . . . . .

They're playing O' Turd in RF. Massey can surely play just as good there as that sack of worthless shit.
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Originally Posted by dlphg9:
Yeah those shit sticks have sure earned it! A .470 OPS from O'Turd is HOF worthy. Maybe they can leave Matheny in Canada.

It could be Casey Stengel, Tommy Lasorda, Joe Torre managing and they would be doing the same thing in this situation.
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Originally Posted by ChiefsCountry:
It could be Casey Stengel, Tommy Lasorda, Joe Torre managing and they would be doing the same thing in this situation.

I bet not. They'd ask Dayton why the shit stain is even on the team.

O'Hearn probably goes to Bible study.
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Originally Posted by Prison Bitch:
If we didn’t know the players who didn’t vax, and had to guess who they were….how many of you would’ve immediately thought it was Wacko Zacko?

I figure he wandered into CVS to get some batteries and ended up getting the shot because they were offering $10 gift cards.
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Another boot for the supposed best defender on the Royals in BWJ

*rolls eyes*
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Could teams opt to forfeit games in Toronto? IOW, would the MLB fine them?

I get that the Blue Jays aren't great so a win could happen, and it's great to let some kids play at the MLB level for a game or three, but it seems like the Blue Jays have an unfair home field advantage based on something not baseball.
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Asa Lacy 34 pitches. 10 strikes.

0.2 ip 5 er 5 bb 0k 2 wp
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Originally Posted by GloryDayz:
Could teams opt to forfeit games in Toronto? IOW, would the MLB fine them?

I get that the Blue Jays aren't great so a win could happen, and it's great to let some kids play at the MLB level for a game or three, but it seems like the Blue Jays have an unfair home field advantage based on something not baseball.

There's no unfair advantage. If anything, the Jays are disadvantaged because they can't realistically sign or trade for anybody unvaccinated right now (see Benintendi for example, unless he's as unprincipled in his position as Whit). Also, about half the Jays (the non-American citizens) have to be vaccinated to play in 29 other parks in baseball. They did so.

Now what was unfair was being forced to play in minor league parks in Dunedin/Buffalo by the Canadian government and Major League Baseball for over a year.
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Vinny with all warning track power tonight
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Originally Posted by Prison Bitch:
Asa Lacy 34 pitches. 10 strikes.

0.2 ip 5 er 5 bb 0k 2 wp

Nolan Watson
Ashe Russell
Jackson Kowar
Kyle Zimmer
The list goes on and on.
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Originally Posted by KC_Connection:
There's no unfair advantage. If anything, the Jays are disadvantaged because they can't realistically sign or trade for anybody unvaccinated right now (see Benintendi for example, unless he's as unprincipled in his position as Whit). Also, about half the Jays (the non-American citizens) have to be vaccinated to play in 29 other parks in baseball. They did so.

Now what was unfair was being forced to play in minor league parks in Dunedin/Buffalo by the Canadian government and Major League Baseball for over a year.

At least Buffalo was at least a major league city with a ballpark that was designed as a MLB stadium.

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Royals Not Planning To Trade Zack Greinke
July 15th, 2022 • By Steve Adams

With the Royals already in sell mode, the majority of their impending free agents figure to eventually emerge as trade candidates. One exception appears to be right-hander Zack Greinke, whom the Royals aren’t planning to trade unless he specifically asks to be dealt, Jon Heyman of the New York Post reports.

The 38-year-old Greinke is back with his original organization after 11 years spent honing a potential Hall of Fame resume around the league, making stops with the Brewers, Angels, Dodgers, D-backs and Astros along the way. Greinke chose to sign a one-year, $13MM deal with the Royals despite a reportedly comparable offer from the now-division-leading Twins and interest at a similar price point from the Tigers. Detroit GM Al Avila said during Spring Training that money was not the deciding factor in Greinke’s decision. Rather, the righty preferred going “back to Kansas City and the place where he started,” which is wholly understandable at this juncture of his career. Heyman adds that Greinke recently purchased a home in Kansas City as well — all of which combines to make a trade appear fairly unlikely.

Greinke has been mostly solid for an unproven and at times shaky Royals staff this season, making 14 starts and logging 73 2/3 frames of 4.52 ERA ball. All of the damage against him has come in four road starts, as he’s been hit hard in Houston, Colorado, Minnesota and Arizona. Greinke has a 1.86 ERA while pitching at Kansas City’s Kauffman Stadium, and despite the pedestrian earned run average, he’s held his opponents to two or fewer runs in nine of his 14 starts. Righties Brad Keller (3.96 ERA, 97 2/3 innings) and Brady Singer (3.82 ERA, 66 innings) have also been good for Kansas City, but the rest of the pitchers who’ve started games for the Royals this year have ERAs either just under or well north of 5.00.

A former Cy Young winner, six-time All-Star, six-time Gold Glover and two-time ERA champion, Greinke’s dominance has faded late in his career as his fastball velocity and strikeout rates have dropped. He’s averaging just 89.2 mph with his “heater” in 2022 while striking out a career-low 12.5% of his opponents. His command of the strike zone remains masterful, however, evidenced by a 4.5% walk rate and a 67.9% first-pitch strike rate, which ranks tenth among big league pitchers (min. 70 innings).

It’s certainly possible that as the deadline draws nearer, Greinke will feel the urge to again join a postseason push and approach the front office about engineering a trade. Even then, he’d likely be selective about his preferred destination, so a trade wouldn’t necessarily be a given. At least for now, it seems much likelier that he stays put.

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Originally Posted by KChiefs1:
Royals Not Planning To Trade Zack Greinke
July 15th, 2022 • By Steve Adams

With the Royals already in sell mode, the majority of their impending free agents figure to eventually emerge as trade candidates. One exception appears to be right-hander Zack Greinke, whom the Royals aren’t planning to trade unless he specifically asks to be dealt, Jon Heyman of the New York Post reports.

The 38-year-old Greinke is back with his original organization after 11 years spent honing a potential Hall of Fame resume around the league, making stops with the Brewers, Angels, Dodgers, D-backs and Astros along the way. Greinke chose to sign a one-year, $13MM deal with the Royals despite a reportedly comparable offer from the now-division-leading Twins and interest at a similar price point from the Tigers. Detroit GM Al Avila said during Spring Training that money was not the deciding factor in Greinke’s decision. Rather, the righty preferred going “back to Kansas City and the place where he started,” which is wholly understandable at this juncture of his career. Heyman adds that Greinke recently purchased a home in Kansas City as well — all of which combines to make a trade appear fairly unlikely.

Greinke has been mostly solid for an unproven and at times shaky Royals staff this season, making 14 starts and logging 73 2/3 frames of 4.52 ERA ball. All of the damage against him has come in four road starts, as he’s been hit hard in Houston, Colorado, Minnesota and Arizona. Greinke has a 1.86 ERA while pitching at Kansas City’s Kauffman Stadium, and despite the pedestrian earned run average, he’s held his opponents to two or fewer runs in nine of his 14 starts. Righties Brad Keller (3.96 ERA, 97 2/3 innings) and Brady Singer (3.82 ERA, 66 innings) have also been good for Kansas City, but the rest of the pitchers who’ve started games for the Royals this year have ERAs either just under or well north of 5.00.

A former Cy Young winner, six-time All-Star, six-time Gold Glover and two-time ERA champion, Greinke’s dominance has faded late in his career as his fastball velocity and strikeout rates have dropped. He’s averaging just 89.2 mph with his “heater” in 2022 while striking out a career-low 12.5% of his opponents. His command of the strike zone remains masterful, however, evidenced by a 4.5% walk rate and a 67.9% first-pitch strike rate, which ranks tenth among big league pitchers (min. 70 innings).

It’s certainly possible that as the deadline draws nearer, Greinke will feel the urge to again join a postseason push and approach the front office about engineering a trade. Even then, he’d likely be selective about his preferred destination, so a trade wouldn’t necessarily be a given. At least for now, it seems much likelier that he stays put.

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"Potential"? The guy is a first ballot HOFer. Disrespectful fuck.
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Originally Posted by KC_Connection:
There's no unfair advantage. If anything, the Jays are disadvantaged because they can't realistically sign or trade for anybody unvaccinated right now (see Benintendi for example, unless he's as unprincipled in his position as Whit). Also, about half the Jays (the non-American citizens) have to be vaccinated to play in 29 other parks in baseball. They did so.

Now what was unfair was being forced to play in minor league parks in Dunedin/Buffalo by the Canadian government and Major League Baseball for over a year.

That Dunedin park is in the middle of a neighborhood with an elementary school next door. It's hilarious that they played major league games there. It looks like a high school facility, especially when you compare it to the Phillies and Yankees parks nearby.
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Nobody wants Greinke
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