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]
As I've taught my girlfriend about sports over the years, when she's confused over what happened or what is happening, I tell her don't watch the ball, watch the player. If you can't tell if a ball is going to be a homerun, watch the outfielders, they'll tell you. If you can't tell if a player swung at strike 3, watch the batter's reaction, he'll tell you. That hitter knew he swung. [Reply]
Cole Ragans has been absolutely amazing so far though lol. Be nice if we noticed something he was doing wrong and fixed it, but we're the Royals, so he's gonna flame out. [Reply]
Originally Posted by dlphg9:
Cole Ragans has been absolutely amazing so far though lol. Be nice if we noticed something he was doing wrong and fixed it, but we're the Royals, so he's gonna flame out.
Originally Posted by dlphg9:
Cole Ragans has been absolutely amazing so far though lol. Be nice if we noticed something he was doing wrong and fixed it, but we're the Royals, so he's gonna flame out.
Average spin rates tonight for Cole Ragans:
2,556 on 4-seamer - would be 2nd-highest among all MLB starters (Corbin Burnes)
Originally Posted by dlphg9:
Neat article, seems like the difference is him now throwing a slider. Cool as shit if this works out for us.
If you want proof of regime and approach change, Ragans is a good example.
For the Royals to acquire a pitcher and seemingly fix him by getting him to ditch a bad pitch according to pitch data (his cutter) and replace it with a SLIDER?
I mean, this is an organization that has been weirdly anti-slider in pitching development ranks, forcing guys to throw curves instead of sliders in the low minors even if they had developed a good slider already.
“Master the curveball first, then you can work on the slider” has been the org’s mantra in the past. [Reply]
Originally Posted by duncan_idaho:
If you want proof of regime and approach change, Ragans is a good example.
For the Royals to acquire a pitcher and seemingly fix him by getting him to ditch a bad pitch according to pitch data (his cutter) and replace it with a SLIDER?
I mean, this is an organization that has been weirdly anti-slider in pitching development ranks, forcing guys to throw curves instead of sliders in the low minors even if they had developed a good slider already.
“Master the curveball first, then you can work on the slider” has been the org’s mantra in the past.
Yeah I remember that shit. Also how they gave guys very little choice in what they can do. It's nice to see that the slider was a suggestion from the player and not something forced on him. Those fucking idiots couldn't develop a pitcher to save their lives, so you'd think they'd change that approach. [Reply]
