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 Vladimir_Kyrilytch:
Trash. Every team has been doing powder blues. Even the Rangers. It's all over sports.
Yes, the Royals actually wore it once upon a time, but so did the Rangers. Most all teams had a powder blue uniform, and most all teams are bringing them back. The Twins wear all powder blue uni's regularly. Phillies do it too.
Big L for the Royals. What happened to those City Connect unis? Those were legit. Bought myself a City Connect Royals hat, I did. It was $52.
It was worth it. The embroidery is top notch and it fits like a dream. Perfectly crafted. I've been trying to get a decent picture of my dog wearing it to use as a new avatar for a while now, but it's hard to get her to sit still. [Reply]
Great article. I personally consider Pasquantino to be the best and most valuable player in the whole organization. MJ Melendez a close second. Singer third.
Really interesting insight into the science of hitting. But that interviewer dropped the ball a little bit. I'd have asked VP about the bad shoulder injury he sustained last year from swinging a bat in BP. You hate to see such a serious injury be sustained from something that simple. You can't ask him to stop swinging, ya know?
I fear it'll prove to be a chronic situation, much like the Angels are dealing with as it pertains to Anthony Rendon. I'd argue it's the #1 most important thing when it comes to VP, not his ability to hit well when he's feeling good, which I'd argue can at this point just be assumed.
When he sustained that injury this past year, he said it's happened to him a lot in the past and so he knows by how bad it was this time that it won't keep him out for more than a couple months or so. That didn't seem like such great news to me at all.
A+ to PB for the link, C+ to fangraphs for not asking the actual pertinent question. [Reply]
I’d still take Jr over him simply by his position and baserunning. I could see him hitting 30 jacks this year too. VP is advance a bat as we have produced since prob Mike Sweeney. We made him C his first few years, hurt his bat. When we made him 1B he OPS like 940 for his career there. VP could get to the 850-900 consistently I think [Reply]
Originally Posted by Prison Bitch:
I’d still take Jr over him simply by his position and baserunning. I could see him hitting 30 jacks this year too. VP is advance a bat as we have produced since prob Mike Sweeney. We made him C his first few years, hurt his bat. When we made him 1B he OPS like 940 for his career there. VP could get to the 850-900 consistently I think
Fair point PB and dude I'm ramping up heavy for fantasy baseball season. I'm in an AL-Only league and here is the list of players in the order they get taken in those leagues in the first round:
#1 Aaron Judge
#2 Jose Ramirez
#3 Julio Rodriguez
#4 Kyle Tucker
#5 Yordan Alvarez #6 Bobby Witt Jr.
#7 Vlad Jr.
#8 Bo Bichette Jr.
#9 Shohei Ohtani
#10 Rafael Devers
#11 Gerritt Cole
#12 Mike Trout
Granted, in fantasy, defense means 0.0 and SBs mean a lot. But still, that's INSANE hype on BWJ! I was actually shocked that if I get the #7 overall pick in that draft, it'll be too low of a pick to get BWJ. The market LOVES that guy.
ETA: I'm in a mixed league slow draft right now and BWJ went 8th overall in all of MLB, not just the AL. It went: Trea Turner #1 overall (yours truly), then Acuna - Julio R - Jose R - Judge - Tucker - Alvarez - BWJ - Juan Soto - Mookie Betts - Vlad Jr. [Reply]
J.J. Picollo says third base is where Hunter Dozier will get the most work this spring. #Royals want him in the lineup, and third base “is the best place for him to play every day.” Also says Bobby Witt Jr. will be the SS, 2B is a competition between Nicky Lopez, Michael Massey.
Long term news. No MJ but his agent is dickcunt Boras so it's not surprising
#Royals have started exploring extensions for their young core of players and will continue to do so over the next year, Picollo said. Brady Singer, Bobby Witt Jr. and Vinnie Pasquantino are in that group.
Originally Posted by ChiefsCountry:
This season news
J.J. Picollo says third base is where Hunter Dozier will get the most work this spring. #Royals want him in the lineup, and third base “is the best place for him to play every day.” Also says Bobby Witt Jr. will be the SS, 2B is a competition between Nicky Lopez, Michael Massey.
Long term news. No MJ but his agent is dick**** Boras so it's not surprising
#Royals have started exploring extensions for their young core of players and will continue to do so over the next year, Picollo said. Brady Singer, Bobby Witt Jr. and Vinnie Pasquantino are in that group.
Originally Posted by BWillie:
Extend Vinnie. NOW. He will be the cheapest too even though he's the best player from the group.
Yes, but no. The Royals know more about that shoulder than any of us do. He separated it just taking swings off a tee in practice. That's a serious issue, Bwillie. Maybe it isn't. But for a team like this to really gamble by locking a young guy up, it isn't VP, even though I love the guy. And it isn't BWJ, due to the defensive concerns you've brought up. It's either Melendez or Singer. Give both a huge, but not too huge, contract now. Let VP play for a full season. If his shoulder doesn't go out, lock that bastard up too.
Trade BWJ for Adley Rutschman and Gunnar Henderson both, because based on how fantasy drafts are going, the Orioles would jump on that. [Reply]
Originally Posted by Vladimir_Kyrilytch:
I know PB come on now. It's insane how high BWJ is getting drafted in these leagues, PB, that's all I meant to convey there.
Bags are pretty hard to come by in fantasy baseball these days. Witt provides a lot of them. [Reply]
Originally Posted by duncan_idaho:
Bags are pretty hard to come by in fantasy baseball these days. Witt provides a lot of them.
You play a little of the fantasy Duncan? You're invited. Name your buy-in. Right now I'm doing $30 slow drafts on RTS, where you get 4 hours for each pick, and the draft literally takes close to a month.
In the mean time it then becomes NFBC50 season right after that.
Then we go to our Yahoo friends and family leagues.
Then it's OC drafting time mid-March. The NFBC $380 dollar leagues with the overall prize attached.
Then on March 31, an actual NFBC draft in Vegas. The Main Event. $200,000 to the overall winner. $7,000 to every league champ. $1,750 per entry. It's a slow build up to that and I'm not saying meet me in Vegas. I can get you into the Yahoo leagues I run if you want. I'd like to get a Royal guru in there. [Reply]
