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 duncan_idaho:
They really struggled once the draft slot went into place. Combine that with some bad injury luck (Zimmer and Mondesi) and making trades (goodbye Manaea, Finneganand dropping a pick for signing FA, and there go the 2011-2016 first round slots.
They adjusted the draft strategy after the 2015 disaster (Russell-Watson-Griffin). The 17 draft and 18 draft and 19 draft all have strong returns. They’ve switched up the hitting and pitching development philosophies. Help is on the way/close on the position side (Witt, Melendez, Pratto, Isbel, Rudy Martin should all get cracks at everyday roles in 21 or 22). The pitching wave is starting to arrive.
But they need to adjust to avoid wasting it all.
Eldred
Matheny
Bradway
All of those guys gotta go.
Moore’s personnel department needs a makeover, too. They’ve made good adjustments in the draft recently but some fresh blood can’t hurt, IMO. I’d hate to see Picollo just promoted to GM.
The next 12-18 months will be a good test for John Sherman. I expect Moore to go to bat for his guys and keep Matheny in place, and for Eldred and Bradway to pay for it.
Originally Posted by PunkinDrublic:
God bless Salvy, he’s given his heart and soul to our Royals.
Salvy will have a Statue at Kauffman soon enough. He may not be the dominant HoF player that Brett was over the course of his career, but he brought us as many championships and has been one of the most loved people in this city for the past decade.
Originally Posted by Fansy the Famous Bard:
Salvy will have a Statue at Kauffman soon enough. He may not be the dominant HoF player that Brett was over the course of his career, but he brought us as many championships and has been one of the most loved people in this city for the past decade.
If Mahomes wasn't the most popular NFL player in the world, Salvy would own KC. [Reply]
Originally Posted by ChiefsCountry:
If Mahomes wasn't the most popular NFL player in the world, Salvy would own KC.
This is like when you said KC was more of a baseball town instead of football. You dont even live here please quit speaking for us. Kelce would be the most popular KC athlete if Mahomes wasn't here [Reply]
Top 5 for 5 consecutive seasons (and one of the greatest bullpens of all time) seems pretty good. They were virtually unbeatable if they had a lead after 6 innings in 2014-2015. Top half of the league 9/15 seasons. Find better things to complain about. [Reply]
That was mostly spoken during his golden years of 2012-2015. So it became common overplay which probably carried beyond the years he was actually successful in this aspect. [Reply]
Flanny offering some pretty insightful critiques of Matheny’s handling of the locker room on Twitter right now for those interested. With the way he’s wording the tweets, there’s a good chance they’re coming from Whit, Duffy or Salvy (or I suppose Holland, Davis or Erv). [Reply]
I get asked a lot about Mike Matheny. I have covered Wathan, McRae, Boone, Muser, Bell, Trey and Ned. Hal was the best overall manager I covered. But Matheny is by far the most intellectual. Every thought or question you have about this team he already has pondered 50 times. (2)
I was fascinated by Matheny’s “chase every win” approach, which wasn’t harmful in last year’s 60-game sprint. But over 162, it is not practical. Keep an eye on bullpen injuries over these last three months. And there is a mental toll on all players with this approach, too. (4)
I will repeat: Mike Matheny could still be the perfect hire here. He has adapted to modern-day analytics (the ones that actually matter to teams, not the crap, that is a topic for my next rant) he is terrific in public and with the media. I strongly believe in his skill set. (6)
