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]
I knew the K was low in HR’s but the walks & strikeouts surprised me. I knew the K would be high in doubles & triples but singles surprised me. [Reply]
Originally Posted by KChiefs1:
Metrics on Kauffman Stadium.
Red is high & Blue is low.
I knew the K was low in HR’s but the walks & strikeouts surprised me. I knew the K would be high in doubles & triples but singles surprised me.
Thanks for posting that interesting figure.
Growing up in the 1970s and 80s, I remember reading that players around the league, both pitchers and batters, liked Royals Stadium a lot. It would typically do well in annual player votes for favorite places to play. For batters, they felt that they could see the ball well there, given the nice dark background that the clean centerfield wall and grass terrace provided. Maybe that nice background makes it so that batters are more apt to put the ball in play before either striking out or drawing a walk. The size of the foul territory at the K has always seemed like a good balance between the interests of the pitchers and batters, too. That might have something to do with differences from ballpark to ballpark in whether a plate appearance ends in a K or BB versus a ball being put in play. [Reply]
Originally Posted by KChiefs1: 3. Daniel Lynch, LHP, Kansas City Royals Age: 24
Height: 6-6 Weight: 203
REPERTOIRE: FB: 65 CB: 50 SLI: 65 CH: 55 CTL: 55 CMND: 50
Daniel Lynch is developing rapidly, so don’t be surprised if he’s promoted as early as June. His fastball velocity is consistently in the 95 to 99 mph range with sink and deception thanks to his lanky all-legs-and-arms delivery. His slider is a true wipeout, nasty, filthy, see-you-later-type pitch. His change-up is above average, and he’s not afraid to throw it in any count. His curveball is serviceable. It’s been difficult for Lynch to command his pitches in the strike zone, but that has more to do with his height and wing span than mechanics. He has ace upside.
The trajectory Lynch has taken as a prospect is pretty freaking insane. Hell a couple of years ago I believe most were saying he could be a serviceable back of the rotation type, then last year people started talking about him being a mid rotation guy, and now someone actually said "he has ace upside". If Lynch can put it all together, along with Singer who is showing TOR stuff, Bubic who held his own as a 22 yr old that never pitched above A+, and Jackson Kowar who has shown alot of promise, then we may look back at that 2018 draft as one of the best we've ever had.
It's just insane to think of how shit our drafting of pitchers was when we were going with high school guys. I don't ever give Dayton credit, but I commend him for completely changing his drafting strategy. [Reply]
Originally Posted by DanT:
Thanks for posting that interesting figure.
Growing up in the 1970s and 80s, I remember reading that players around the league, both pitchers and batters, liked Royals Stadium a lot. It would typically do well in annual player votes for favorite places to play. For batters, they felt that they could see the ball well there, given the nice dark background that the clean centerfield wall and grass terrace provided. Maybe that nice background makes it so that batters are more apt to put the ball in play before either striking out or drawing a walk. The size of the foul territory at the K has always seemed like a good balance between the interests of the pitchers and batters, too. That might have something to do with differences from ballpark to ballpark in whether a plate appearance ends in a K or BB versus a ball being put in play.
Would be interesting to digitize the wall. Make it static and light during away ab. Then dark and solid during our ab. [Reply]
