Originally Posted by cmh6476:
taking wacha's spot?
Considering Wacha is scheduled to pitch tomorrow, I highly doubt it.
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Using your own words, (obviously), describe this team for me.
I can't make heads or tails if they're good, overachieving, mediocre, etc.
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Originally Posted by DJ's left nut:
Eh - nothing wrong with a guy with solid but unspectacular raw power trying to pull the ball, but he's gotta keep his lower half in if he's gonna do that.
That bottom half comes open too early and that's when you start coming over top of the ball and rolling it to 2b.
I wouldn't want him 'playing the slice' just yet. Because his hit tool is good enough to make him a 25-30 HR player and a real nice run producer in the 5 spot.
I think the kind of target you'd like to see for him would be someone like Adrian Gonzalez? Or if you'd prefer a direct Royals comp, what about Raul Ibanez (offensively)? I think he could be that sort of player.
Pasquantino has a good swing if you ask me. It lends itself to great contact. He stays in the zone a while and his head doesn't move a ton. Not a very talented guy but his approach and swing is top notch in my book. Melendez is a guy that has an incredibly flawed swing. I don't know how he even makes contact.
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Originally Posted by siberian khatru:
Hahahaha, gotta love it when the "modern" era includes the last man to do something and it's 88 fucking years ago...
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Originally Posted by TLO:
Using your own words, (obviously), describe this team for me.
I can't make heads or tails if they're good, overachieving, mediocre, etc.
Honestly some of all of it, I think. They are much better than I thought they would be. BWJ and Salvy are legit MVP candidates if the season ended today and using that same qualifier, Lugo is probably the CY Young. Singer looks really good and Ragans seems to have blown past the "flash in the pan" point. If Massey can keep it up, that could be a missing piece that has alluded for ever, save Zobrist.
That being said, I don't really trust the bullpen and there are a good amount of damn near automatic outs in the lineup. The OF is basically worthless at the plate. I mean Kyle Isbel is our best hitting OF and it's not particularly close. I figure Renfroe would be kinda mediocre until his power could come up in the summer but he's practically Tony Pena Jr at this point. Sorry guys, MJ Melendez is not good and I don't think he ever will be.
I'm on record as saying I think this is a team that lands around the mid to high 70s in wins. I'm not ready to come off of that (to be clear, I hope like hell I am wrong and this team does win 90 or 100 games like some think they can/will). To me, June will be the clarifier. The June schedule is brutal. If the Royals come out of June at over .500, it will be time to fully get on the hype train. Until then, I will take a cautiously kinda optimistic-ish perspective. But I will be rooting for all the unabashed, all in optimists to be right and for me to be eating my crow (which I will do gladly) come July 1.
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