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]
The wind was crazy that inning. I thought both Perez and Soler hit it WAY out but the wind just killed them.
Glad they pulled off that win.
Re: recent chatter on Benintendi, his exit velocity is better this year than it has been since 2017 or 2016, according to Alex Lewis’ article the other day. I think that’s encouraging. Could see him stepping it up down the road. [Reply]
Twinks off to a 6-11 start. Their proj wins has fallen from 88 preseason to 84 already. Long way to go but “You can’t win a division in April but you can lose it” [Reply]
Originally Posted by bringbackmarty:
Just wanted to give the in person report. Salvy was magnificent tonight. It was one of the best royals games I've ever seen in person. Caught my first ball in 40 years, saw my favorite player ever get robbed only to witness in person the exact hit that sent us on our championship journey. Why you walk Santana to get to Perez is idiotic.
Were you the guy who caught the HR holding a kid in the other hand? [Reply]
It is wild to me to see that writers STILL can't over how the Shields-Myers trade was a productive one for the Royals. Read an article where the writer wrote something like (Despite the results, Moore's judgement still deserves criticism for the Wil Myers trade). This is a common sentiment by the way, even found an article that argued that GMDM doesn't deserve credit for Wade Davis' 2014 and 2015, because his performance was "unforeseen."
Amazing to see that the "experts" still can't live that one down :-) [Reply]
Originally Posted by Prison Bitch:
Proj FG standings
Sux 86
Twinks 84
Injuns 82
Royals 80
Tiggers 70
Twinks off to a 6-11 start. Their proj wins has fallen from 88 preseason to 84 already. Long way to go but “You can’t win a division in April but you can lose it”
If 84-78 wins the AL Central, then the Royals have a legitimate shot at it. [Reply]
They could win the central but that presumes their hitting and pitching improves.. or that their hitting becomes formidable enough to outweigh surrendering ~5 runs per game routinely. [Reply]
Originally Posted by : Long-time readers will know that I’ve never thought the Royals were particularly well run, at least not since Ewing Kauffman, the team’s owner from the 1969 expansion, passed away in 1993.
During Kauffman’s tenure, Kansas City was arguably the most successful team created in the expansion era, ranking eighth in winning percentage (.517).
By 1993, only two other expansion-era teams were even at .500: the Blue Jays at .511 and Houston at .501.
At the organization’s peak, from 1975 to 1989, only the Red Sox and Yankees won more games, and at one point, the Royals went to the playoffs in seven of 10 seasons.
Originally Posted by Discuss Thrower:
They could win the central but that presumes their hitting and pitching improves.. or that their hitting becomes formidable enough to outweigh surrendering ~5 runs per game routinely.
It's hard to imagine their hitting not improving. Soler, Benintendi, and Dozier are underperforming and will get better. Witt and Mondesi will hopefully be up soon to take ABs away from weaker hitters. [Reply]
