BTW: After hitting his second home run, why is Mookie Betts not getting drilled in his third AB? I hate how soft our pitchers are.

Hit with the Tee?

http://lgcdn.baseballmonkey.com/80A8...770-inset4.jpg

Hell, he'd prolly go yard with a missed "drill" from out guys!

Maybe a better statement would be for a royals pitcher to actually, you know, get him out? :hmmm:

Alex Gordon is now up to .274, which is the highest his BA has been since he was hitting .275 on Sept. 19, 2015.

He is finally willing to hit pitches to the left side.

Drilled for what? I don't think being soft is their issue, it's the talent level. Duffy is talented when he's healthy, but I don't think he's pitching with an elbow at 100%.

I don't understand this thinking. Was he showing up Duffy in any way or mouthing off as he rounded the bases?

Add this to another "unwritten" rule of the game. 1 HR is ok. 2 HR's means the batter should get drilled his next time up.

Noted

Soren Petro had some dude on from 538 talking about taking. Teams that lost 90+ had about the same amount of wins 5 years down the road as teams who were middle of the road. Pretty interesting stuff.

I don't like that line of thinking. That is chicken shit if you ask me. You bean someone because he's being an asshole, not because he's good.

Exactly. Don't get mad because he bested you. Now if he shows you up after besting you, then get mad.

This is dumb.

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Salvy with the 2 run bomb...4-2 good guys. :clap:

Skoglund has been let down by his OF defense today

Now that was a Gordon BOMB!! 5-3

Gordodong!

Could Gordon actually be "fixed"?

And we just keep giving runs back

Surprised Ned denied Skoglund a chance at the win

This team's not even worth a time-suck at work. Back to the grindstone.

Soler power!

Gordon can hit again. Salvy looks better than ever. Soler is hitting like a definite all-star.

This is nice.

It’s been a while since I’ve seen a Royal hitter receive this type of fear from opposing pitchers. Dayton Moore may need to involve Wade Davis in trades more often.

Gordon with three hits? What year is this?

What kind of a bizarro world are we living in where Gordon and Soler are leading us to victory?

And up over .300 now, as well! :eek:

Can the BP hold the lead?

And here we go....first 2 on for the Tiggers :rolleyes:

McCarthy has been really good.

Nice job!

Badass Blaine Boyer

Royals should add on another run just to be sure.

VICTORY

A rare home win. Watch out for these guys.

Royals win. Gordon is hitting a little, that's good. Our starting pitching has been OK, although the only starter with a winning record is Junis. Hammel and Duffy are both still winless.

Wow, I had to go pick up the grandsons from school, and missed Soler's 441 ft HR. :eek: :clap:

Junis has pitched well enough to win a couple of games. Duffy has been rancid

Soler trade looks better every day.

This is the player we hoped they were adding last season.

The patience and power are a great combination, and the weight he lost has helped with his flexibility and reach. He’s getting that little extra extension he needs to get out in front of balls on the outer half and make hard, lofted contact to LF.

Duffy can GTFO

so done with that guy.

That was a ****ing blast!

Not a playoff team, but it’s nice to see them at least competing every day. Salvys dust up against the shit Sox seems to have given them a spark.

Salvy got a lot of criticism league wide for that.

But those young guys saw a World Series MVP protect them. May have done something in the locker room.

Feel bad for the guy. Loves being a royal, wants to be here, but inconsistent and definitely not an ace. More like a #3... hopefully he can turn it around and put up a 4 era and be trade bait since he isn't that young anymore.

Salvys a prideful guy and he had probably had it with seeing the White Sox walk all over us. The guy running his mouth after the home run was likely the last straw. You gotta love him for it.

Happy Star Wars Day! Celebrate by knowing that Brandon Maurer is no longer on the 40-man roster; he was outrighted to Omaha yesterday (meaning he passed through waivers and, shockingly, nobody claimed him).

Maurer in AAA: 8 IP, 13 H, 12 ER, 7 BB, 11 K, 13.50 ERA

I wish someone would have claimed Maurer. Man, he stinks.

The really good news is that Lee, Matias, and Pratto and Melendez are all playing well.

Gigliotti tore his ACL, so that’s less-good news.

I’m excited to see what they do in the draft. Add a few high upside arms and/or a dynamic center fielder, and it could get really interesting in a few years with the home-grown talent.

I wonder if Salvy is trying to find a new team?

Based on what?

Why?

Losing alot sucks but I doubt he wants to leave

FYP

Healthy Duffy is a good 2/3 starter. I don’t believe he’s fully healthy.

If they need to shelve him to get healthy, they should shelve him.

Nothing, just wondering. I suspect it's because, when you're a super star, working through these sorts of periods must be difficult. And even more difficult when you're with a team that has a history of not throwing massive cash to bring about positive change more quickly.

I just think he has options, and I'm wondering if he's wondering if he should consider them.

Soler is turning into a special player before our eyes.

Heckuva win

I put our chances of winning at 0% when Detroit went up 2-0 in the 8th.....good to see them battle back

:clap:

Mets have dfa'd Matt Harvey lmao

9-19 since game 5. Royals broke him

That's amazing. It's also why you can never take success for granted. After 2015 everyone assumed the Mets had built a great rotation like the 90's Braves and would be competing for titles for the next decade. Haven't even come close.

They had a hot start this season, but Degrom just went down with elbow issues and is going to try to "pitch through it". The Mets have had Harvey, Degrom, Noah, and Matz try to pitch through injury issues over in 2016-2017 (seems like overextending them in 2015 was indeed a big risk), and it's never gone well.

Just makes 2015 all that more special.

The other amazing thing from tonight is that the Royals are only 7 games out of first place. Never would have guessed that. That's really not bad considering they're 10-22.

Alex Gordon watch: still over .300

Not healthy? What’s wrong with him?

Soler is looking like a good pick up

I think the shoulder is still not 100 percent. His velocity is down a couple MPH. Usually a warning sign.

Jorge Soler rules.

Yep. Reminds me of the warning signs we saw with Vargas and Hoch before they got significant elbow/shoulder injuries. Really wish the Royals would give him time off. We're not competing, why risk hurting someone who served as a legit staff ace at times in 2016-2017?

Told you they should have traded him.

Hope he can keep up the obp and power and bat around the .260-270 and I'll be happy.

And I said they should explore it but would need a large haul for him and would be selling a bit low.

Salvy Splash bitch!

First series win, FTW!






(It was bound to happen eventually)

The way the division is going, if they had just played .400 in the first 25 games instead of the pathetic .200 they'd be in the race.

Jake Junis needs to be in Kansas City for a long time.

They're only 6 games out on May 6th. I wouldn't go put money on them, but they are totally "in the race." You could make that up easy with a two week hot streak.

About time for Junis to come up hurt.
Because Royals.

They need to not make the mistake they made a few years ago. They need to decide if they're contenders or not, (they are not by the way). They need to decide now if they're going to be sellers at the deadline. If they get stuck in no mans land, they'll put off the rebuild for another few years.