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05-07-2023, 02:20 PM | #1606 |
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Pratto with a two run double..As just gotta suck on it for a day
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05-07-2023, 02:32 PM | #1607 | |
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It does seem that many of the can't miss prospects don't quite pan out. So... I'm wrong again... What IS the problem? I was a fan of keeping Perez and not Gordon, who was a disappointment (based on the hype that he was the next Brett). There's a lot of teams that aren't good; maybe a big part of it is the structure of the salaries, lack of revenue sharing and salary cap. Very hard for small market teams to compete year in and year out. |
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05-07-2023, 04:28 PM | #1608 |
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05-07-2023, 04:32 PM | #1609 |
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Brutal...the ball hit Yar and bounced back to the plate were Salvy could throw the runner out....
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05-07-2023, 04:39 PM | #1610 | |
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They also put a ton of trust in the specific scout that found Manaea and it led to a catastrophic series of busts. Add in that GMDM successfully developed 2 starting pitchers in 16 years, and it made the drafts where he exclusively went all in on SP (Lynch, Kowar, Singer, Bubic, Bowlan and Lacy) uniquely disastrous (the jury’s still out - but it’s looking grim). I’d argue that one of the best things that happened for GMDM was that the heat was so hot after 2014’s bad start that he had to abandon almost all of his boys club to hire a Major League staff with experience (Waka, Eiland, Sveum) and when that era ended, he immediately reloaded with his guys again. It’s going to take a while to start a truly new era after the 2018-2022 years in the organization. |
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05-07-2023, 04:41 PM | #1611 |
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05-07-2023, 04:41 PM | #1612 |
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Calling one of the best Royals of all time and one of the 2010's better overall MLB players a "disappointment" because he didn't live up to an absurd comparison made by a couple of media dipshits is an interesting way to make a point.
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05-07-2023, 04:59 PM | #1613 | |
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05-07-2023, 06:53 PM | #1614 |
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The 2011, 2012, 2014, 2015, and 2016 drafts are the big reason for the suckage.
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05-07-2023, 07:05 PM | #1615 |
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Okay, to clarify, I believe he didn't live up to the big contract that he was given after the World Series. After the collision with Moose and the injury, he didn't seem like the same player. There was a lot of pressure on him to be the next GB and he was one of the best outfielders ever. His last few years were pretty lackluster at the plate.
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05-07-2023, 07:18 PM | #1616 |
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Overthinking why the Royals suck year after year is the saddest exercise in mental illness evaluation possible
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05-07-2023, 07:19 PM | #1617 |
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Gordon really hit the wall physically after 2015. Unfortunate but not something I expected so soon.
For KC to compete, it all comes down to draft and development. They haven’t done a good enough job with that since the Hosmer-Moustakas wave of talent. I was thinking today about something … I wonder if one of the reasons the Royals reacted so poorly to high school talent in the past ten years or so is that they’re still operating in “old days” scouting when kids weren’t getting as much specialized, polished pitching coaching in high school, and KC scouts keep projecting more velocity from guys who have already maxed themselves out. |
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05-07-2023, 07:27 PM | #1618 | |
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05-07-2023, 07:38 PM | #1619 |
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05-07-2023, 07:42 PM | #1620 |
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They don't have good scouts, coaching and draft picks. End of story.
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