|
07-03-2018, 07:56 AM | #2281 |
Black Bob's daddy
Join Date: Nov 2017
Location: under the sun
|
|
Posts: 5,200
|
07-03-2018, 07:58 AM | #2282 | |
MVP
Join Date: Mar 2013
|
Quote:
I don't think anyone said anything about the Royals and Indians being 'similar'. But you know what the Royals DO have in those 24 years that the Indians don't? |
|
Posts: 9,337
|
1 0 |
07-03-2018, 08:23 AM | #2283 |
Stay down bitch!
Join Date: Jun 2001
Location: Plano, TX
|
The Indians play well when the division is weak. If they played in any other division they wouldn’t win as many games. They are gutless and soft when it matters.
|
Posts: 9,313
|
07-03-2018, 09:17 AM | #2284 | |
MVP
Join Date: May 2016
Location: World Boxing Champs
|
Quote:
The Indians want what we have. 2 World Series titles since 1985. I hope the Indian fans enjoy all those playoff appearances though... |
|
Posts: 5,947
|
07-03-2018, 09:39 AM | #2285 |
M-I-Z-Z-O-U
Join Date: Apr 2001
Location: Kansas City
|
*** Official 2018 Royals Repository ***
There is a lot of swing and miss going on at Lexington. Pratto especially is a little surprising in that regard, since his rep was as such a polished bat. Definitely the biggest cause for pause and something to watch as those guys progress up the latter. Matias especially. He has special power, and should be an above average base runner and fielder, too. If he can make better quality contact, he can be a real star. |
Posts: 21,442
|
07-03-2018, 09:59 AM | #2286 | |
Black Bob's daddy
Join Date: Nov 2017
Location: under the sun
|
Quote:
|
|
Posts: 5,200
|
07-03-2018, 10:36 AM | #2287 |
Be Kind To Your Pets
Join Date: Jun 2002
Location: Glorious Independence, MO
|
Yeah, well.... he's hitting around .245 which definitely is an improvement. I think "Huge Improvement" is a stretch. He's on pace to have less than 30 RBIs this year. He's got five dingers, but only seven extra base hits, and he's struck out 57 times. And of course, his contract....his contract....his freaking contract.
|
Posts: 40,911
|
07-03-2018, 11:12 AM | #2288 | |
Wasted away again...
Join Date: Aug 2000
Location: in Margaritaville
|
Quote:
|
|
Posts: 51,608
|
07-03-2018, 11:13 AM | #2289 | |
M-I-Z-Z-O-U
Join Date: Apr 2001
Location: Kansas City
|
Quote:
Combination of factors. Age. Approach. Maybe coaching - or what they’re having them focus on. It’s not just about plate discipline. You can have good plate discipline and still K a lot. Melendez has a double digit walk rate if I’m remembering correctly. Pratto and Matias have average-ish walk rates. The hard thing about stat scouting the minors is you don’t know what they’re having them work on day-to-day. Just like teams sometimes take a pitch away from a pitcher to develop other offerings, they sometimes will tell a hitter to do certain things with their approach to help develop other parts of their game. Example: tell a guy he can’t swing at Any first-pitch fastballs. It’s something KC hasn’t been aggressive with on its hitting development in the past. Not sure of the organizational approach there now. |
|
Posts: 21,442
|
07-03-2018, 11:21 AM | #2290 |
Black Bob's daddy
Join Date: Nov 2017
Location: under the sun
|
I really hope we can find some talent in the IFA market, because we seem to have struck out on a lot of our signings there. Looking at the signings tracker on Baseball America nearly every other team has been a lot more active than us so far. I really hope we come through with some decent talent, because we obviously were limited the past 2 years due to signing Matias to such a large contract.
|
Posts: 5,200
|
07-03-2018, 11:36 AM | #2291 | |
...
Join Date: Nov 2001
|
Quote:
On top of that, they went 5 straight years without a winning record before Francona got there. And three of those were 90 loss seasons. No one would argue they've had more consistent success than the Royals but your argument was that they've never had a down cycle. |
|
Posts: 55,651
|
07-03-2018, 11:41 AM | #2292 |
...
Join Date: Nov 2001
|
And World Series aside, the Royals have actually still won more playoff series in the last 20 years than the Indians. Even if you add in their World Series teams before that, they barely eek us out.
|
Posts: 55,651
|
07-03-2018, 11:48 AM | #2293 |
Black Bob's daddy
Join Date: Nov 2017
Location: under the sun
|
Cleveland's window is probably about to close in the next couple of years, and they simply aren't getting through Houston/Boston/NY in the AL. Their best chance was a couple of years ago, they aren't winning a championship.
|
Posts: 5,200
|
07-03-2018, 11:52 AM | #2294 | |
The Insider
Join Date: Jan 2004
Location: Lake of the Ozarks
|
Quote:
Indians 13, Royals 9 All Time Pennants Indians 6, Royals 4 World Series Champions Indians 2, Royals 2 And the Royals have done all of that since 1969 while the Indians started in 1901. |
|
Posts: 50,731
|
07-03-2018, 12:01 PM | #2295 |
Black Bob's daddy
Join Date: Nov 2017
Location: under the sun
|
Well, by what I can see we've screwed the pooch in the international signings. Most of the top picks are spoken for and we have maybe a single top 30 signing, despite having one of the largest pools. This is extremely disappointing after doing absolutely nothing in IFA the last 2 years.
https://www.baseballamerica.com/stor...greed-to-sign/ https://www.mlb.com/news/july-2-inte...er/c-283495622 |
Posts: 5,200
|
|
|