He also doesn't mention that Phillips continues his good play tonight, 2-3 with a HR and a SB.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Ryan O&#39;Hearn has found something at Triple-A Omaha. He&#39;s launched two more home runs tonight. He&#39;s slashing .333/.413/.769 in July.</p>&mdash; Alec Lewis (@alec_lewis) <a href="https://twitter.com/alec_lewis/status/1151687066532634624?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 18, 2019</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

Whit on-base 5 times tonight with 3 hits. We want Kris Bryant in the trade package, Theo.

Peralta trying his best to blow this one.

Kennedy coming in for the cheap 1 out save.

The guy is totally worthless. Can't even protect a 5 run lead against the ****ing White Sux.

2 straight series wins. 5 of 6 out of the Break.

Wild card!!!

and Rizzo.

and Theo.

Four game sweep of the White Sux. Baby steps. :clap:

World Series champs!!!

Need a 16 game losing streak now.
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Yeah we really do. #2 pick is typically a big difference than the #5 pick if you are drafting high school bats.

Put Whit on the shelf. Shut down Duffy and Keller. We already know what they can do.

We need Zimmer up here for sure.

Maybe Ned's on the hotseat:shrug:

Im not a fan of trying to lose especially with a bunch of younguns.

As much as we need to keep stockpiling the farm, if you are winning with the young players can't complain about that.

You always want to lose when you cant win. Allow the young guys to play well, but really put some bullpen pieces of shit out there. Whats Brandon Maurer doing these days? Call up any 33 year old garbage milb pitcher you can find and tell Duffy & Keller to go fishing. We'll tell em you have a bad finger.

Only 19.5 games back from the wild card ��

2006 draft

1. Hochevar
2. Greg Reynolds


6. Andrew Miller
7. Kershaw
10. Lincecum
11. Scherzer

^ oooofff

Yikes

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Reynolds is one of the few failures in the #2 slot recently. Generally better odds for getting a productive player there than 5.

4 and 5 are where the consensus dropoff usually starts happening.

Haven’t looked at all the drafts for the last 15-20 years, but I would assume the 2006 Draft is more the exception than the rule.

I would assume that generally your odds of ‘hitting’ on an elite player in the Top 3 are better than in the 5-10 range, but I could be wrong.

Truthfully, the MLB Draft is a major crap shoot compared to the other drafts.

Between the player acquisition model, which is the least predictable model in pro sports, and the huge income and spending disparities between the teams, and guaranteed contracts, it makes it the hardest GM job in pro sports.

Yeah 06 is prob the exception but the fact remains, saying 5 is automatically better than 10....I’d need to see proof.


Starling 5, Colon 4, Crow 6, Hoch 1....that’s a poor record of premium picks. Greinke 6, Hos 3, Moose 2, successes obviously. (Mike Trout 25 too lol)

You have said this a couple times now. I disagree. Being a GM with no salary cap is easier than managing a salary cap.

I would take the job of Dodgers GM over Charlotte Bobcats any day.

Try being the Royals GM where you don’t have unlimited spending resources (unlike the Dodgers).

So I think we agree, baseball small market GM's is hardest in sports but large market GM is easiest in sports.

That’s a good point. The top 10 or so markets in baseball are pretty rosy situations for a GM. Though you still have a much more restrictive player acquisition model than large market GMs in hoops or NFL.

Duncan it’s looking like the Royals will have a top 5 pick but not the 1st pick. I’m hoping for the 2nd pick. Are there enough solid prospects to get a Bobby Witt Jr with the 2-5th pick?

It’s a really good and deep draft. Spencer Torkelson is the best college bat. Big-time power guy who is a LF/1B type as a pro. He might not make it past 2 depending on who is there.

Pete Crow-Armstrong is the best HS position player. He’s a very Royals-y player... super athletic, projects to stick in CF. LH hitter w/ tons of upside.

I expect Emerson Hancock to go 1-1. He’s the best college pitching prospect, IMO, since Strasburg. His teammate Cole Wilcox is also an elite college arm.

I’d like to see them nab Torkelson, personally. His power would be a nice add to the current crop.

Re: Hochevar. That’s still a good pick in my book because as you all know, he was the winning pitcher in Game 5 of the WS clincher. If you draft a guy that high and he tosses 2 scoreless in the deciding game, he MUST be considered a Royal legend. In some way.


In 10.2 IP during the 15 playoffs, his era was.....um......zero.

Hey bro I’m switching to bWAR now. Fangraphs made a big change and I don’t like it. Rewarding catcher framing now, which slashed Salvy’s career totals in half. Made Posey a hall of famer. Stupid crap.

They both have weaknesses. I tend to prefer bWAR overall.

FWAR was so good since they washed away outcomes and made it process based. Catcher framing isn’t that, it’s inteoducing bullshit. I need you to co sign my resignation letter to them.

No i want a wildcard appearance.

Catcher framing alone should make the MLB move to robot umps. The whole idea that pitch framing is so important makes me upset. It SHOULDNT matter. And the fact that it does is bullshit. I equate it to flopping in the NBA. I hate that shit. MAKE THE RIGHT CALL.

PLAY GOOD BASEBALL. and football.

Solid first appearance for Montgomery: 2 IP, 6 Hits, 5 ER. :rolleyes:

I sent them that a long time ago but feel free to CC me.

A. Peralta is so ****ing terrible.

B. Royals play of the year there?


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Not sure why a Brewers writer is breaking this, but here you go.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr"><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Royals?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Royals</a> calling up RHP Josh Staumont, sources tell me and <a href="https://twitter.com/alec_lewis?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@alec_lewis</a>.</p>&mdash; Robert Murray (@ByRobertMurray) <a href="https://twitter.com/ByRobertMurray/status/1152433950180171776?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 20, 2019</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

Also, even though he's having a horrible year overall, Nick Pratto seems to be turning things around a bit. Went 2-4 tonight with a double and HR.

He's hitting .333 over the last 10 games and has posted an .800+ OPS over the last month following their All Star break.

Why is Zimmer getting passed by constantly? Do they hate him? All these other scrubs get chance after chance after chance, but not Zimmer. He must have been caught masturbating.

Not saying Staumont is a scrub. Just everyone else is.

He had a rough start last year, too. Might need some time to adjust at each level, or might be one of those guys who needs time to sync his swing each year. Or maybe a bit of both.

Staumont has been better and more consistent as the opener, and doing it longer. They probably don’t want to run 2 openers right now.

With Mondesi out, why hasn't Lopez moved to SS and Merrifield to 2nd? Seems to me to make much more sense to give Brett Phillips at bats rather than Arteaga.

Please DFA that piece of shit Peralta.

Because we aren't trying to win baseball games.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">We have recalled RHP Josh Staumont from Omaha and designated RHP Wily Peralta for assignment. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Royals?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Royals</a></p>&mdash; Kansas City Royals (@Royals) <a href="https://twitter.com/Royals/status/1152633731687092224?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 20, 2019</a></blockquote>
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Staumont is a higher ranked prospect than Zimmer at this point.

Plus, this team drafted Kyle Zimmer seven years ago, and this year is the first time he's ever pitched 25 games in a season. I figure he'll be up in September but who cares? This is literally the first time in seven years of pro baseball he's had any kind of sustained success. There's zero reason to rush him up to a 100 loss team.

Hancock sounds fantastic but it looks like the Orioles have #1 wrapped up. Torkelson sounds like our best bet.

Agreed completely.

Re: Perez....our team ERA over the years is significant rly lower when he plays than when he’s out. Pitchers always compliment him for his blocking of bad pitches, esp Greg Holland and his forkballs. He makes it impossible to run on him so pitchers don’t have to worry about the runners. He makes crazy plays in the field too which saves runs.

Penalizing him retroactively is therefore absurd.

Junis had his 2nd straight really good start tonight. He looked really sharp.

If you can't hit in this league, you sure as hell better be able to bunt a runner over when you are at the bottom of the lineup. I've seen Billy Hamilton fail to do that several times in the past week or so.

Send his worthless ass packing along with Peralta.

Peralta has a fight with Viloria. Then is prompted DFAd.

Hahaha

Seriously? That's what it took?

Holy crap, we suck at bunting.

Our bunting:

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If you didn't know any better and you watched this team tonight you'd think we had a lights out bullpen.

Perfect!

We left at least two runs out there due to being inept at bunting. I'm surprised it didn't cost us.

Kennedy keeps increasing his value.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">The Nats are seeking a controllable reliever at the Deadline. Among the relievers they’ve checked in on: Tigers’ RHP Shane Greene, Giants’ RHP Sam Dyson and Royals’ LHP Jake Diekman: <a href="https://t.co/6clldG0YuG">https://t.co/6clldG0YuG</a></p>&mdash; Jamal Collier (@JamalCollier) <a href="https://twitter.com/JamalCollier/status/1152938865000366080?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 21, 2019</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

Soler flashing the leather.

What does that mean exactly, he made a routine catch?

I assumed his pants fell down, exposing a cowhide jockstrap.

i know y'all are trying to be funny, but soler had a sweet home run robbing catch.

#stillalwaysroyal.

Duda with a Ken Harvey moment at 1st.

What a chode, he needs cut today.

At least Bubba took a trip to Dongtown

what the **** is this warning about losing games to slingtv

Early impressions on Starling:

He takes professional ABs. Still see the trouble with spin he has had in the past, but it’s not as bad.

Defense looks pretty good. His arm is a weapon. He doesn’t have that smooth glide to his game like Cain did, but I see why they liked his D so much.

Absolutely no idea why he's on the roster

real lunch pail guy. Reminds me of Marc Boerhictor SOMEONE TELL ME WHAT THE DAMN SLING TO ROYALS I MEAN ROYALS TO SLING ONLY GAMES ARE ABOUT>

Homer Bailey had his second start for the A's tonight. Lasted 2 innings and gave up a career high 9 ER.

Of all of Dayton's trades, people will look back and wonder how he pulled that one off.

Dish & Sling are losing Fox Sports KC.

I hope KC gets a new TV partner, **** fox and that shitty contract.

Phillips and O'Hearn have been raking in Omaha.Why are they still there? Put Phillips in RF for the rest of the season and that OF looks like the best defensive outfield in baseball. Send Duda packing and leave O'Hearn at first and get on with your life.

Wow lol

Symborski suggested 2-shit Whit for the reds 3,4,9 prospects

(India santillan Siri, whoever they all are)