I feel like I sent a probe into outer space, and found intelligent life.

i dont think anyone is denying that overall the rays are a better franchise then the royals but id take that championship over any of the seasons the rays have had

We all stipulate 13-15 was a great run. Let’s agree and move on to today. That was 4 years ago. Suppose DM capped off his decade with the 15 Title and left. Our next GM won:

81
80
56
60?
65?


I mean what would you say? DM should be in the baseball HOF for what he did before. But what he’s done SINCE 15......honestly, nothing at all good.

2020 is my year where we have to start seeing payoffs, and not necessarily at the major league level - prospects need to be tearing it up and we need to at least get a picture of the key cogs in our next run at contention. It should feel like the end of 2011/2012.

2021 is the make/break year for me.

Bumgarner?

Some angry yelling going on at the game today.

Anderson jacked a HR against Keller. Keller hits him at his next at bat. Benches clear. Game is on in the background so I’m not hearing who is getting ejected.

Yost looked like he was going break Ricky off. Pretty dumb of Keller though, 2-2 game.

Anderson (on his HR), did a monster bat flip and barked something at maldonado.......

Next time up to lead off this inning, Keller pegged him in the hip.

after the non-dust-up......renteria was barking at the royals coaching staff and Ned made a bee-line back at him.

I think Ned would have took him! :)

And by the way - Anderson got exactly what he had coming to him (plus, Gordon got plunked in the ribs earlier in the game)

DM has done a lot of dumb things since 2015, the 2/13 on Chris Young (lol), Ian K, Hammel, on and on. Duffy was his worst IMO and Salvu well.....could’ve dumped him. I get trying to win 2016&2017.


What I don’t get: why we have no talent anywhere. Wasn’t DM supposed to be the talent guru? The great scout? Where is everybody? There’s literally zero at AAA or AA. That’s what bugs me more than the bad signings.

Thanks. Volume is turned down as I’m at work.

Not dumb, imo. **** Anderson. He absolutely had that coming

Eh. I'm no Anderson fan but it's time to move on from hitting guys for enjoying themselves while playing a child's game. Plus, now we're watching Ian Kennedy.

I've tried figuring this out, but I never get an answer and some people act like im an idiot for questioning DMs expertise. It's pointless to try.

The Royals had a 4-5 year period where they didn’t add much to the farm system, and that shows at the AAA and AA levels and the current MLB level.

They have to be better. They didn’t adjust well to MLB turning the draft season after the 11 draft.

I won’t say they’re zero, though, at those levels.

Nicky Lopez is going to be a good major league starter. He’s at AAA. Khalil Lee is at AA.

Re: only having success in 14 and 15 because of division, the Royals had a winning record in 15 vs the East and were .500 in 14. They were the best team in baseball during the 15 regular season. Division wouldn’t have affected that much.