Royals need to have open tryouts for bullpen arms. 55 guys off the street and what not.

The pen is shockingly bad.

Not impressed with cal Eldred so far. Seeing a lot of mechanical issues and pitchers that seem unprepared.

Law of averages tells us they can’t be this bad all year, but damn it’s brutal right now.

I'm probably out of the loop on this, but whatever happened to Dave Eiland?

Another 10,000 last night. Weather was nice too. Guess that excuse won’t work?

No Salvy and no bullpen makes going out the a tough sell beyond the baseball purist. Watching Whit and a few others play is still cool, but too much of the rest of the team will drive people to opt for the TV unless there's some other promotion sealing the deal. At least until the bullpen isn't what we've seen thus far.

It's all good.

My daughter said "I still have faith" right as the ball hit encarnation's bat on his second homer . ROFL

Do you have a point you're getting to? What is the end game here with the attendance angle?

Back a flatbed full of Budweiser and Old Crow to Dave Duncan's Tablerock Lake chalet when?

He's trolling because there's nothing worth talking about with this ball sack of a team.

Royals fans are fairweather AF

I'd give Jim Hickey a call and see how's he feeling.

And we’ve grown 18.4% in population since 2000. That should give you a free boost right there. Economy is great too.

I for one cannot believe a 104 loss team is suffering a drop in attendance. It's truly mind boggling.

The funny thing is despite that the Royals had the 6th highest tv ratings last year.

as compared to whom?

Are you going to bitch about the attendance all ****ing season long?

We're a shitty team and people aren't going to the park. What a shocker!

I guess with Escobar no longer on the team, you had to find something to gripe about.

I think it's an interesting comparison between the Royals/Dayton Moore and the Mariners/Jerry Dipoto. The Mariners traded pretty much everyone and their mother this past offseason, compared to the slow and steady approach of Dayton Moore. The Mariners had probably as bad of a farm system as Kansas City as recently as last year, but right now they seem to have surpassed us and are near the top 10 depending on which rankings you look at. They're also off to a fast start and demolished us last night. It's not exactly an apples to apples comparison, but I can't exactly say I favor the job Moore is doing over what Dipoto has done.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Source says <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Royals?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Royals</a> will select RP Richard Lovelady from Omaha. Lovelady had a career 1.99 Minor League ERA. 9.7 K/9. Could factor into late innings w KC. Set for MLB Debut.</p>&mdash; Craig Mish (@CraigMish) <a href="https://twitter.com/CraigMish/status/1115642257665925121?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 9, 2019</a></blockquote>
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It’s happening!! Option McCarthys worthless ass down

The Mariners payroll is also 50% higher than the Royals. GMDM would never get the approval to bring in Edwin Encarnacion or Jay Bruce or Dee Gordon for the amounts of money they are making. Kyle Seager is making $20 mil and he's going to miss 2/3 of the season. Can you imagine GMDM going to David Glass and telling him that he was paying $27 million for one pitcher?

We should make a new rule here that we will only discuss what you find useful. Deal?

Deal.

Fair enough. I am somewhat hopeful that the new TV contract will loosen the purse strings, but I'm also not entirely sure how much of the money Glass will actually invest back into the roster.

Based on recent history, I think its fair to say that Glass will spend when it's time to spend. Basically when the team can prove that they can consistently be competitive w/o the spending (i.e. scouting and developing solid young major leaguers), he will add the spending to help get them over the top or to compete for a division title.

They are nowhere close to doing that with this team now. The soonest we can probably hope for is 2021 or 2022. Most of the young talent is in High A ball. At that point, Whit (assuming he's still around) and Mondi will be the 'veterans' of the team.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">It’s official, per the Royals: They have recalled Heath Filmyer and selected Richard Lovelady. Pitching assistance. Much needed. Tim Hill and Kevin McCarthy sent down.</p>&mdash; Alec Lewis (@alec_lewis) <a href="https://twitter.com/alec_lewis/status/1115691740038610945?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 9, 2019</a></blockquote>
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Lovelady and Fillmyer called up. McCarthy and Hill sent down

Dick Lovelady is in the house.

It at least appears like they are trying now. If they’ll cut Owings and Duda we might be on to something.

He needs a moustache to complete the full character.

Lovelady and Fillmyer should be pitching everyday.

:clap:

And a Victorian cape and top hat

KC has grown they are a few years removed off a championship. KC is a pretty dead town during the week. SKC for example kills it attendance.

Of course winning helps but the Royals need to take a look into things IE: ticket prices, concessions, parking, etc.

It's simple boys, it's going to be a rough year. It isn't a mystery as to why, it just means if you're going to demand a winner, if what we've seen thus far is any indication of this year's Royals, you'll probably have to wait at least another year.

It's all good, Ned won't fall down on the job...

Or they can just detonate Kauffman and replace it with a 25,000 max capacity downtown park.

Won't be any attendance problems there.

:rolleyes:

How does Mondesi have a lower OBP than AVG? I didn't realize that was possible.

Pretty sure he doesn't have a walk yet. A sacrifice fly or sacrifice bunt would knock his OBP down but wouldn't affect his AVG. That's probably it.

Ned clowned the reporter asking about Merrifield's hit.

Cody Tapp. Anyone think Ned retires after the season?

Neds an idiot. Dude needs gone yesterday.

Same thing about you.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Before we asked Whit Merrifield about the streak, he first said this: &quot;We’re 2-8. We’re frustrated. We know the fans are frustrated. We’re better than our record. Today was tough. The last eight games were tough. We’re confident…we ask the fans to stay with us.&quot;</p>&mdash; Jeffrey Flanagan (@FlannyMLB) <a href="https://twitter.com/FlannyMLB/status/1115831175594086400?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 10, 2019</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

Sorry if I hurt your little homer heart.

A downtown stadium will be more of a draw for several reasons. First of all way more people live downtown and can walk to games opposed to the no mans land location now. Second of all it will be much easier to attend games because of the street car.

I get it alot of you want to focus on the game itself but the royals are rebuilding. The attendance comments are important moving forward as baseball is all about economics. I think this next go around the Royals will have a chance at holding onto their core. They will obviously need more revenue to do so. The TV deal is important but so is the stadium. It's much more of a sell with good attendance.

If you want to watch a ballgame at the K, you can get there. A 100 loss team isn't going to fill a downtown stadium. The K is gorgeous and unique. Don't get rid rid of it, please.

I'm not sure why anybody bothers to ask him anything at this point.

It’s been less than 2 days and I’m already tired of the sophomoric jokes about Lovelady.

Richard looked pretty good last night, though. Good deception with the arm angle, velocity looked pretty good. The slider isn’t a dominant pitch, but it’s effective. Doesn’t have quite enough break for him to lean on it first.

That dump will become more parking for Arrowhead sometime around 2026.

10,300 last nite

#baseballTown

I missed it...what did he say?

That's a great take from the late 90's and the Aughts. But the appeal of downtown ballparks is waning. The K is fine. The ROI for building a downtown ballpark simply is not there. It would be financially dumb at this point. This is a money-grab. Anyone that tries to tell you different within Jackson CO. or KCMO is lying or truly delusional about the effects of such a project.

Lease isn't up until 2031 anyway. Hopefully these dumb ****ers knock this stupid shit off before anything becomes reality and they just leave it as is.

Whit is a real Pro. Kudos to him

I wish the team didn't suck :(

Paraphrasing a lot here:

Q: What did you say to Whit after [the record tying] hit?

A: [blatantly sarcastic] "Great job?" I mean what do you want me to say? We're gonna say the same thing regardless of who gets a hit.

The reporter sheepishly popped off with something about his question being "obvious" then Ned said something to the effect that there's a difference between tying a record and breaking it.

Oh yeah. People would just absolutely love paying $20+ parking in the H&R Block / Convention Center / any garage several blocks away from a stadium where the average ticket goes for $50 for a 2-8 ball club.

You walk several blocks in the K’s lot, too.

I usually like the Border Patrol, but St. John has driven that joke six feet into the ground (as he did with Doug Fister and Brooks Pounders). It's been around for two years. Plus, he goes by Richard, not Dick. Are we going to get that EVERY DAY -- when he pitches, and when he doesn't ("Why didn't they whip out their Dick ... Lovelady in the 8th LULZ")?

If you didn’t giggle at least a little bit when the Fister-Furbush deal went down, you’re lying or lame.

I think you might want to put some earmuffs on because those jokes aren't going away any time soon, from the Border Patrol or anywhere else.

I'm not disputing that attendance should be a concern. It's PB's schtick to find something to bitch about every year and then bitch about it incessantly. Last year it was his Alshittys takes.

I don't think anybody is questioning the stadium itself, but the location could certainly be improved. I'll leave it at that, I don't want to get into the ping-pong arguments.

FYI Gordon not playing today. Gore will be in LF. I guess Yost decided to bench our hottest hitter just cuz

Standard fare for Ned. Ned's M.O. appears to be one where he generally treats the press like crap, probably because he has more challenging years than good years, and he would rather not be questioned at all.

Just my take, but I don't understand why people waste their time asking him anything, much less baseball related questions where the answers to the questions are obvious to anybody with a pulse. Like our bullpen and it being terrible!

I really wonder why Yost came back to manage this team...I wonder if he's aleady regretting it.

I also wonder why the Royals brought him back...seemed like a perfect time to break it off and start fresh with a new voice.

I didn't get to see the game last night but just saw where Hamilton scored from 2nd base on a sacrifice fly .LOL. That's one fast mother****er!

Ibanez please

The Royals are facing a very good LHP. The entire Royals batting lineup for today is Right Handed.

Yet, somehow, that’s more creative/clever than POS humor on CP.

Thankfully, Owings is still in there.

So we finally get to see Chris Owings??!

Troll post.

So I'm aware that Wilmington is a tough place to hit, and it's still early, but is it normal to see most of our highly touted prospects there putting up blanks almost every game? Having some hope from the minors is the only hope I have, and before the 2014-2015 seasons some of the most enjoyment I've had was following Moustakas, Hosmer, Montgomery, Meyers, Duffy, Cain, etc. in the minors back around 2010.

The sample size is still small enough that a single hit is going to create a .050 swing in batting average.

Have to give it more time before any sort of stat line scouting (which is unreliable anyway).

That’s a tough hitting environment and a tough league to hit in, period. Key is comparing them to what other Royals prospects did there (and at the end of the year).

Hos is off to a great start hitting .222

I want Gore at RF permanently and Whit at second. Owings can ride the bench

The KCStar was kind enough to give him a fluff piece straight outta his slump season fluff pieces he got while he was here.

Hos said he felt this season would be better, when asked why..

“Just a feeling.”

Thanks for all you did, Hos.

Lol Boxberger. Cut that dude tomorrow. Im glad Zimmer had to go down to the minors because he wasn't getting it done, but Boxbergers still here. He's just such a gritty savvy vet.

I have never seen a pitching staff so incapable of holding a lead

to be fair, everyone had been bitching about alshitty for the better part of a decade.

He's got several million reasons why.