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02-14-2021, 07:13 PM | #200 |
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***Official 2021 Royals Season Repository Thread***
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02-15-2021, 07:53 AM | #203 |
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And all of that is why I hope we see Benintendi hitting 2 or 3. He runs well, hits for a high average, and has on-base skills to boot. If you hit him at the top, you’re set up to take advantage of that.
If Mondesi continues where he left off 2020, you could hit Merrifield-Benintendi-Mondesi in some order at the top and follow them up with Soler-Santana-Perez-Dozier and give your power guys lots of ABs with fast men on base. This has the potential to be a really good lineup, gang. And if they’re actually deadening the ball like it looks like, KC’s staff will play up a bit pitching at a bigger ballpark that is less hitter friendly. |
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02-15-2021, 10:16 AM | #204 |
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FG playoff odds: 10.4%. (Went up 2% with AB trade)
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155+ hits 35+ 2Bs 35+ HRs 100 + RBIs You have to hit him 4. Have Merrifield, AB, Mondesi in front of him and he has the chance to have a ton more RBIs and then with the players you can stack behind him for the added protection. That makes Salvy one hell of a valuable player even if he isn't playing C an absurd amount of times. The key with Salvy to have an insane year at the plate is not wearing him out behind the plate. Side note, what does it take for Salvy to get into Cooperstown? Is he gonna have to play for 7 or more years and rack up 5 more GG and 4 more SS? That'd put him at 10 GG's and 7 SS's. That puts him in a tie with Pudge Rodriguez for 2nd most SS's by a C and 10 GG's puts him in a tie with Johnny Bench for 2nd most GG's. I know that's tough, but what do you think gets him into the HOF, because he's the only one from the WS run that even has a chance. |
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02-15-2021, 03:05 PM | #207 |
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Sal has a 24 bWar and 12 fWar (FG introduces that idiotic “pitch framing” metric a coupe years ago that punished Sal and elevated guys like Posey and Grandal).
The avg HOF catcher has a bWar of 52. There are 16 members. So Sal needs to double his career production, the second part starting at age 31. Unlikely to say the least. But if he adds 3-4 more ASG and gold gloves, he’s got a solid case for sure. And that is do-able. |
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02-15-2021, 04:36 PM | #208 |
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HOF Monitor Sal - 39, Likely HOF has 100 HOF Standards Sal - 7, Likely HOF has 50 JAWS right now hes the 59th ranked catcher Sal: 24.2 career WAR / 20.7 7yr-peak WAR / 22.4 JAWS Average HOF C (out of 16): 53.6 career WAR / 34.8 7yr-peak WAR / 44.2 JAWS But with Sal, he has a ton of hardware and if last year wasn't just an anomaly and he can somehow repeat that he has a really good shot. If he played all year like he did for those ~40 games, then he would have had around an 8 WAR. If he were to have just 2, maybe 3 seasons of 5-8 WAR then I think he's for sure getting in. Hell 5 GG, 3 SS and 6 AS isn't too shabby a start. |
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***Official 2021 Royals Season Repository Thread***
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Northwest Arkansas fans will have to wait to see KC Royals play in their ballpark BY LYNN WORTHY The coronavirus will cost Kansas City Royals’ Double-A affiliate a chance to host their major-league parent club and stars like Salvador Perez and Whit Merrifield this spring. The Northwest Arkansas Naturals announced on Monday morning their exhibition game against the Royals at Arvest Ballpark on Monday, March 29, has been postponed because of the COVID-19 pandemic. The club did not announce a makeup date, but said they’d look to reschedule “for a future year.” The Royals released a revised spring training schedule last week which foreshadowed Monday’s announcement. The Royals revised spring training slate now includes a Cactus League game against the Cleveland Indians in Surprise, Arizona, on March 29. The Kansas City Royals on Friday announced a revised 28-game Cactus League exhibition schedule for spring training in Arizona. The Royals will now open Cactus League play on Sunday, February 28 at 2:05 p.m. Central time against the Texas Rangers at Surprise Stadium. The Royals and Rangers share Surprise Stadium as their home venue in Arizona. The Royals’ schedule includes 14 home games in addition to one game as the visiting team against the Rangers on March 26. The Royals will play every other Cactus League team twice, once at home and once as the road team. After the Cactus League finale on Monday, March 29, the Royals will have two days off before the regular season starts on Thursday, April 1 against the Rangers at Kauffman Stadium. Royals pitchers and catchers will hold their first spring training workout in Arizona on Wednesday. Quote:
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