*****Official 2024 Royals Season Repository Thread*****

[ChiefsCountry]

Year Two of the Matt Quatraro tenure. Time to take a step up this year. Active in free agency and trades this offseason. A new look pitching rotation and bullpen. Will the young players take the leap up offensively? Bobby Witt extension? New stadium? Will Vinny recover from injury? Salvy taking aim at the Royals record book? Will Cole Ragans turn into the best Royals starting pitcher since Greinke 1.0?

Free Agents/Trades Acquisitions
Seth Lugo, SP
Michael Wacha, SP
Kyle Wright, SP
Hunter Renfroe, OF/DH
Will Smith, RP
Chris Stratton, RP
Nick Anderson, RP
Adam Frazier, 2B
Garrett Hampson, INF/OF
Matt Sauer, RP

[dlphg9]

Originally Posted by Ocotillo

Alexander is 28 and will probably clear waivers and get outrighted back to Triple-A Omaha. I don't see anybody claiming him.

Yeah and be off the 40 man roster so he can sit and rot in AAA, so that the shit stains keep getting playing time.

[dlphg9]

Originally Posted by big nasty kcnut

Royals doing chiefs things

Nah, Chiefs pick up good players.

[MAHOMO 4 LIFE!]

They also got Yuli Gurriel

[BWillie]

Originally Posted by MAHOMO 4 LIFE!

They also got Yuli Gurriel

He's a man. He's 40.

[Ocotillo]

Originally Posted by dlphg9

Yeah and be off the 40 man roster so he can sit and rot in AAA, so that the shit stains keep getting playing time.

He's organization filler. You're overrating him.

.253/.315/.452 is his career slash line.

He's hitting well in his second exposure to Triple-A at 28. Ho hum.

[dlphg9]

Originally Posted by Ocotillo

He's organization filler. You're overrating him.

.253/.315/.452 is his career slash line.

He's hitting well in his second exposure to Triple-A at 28. Ho hum.

Some guys are late bloomers and it'd be nice to give some of these guys an extended look, because they are being blocked by absolute shit. They did the same shit with Brent Rooker and look how that turned out.

[dlphg9]

Just like how Walter Pennington and Evan Sisk should have been pitching in the ML bullpen, but are being blocked by hot ****ing ass.

[tk13]

They have let some guys slip away but part of that is being slightly more aggressive overall. The flip side of that is getting guys like Erceg. But it's September tomorrow and we're in a playoff race. It's time to win, not find out if our AAA guys can hack it.

[Ocotillo]

Originally Posted by dlphg9

Just like how Walter Pennington and Evan Sisk should have been pitching in the ML bullpen, but are being blocked by hot ****ing ass.

I believe pitchers are more likely than hitters to be late bloomers and become above-average performers because they can develop a wipe out pitch overnight.

It's much rarer for a hitter to change his stripes. Rooker has a .909 career OPS in the minors. He's not some guy that learned how to hit suddenly, he just never got the long leash in the majors until recently.

[Al Bundy]

Originally Posted by dlphg9

This organization is ****ing exhausting. CJ Alexander didn't deserve to get any kind of look in the majors? Dude had a .907 OPS in AAA, but nah **** him. We have Adam Frazier and Garrett Hampson.

He got some playing time and he was 100% in over his head in every facet of the game.

[dlphg9]

Originally Posted by Al Bundy

He got some playing time and he was 100% in over his head in every facet of the game.

Oh, damn dude, then you should apply to be a head scout if you are able to judge a guys ability based on 3 games and 2 innings. Those 8 ABs were all you needed to deem the kid 100% in over his head.

Garrett Hampson has shown me that he's not capable of doing anything right and has a .586 OPS and Adam Frazier is worse than Hampson and gets more playing time.

So many younger guys that have never gotten more than a handful of games in the majors.

John Rave, CJ Alexander, Logan Porter, Walter Pennington, Evan Sisk, Brent Rooker.

That's just the ones from recent memory. Sure they might all suck, but they won't suck or cost anymore than the trash that's keeping them down in the minors. Piccolo is the same mother****er Dayton Moore was in this regard.

It's gotta be disheartening to anyone drafted by this franchise in the later rounds or if you get traded here and your not a highly rated guy. You can crush it all through the minors and all you will get is maybe 10 games to show anything and if you don't come out killing it, then by and no more chance again.

[New World Order]

We went from hyped to sad pretty quick

[dlphg9]

Originally Posted by New World Order

We went from hyped to sad pretty quick

I'm very hyped. Just some things that really irritate me too. They're not above criticism.

[GabyKeepsMeWarm]

Originally Posted by dlphg9

Oh, damn dude, then you should apply to be a head scout if you are able to judge a guys ability based on 3 games and 2 innings. Those 8 ABs were all you needed to deem the kid 100% in over his head.

Garrett Hampson has shown me that he's not capable of doing anything right and has a .586 OPS and Adam Frazier is worse than Hampson and gets more playing time.

So many younger guys that have never gotten more than a handful of games in the majors.

John Rave, CJ Alexander, Logan Porter, Walter Pennington, Evan Sisk, Brent Rooker.

That's just the ones from recent memory. Sure they might all suck, but they won't suck or cost anymore than the trash that's keeping them down in the minors. Piccolo is the same mother****er Dayton Moore was in this regard.

It's gotta be disheartening to anyone drafted by this franchise in the later rounds or if you get traded here and your not a highly rated guy. You can crush it all through the minors and all you will get is maybe 10 games to show anything and if you don't come out killing it, then by and no more chance again.

You’re not entirely wrong, but I think you’re kinda barking at the moon.

You’ve cherry picked a few examples to go scorched earth on.

But the Royals have also made terrific moves at the same time during all of this.

You’re no better as a scout than me, or pretty much anyone here. If I’m wrong, this is when you give us your resume. Ten years ago, there were fans like you railing the Royals for giving up on Tony Bats. 30 years ago, fans shit themselves because we gave up on Cecil Fielder.

I’ve got news for you. It’s an inexact science, and you can yell at the sky all night if you want, but it won’t change anything except for your blood pressure.

Yeah, the Royals sign guys who could probably be replaced by guys who don’t get paid shit, but if they all suck, what’s the difference? You’re not paying the salaries, so why give a shit? Does it make it better to have Loftin being Frazier? I guarantee if that happened, you’d be bitching about bringing in a veteran. It’s a no win, no lose thing.

You know what really sucks? We just lost our starting first baseman for the year who was having a very good year. We’ve got nobody who can replace Vinnie right now. We also lost Lorenzen for the next several weeks. That sucks, because he was doing great, and it’s a crapshoot about how he’s gonna get filled in.

And generally speaking, you don’t show up much to be happy or show joy in what has been a pretty amazing season all things considered. You show up to complain about why this happened, why this didn’t happen. Blah, blah, blah…. Maybe that’s how you roll, but I think it must be exhausting.

But I do get it. I’m still pissed about Covid for so many reasons and the pettiest is because my Jayhawks didn’t get a chance at the NCAA tourney, in a year when they were probably at worst a Final Four team.

But dude, seriously, try to lighten up…

[farmerchief]

Originally Posted by tk13

They have let some guys slip away but part of that is being slightly more aggressive overall. The flip side of that is getting guys like Erceg. But it's September tomorrow and we're in a playoff race. It's time to win, not find out if our AAA guys can hack it.

Its hard not to think, that theres nobody in the Royals system, whom couldnt swing the bat as well as Hampson or Frazier. You know what youve got with them, not much. Vinnies injury was devastating. Royals were already a weak hitting team, now much worse. It seems like the only way they are going to win is if their starting pitcher throws a no hitter, and someone hits a single home run, or opposing pitchers walk in a run with the bases loaded, leading to a 1-0 win. I feel bad for the players, but they havent given up trying.