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#451 |
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Join Date: Nov 2001
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I'm excited about a lot of the pitchers, but it's Singer I want to see. Hopefully he can carry over what he did at the end of last year. He was looking sharp. You put him with Keller and you've got a solid start of a rotation, especially if Minor performs like a solid veteran.
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World's Best Boss
Join Date: Jul 2007
Location: Bronco Country
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Then out of nowhere the Royals spend ALL 4 of their first picks (right?) on arms. Remember the whole league was like, WTF? But my, if it works... Last edited by Chiefspants; 03-11-2021 at 12:51 AM.. |
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#453 |
MONTANA #19
Join Date: Mar 2005
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I just can't wait to get back to the K for a game. The phrase "you don't know what you got, til it's gone." is ridiculously true.
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#454 |
Veteran
Join Date: Jul 2008
Location: JCMO
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What's the long term plan for Soler? Free agent after this season, 29 yrs old, DH only. But I really want to see us extend him. Need his power!
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MVP
Join Date: May 2001
Location: midtown KC
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In this park? You need pitching. Let other teams overvalue the big power/lots of strikeout hitters. Contact hitting, speed, pitching will always be the way the Royals win, when they do. It's smart for a small market team to keep that park the way it is and build teams that way. |
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In Search of a Life
Join Date: Jan 2004
Location: San Antonio Tx.
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I’m a Mahomo!
Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: Mid-Missouri
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https://theathletic.com/2432850/2021...have-had-hope/
Letters From Spring: From Alex Gordon to Andrew Benintendi, the Royals have had hope by Joe Posnanski Quote:
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I’m a Mahomo!
Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: Mid-Missouri
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https://theathletic.com/2401454/2021...en-jim-bowden/
Top 10 MLB breakout predictions for 2021: by Jim Bowden Quote:
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#459 |
I’m a Mahomo!
Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: Mid-Missouri
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21. Kansas City Royals
Leitch: We’re doing a lot of divisional-grading-on-a-curve here. But I liked what the Royals did this offseason. Andrew Benintendi and Michael A. Taylor are hardly stars, but they’ve still got upside in them and the Royals didn’t spend much to get either, and Carlos Santana is the OBP bat that the team has been needing for a while now. Heck, I’m not even against the “take a flyer on Wade Davis and Brad Brach” bullpen plan; it’s not like they went all Rockies on either. And the new additions do lengthen out the lineup, which already had Whit Merrifield at the top, Jorge Soler in the middle and Salvador Perez … actually, let’s stop there for a second. Did you see what Perez did in his final 15 games last year? .371/.391/.806. Perez is a free agent after this year, and he’s only 30. If he re-establishes himself as a regular and hits anything at all like he did last year, the offense is no joke. The rotation, though, well, I suppose I’m not laughing at that either, but only because I feel bad. There’s reason for hope in a couple of years with the young pitchers coming up, maybe, but that doesn’t do them much good now. It’s no wonder Danny Duffy said he wanted to be buried a Royal: It’s the only place he’d be a No. 1 starter. The Royals will score a lot of runs this year, and they’ll be feisty. Who knows? Maybe Cleveland implodes, the White Sox turn on La Russa and Josh Donaldson and Byron Buxton are hurt all year in Minnesota. More likely: The Royals are a little better than you think they are, but not nearly good enough. |
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#460 |
Mahomes or GTFO
Join Date: Feb 2012
Location: KC
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Nicky Lopez's bat already in midseason form.
Really wish we weren't going to start the year with a gaping hole in the bottom of the lineup at 2B. Royals did a great job of putting up 2 runs there with a ball off the wall and a sac fly, and then Lopez promptly comes up and swings at junk and goes down on 3 pitches. |
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I’m a Mahomo!
Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: Mid-Missouri
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MVP
Join Date: Sep 2016
Location: Lawrence, KS
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Not sure what's so laughable about their rotation. Keller is very good, Duffy is inconsistent but talented, and Singer and Bubic are already decent with potential to be really good. |
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#463 |
I’m a Mahomo!
Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: Mid-Missouri
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It's the national view of the Royals pitching rotation. I bet this guy doesn't even know who Brad Keller is.
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Rabbi Goldmann
Join Date: Nov 2012
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A Conversation With Kansas City Royals Right-Hander Brady Singer by David Laurila https://blogs.fangraphs.com/a-conver...-brady-singer/ |
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#465 |
MVP
Join Date: May 2001
Location: midtown KC
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