***Official 2023 Royals Season Repository Thread***

[ChiefsCountry]

2023 – A new beginning for the Royals. Matt Quatraro era begins. A year to see which of our young players will make up the core going forward. Can Bobby Witt Jr become a superstar SS or will go to the hot corner? Will Brady Singer take the next step forward? Will Salvy be Salvy? Will Big Vin or Pratto take first base? Will they find a position for MJ? Who else emerges from the youth movement? Not to mention the development of the new downtown stadium.

Free Agents/Trades Acquisitions
Jordan Lyles, RHP
Ryan Yarbrough, LHP
Josh Taylor, LHP
Aroldis Chapman, LHP

Top 10 Prospects from Baseball America
1. Gavin Cross, OF
2. Cayden Wallace, 3B
3. Drew Waters, OF
4. Ben Kudrna, RHP
5. Frank Mozzicato, LHP
6. Maikel Garcia, SS
7. Tyler Gentry, OF
8. Nick Loftin, OF/3B
9. Angel Zerpa, LHP
10. Carter Jensen, C

[ROYC75]

Originally Posted by dlphg9

I'm pretty damn excited for this year. So glad we got rid of Dayton and his dumb shit manager.

IMHO, Pitching is the key on do we break .500.

[Dartgod]

So who's going to the opener? I'll be there on a vendor's dime in section 221.

[Dunit35]

Section 322 for us. Never been to opening day before. Looks like it’s going to be super windy.

[Archie Bunker]

I’ll be in Sec 115. First opening day and first Greinke game. I’m excited.

Hopefully the weather holds.

[Dartgod]

Originally Posted by Dunit35

Section 322 for us. Never been to opening day before. Looks like it’s going to be super windy.

I can't remember how many I've been to. Quite a few for sure. It was windy as hell last year too. Tailgating was a bitch. It will be warmer tomorrow though.

[Pablo]

Warm and windy isn’t too bad. I can’t remember what year it was maybe 2012 or 2013 the home opening day was like 39 degrees and windy. That sucked

Had to go back and look it up. It was April 4 2014. High of 44 with winds out of the north 15-20mph. Gusts up to 25-30. Woof

[Dartgod]

March 29, 2018. Also a high of 44 degrees plus 10-20 mph winds. Me and Mrs. Dartgod bundled up for the game.

[ChiefsCountry]

First data point from the new pitch clock rules - spring training games. Last year games were 3:01, this year 2:36. Would expect similar in regular season. Getting rid of dead air time one of the best rule changes MLB has made.

[Dunit35]

I’ll be easy to spot. I’ll be the only idiot who’s wearing a Chiefs salute to service hoodie since I don’t own a Royals hoodie.

[KCUnited]

Originally Posted by ChiefsCountry

First data point from the new pitch clock rules - spring training games. Last year games were 3:01, this year 2:36. Would expect similar in regular season. Getting rid of dead air time one of the best rule changes MLB has made.

This was my experience over ST.

Also seemed like most times pitchers were getting the ball out with 8-10 still on the clock. Seems like this benefits pitchers maintaining a rhythm as well as the fans.

Looking at you Marvel movies.

[Vladimir_Kyrilytch]

Originally Posted by CaliforniaChief

Is Michael Massey legit? Sorry for my ignorance.

Yes he is. In fact, he's one of the most under the radar ballers in MLB. He has power that few have noticed because of Kaufman being so large.

Here is a tweet from respected sabermetrically inclined baseball writer Jeff Zimmerman of fangraphs. I don't know how to embed tweets so I copy and pasted it:

"The Royals Michael Massey hit 4 HR last season. His xHR at home was 3 HR. In Cincinnati, the xHR total was 15 HR.

I can't imagine the hype behind and sub-200 PA player with 15 HR. Instead, Massey has an NFBC ADP after 400."

NFBC just means National Fantasy Baseball Championship. The high stakes ($1,750 buy in) fantasy baseball leagues that draft live in Vegas and New York just like a real actual draft, and the overall winner gets $200k. So cats playing in those leagues are a bit more dialed in than your average clown playing in a mixed 3 OF league for a $10 buy-in with his old college buddies.

xHR is simply the amount of homers to be expected from a given sample size given nothing other than launch angle and exit velocity. That is saying that Massey, had he been a Red, would have had 15 homers last year in under 200 at bats, strictly judging by how well he hit the ball. A full season is just under 600 at bats, so Massey was on a full season pace for 40+ homers last year. As a second baseman.

This is not a Franmil Reyes type power hitter that has no business playing the field, either. Massey has a glove and he also can run too (50 speed per fangraphs, which is above average).

[CaliforniaChief]

Originally Posted by Vladimir_Kyrilytch

Yes he is. In fact, he's one of the most under the radar ballers in MLB. He has power that few have noticed because of Kaufman being so large.

Here is a tweet from respected sabermetrically inclined baseball writer Jeff Zimmerman of fangraphs. I don't know how to embed tweets so I copy and pasted it:



xHR is simply the amount of homers to be expected from a given sample size given nothing other than launch angle and exit velocity. That is saying that Massey, had he been a Red, would have had 15 homers last year in under 200 at bats, strictly judging by how well he hit the ball. A full season is just under 600 at bats, so Massey was on a full season pace for 40+ homers last year. As a second baseman.

This is not a Franmil Reyes type power hitter that has no business playing the field, either. Massey has a glove and he also can run too (50 speed per fangraphs, which is above average).

Thanks for this information!

[Pablo]

Saw this today. Yet another stadium proposal if you’re into that sorta thing.

https://www.kctv5.com/2023/03/29/new...ew-renderings/

[Pablo]

https://youtu.be/K3TmSNg9ffE

Can’t embed but there’s a clip

[poolboy]

Originally Posted by ChiefsCountry

First data point from the new pitch clock rules - spring training games. Last year games were 3:01, this year 2:36. Would expect similar in regular season. Getting rid of dead air time one of the best rule changes MLB has made.

no more monkeying around with batting gloves after every pitch