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04-29-2019, 05:28 PM | #916 |
Black Bob's daddy
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Pratto, Melendez, and Matias are all hitting around .170 in A ball an striking out 1-2 times a game. It's hard to call any of them the future at any position.
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04-29-2019, 06:07 PM | #917 | |
George Brett shit his pants
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Better hope for a nice close like he had to end last year. |
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04-29-2019, 06:12 PM | #918 |
M-I-Z-Z-O-U
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The start at Wilmington for those guys is disappointing, but try to avoid reading a lot into Wilmington statistics. The Carolina league is an extremely pitcher-favoring league and Wilmington is one of the most extreme environments.
Eric Hosmer went .206/.280/.299 in his first taste of it. Moustakas was .250/.297/.421. Wil Myers is really the only Royals position player who has put up great numbers there in his first go at it. Khalil Lee’s initially not impressive 270/.402/.406 last year takes on a different light in comparison... |
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04-29-2019, 06:18 PM | #919 | |
The Insider
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04-29-2019, 08:01 PM | #920 |
Starter
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Doesn't Michael Chavis's uncle or cousin post here? Guy is tearing it up.
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04-29-2019, 08:43 PM | #921 |
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When the bullpen isn't blowing leads, they're doing a good job of taking a close game late and making it a not close game.
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04-29-2019, 11:16 PM | #922 |
Rabbi Goldmann
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04-30-2019, 06:49 AM | #923 |
Rabbi Goldmann
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11 out of last 12 to that poopy small market team
DM needs to start answering questions. |
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04-30-2019, 07:54 AM | #924 |
War Eagle !!!
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When Dozier is healthy, I'd release Duda, send O'Hearn to Omaha, and add Nicky Lopez to the 40 / 25 man roster. Move Merrifield to RF, Nicky to 2nd, Soler to DH, and Dozier to 1st. Owings would only play to pinch run or if someone is hurt. My lineup would be
Merrifield RF Mondesi SS Gordon LF Dozier 1st Lopez 2nd Gutierrez 3rd Soler DH Maldonaldo C Hamilton CF |
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04-30-2019, 09:47 AM | #925 |
MVP
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05-01-2019, 06:12 AM | #926 |
Stroking to the SB Champs!
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It’s May in KC and the baseball season is over. Things appear to be back to normal......
So ****ing depressing. |
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05-01-2019, 08:36 AM | #927 |
Black Bob's daddy
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05-01-2019, 09:20 AM | #928 |
Better than Nelson
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OPS of top hitting prospects in Royals Farm
Nick Pratto- .466 with a 33.3% k-rate Khalil Lee- .699 MJ Melendez- .521 with a 42.3% k-rate Seuly Matias- .733 with a 40.4% k-rate Brady Singer is striking out less than 8 guys per 9 in A ball as a 22 year old 10 year rebuild . Great drafting. Go Stros! |
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05-01-2019, 09:56 AM | #929 |
Black Bob's daddy
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https://twitter.com/Shauncore/status...084834817?s=19
This has got to be a low for Wilmington and their offense. Being no hit through 8 innings. Matias 0-3 3K Melendez 0-2 2K Hicklen 0-2 2K Frederick pitchers have 13Ks this game https://twitter.com/Shauncore/status...206727168?s=19 I half joked the other day about demoting players back to A-Ball if only to not kill them mentally having to hit <.200 for months at a time but man... Melendez 42% K% Matias 39% K% Pratto 33% K% Aracena 25% K% Perkins 25% K% 9 players on that team who have 20+ PA have a K% >25% |
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05-01-2019, 11:57 AM | #930 |
M-I-Z-Z-O-U
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The strikeout rates for the important guys at Wilmington are concerning. Key for those players’ development is becoming better at controlling the strike zone and cutting down Ks.
The overall offensive performances don’t concern me as much. That’s an extreme pitchers park in an extreme pitchers league. Which makes what Isabel is doing there all the more impressive. Even elite hitting prospects - Yordan Alvarez is one example if you want a non-Royals example - run into challenges in the Carolina League. Not all... but many. Re: Singer, he has good overall numbers and is right at a K/IP. No real warning signs there. KC also has traditionally asked pitchers to deemphasize their best secondary pitch at A+ because of the jump in competition and the way the park favors pitchers. Not sure if they’re doing that with this crew or not yet. |
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