2020 Royals Official Offseason/Season Repository

[Al Bundy]

Players start reporting Feb 12th.
New Ownership.
Spring training games begin Feb 20th against the Rangers.

[Discuss Thrower]

Originally Posted by duncan_idaho

Since it’s slow and I’m in fantasy baseball mode at the moment (I’m commish-ing so hard), a few things to think about:

1) don’t overpay for rookie SP this year. There’s no one so good you want to take them at current ADPs (but keep an eye on Nate Pearson and pounce when he’s about to get the call)

2) Nab an ace early ... unless you can get Acuna or Trout or Yelich, I think deGrom is one of the best values in round 1. Then you wait on pitching, IMO and spend the next 4-5 rounds building your lineup

3) don’t buy elite closers early if you have unlimited moves.

4) don’t sleep on Nellie Cruz. He’s still a beast and generally really undervalued in drafts.

5) keep an eye on Masahiro Tanaka. He didn’t have his split last year but looks to have found it this year (likes the ball better)

5b) don’t count on cheap Hr power. If the ball has higher seams (what Tanaka needs for his splitter) the trampoline ball may be gone.

I have done zero prep and our draft is in a few weeks (assuming Coronavirus doesn't kill us all -or worse, makes us cancel our trip-). I used Mr. Cheatsheet and had one of the worse seasons in the league.

By the nature of how our league has keepers, ADP doesn't apply as much since some top tier guys are kept in rounds later than the first.

Thanks for the recommendations on everything I hadn't heard beside Pitcherlist.

[dlphg9]

Originally Posted by duncan_idaho

Since it’s slow and I’m in fantasy baseball mode at the moment (I’m commish-ing so hard), a few things to think about:

1) don’t overpay for rookie SP this year. There’s no one so good you want to take them at current ADPs (but keep an eye on Nate Pearson and pounce when he’s about to get the call)

2) Nab an ace early ... unless you can get Acuna or Trout or Yelich, I think deGrom is one of the best values in round 1. Then you wait on pitching, IMO and spend the next 4-5 rounds building your lineup

3) don’t buy elite closers early if you have unlimited moves.

4) don’t sleep on Nellie Cruz. He’s still a beast and generally really undervalued in drafts.

5) keep an eye on Masahiro Tanaka. He didn’t have his split last year but looks to have found it this year (likes the ball better)

5b) don’t count on cheap Hr power. If the ball has higher seams (what Tanaka needs for his splitter) the trampoline ball may be gone.

How well would you envision an all Royals fantasy team turning turning out. You could easily pull it off and just think of how much chemistry your team would have and the massive advantage that chemistry would give you.

[duncan_idaho]

Originally Posted by Discuss Thrower

I have done zero prep and our draft is in a few weeks (assuming Coronavirus doesn't kill us all -or worse, makes us cancel our trip-). I used Mr. Cheatsheet and had one of the worse seasons in the league.



By the nature of how our league has keepers, ADP doesn't apply as much since some top tier guys are kept in rounds later than the first.



Thanks for the recommendations on everything I hadn't heard beside Pitcherlist.

I don’t like Mr. CheatSheet. I build my own excel sheet. It’s custom and has been growing/improving for the past decade.

For a league like that, you have to adjust ADP based on positions kept.

What are your keeper rules? If Wander Franco is available you should be on that.

Jarred Kelenic and Julio Rodriguez are guys to watch further out 2022).

[Discuss Thrower]

Originally Posted by duncan_idaho

I don’t like Mr. CheatSheet. I build my own excel sheet. It’s custom and has been growing/improving for the past decade.

For a league like that, you have to adjust ADP based on positions kept.

What are your keeper rules? If Wander Franco is available you should be on that.

Jarred Kelenic and Julio Rodriguez are guys to watch further out 2022).

Five keepers whose values the season after they are picked up by an owner elevates by one round depending on method of selection -either through the draft where they are worth one round higher than their draft slot or by in season FA pickup where they are a 14th round pick)

Only three bench spots so there's no real payoff for stashing a guy who might get a callup the year after the season.

My roster is garbage. Now I realize why I haven't looked at it.

[dallaschiefsfan]

Originally Posted by KChiefs1

Alec Lewis Roster Projection:

Catchers (2)
Salvador Pérez, Cam Gallagher

Infielders (5)
Ryan O’Hearn, Ryan McBroom, Nicky Lopez, Adalberto Mondesi, Maikel Franco

Outfielders (5)
Alex Gordon, Whit Merrifield, Hunter Dozier, Bubba Starling, Brett Phillips

Designated hitter (1)
Jorge Soler

Starting pitchers (5)
Brad Keller, Danny Duffy, Jacob Junis, Mike Montgomery, Jorge López

Relievers (8)
Ian Kennedy, Scott Barlow, Tim Hill, Trevor Rosenthal, Greg Holland, Glenn Sparkman, Josh Staumont, Jake Newberry

Of all these names, the one that consistently irks me is Hill. Not sure how he's earned "lock" status w/ Kennedy and Barlow. He's hardly picked up where he left off.

[siberian khatru]

New York Mets starter Noah Syndergaard has a torn ulnar collateral ligament in his right elbow and is expected to undergo Tommy John surgery in the near future, sources tell ESPN. The procedure will keep him out until at earliest April 2021 and likely into the summer months.

— Jeff Passan (@JeffPassan) March 24, 2020

via GIPHY

[Mecca]

Originally Posted by siberian khatru

New York Mets starter Noah Syndergaard has a torn ulnar collateral ligament in his right elbow and is expected to undergo Tommy John surgery in the near future, sources tell ESPN. The procedure will keep him out until at earliest April 2021 and likely into the summer months.

— Jeff Passan (@JeffPassan) March 24, 2020

via GIPHY

I actually like Syndergaard it's sad how the Mets have squandered the pitching talent they've had.

[cmh6476]

starting off the season hot:

http://www.strat-o-matic.com/2020-season-simulation/

[WhawhaWhat]

Originally Posted by Mecca

I actually like Syndergaard it's sad how the Mets have squandered the pitching talent they've had.

Let his arm fall off.

[Chiefspants]

Originally Posted by WhawhaWhat

Let his arm fall off.

Remember when the MLB celebrated his old school bitch fit (because the Mets were too stupid to quit throwing Esky (and most of the lineup, actually) fastballs and played Noah’s “60 feet, 6 inches” line non-stop?

Pretty funny now that they’re doing everything they can to protect those poor, World Series winning cheaters that are the Astros.

[lewdog]

Looks like Dane won’t be right this year.....

We ain’t losing 100 games!!!

[DJay23]

Originally Posted by Chiefspants

Remember when the MLB celebrated his old school bitch fit (because the Mets were too stupid to quit throwing Esky (and most of the lineup, actually) fastballs and played Noah’s “60 feet, 6 inches” line non-stop?

Pretty funny now that they’re doing everything they can to protect those poor, World Series winning cheaters that are the Astros.

**** them. We got the last laugh. They looked like petty little bitches then and even more so now that we know the outcome.

[ChiefsCountry]

Yesterday was such a perfect baseball day.

[Mecca]

The MLB and MLBPA agreed that no matter how many games are played this year will count as a year of service time as if it were a full year.

[chiefqueen]

Keith Olbermann is proposing a 32-game schedule with only divisional games being played in September and the playoffs being played under the current format in October.