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04-28-2022, 10:29 AM | #841 | |
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04-28-2022, 10:31 AM | #842 |
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Who gets Mondesi's ABs is my question. For the Royals' sake I hope it's Isbel. Isbel should have been penciled in, or even penned in, for a starting OF spot from day 1. So the obvious move is to have Lopez or BWJ play shortstop and 3B, with Merrifield back to the infield at 2B, and Isbel replaces Merrifield in the OF. Is that the expected plan? Predictions?
Watch em bring in Justin Upton and keep Isbel and Olivares "developing" on the bench/in the minors. ETA: Roster Resource has Nicky Lopez as your new starting SS and Whit Merrifield as your 2B, and the man himself Kyle Isbel is your new starting right fielder. Isbel is indeed in the starting lineup today and batting 7th, facing Michael Kopech (good luck with that one KI). A young intriguing mix of power and speed that has shown flashes of ability in past seasons and was downright fire-hot this Spring Training, Isbel will be a hot commodity on the waiver wire in AL-Only fantasy leagues. Hopefully being limited to 1 AB the entire season until now just means he'll be extra 'due' for hits, and won't mean he's completely lost his timing and will go hitless for weeks. Last edited by Vladimir_Kyrilytch; 04-28-2022 at 10:47 AM.. |
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04-28-2022, 10:34 AM | #843 | |
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04-28-2022, 10:43 AM | #844 |
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Now who will they get to strike out twice a game?
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04-28-2022, 10:50 AM | #845 |
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Yeah he's done as a Royal. Good luck elsewhere
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04-28-2022, 10:51 AM | #846 |
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04-28-2022, 10:55 AM | #847 |
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Well I don't follow the Royals like I do the Angels, but I do know the Royals do dumb stuff on the regular (Santana is batting 5th today and he's way more cooked than Upton). I'm gonna formally predict that Upton joins KC, right here with this post. He will only cost league minimum, after all.
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04-28-2022, 10:56 AM | #848 |
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04-28-2022, 11:16 AM | #849 |
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Who would you all rather have for the next 6 seasons: Bobby Witt, Jr. or Adley Rutschman? League circles regard Rutschman as #1 prospect in baseball, with BWJ #2, but some say that order should be reversed.
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04-28-2022, 11:26 AM | #850 |
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So with the final nail being in the coffin for Mondesi being a complete failure I think there's a conversation to be had with the Royals' failures in Latin America. Those 2014-2015 teams don't happen without Salvy, Herrera, and Ventura. Without doing the research I'm guessing most teams making the postseason in MLB have a significant presence from Latin America. KC hasn't found shit there in over a decade now and it shows.
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04-28-2022, 11:43 AM | #851 |
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You just can't predict an ACL tear like that. Some guys are just injury prone. We're a small market team, you have to take chances on talent. Mondesi has the ability to be a 20 HR/60 SB type player, and looked like it when he got a chance to play last year. You'd be nuts to let that walk away.
It's no different than Soler last year. He's a guy who could hit 50+ HR, and we eventually traded him off and watched him become World Series MVP. You have to take chances on elite talent but eventually they run out of time. Mondesi's only 26 years old so his career isn't over, but his time with the Royals might be. |
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04-28-2022, 11:50 AM | #852 |
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dang, all he did was round first and then back to the bag
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04-28-2022, 12:02 PM | #853 |
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04-28-2022, 12:15 PM | #854 | |
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04-28-2022, 12:19 PM | #855 |
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Royals up 1-0 in the first.
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