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07-01-2021, 03:26 PM | #3211 |
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07-01-2021, 03:33 PM | #3212 |
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This is a .500 team that is under performing. I'll give them the injuries to Mondi and Benni. That hurts offensively and defensively. That forces 2 into the lineup that are backups. Going in you knew Taylor and Lopez were weak with the bat, even though Lopez has shown improvement. You can get by with a couple weak spots at the bottom if the rest are okay. But that's 4 weak spots in the lineup. Throw in Dozier and Soler who have just fell flat this year. There is 2/3 of your lineup.
Defensively has been not good either. Now some of that is back to the injury issue and guys not in the right spots. Mondi and Lopez up the middle and the outfield of Benni, Taylor and Whit is very good. Have not seen that lineup much or at all this year. The biggest disappointment has been the starting pitching especially from the young players. Not getting any long outings to save the bullpen, which is causing the problems in the pen to be honest. The pen is getting over used. Hell I was glad Mathney kept Keller in the other night to work some innings. They got to be held responsible. The starting pitching is what could have bolstered this team into wild card play. Something needs to be done. Mathney is an alright manager, he isn't great but isn't dogshit either. He would do really well with a veteran team that is just on cruise control with an automatic set veteran lineup. He is better than what the BFIB think of him though. Coaching staff changes need to happen ASAP or make a big trade to shake things up. |
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07-01-2021, 04:12 PM | #3213 | |
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07-01-2021, 06:34 PM | #3214 | |
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07-01-2021, 06:41 PM | #3215 |
Rabbi Goldmann
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I want someone to explain how CLEVE keeps winning. Dayton sure s hell needs to.
We went to the Series in 15. They went 16, barely losing it. We bottomed our and haven’t recovered - they NEVER bottomed out. I’d like to know how. |
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07-01-2021, 07:04 PM | #3216 | |
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07-01-2021, 07:05 PM | #3217 |
Be Kind To Your Pets
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Here’s a few numbers to chew on after today’s 15-1 loss.
On offense, barring injury, the biggest holes in our starting lineup have been Soler and Dozier: Soler .186 242 AB, 82 K (34%) 6 HR Dozier .160 219 AB 72 K (33%) 7 HR So about one in every three ABs, both of these guys strike out. One in every THREE ABs. Comparable numbers to our best players: Perez .282 309 AB 85 K (28%) 19 HR Santana .239, 276 AB. 48 K (17%) 13 HR 52 BB (among leaders in the AL) Merrifield .287 314 AB, 43 K (14%) 8 HR Our leadoff guy, Merrifield, has more HRs than either Soler or Dozier. Santana’s got as many as both of those guys combined. Royals compared to the rest of baseball: Hitting .244 as a team ranks 10th (better than I expected) 24th in runs scored (because we strand guys early and often); and 24th in HRs (no power from Soler or Dozier). The average strikeout rate this year in MLB for all players is just under 21%. Or around one in every five ABs. Salvy is close to 30%. Royals Starting Pitching: Let’s look at five of our main starters: Bubic 2-4 4.99 ERA, 48.3IP, 24 BB 41 K Minor 6-6 5.33 ERA, 96.1IP, 29 BB, 95 K Keller 6-8 6.67 ERA, 81 IP, 67 K, 42 BB Singer 3-6 4.70 ERA, 76.6 IP, 81 K 33 BB Duffy 4-3, 2.44 ERA, 48 IP, 55 K 15 BB. Duffy is our only starter with a winning record and only starter with an ERA under 4. But he’s only had 10 starts because of injury. Team pitching stats: 26th in team ERA 4.92 18th in HRs allowed 29th in WHIP 1.46 24th batting average against .258 And of course the only stats that truly matter: Current Record 33-47 .413 pct, 15 GB of Chisox Last place in AL Central. |
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07-01-2021, 07:11 PM | #3218 | |
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The biggest thing is that they have a really excellent pitching development program. They keep churning out top-notch starting pitching. They also had two superstar position players pop at basically the same time in Jose Ramirez. We’ll see how they do as they get further removed from the Lindor era. They don’t have a slam dunk positional star coming up, and it’s hard to win big with pitching alone. Their front office also never really made The “go for it” deal that hurt but completed a championship-competing team. If they had added a bat in 16 they probably win that WS, for example. |
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07-01-2021, 07:20 PM | #3219 | |
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I was gonna mention Lindor. Traded their franshice player and they’re no worse off. Kluber dealt. Santana Left for FA. Traded “Chokehold” Trevor Bauer. Gomes FA. Andy Miller FA. Kipnis aged out. Carrasco....? Yet here they are. Yes their SP keeps rolling along. We’ve produced TWO in 10 years (Yordano, Duff-Man). It’s infuriating. |
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07-01-2021, 07:37 PM | #3220 |
I’m a Mahomo!
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I think it’s time to bring up Witt & anyone else ready. Trade Santana & bring up Pratto. Let’s start concentrating on next season.
Draft Rocker & let’s go! |
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07-01-2021, 09:49 PM | #3221 | |
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Why start the service time clock in that case, then? Bringing guys up makes more sense if the season has promise. If it doesn’t, you make those guys go to AAA and force your hand. I’m down with giving Olivares an every day shot, though. |
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07-01-2021, 10:00 PM | #3222 |
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07-01-2021, 11:33 PM | #3223 |
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Yeah I wouldn't waste Witt or Pratto's service time on this dumpster fire right now. Especially after we watched people go wild for Lynch and Kowar only to watch them bomb. Give all these guys a "normal" minor league season to make up for last year, and let them fight for jobs next spring.
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07-02-2021, 12:15 AM | #3224 |
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07-02-2021, 07:37 AM | #3225 |
I’m a Mahomo!
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