*****Official 2024 Royals Season Repository Thread*****

[ChiefsCountry]

Year Two of the Matt Quatraro tenure. Time to take a step up this year. Active in free agency and trades this offseason. A new look pitching rotation and bullpen. Will the young players take the leap up offensively? Bobby Witt extension? New stadium? Will Vinny recover from injury? Salvy taking aim at the Royals record book? Will Cole Ragans turn into the best Royals starting pitcher since Greinke 1.0?

Free Agents/Trades Acquisitions
Seth Lugo, SP
Michael Wacha, SP
Kyle Wright, SP
Hunter Renfroe, OF/DH
Will Smith, RP
Chris Stratton, RP
Nick Anderson, RP
Adam Frazier, 2B
Garrett Hampson, INF/OF
Matt Sauer, RP

[KC_Connection]

Originally Posted by New World Order

KCC has the Canadian Football League and the Toronto Blue Jays.

What a sports life he has up there.

Don't forget TFC.

[PHOG]

So, if the Royals can be successful vs the Cards, then they will make up some ground as the Guardians and the Twins play each other this weekend.

[New World Order]

Originally Posted by KC_Connection

Don't forget TFC.

How have your Toronto Argonauts looked this year?

Must be really exciting to have a Canadian Football team in your city.

[KC_Connection]

Originally Posted by New World Order

How have your Toronto Argonauts looked this year?

Must be really exciting to have a Canadian Football team in your city.

Imagine how miserable my sports life would have been in the late summer/early fall before Mahomes.

[RockChalk]

Love that he's openly cheating and that it's based entirely on home/away splits.

[Fansy the Famous Bard]

Originally Posted by WhawhaWhat

Bobby Witt Jr. MLB ranks this year:

-162 hits (most in the MLB)
-.349 average (highest in the MLB)
-.394 OBP (3rd highest)
-.606 SLG % (3rd highest)
-1.000 OPS (4th highest)
-99 runs (most in the MLB)
-84 RBI’s (4th)
-33 doubles (3rd)
-10 triples (2nd)

He just turned 24. pic.twitter.com/NdoEvkvXLl

— Braiden Turner (@bturner23) August 8, 2024

[GabyKeepsMeWarm]

Originally Posted by siberian khatru

NOW the White Sox fire Pedro Grifol?

Spoiler!

White Sox fire Pedro Grifol: Second-year manager ousted amid historically bad season

The league-worst White Sox are 28-89 and just snapped a 21-game losing streak

By Mike Axisa
36 mins ago

With their season trending toward historically awful, the Chicago White Sox have fired manager Pedro Grifol, the team announced Thursday.

"As we all recognize, our team's performance this season has been disappointing on many levels," GM Chris Getz said in a statement. "Despite the on-field struggles and lack of success, we appreciate the effort and professionalism Pedro and the staff brought to the ballpark every day. These two seasons have been very challenging. Unfortunately, the results were not there, and a change is necessary as we look to our future and the development of a new energy around the team."

Grifol, 54, was in his second season as White Sox manager. It was his first managerial job at the big-league level. The White Sox disappointed in 2023, going 61-101 rather than bounce back from an 81-81 record in 2022. New GM Chris Getz began to tear the roster down and rebuild this past offseason. As a result, Chicago is a ghastly 28-89, easily the worst record in MLB.

With less than two months to play, the White Sox are on pace to lose more than 120 games, which would be the most in a single season in baseball history. Starter Erick Fedde, closer Michael Kopech, and outfielder Tommy Pham were among those traded away at the July 30 trade deadline. The team on the field now has less talent than the team that went 27-71 in the first half.

Already twice this year the White Sox have set a new record for the longest losing streak in franchise history. They dropped 14 straight games from May 22 to June 6, and just snapped a 21-game losing streak. It was tied for the longest losing streak in baseball since the Phillies lost 23 consecutive games in 1961.

"I think I am. I really do," Grifol said recently when asked whether he believes he's a good manager (via MLB.com). "And I think managing is motivating people to play and work hard every single day. I think managing is preparing and making good decisions and serving people and including people. It's not up for me to decide. I don't make decisions on whether I'm a good manager or not. That's for other people to decide."

Grifol finishes his White Sox career with an 89-190 (.319) record in two seasons. Prior to managing Chicago, he spent a decade with the AL Central rival Kansas City Royals, working his way from minor-league coach to big-league catching coach, assistant hitting coach, and, eventually, bench coach.

The White Sox said a search for a new manager will begin immediately but a replacement will not be announced until after the season. The team did not announce who will serve as interim manager until then.

Timing seems a little off, but let’s face it, Grifol’s firing was inevitable. Poor bastard never had a chance.

Third time the charm for another LaRussa return? I mean, he’s not quite 80 yet…

[RockChalk]

Originally Posted by GabyKeepsMeWarm

Timing seems a little off, but let’s face it, Grifol’s firing was inevitable. Poor bastard never had a chance.

Third time the charm for another LaRussa return? I mean, he’s not quite 80 yet…

If so, they'd probably have to find him at a stoplight somewhere.

[GabyKeepsMeWarm]

Originally Posted by RockChalk

If so, they'd probably have to find him at a stoplight somewhere.

At this point, they might have to extend their search towards looking for a babbling old man wandering the Phoenix streets in a bathrobe randomly chatting up lampposts and parking meters. “Do you know who I am?” Only this time he truly doesn’t know the answer himself anymore…

[GabyKeepsMeWarm]

Originally Posted by dlphg9

He had two bad road stretches in which he went 3-27 and had a .278 OPS in 7 games in May and then a 9 game stretch in June in which he went 6-36 and had a .467 OPS. So 16 games on the road where he went 9-63 is what is keeping his road stats lower. This is such a dumb ass "gotcha" and I'm really not surprised that you are posting it.

Not to mention why would Bobby be the only guy with such dramatic splits? Don’t you think if Bob was cheating, the whole team would be in on it and benefitting with equally inflated home stats? This is a big, fat nothing burger that reeks of petty jealousy.