@MikeBerardino: Chance of rain starts at 30 pct at 2 p.m., increases to 40 pct by 3 and 50 pct by 4. Up to 60 pct by 6 and stays there thru 8. https://twitter.com/SSellouT/status/848713661313056769

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The first 2 weeks need to be played exclusively in the Southern half of the USA

Absolutely. This makes zero sense. Now they'll likely have to play double headers next time they're up there, assuming the game is freezing rained out.

@ChrisSuchanKCTV: Royals season opener today! Few sprinkles or rain shower possible thru the game. #RaisedRoyal @Royals https://twitter.com/ChrisSuchanKCTV/...092806/photo/1

I agree they probably shouldn't be playing in Minnesota the first week of the year, but this is still probably a bit overblown. It's supposed to be like 55 degrees there today. That's pretty good. The problem is that it's spring and that means rain showers, no matter where you are. You really can't avoid that, even if you go south, places like Atlanta are supposed to have severe weather today. Same with Texas yesterday. Your only bet to avoid spring weather is play all the games in California, or start the season in June.

I mean, hell, it's been soggy in Kansas for the past two weeks. If we would've hosted Opening Day today, I doubt they even sniff playing today.

I think its more they have to play the games in the middle of the day.

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The avg April 3 avg temps are as follows:

Minny 43
KC 52
Dallas 63

https://weatherspark.com/averages/31...-United-States

I get that spring is spring and there's all kinds of factors that go into creating opening day matchups, but Angels @ Oakland, Giants @ Diamondbacks, Padres @ Dodgers...KC @ Twins, Detroit @ White Sox, etc. Seems like in a world of advanced stats, they could formula in some mitigating weather data.

That's a fair point. I'm sure part of that, especially with our Twins series, is that it's warmer then, but it certainly increases the odds of being hit by afternoon storms.

That said, even KC isn't immune. Was it 2 or 3 years ago we had a snow out in May? It's just part of it. I'm not sure there's even enough teams to make another plan work. The two Florida teams, Atlanta, Dallas, Houston, Arizona and the five California teams. Plus there are a few indoor stadiums. Honestly the Twins probably should've built one.

Only exception is the Reds, they always get a home opener out of tradition. That won't change.

Twins are going with Sano at 3B, Max Keppler in the OF. This should be fun.

Sano at third? WTF

538 picks KC 4th in Central, 74-88. One game ahead of the Sux, who aren't even trying this year. Also only 4 teams(Sux, Reds, Phillies and Padres) given lower playoff odds than our 14%.


We are even behind Atlanta, Minny, As and Rockies.

How is 538 that bad?

The Royals will outperform whatever 538 says. What is 538?