So great that the Royals have risen to prominence and the Orioles haven't done shit except serve as a platform for a great Dyson quote and a great J Guts t shirt. Clearly drives La douche crazy.

See, one thing I think this "oh, no, 2018 and 19 are going to be terrible!" Thoughts or comments fail to account for is that the royals have some very high upside young talent in Soler and Mondesi who are not prospect eligible any more and therefore fall off lists.

If Mondesi was prospect eligible, he's a top 20 guy now that his offensive production is finally matching his tools.

Another thing it doesn't account for is the core that will still be here (Duffy, Perez, and a lot of solid other players).

Another thing it doesn't account for is what the team will do in free agency. Maybe the royals keep Moustakas. That changes the optics a lot.


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Such a dumb ****ing take. If they make the Playoffs and make a deep run, who gives a **** what '18, '19 & '20 look like. I suspect that we are rebuilding after 2017 anyway. So, why not go for it while you have the opportunity?

J Guts will always have a special place in Royals history

Absolutely not.

Great post! :clap:
Those were excellent moves. Zobrist was amazing and provided a huge lift with his bat and positive winning attitude. Like you said- maybe - but I think our odds would have been cut in half.

Royals have been playing great ball, you can tell they are really jelling as a team. This division is up for grabs, winning that would be a nice springboard into the playoffs where the Royals have shown they can beat teams that look better on paper.

Yankee fans...
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Totally agree. Signing Moose could set up for one hell on an all around infield regardless with what happens with Hosmer.

I still think we can sign Moose and Hos. I'm sure Mondesi can at least be better than Esky

FOUR ACES BEAT A ROYAL FLUSH AMIRITE?


It's great to have exciting baseball back in KC this summer.

About 2015, I highly doubt we win the WS without Zo or Cueto. We all know of Zo's heroics in the postseason (the doubles record, the Game 6 homer off Price, etc, etc) but I don't know if we win the Astros series without Cueto.

We likely roll with a Ventura, Volquez and Young rotation without Cueto. If Volquez gets rushed for 5 runs in his second hypothetical start against the Stros, it changes the entire complexion of Game 5.

"But Chiefspant, we scored 7 runs in Game 5, it wouldn't have mattered if the Astros scored 5."

It would have, if we were down 5-0 instead of 2-0, everything changes about Game 5. The Astros pitch sequencing to us would have been completely different, McHugh wouldn't have faced the anxiety he had holding down a 1 run lead in the 5th, and AJ Hinch wouldn't have felt pressured to make an agressive pull of his soft tossing starter that gave our fastball loving lineup fits in Game 1. Without Cueto, there are many reasons to suspect that we faced long odds topping one of our worst match-ups of 2015 in a do or die game. This same logic applies to the World Series, if we roll with a Volquez, Ventura, Young and Medlen rotation and Ventura gets bombed in Game 2, this entire series shifts as well.

Cueto's incredible two hitter against the Mets in Game 2 gave our bullpen critical rest and allowed them to load up for the trip to Queens, and we all know how crucial our pen was there.

Eh **** it bring back Cueto again for a playoff run

Yeah let's not

Why not? He was crucial in our World Series win

He was a complete headcase.