*** Official Minnesota Twins @ Kansas City Royals Game Thread (8/27) ***

[alnorth]

Final	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
MIN (58-74)	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	5	1
KC (74-58)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	X	6	9	0

Royals Magic Number: 29



Loss, (14-9) Phil Hughes 7⅔IP 4R 4ER 0BB 4K
Brian Duensing 0IP 1R 1ER 1BB 0K
Casey Fien ⅓IP 1R 1ER 0BB 0K

VS.



Liam Hendriks 7IP 1R 1ER 0BB 5K
Win, (8-2) Wade Davis 1IP 0R 0ER 0BB 1K
Greg Holland 1IP 0R 0ER 0BB 3K

Home Runs

none

Other Relevant Games

Final: TEX 12, SEA 4
Final: TB 3, BAL 1
Final: NYY 8, DET 4

Starting Lineups

MIN

1. Danny Santana, CF
2. Brian Dozier, 2B
3. Joe Mauer, 1B
4. Kennys Vargas, DH
5. Oswaldo Arcia, RF
6. Trevor Plouffe, 3B
7. Kurt Suzuki, C
8. Eduardo Escobar, SS
9. Jordan Schafer, LF

KC

1. Norichika Aoki, RF
1. Greg Holland, P
2. Alcides Escobar, SS
3. Alex Gordon, LF
4. Billy Butler, 1B
5. Salvador Perez, C
6. Raul Ibanez, DH
6. Lorenzo Cain, pr/RF
7. Mike Moustakas, 3B
8. Christian Colon, 2B
9. Jarrod Dyson, CF

[Hootie]

lets all be honest with each other real quick

Dayton Moore has done a hell of a job, and is worthy of a multi-year extension.

[Hootie]

as a huge baseball fan and a guy who really appreciates good baseball

Alex Gordon is quickly becoming my favorite player like...ever.

and in all honesty, I've never had a Royal be my favorite baseball player. I can't remember the last time we had a true superstar. Greinke? But he was a little tougher to like.

Gordon? Yep. He's my guy.

[BigCatDaddy]

Originally Posted by Unsmooth-Moment

His ERA was bad before the start, but 2 of his 3 outings for Toronto this year were pretty good. He got shelled in his last start @ Cincinnati, but I don't see why he couldn't translate into a back of the rotation arm.

I agree. My point was we next year we have Vargas, Gutherie, Duffy, and Ventura for sure. Swapping Shields for Hendriks seems like a big step back in the rotation and I'm not sure if you can keep him down another year (being that he is 25 years old already) until Gut's contract is up. If they can trade Gutherie to get some cash to spend elsewhere and have Hendriks take his spot I'd be cool with that. There is starting to appear to be somewhat of a log jam with pitchers coming up. You have Hendriks, Lamb is looking good, hopefullly Zimmer and Finnegan and knocking on the door next year as well.

[Hootie]

well I do know one thing

Liam Hendricks earned his World Series right last night!

[Unsmooth-Moment]

Originally Posted by BigCatDaddy

I agree. My point was we next year we have Vargas, Gutherie, Duffy, and Ventura for sure. Swapping Shields for Hendriks seems like a big step back in the rotation and I'm not sure if you can keep him down another year until Gut's contract is up. If they can trade Gutherie then I might before it.

He should step into the Chen role next year IMO. Be your long inning guy if someone gets in a jam and make a few spot starts for injured guys. Im curious with who they look to replace Shields with. Someone from free agency or one of our prospects? Should be an interesting winter, but I think if we make some serious noise this year Glass may be more open to spending on next years team. Keep winning.

[Hootie]

well, when we win the World Series Glass is going to have little motivation to increase the payroll...

so I'm sure we'll replace Shields with an in house option

[BigCatDaddy]

Originally Posted by Unsmooth-Moment

He should step into the Chen role next year IMO. Be your long inning guy if someone gets in a jam and make a few spot starts for injured guys. Im curious with who they look to replace Shields with. Someone from free agency or one of our prospects? Should be an interesting winter, but I think if we make some serious noise this year Glass may be more open to spending on next years team. Keep winning.

Maybe. It looks like Chen has a mutual option next year with a 1.25mil buy out.

[BigCatDaddy]

Originally Posted by Hootie 2.0

well, when we win the World Series Glass is going to have little motivation to increase the payroll...

so I'm sure we'll replace Shields with an in house option

Just depends on what's out there.

[ChiefsCountry]

Originally Posted by Hootie 2.0

so I'm sure we'll replace Shields with an in house option

Ian Kennedy