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#3961 |
Agree to Disagree
Join Date: Feb 2001
Location: The State of Euphoria
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Sure, but Royals weren't the only team that thought he may only be a bullpen guy due to delivery/size. This one does hurt given our struggles developing pitching.
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#3962 |
Agree to Disagree
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M-I-Z-Z-O-U
Join Date: Apr 2001
Location: Kansas City
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Colin is the only one of those who wasn't viewed as a logical/good pick at the time, and the MLB draft is probably the toughest one to judge with hindsight. It's frustrating that the Royals first round picks other than Moustakas and Hosmer have not turned into core players/stars for the team, but that's not atypical around MLB, either. The Colon one is the one that's most frustrating, because they were planning to take Sale until right before the pick, reportedly. That was the only "reach" pick, and it was seemingly made because the org had a hole at SS in its system and a plethora of LH pitching prospects. Zimmer is just bad luck. Team hasn't done anything wrong there. Starling looks like a bad pick and is also frustrating, but was justified at the time. The other thing that I really think back to other is finishing a 1/2 game worse than Baltimore rather than a 1/2 game better that year. KC takes Machado in that case, and the whole landscape probably changes. Including the Greinke trade. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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#3964 |
Let's Get Weird
Join Date: Apr 2013
Location: Austin
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Are they going to try and make him start again?
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#3965 |
Damnit Peg
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#3966 | |
MVP
Join Date: Mar 2013
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It kind of sucks the way some of those picks and results went down, but then again, as you say, one difference and the whole landscape changes. Maybe good, maybe bad. What I do know is since those drafts the Royals have two pennants and a trophy and neither the Orioles or the White Sox have won jack shit (well, unless you count a division title), so while some of the picks would be nice, I'll take the results of the 'process' and trust GMDM and the scouting department are doing everything they can to set us up to be a successful franchise going forward. Even if that may mean an occasional 'miss' on a draft pick. |
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#3967 |
Stay positive, don't give up
Join Date: Dec 2001
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I guess so...I'd think they'd take Volquez mutual option if he isn't traded
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#3968 |
Let's Get Weird
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#3969 |
Let's Get Weird
Join Date: Apr 2013
Location: Austin
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Scum attract scum:
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Stay positive, don't give up
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#3972 | |
M-I-Z-Z-O-U
Join Date: Apr 2001
Location: Kansas City
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Agreed. Who knows how different things are if they have Machado... Maybe they don't make the trade with Milwaukee. Maybe Machado doesn't develop the same way, etc. I'll take the results. No complaints here, really. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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#3973 |
Let's Get Weird
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#3974 |
21st Century Schizoid Fan
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#3975 |
21st Century Schizoid Fan
Join Date: Jul 2002
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Nice haul:
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