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05-17-2018, 07:13 PM | #916 | |
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On July 20, 2012, Guthrie was traded to the Royals for left-handed starter Jonathan Sánchez. 2012 through 2014, Guthrie may have been the best starting pitcher the Royals had. |
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05-17-2018, 09:12 PM | #917 | |
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05-18-2018, 04:35 AM | #918 |
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More than solid, I believe he had one of the best seasons ever in that league.
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05-18-2018, 08:18 AM | #919 | |
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Context makes it easier to understand. He was in an independent league in 2014. 2015, he has a great season at Omaha and hit for a high average, but without a lot of power. He was a 6-6 guy who can only play an adequate 1B and who had not shown the power expected of a 1B. He started the 2016 season in Kansas City’s system and had a large drop off (.298/.356/.433) before they traded him. He got to St. Louis, changed his swing to get more loft on the ball, started hitting juices baseballs full time, and maybe found some juice himself. (Classic profile of a guy who dopes to make sure his career doesn’t end). It still was a mistake - this organization is too biased against players who don’t fit the classic ball player mold - but is not like they traded him off the .384 season he had in 2015. He backed it up with 150 ABs of AAAA-looking “meh” in 2016 before the deal.
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05-18-2018, 03:54 PM | #920 |
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Mahomes throwing out the first pitch tonight.
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05-18-2018, 03:59 PM | #921 |
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There is a much higher percentage of Royals fans in Johnson County versus any Missouri counties in the KC metro. Waaay more Cards fans IMMEDIATELY once you get to the Missouri side.
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05-18-2018, 04:00 PM | #922 |
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Chiefs QB Mahomes blowns arm out during first pitch.
Chiefs sign veteran Matt Cassell to 1-year deal
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05-18-2018, 06:55 PM | #923 |
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05-18-2018, 08:15 PM | #924 |
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*** Official 2018 Royals Repository ***
Edit: little sloshed after a long week. Don’t need to bring state line bs into this fine thread.
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05-18-2018, 08:16 PM | #925 | |
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Duda is .256/.317/.398/.716 and the Royals are paying him $3.5 million. Cuthbert is .194/.282/.301/.583 Almonte is .205/.256/.342/.599 Hell, even Orlando is bad as .191/.224/.234/.459 All that, while Martinez is slashing .304/.382.459/.842, and is only making a paltry $560,400. Sometimes it's just frustrating to see that some players who does well in the minors, doesn't get rewarded (like Martinez) as they should have (like Whit Merrifield, who I been pounding the table on for quite some time). The Royals could have easily able to cut payroll, and still get equal or better performance, instead of signing Lucas Duda. And they're too biased on trying to get power hitters, whereas they need to start finding players who has a high contact rate and can utilize the whole field.
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05-18-2018, 08:29 PM | #926 | |
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I think the bias is in trying to get guys who are too much of a classic mold more than anything else. It was a mistake, no doubt. They didn’t get much for him and didn’t HAVE to move him. Just was providing a little context.
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05-18-2018, 09:19 PM | #927 |
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Dayton is a dipshit who lucked into a WS
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05-18-2018, 09:54 PM | #928 |
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Nah. He had a clear plan, and it worked. Where he got lucky was that his bounce back, grit and high character acquisitions, (Wade Davis, Morales, Chris Young, Edinson) all came together to kickass in the same year. These types of signings, who more than often flame out for Moore (and Wade even did as a starter) all boosted his homegrown Latin American and Draft heavy team to the promised land.
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05-18-2018, 10:03 PM | #929 |
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The GM that helped fast track us to a WS title was Scott Pioli.
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05-18-2018, 10:05 PM | #930 | |
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