***Official Kansas City Royals @ Minnesota Twins Game Thread (4/15)***

[alnorth]

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

Loss, (1-1) Edinson Volquez 7⅔IP 3R 3ER 1BB 7K 1HR
Franklin Morales ⅓IP 0R 0ER 0BB 0K

VS.



Win, (1-1) Kyle Gibson 6⅔IP 1R 1ER 0BB 3K
Hold, (1) Brian Duensing ⅓IP 0R 0ER 0BB 0K
Hold, (1) Casey Fien 1IP 0R 0ER 0BB 1K
Save, (1) Glen Perkins 1IP 0R 0ER 0BB 1K

Home Runs

KC

none

MIN

Oswaldo Arcia, (1) - Bottom 4th 2-run homer to center

AL Central

Final: CWS 2, CLE 4
Final: DET 1, PIT 0

Starting Lineups

KC

1. Alcides Escobar, SS
2. Mike Moustakas, 3B
3. Lorenzo Cain, CF
4. Eric Hosmer, 1B
5. Kendrys Morales, DH
6. Alex Gordon, LF
7. Salvador Perez, C
8. Omar Infante, 2B
9. Jarrod Dyson, RF

MIN

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

[Strongside]

Originally Posted by Hootie 2.0

Ha. Yep. Smack dab right in front of a computer, too. I get to work and CP all day long, especially during baseball season.

Same here. I just spent the last 30 minutes creating a new sig.

Desk jobs have killer perks. Until I'm 65 and can't walk.

[milkman]

Originally Posted by duncan_idaho

It's also worth 1.8 wins...

Over the course of 7 games?

[milkman]

Originally Posted by duncan_idaho

It's also worth 1.8 wins...

Over the course of 7 games?

[Saul Good]

Originally Posted by milkman

Over the course of 7 games?

Seems low.

[Three7s]

Originally Posted by Strongside

Same here. I just spent the last 30 minutes creating a new sig.

Desk jobs have killer perks. Until I'm 65 and can't walk.

I've got a desk job too. It's pretty awesome being able to follow the Royals GDTs at work. You guys make it easy!

[milkman]

Originally Posted by Saul Good

Seems low.

Not sure what you're saying.

2.25 defensive runs saved a game seems like it would lead to more than 1.8 wins over the course of a season.

But it seems like a big number for 7 games, though not incredibly big.

[Hootie]

Originally Posted by milkman

Not sure what you're saying.

2.25 defensive runs saved a game seems like it would lead to more than 1.8 wins over the course of a season.

But it seems like a big number for 7 games, though not incredibly big.

he was being very sarcastic

[KChiefs1]

Originally Posted by milkman

That's close to 2 1/4 a game.



That's just sick.

JP Morosi has been saying that on MLBN & Fox Sports One all week.

[Saul Good]

Originally Posted by milkman

Not sure what you're saying.

2.25 defensive runs saved a game seems like it would lead to more than 1.8 wins over the course of a season.

But it seems like a big number for 7 games, though not incredibly big.

I would think that adding 2.25 additional runs a game would lead to more than 1.8 additional wins in 7 games for an average team. I guess an average team would be expected to go from winning 3.5 wins to 5.3 wins over a seven game stretch.

[ReynardMuldrake]

Originally Posted by Chiefspants

This could literally kill someone.

Unless you raise up your hands as a reflex. Then it just breaks your hand.

[KChiefs1]

I'm a big believer in waiting until 30 games have been played:

I think we've found the magic threshold. Here are the 11 teams that started 23-7 or better:

1939 New York Yankees: Won World Series

1946 Boston Red Sox: Won AL Pennant

1952 Brooklyn Dodgers: Won NL Pennant

1955 Brooklyn Dodgers: Won World Series

1977 LA Dodgers: Won NL Pennant

1984 Detroit Tigers: Won World Series

1988 Oakland A's: Won AL Pennant

1990 Cincinnati Reds: Won World Series

1993 Philadelphia Phillies: Won NL Pennant

1998 New York Yankees: Won World Series

[Saul Good]

Originally Posted by Hootie 2.0

he was being very sarcastic

Not at all. Take an 81-81 team. Give that team an extra 2.25 runs per game, and they win 123 games a year at that rate...which is an incredible number. It just sounds low when framing it as 1.8 over 7 games.

[alnorth]

Originally Posted by Saul Good

I would think that adding 2.25 additional runs a game would lead to more than 1.8 additional wins in 7 games for an average team. I guess an average team would be expected to go from winning 3.5 wins to 5.3 wins over a seven game stretch.

Well, if you had average defense and an average team, in 7 games you'd be expected to win 3 or 4 of them. So for 3 or 4 of them you go from winning to winning by a few more runs. 1 or 2 games maybe you got blown out so you go from losing to barely losing.

[Strongside]

That 23-7 statistic is pretty damn impressive.

I'm just excited that we'll likely see the K have great crowds for the foreseeable future with this kind of performance.

There's no reason Kansas City can't be like St. Louis when it comes to support of it's baseball team. Especially now that we've passed that city in population numbers (metro) and, you know, are just better overall.

[Saul Good]

Originally Posted by Strongside

That 23-7 statistic is pretty damn impressive.

I'm just excited that we'll likely see the K have great crowds for the foreseeable future with this kind of performance.

There's no reason Kansas City can't be like St. Louis when it comes to support of it's baseball team. Especially now that we've passed that city in population numbers (metro) and, you know, are just better overall.

Yeah, but we still have a football team. (They're still way larger population wise, though.)