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My projected starters ordered by spring training batting average;

Merrifield .468, 2nd
Duda .429, 1st
Perez .389, C
Moose .381, 3rd
Jay .370, CF
Cuthbert .360, DH
Soler .241, RF
Escobar . 184, SS
Gordon .122, LF

Great Expectations

03-23-2018 06:21 AM

Lineup looks solid until you notice two pitchers batting 8 and 9.

KChiefs1

03-23-2018 06:23 AM

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Originally Posted by DeepSouth (Post 13484339)

My projected starters ordered by spring training batting average;

Escobar . 184, SS
Gordon .122, LF

Esky & Gordon living off their 2014-15 glory.

Lex Luthor

03-23-2018 06:26 AM

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Originally Posted by DeepSouth (Post 13484334)

http://mlb.mlb.com/stats/sortable.js...=1521806201538

I know it's a small sample size but Junis, Karns, and Kennedy have looked good in spring traning. Duffy and Hammel have sucked. No other team will give anything for Duffy if he doesn't turn it around. If Hammel doesn't get better, which means he would not be of any value at the trade deadline, could be released early. One of the rejuvenation projects could take his spot.

:facepalm:

How about if we let these guys at least pitch an inning or two in the real season before we write them both off?

If spring training stats were truly meaningful, ~~Raul~~ Adalberto Mondesi would have hit .400 last year.

dallaschiefsfan

03-23-2018 06:44 AM

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Originally Posted by Lex Luthor (Post 13484346)

This is true. But the more interesting thing he mentions is the success of Kennedy, Junis and Karnes. Spring Training or not, those are good signs for our rotation in Arizona where offensive numbers are inflated. Karnes has looked fantastic thus far.

Great Expectations

03-23-2018 07:23 AM

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Originally Posted by Lex Luthor (Post 13484346)

No reason to be down on Duffy yet, but we know Hammell sucks.

Good signs from Kennedy, but i thought he was getting lucky in his last start. Several belt high fastballs over the middle of the plate were hard hit right at people.

DeepSouth

03-23-2018 07:45 AM

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Originally Posted by Great Expectations (Post 13484394)

If Hammel sucks when May 1st comes around, I wouldn't mind seeing Clay Buchholz get a shot. If he's not on the Major League roster on May 1st, he can opt out.

https://kckingdom.com/2018/03/22/kan...ion-to-royals/

Great Expectations

03-23-2018 08:40 AM

Buchholz has the higher ceiling; any chance the baseballs are dejuiced?

duncan_idaho

03-23-2018 08:51 AM

I don’t think hammel sucks, he just is a five inning, twice through the rotation starter. He’d be an OK No. 5 type for a team that’s smart enough to realize that and set up to cover his short stints.

Pulling a starter when it’s logical to pull them based on data is not a strength of Yost’s, and it never has been.

BigCatDaddy

03-23-2018 08:52 AM

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Originally Posted by Great Expectations (Post 13484491)

Buchholz has the higher ceiling; any chance the baseballs are dejuiced?

I think they probably let a little air out this year. I doubt they expected quite the dramatic effect it had last year.

KChiefs1

03-23-2018 11:14 AM

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Originally Posted by ChiefsCountry (Post 13476904)

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