*Saturday April 13 Royals/Mets GDT*
 

Time to get back to winning. Start time 12:40 CDT

KC: Alec Marsh (1-0, 3.09 ERA)
NYM: Sean Manaea (1-0, 0.82 ERA)

Go Royals!

Looks like occasional showers, but their getting ready to start on time.

A new steak starts today

Vicodin, Valium and vodka at the ready.

Oh boy, the all righty approach... okie dokie, buckle up...

Green Light

Ha, Velasquez with a 3-0 base hit for run #1

Nice. Very nice.

Nice Velasquez, 1-0 Rs

Velazquez with a ribeye

Okay Marsh, let's see the good stuff today...

Brandon Nimmo is one annyoying mother****er.

Beautiful bunt.

Another single by Alonso, 1-1

Nice DP ball, but didn't convert it, 2-1 Mets

Cool. Marsh is a pumpkin.

Well, with this game quickly going to dogshit, what movie should I watch instead?

Double makes it 3-1 Mets.....:shake:

As far as I care, the cowbell operator can stick it.

The guy banging the cowbell is driving me insane
cant believe they allow that

Good eye, walked in a run. 3-2

Prime cut by Salvy

Nice Salvy! 4-3 Rs

Well done top of the half inning

Here we go... could be one of those types of days... buckle up.

Royals are taking me on a journey.

I’m constantly back and forth between “it’s over” and “we’re back”.

Barely noticed it until I read you guys talking about it.

Now the "Woooo-ooo" person at Kaufman? That shit goes right through me.

The Mets average BMI has to be off the charts.

Baseball is a game of patience.

It's what I want to say to everyone who has gotten excited by the Royals so far. Don't forget the feeling of the first 2 weeks when they inevitably slump. It can happen again.

Nice move by Hampson to avoid the tag. :clap:

Yes, that gets me also....but it's not only at Kaufman. I think White Sux have that annoying tripe also, plus some others.

Alonso just creamed that ball....4-4

Let go royals.

How about drum guy in Cleveland? Always a hoot.

That sticks out as well. I think all stadiums have some kind of annoying crowd antics.

That'll work, RF dropped Witt's fly ball and ends up on 3rd with 1 out.

And Loftin drives him in with his second hit. 5-4 Rs

Double by Salvy scores Loftin for 6-4 lead. But wait, could be a home run.

Man... this game.

That should be a Salvydong

Definitely. I've also noticed some stadiums really crank the volume on the p.a. system to obnoxious levels. Citifield is right up there.

Annnnd... SALVY!!!!!

7-4 Rs after Salvy's 250th Home run.

I think the thing with this team so far this year has been with the exception of 2 or 3 games that I can think of, they have been in every game until the last inning.

I hope they stay healthy.

Manaea done for the game in the 4th.

Freddy! Keeping it going!

Fermin gets an RBI after a Hampson SB, 8-4 Rs and also gets above the Mendosa line at .217

Hampson has been a sneaky good addition. Perfect utility guy with speed.

True, true... It's so early, it's tough to get a gauge yet on this squad, about just how mentally tough they are, and their willingness to never give in even if down early. The offense/defense certainly looks like they've got enough punch to keep us in games as long as the pitching can hold up.

It's a war zone behind the plate today.

Looks like Marsh has settled in a bit now, he'll at least go 5 innings barring a really bad inning.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Salvador Perez was on pace for 6.9 fWAR entering today’s game. If his teammate Bobby Witt Jr. wasn’t scorching the earth this season, that might be a bigger story.<br><br>Absolutely insane start from a 33 year old backstop.</p>&mdash; Preston Farr (@royalsminors) <a href="https://twitter.com/royalsminors/status/1779225219879817279?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 13, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

Bobby! Another triple baby!

BWJ with a triple, 1 out.

Bob's just a freak. He is George Brett with Bo Jackson's athletic ability.

Nice. Very nice. Keep chipping away.

That wind is crazy. It's pushing those fly balls from center to right field.

Loftin gets him in with a SF fly. 9-4 Rs. His 3rd RBI today.

Small sample size but this has to be Loftin’s best MLB game, I’m guessing?

So who goes away when Massey is ready to return? Or do you wait until someone is hurt considering Massey still has options?

I'm positive it has to be I would think.

Good question, I don't know. I would assume they bring Massey back now but who knows.

I don’t see who you could take out right now for Massey unless someone falls off the next two weeks or gets hurt

Massey is definitely coming back when it's time. He's the best 2nd base option we have.

Adam Frazier has player in 12 games and has a .585 OPS. No way should he be getting ML ABs over Massey.

I don't disagree, but the question remains, who goes away? You know it isn't likely to be Hampson or Frazier, because they're both under contract, which pretty much means Loftin is the odd man out. I'd rather have Loftin on the team than either Hampson or Frazier, but I digress...

Awwww, our old friend Jorge Lopez.

Lol Hampson is terrible. .541 OPS is sneaky good?

Clearly safe.

Velasquez is SAFE!!

Yeah, that's why those kinds of signings are really annoying. Hampson and Frazier are both terrible and have always been terrible. They should be DFAd and put in AAA. No one will pick them up.

Nice Renfroe, 11-4 Rs

Wow. Opponents are a perfect 24 for 24 against the Mets on stolen base attempts.

Yssssss, tack on a couple more! 11-4!!!

Annnnnd my stream just went dark. Shit.

Sounds like a shellacking. I am at a 8 year olds bday party and missing it

God damn so close to a HR

Damn, that wind almost pushed that ball over the wall.

About 2 feet short. Damn.

The wind could've blown just a little harder on BWJ's fly out.

The way Ryan called that he definitely just thought it'd be a routine flyball. Wind is crazy.

Unlike Alonso's no doubter. He's a monster.