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12-17-2018, 05:02 PM | #1 |
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12-17-2018, 05:21 PM | #2 |
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Been thinking about our roster construction and bench strategy with our given assets. This seems as likely a scenario as I've seen - quite a bit of flexibility. While I'm sure they'll try to get him some meaningful at-bats against lefty pitching, O'Hearn is going to need a right handed option (Dozier or Cuthbert) as a semi-platoon. Unless Cuthbert plays himself out of a job in ST, he'll get plenty of at-bats in that scenario to see if he can resurrect his career (just turned 26). Herrera could be the one odd man out on that list. He's not a necessity with Whit and Owings flexibility. I'd probably rather keep Brian Goodwin over Herrera.
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12-17-2018, 05:25 PM | #3 |
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Ventura's death and Zimmer being made of glass REALLY ****ed the Royals hardcore.
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12-17-2018, 05:46 PM | #4 |
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It went a bit like this
Royals sign tv deal when they are mediocre royals get better royals get even better royals are champs royals are ok royals are out of it again time to renew tv deal |
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12-17-2018, 07:27 PM | #5 |
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Evidence from other teams so far shows the current team shouldn't have much of a negative impact on negotiations.
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I guarantee you during the summer the Royals are still the highest rated show.
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12-18-2018, 12:11 AM | #7 |
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12-18-2018, 07:28 AM | #8 |
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The assertion that Royals fans fled last summer to instead go watch “major” league soccer is perhaps the laziest part of that whole piece, which has several other lazy assertions.
I usually am a fan of Sheehan’s, but he’s also usually better than that. Tying Hamilton’s lack of success as a hitter to the velocity jump around the league is also lazy. We’re not talking about a guy who had a gradual drop in performance or who fell off a cliff. This is who he has always been. Any improvement he has as a hitter would have to come from becoming better at using his speed and adopting an approach that helps with that. If any team/setting could help with that, it’s KC. The sheer amount of space in his home OF should help a spray hitter, too. Contact hitters are a little out of vogue at the moment, but they’ll cycle back as the market and pitching styles undervalue them. I think most also generally undervalue the effect of stolen base threats... haven’t seen a system yet that evaluates the effect a great stolen base threat has on the pitch selection and effectiveness of pitchers. For example... Adalberto Mondesi is an excellent fastball hitter (all MLB hitters are, but he’s even more elite). With Hamilton and Merrifield hitting in front of him and posing SB threats, how many more fastballs will Mondesi see in attempts to control the running game? It’s an apps school thought and question, but I think new school analytics can quantify that effect.
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12-18-2018, 07:32 AM | #9 |
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Wait. What! Ionization?
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12-18-2018, 12:05 PM | #10 |
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12-18-2018, 02:17 PM | #11 |
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Our season is saved! lol
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12-18-2018, 04:13 PM | #13 |
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12-19-2018, 11:18 AM | #14 |
Herm is the worst...horrible
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I guess that's an approach. Not going to lie...I could be entertained by an all-world base-steeling team when competing for the division isn't a factor. But I don't like the roster construction ramifications of all this. Boni has options. What about Goodwin?
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12-19-2018, 01:15 PM | #15 |
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My new amazing girlfriend is a Royals fan so now i got good opportunities to go to games this year
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