Year Two of the Matt Quatraro tenure. Time to take a step up this year. Active in free agency and trades this offseason. A new look pitching rotation and bullpen. Will the young players take the leap up offensively? Bobby Witt extension? New stadium? Will Vinny recover from injury? Salvy taking aim at the Royals record book? Will Cole Ragans turn into the best Royals starting pitcher since Greinke 1.0?
Free Agents/Trades Acquisitions
Seth Lugo, SP
Michael Wacha, SP
Kyle Wright, SP
Hunter Renfroe, OF/DH
Will Smith, RP
Chris Stratton, RP
Nick Anderson, RP
Adam Frazier, 2B
Garrett Hampson, INF/OF
Matt Sauer, RP [Reply]
Originally Posted by PHOG:
So, if we just take care of business, with no major losing record these last few remaining games, we're in. Amazing turnaround.
Yeah, for real.
I thought this season would be a big victory if we could flirt with .500 (77-80ish wins), but this is way, way better. [Reply]
I can't even muster an opinion about who I want in the playoffs. I'm just so fucking pumped at the idea of getting playoff baseball again. I've been in withdrawal for almost nine years. [Reply]
Originally Posted by TomBarndtsTwin:
15 games left. 5 game lead on a playoff spot. We're gettin close, fellas.
It's really a 6-game lead on Detroit, as we already have clinched the tie-breaker on them. So if they make up the 5 games on us for the third spot, we get it on the tie-breaker. They have to finish ahead of us by one game to get that spot.
Boston and Seattle are both 6 games back, Boston owns the tie-breaker on us. We split the season series with Seattle, next tie-breaker is intra-division records, and thanks in large part to our 12-1 vs. the White Sox that gives us the edge. So we have effectively a 7-game lead on the Mariners. [Reply]
Originally Posted by siberian khatru:
It's really a 6-game lead on Detroit, as we already have clinched the tie-breaker on them. So if they make up the 5 games on us for the third spot, we get it on the tie-breaker. They have to finish ahead of us by one game to get that spot.
Boston and Seattle are both 6 games back, Boston owns the tie-breaker on us. We split the season series with Seattle, next tie-breaker is intra-division records, and thanks in large part to our 12-1 vs. the White Sox that gives us the edge. So we have effectively a 7-game lead on the Mariners.
So, in essence, 5 game lead on a playoff spot. :-) [Reply]