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 KC_Connection:
Need a safe space?
Uh, yeah. This is a Royals thread on a football forum. I don't need bitter Jays fans from nine years ago trolling me as my team attempts a playoff run. Especially ones as uninteresting as you. Just fuck the fuck off. (Or be banned which I would prefer) [Reply]
Originally Posted by suzzer99:
Baltimore still has something to play for I believe, at least for game one, because they could lost the top wildcard spot to the Tigers. Which means going from 3 home games to 3 road games.
Originally Posted by kysirsoze:
Uh, yeah. This is a Royals thread on a football forum. I don't need bitter Jays fans from nine years ago trolling me as my team attempts a playoff run. Especially ones as uninteresting as you. Just **** the **** off. (Or be banned which I would prefer)
Who knew words would hurt this much? I didn’t know it was a rule that only Royals fans could talk baseball here. [Reply]
Originally Posted by TomBarndtsTwin:
Yup. Balty will be plenty motivated, at least for tomorrow night, trying to lock up that Top Wild Card spot and 3 home games.
And the Twins just burnt the pen all to hell.
Even if Royals don’t manage a win against the Braves, it may not matter.
I'd love to go into the postseason on a heater instead of backing in. [Reply]
Originally Posted by TomBarndtsTwin:
Yup. Balty will be plenty motivated, at least for tomorrow night, trying to lock up that Top Wild Card spot and 3 home games.
And the Twins just burnt the pen all to hell.
Even if Royals don’t manage a win against the Braves, it may not matter.
I did not know the WC1 spot is still not locked. We can’t get it but Detroit could. Baltimore will come to play tomorrow. And if they lose and the Tigers somehow do as well, it puts pressure on Detroit for at least Saturday. Me likey. [Reply]
Originally Posted by Why Not?:
I did not know the WC1 spot is still not locked. We can’t get it but Detroit could. Baltimore will come to play tomorrow. And if they lose and the Tigers somehow do as well, it puts pressure on Detroit for at least Saturday. Me likey.
The way things have been going for Detroit, I half expect them to take the WC1 spot! Or, you know, get swept by the White Sox... [Reply]
This game was great example of the professionalism of MLB players.
Marlins have lost 100 games. Traded off their best players. And finishing their season on the road in Minnesota, and heading to Toronto for weekend series.
Originally Posted by suzzer99:
Do we care if we get the 2nd or 3rd wildcard?
I'd say yes. Shoot for the 2nd wildcard. Detroit has been so hot that it wouldn't be surprising to see them in the ALCS. If we're still in it as the 2nd wild card it would be worth it to have home field advantage against them. [Reply]
