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]
Well fuck it, let’s rest our guys today and just give our best vs. Houston. If we come out on the other side of that, I’d much rather play Cleveland than the Yankees. [Reply]
Originally Posted by GabyKeepsMeWarm:
We just got into the playoffs, Blanco actually did start and play last night, and you’re still an insufferable jagoff.
I believe Robin Williams character of Adrian Cronauer said it best in “Good Morning Vietnam”.
“You’re in more dire need of a blowjob than any white man in history.”
Lighten up Francis, you’re killing the mood. I’m betting you’ve heard that last part before. Take notes, and try not to stay up again past your bedtime.
Yeah, we made the playoffs, so we should be doing everything we can to win those games. You fucking people act like any criticism of the team is blasphemy. In 24 September games they are averaging 2.9 runs scored per game and have a team OPS of .574. They've scored 70 runs this month which is 8 less than the next closest team, the White Sox. They have the lowest OPS in the ML this month and is damn near 40 points lower than the White Sox (.611).
I don't want to see them get swept in the Wild Card round and lose 1-0 in both of them. Our offense is atrocious right now and I don't see anything changing, because 6/9 of our hitters are black holes. [Reply]
Also this is not surprising but it's why you just want to get in. Already adding Marsh and Lorenzen to the pen plus now Singer. He can just turn it loose and throw the fastball as hard as he can with his nasty slider and not worry about a 3rd pitch.
Matt Quatraro says Brady Singer will be in the bullpen for the Wild Card Series.
“He’ll be a factor out there. We know what he brings to the table with his ability to get righties out, his ability to compete at a really high level. … We would expect his velo to go up.” #Royals
Originally Posted by tk13:
Also this is not surprising but it's why you just want to get in. Already adding Marsh and Lorenzen to the pen plus now Singer. He can just turn it loose and throw the fastball as hard as he can with his nasty slider and not worry about a 3rd pitch.
Matt Quatraro says Brady Singer will be in the bullpen for the Wild Card Series.
“He’ll be a factor out there. We know what he brings to the table with his ability to get righties out, his ability to compete at a really high level. … We would expect his velo to go up.” #Royals
Not to mention, the ‘pen was already markedly improved in September, these additions are a nice shot in the arm of actually making our bullpen a strength in October. [Reply]
Originally Posted by GabyKeepsMeWarm:
Not to mention, the ‘pen was already markedly improved in September, these additions are a nice shot in the arm of actually making our bullpen a strength in October.
There's actually going to be a real question of who they keep and who they don't put on the roster. Talking about guys like Hernandez, Schreiber and especially Zerpa. Zerpa's been lights out in September but you do already have 3 lefties in Long, Lynch and Bubic. [Reply]
Originally Posted by tk13:
There's actually going to be a real question of who they keep and who they don't put on the roster. Talking about guys like Hernandez, Schreiber and especially Zerpa. Zerpa's been lights out in September but you do already have 3 lefties in Long, Lynch and Bubic.
Solid point. Plus, the rosters shrink back down to 26, right? So yeah, they’ll have some decisions to make. And if Vinnie is back and makes the roster, that’ll remove one of the position players. [Reply]