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 ChiefsCountry:
Brett and Gubicza said Bo's biggest problem was strikeouts. Struck out way too much and didn't hit for average but said both would have been corrected if he was committed to baseball.
So Bo was really just 30 years ahead of the trend? [Reply]
About fucking time for Tallis. He was the Brett Veach of the Royals in the early 70s.
Two more are headed to the Royals Hall of Fame!
John Schuerholz and the late Cedric Tallis were instrumental to the organization's success as General Managers throughout the 1970s and 1980s. pic.twitter.com/SAcHSSQIuB
Originally Posted by siberian khatru:
About ****ing time for Tallis. He was the Brett Veach of the Royals in the early 70s.
Two more are headed to the Royals Hall of Fame!
John Schuerholz and the late Cedric Tallis were instrumental to the organization's success as General Managers throughout the 1970s and 1980s. pic.twitter.com/SAcHSSQIuB
Originally Posted by siberian khatru:
Do you really not know anything about Bo Jackson other than the back of his baseball card?
I was 4 when he played his last MLB season. Ive seen the highlights and name another player that never had an elite season, but people are obsessed with them.
WilliamTheIrish has a really good post a few posts back that helped open my eyes. [Reply]
Originally Posted by siberian khatru:
About fucking time for Tallis. He was the Brett Veach of the Royals in the early 70s.
Two more are headed to the Royals Hall of Fame!
John Schuerholz and the late Cedric Tallis were instrumental to the organization's success as General Managers throughout the 1970s and 1980s. pic.twitter.com/SAcHSSQIuB
Originally Posted by dlphg9:
Like I said before, Joey Gathright jumped over a ****ing car, dude. I've never seen Bo do that.
Don’t remember what kind of car Joey G leaped over. Depending on the car, Bo could probably have done that. But instead, he’d just go to the drivers side of that car, reach down with hands under the frame and probably flip the damn thing over.
The other thing that I remember well about his defense was he often took incorrect routes to cover fly balls. He could make a mistake and still track it down. And he ran down balls in the gaps not so much by drifting into the gap but by speeding to the ball at a 90° angle to the ball, then diving. And he did that dozens of times. I’m probably not explaining it well. [Reply]
Originally Posted by dlphg9:
I was 4 when he played his last MLB season. Ive seen the highlights and name another player that never had an elite season, but people are obsessed with them.
WilliamTheIrish has a really good post a few posts back that helped open my eyes.
You said:
Originally Posted by :
Aren't most major league players at least a little famous in their home city?
Bo was more than a little famous. At one time he was one of the most famous people on earth. And he’s still a legend, almost mythical, like Paul Bunyan. He brought a lot of attention to KC when the Royals weren’t going to the postseason anymore. [Reply]
Originally Posted by WilliamTheIrish:
Don’t remember what kind of car Joey G leaped over. Depending on the car, Bo could probably have done that. But instead, he’d just go to the drivers side of that car, reach down with hands under the frame and probably flip the damn thing over.
The other thing that I remember well about his defense was he often took incorrect routes to cover fly balls. He could make a mistake and still track it down. And he ran down balls in the gaps not so much by drifting into the gap but by speeding to the ball at a 90° angle to the ball, then diving. And he did that dozens of times. I’m probably not explaining it well.
He jumped over a Chevy Express Van going 10 miles an hour. He had to jump and jump high with lots of hang time. [Reply]
Bad news for Jackson Kowar. Probably way too early to call it a success in trading him, but here's to hoping Kyle Wright can come back and positively contribute to next year's team.