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Nzoner's Game Room>*****Official 2024 Royals Season Repository Thread*****
ChiefsCountry 11:36 AM 01-01-2024




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
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New World Order 04:28 PM 04-15-2024
Originally Posted by WhawhaWhat:
WELL WAKE HIS ASS UP! WE GOTTA WIN TOMORROW!
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cmh6476 04:30 PM 04-15-2024
Originally Posted by New World Order:
WELL WAKE HIS ASS UP! WE GOTTA WIN TOMORROW!
it's the chisox. Like resting Mahomes against the Donks and rolling with Wentz and still expecting to win.
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GabyKeepsMeWarm 05:03 PM 04-15-2024
Originally Posted by WhawhaWhat:
Nice. That's good news knowing Salvy won't be out long.
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dlphg9 05:17 PM 04-15-2024
Originally Posted by GabyKeepsMeWarm:
Nice. That's good news knowing Salvy won't be out long.
Hopefully he won't be out long.
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VAGOMO 4 LIFE! 12:07 AM 04-16-2024

James McArthur was acquired by the #Royals on May 8th, 2023 for Junior Marin.

He was 26 years old with a 7.31 ERA in AAA.

Now he’s Kansas City’s closer and Marin has played a total of 5 games in the Phillies organization.

— Jack Johnson (@JohnyJ_15) April 16, 2024

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smithandrew051 12:12 AM 04-16-2024
I’d rest Salvy through the White Sox series
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Coach 06:39 PM 04-16-2024
Well apparently Dayton Moore's bible study didn't help this guy.

https://www.cbssports.com/mlb/news/f...sh-in-florida/

Originally Posted by :
Betancourt, 42, is alleged to have been part of a four-person scheme that staged a car crash and faked injuries to defraud Kemper Insurance. The state's investigation found that "after the accident report date, all four individuals purportedly sought treatment and physical therapy for injuries they never sustained regarding the accident," according to a press release.

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duncan_idaho 06:54 PM 04-16-2024
Originally Posted by MAHOMO 4 LIFE!:
The trades the Royals pulled off in 2023 have worked out pretty spectacularly in the Royals favor.

McArthur, Ragans, Velazquez...
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GabyKeepsMeWarm 08:48 PM 04-16-2024
Boy, Boston shit the bed late against the Tribe, and are now on their way to an ugly loss, while Cleveland just keeps winning. Stuck for at least another day in second place.
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DJ's left nut 09:17 AM 04-17-2024
Originally Posted by duncan_idaho:
The trades the Royals pulled off in 2023 have worked out pretty spectacularly in the Royals favor.

McArthur, Ragans, Velazquez...
I don't understand how McArthur became good. I mean he's never been good at any level.

That's less about a fantastic trade and more about really good player development I guess. And of course good ol' reliever volatility - we'll see how long he can keep this up.

It's not like he's Mason Miller out there throwing fire on the black with hellish breaking stuff. He just...throws. And they get out. There's nothing amazing that I see and that usually yields regression over any meaningful timeline.
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duncan_idaho 09:48 AM 04-17-2024
Originally Posted by DJ's left nut:
I don't understand how McArthur became good. I mean he's never been good at any level.

That's less about a fantastic trade and more about really good player development I guess. And of course good ol' reliever volatility - we'll see how long he can keep this up.

It's not like he's Mason Miller out there throwing fire on the black with hellish breaking stuff. He just...throws. And they get out. There's nothing amazing that I see and that usually yields regression over any meaningful timeline.
It's either random variance, or the Royals made some tweaks to his pitch usage/mechanics when he was brought in that helped him out.

His MLB walk rate has been miniscule, which seems to be the main difference. He also just doesn't throw his four-seamer or cutter at the MLB level (though they have been sprinkled in enough to show up on his Fangraphs page).

He's huge (6-7) and has a pair of pretty good breakers to go with a good sinker. I'm not sure he's a closer long-term, but that's a good bullpen arsenal.
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tk13 08:06 PM 04-17-2024
Looks like some moves may be coming.

I am absolutely 100% not implying anything, but Gavin Cross, Drew Waters, and Michael Massey were all pulled from their respective games this evening. That is at least mildly curious and/or concerning at a number of levels.

— Alex Duvall (@aduvall013) April 18, 2024

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poolboy 08:20 PM 04-17-2024
trade comin?
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duncan_idaho 10:11 PM 04-17-2024
Would guess more like Waters and Massey coming up, and Cross was hurt.
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WhawhaWhat 10:27 AM 04-18-2024

Methinks Michael Massey will be back with the Royals tomorrow. https://t.co/OmyOAIXjYb

— Pete Grathoff (@pgrathoff) April 18, 2024

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