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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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ChiefsCountry 06:14 PM 07-13-2024
Picollo and Sherman aren't fucking around
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MVChiefFan 06:16 PM 07-13-2024
I didn’t realize he is Bryan Harvey’s son. Nice pick up!
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Fansy the Famous Bard 06:17 PM 07-13-2024
The guy they just DFA'd had a better ERA than the guy we traded for.
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GabyKeepsMeWarm 06:18 PM 07-13-2024
Originally Posted by WhawhaWhat:
Don’t hate it. Don’t love it, but I think it is an improvement.
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WhawhaWhat 06:21 PM 07-13-2024
Originally Posted by MVChiefFan:
I didn’t realize he is Bryan Harvey’s son. Nice pick up!
Ken Harvey's nephew. Not really though.
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MVChiefFan 06:26 PM 07-13-2024
Originally Posted by WhawhaWhat:
Ken Harvey's nephew. Not really though.
Great. He’s gonna hurt everyone on the team.
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Al Bundy 06:27 PM 07-13-2024
Probably more than what I would have given up for Harvey, but whatever.
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SithCeNtZ 06:49 PM 07-13-2024
Originally Posted by Al Bundy:
Probably more than what I would have given up for Harvey, but whatever.
I'm fine with giving up a no power third baseman. We draft way too many guys like that and I'm sure we can find more. The draft pick definitely hurts as it could be anyone, so they must be gambling it's not a strong draft. It's a pretty interesting deal relatively speaking and an early insight into the new regimes thinking.
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Al Bundy 06:55 PM 07-13-2024

Hunter Harvey
10 SO/9
2.4 BB/9
.325 BABIP
66% strand rate

Don’t fall into the ERA trap. This is a quality-and needed-addition to the #Royals bullpen.

— Craig Brown (@CraigBrown_KC) July 14, 2024

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dlphg9 07:59 PM 07-13-2024
Originally Posted by Fansy the Famous Bard:
The guy they just DFA'd had a better ERA than the guy we traded for.
The guy we DFAd for had much less strikeouts, more walks, and a much higher WHIP than the guy we traded for. ERA can be deceiving.
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duncan_idaho 09:13 PM 07-13-2024
Harvey is a nice add and a 1.5 season acquisition.

I don’t mind moving Wallace. That’s a fungible asset/skillset.

The pick hurts the slot pool, but their second round pick is just 2-3 picks behind that. I don’t think it makes a noticeable difference for KC.
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Al Bundy 09:20 PM 07-13-2024
Originally Posted by dlphg9:
The guy we DFAd for had much less strikeouts, more walks, and a much higher WHIP than the guy we traded for. ERA can be deceiving.
Exactly, his exterior (outside of the ERA) metrics are much better.
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BWillie 12:16 AM 07-14-2024
Originally Posted by Al Bundy:
Yeah he's been historically pretty good.

If we really get Harvey for 1.5 years and not just 0.5 years its a reasonable move. I think Cross is better than Wallace so glad it was Wallace but we don't have much on the farm.
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Ocotillo 12:26 AM 07-14-2024
I have always loved Harvey's raw stuff.

He was a highly regarded pitching prospect with the Orioles but could never stay healthy, forcing the move to the bullpen.

During spring training, there was a lot of optimism about Harvey coming into 2024. Many felt he would push Kyle Finnegan out of the closer's role because he had the better reliever profile.
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Ocotillo 01:26 AM 07-14-2024
MLB Pipeline's final Royals draft predictions. Caglianone gets Matt Olson comps.

https://www.mlb.com/news/final-mlb-m...draft-coverage

6. Royals
Callis: Jac Caglianone, 1B/LHP, Florida (No. 3)
Before this weekend, it didn't appear that Caglianone could get to the Royals. If he doesn't, it's no secret that they love California prep shortstop Bryce Rainer and also would consider Smith.

Mayo: Bryce Rainer, SS, Harvard-Westlake, Studio City, Calif. (No. 10)
This could come down to a choice between Caglianone and Rainer, with Hagen Smith a possibility as well. But Kansas City has always liked Rainer’s left-handed swing.

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