Batting the Hoz third will teach him. :thumb:

On one hand i can kinda see Butlers beef. He feels hes the "proven" vet whos earned his stripes. Hosmer hasnt ever proven sh*t yet.

BUt like i mentioned earlier, the Royals chose "upside potential" over "already peaked"

But that column did say that Hosmer was being "evaluated". Which carefully tells us that the Royals are not exactly happy with him either.

If we were in 2004, then sure, this would have been a great move. But alas, we're in 2014, and Raul is just a shell of what he used to be.

he did belt 29 Hrs last year. Its a low risk, high reward scenario.

I'm aware of that, but taking a 41 year old guy is a high risk though, because to think he'll hit 29 HR's again is very unlikely.

He wont, but im sure his contract isnt too much.

What a load of pure bullshit. For one, he signed Jose Guillen to a $36m deal knowing full well he was a bad apple, but we needed a bat. He brought in Frenchy the same time he brought in Melky, again: because we needed some bats. Not because they're "nice guys". I doubt you can prove his acquisitions (on balance) are as you characterized them.

Didn't say that's the only type of guy he'll bring in, but it certainly seems to be his preference. Just basing it on hearing him talk about guys.

I've heard him mention "he's a good Christian" or something similar to that 3-4 times when discussing new players in informal settings.

Oh, and an interesting update considering Vargas might miss a start...

John Lamb pitched tonight for Omaha and went 7 IP with 11 K and no walks. More importantly, he was hitting 93-94 on the radar gun. This was also against a lineup that includes Javier Baez, Kris Bryant and Manny Ramirez.

He's on a nice run over his last 10 games, with good strikeout numbers and a low ERA. WHIP is a little high (1.35 range).

If he can continue to get that type of pop out of his fastball, Lamb can be a useful MLB starter. He's got a good feeling for pitching, his changeup is good (and plays off of 92-93-94 much better than 87) and has a decent-enough changeup.

It'll be Chen.

It won't be anybody. He'll have enough time to heal.

Kidding..I just really don't want it to be Chen.

Matt Cassel would be out there pitching this weekend, appendix or no appendix.

It's a "dude is hitting .150 (and .136 since coming to KC) and is 42 years old and the outfield was fine without him" scenario.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p>The Royals will be without Alex Gordon and Jason Vargas this weekend against the Tigers. <a href="http://t.co/Q3ZaS1PQpD">http://t.co/Q3ZaS1PQpD</a></p>&mdash; Andy McCullough (@McCulloughStar) <a href="https://twitter.com/McCulloughStar/statuses/487221586395549696">July 10, 2014</a></blockquote>
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I'd sure love it if they went and brought up Lamb and gave him a shot. Sadly, we know this won't be the case.

Lane Adams (AA) is the only other OF on the 40 man roster. Plus, he bats RH.

It couldn't be any worse that what Brooks did in his one start. They have until Sunday (Vargas's next scheduled start) to decide.

:deevee:

Could Lamb start Sunday (only three days rest)? I like the fact he's a LHP like Vargas.

Get well soon Gordon and Vargas!

I wouldn't push a guy like that. I was thinking they were off today when I wrote the original post about Lamb, which would have allowed Lamb to go on normal rest on Monday.

It has to be Chen. But they're talking about Vargas missing 3-4 weeks with this thing. That doesn't make much sense, considering they caught it before his appendix ruptured. Should be a 3-5 day recovery.

Gotta take at least three out of four here. No worse than a split.

Exactly what I was thinking. I had my appendix out recently, and I was feeling basically back to normal in about 5 days.

I don't see where this 3-4 weeks stuff is coming from.

With four days off for the All Star game next week, he could only miss his Sunday start. He could be pushed to the back of the order starting next Friday (Jul 18). Although, I like Vargas pitching between Shields and Ventura. A finesse LHP throwing between two hard throwing RHP.

One thing we know about Chen. He'll either go 6ip 2-3ER's or we'll be out of the game by the 2nd inning. No in-between with that guy.

Did we ever get a confirmation on what the deal is with Gordo's wrist?

Assuming its just a sprain?

Maybe we should start the pen on Sunday?

Crow takes innings 1-2

Herrera 3-5

Bueno 6-7

Davis 8

Holland 9

#winning

You do make a viable option since all the relieve pitchers except for Holland will have four days off. Whoever starts would not have to go deep in the game knowing all your relievers (depending on who had to pitch the previous day) could contribute.

Deadspin just published a short-but-sort-of-interesting article about the idea of longer at-bats resulting in better offense. Their analysis is pretty limited in scope, but I'd expect that we'd see at least a bit of a relationship between P/AB and runs scored if the two were truly related.

The Mariners are taking this approach tonight. They're starting Wilhelmsen, his first MLB start, who hasn't pitched more than 3 innings in an appearance this year.

+1

You know what really gets my dick hard?

PLATOON PITCHING.

So if one of them starts getting blown up who comes in?

I'm pretty sure Chen is already penciled in I believe.

Nice to hear. It looked like he was done earlier. At 94 MPH, he's a good prospect again.

This is no joke.

I NEED THIS.

Petro floated this trade idea out there.

Price
Loney
Zobrist

For
Hosmer
Ventura/Duffy pick one
Prospects

Is he high? I would never do that. Isn't Price a FA after this year?

You don't trade Ventura or Duffy unless you're getting Giancarlo.

Petro would think that is a good deal for us

after next year.

Has a team ever did anything like this? Pitcher by committee?

I'd guess the problem with trading Hosmer is that the organization prizes his defensive game too much.

You're still likely talking about a huge prospect bundle there. Zimmer + Mondesi, ilikely, and a few other pieces.

Doesn't make a lot of sense for KC long term, but it would make the Royals better in 2014 and 2015.

If he's basing his signings, anything on this, I don't even know what to say. Either way, I'd just leave that out next time. You make it seem like you are placing to much emphasis on this when it comes to their expected production :shake:

Are you try to tell me Jesus Christ cant hit a curve ball?

Petro has been smoking crack today

Trades involving nothing but big leaguers almost never go down. He just wanted throw a bunch of familiar names out there to stir the pot a bit more.

ROFLROFLROFLROFL

I'm just trying to be creative. If Chen starts Sunday then I'm going to go ahead and mark that down as a big fat L. I'm penicl

Trading Duffy or Ventura is a bad idea. The only way I'd consider it is if we got Stanton.

Yup. Ventura, Duffy, Perez are pretty much the 'untouchables' on this team, although I think the Royals would package Duffy in a Stanton deal.

Not like that is going to happen, though . . . . .

I would love to see Stanton hit at the K. He would demolish the HR record here.

Not taking away Hosmer's last week or so, but Rany posted a nice little stat
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Its a bit puzzling because he was lights out last year after the break. Its not like he had any velocity to lose.

I would do that if I had high confidence we had a starter on the farm who will be league ready for 2015.

Zimmer????

Zimmer hasn't been healthy. No way he is a lock to start next season.

You're a pretty reasoned poster so it was surprising to see you level such an accusation against Dayton. His 6 biggest contracts, in order: Meche-Guillen-Gordon-Butler-Vargas-Infante don't fit your description of him so I'm curious if you had anything besides something you heard in a private setting.


I've seen Dayton in two private settings and even spoke with him for some time and I never heard what you claim he says.

As bad as last nights game was, there is a bright spot. Dyson got two hits off a LHP.

My hopes rest on this guy for 2015. He's mature considering he was just drafted.

Brandon Finnegan, He breezed through the first six hitters in the Nationals' lineup, striking out one and allowing just one ball to leave the infield.
http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?...ook_kc&c_id=kc

I smell something familiar. The smell of the Royals shitting the bed in a crucial division series leading up to the ASB.

So much for Art Stewart's analysis of Coleman.

I liked his segment during the game yesterday. That dude has watched a lot of baseball and a lot of very good players come through.

If we're not going for a big time player, we need to be sellers.

Damn we took the whistle last night.

There's absolutely no way this soft team bounces back tonight.

That loss per ESPN dropped our chances of making the playoffs by 9%.

The seems extreme. I wonder how much it will go up if we end up splitting the series.

Probably a combo of falling 5.5 games back and having a -12 run differential for the game.

BLowouts like that can wipe out your run differential single-handedly.

Their predictions are a combination of run differential and record. We went from +18 to +6 in run differential, thus the drop.

Welp, forget about Marlon Byrd

@JSalisburyCSN: Phillies OF Marlon Byrd has 4-team no-trade clause, includes SEA, KC. Story http://t.co/jpj5a9DOo2

Doesn't matter what the price is, unless Byrd waves that no trade clause.

Guess that's what happens when a franchise sucks for three decades straight.

He has an option for 2016 and I bet any trade to those teams would involve the new team guaranteeing that option. That's probably why the no trade teams were revealed in the first place.

Why would an average to above average outfielder have a no-trade clause for any team? Seems stupid to me.

Colon down, Aoki active. Roster is full of dogshit, fail and suck.

Aoki was blowing ass at Double A.

Aoki is back and ready to **** shit up!

Aoki's .263 batting average is better than Ibanez's .097 batting average. Having Ibanez in the lineup was like a guaranteed out.