2013 Kansas City Royals Repository Thread

[duncan_idaho]

Proposed 2013 Slogan: Tigers: They're what's for dinner
Actual 2013 Slogan: Come to Play
A better, more accurate, or alternative slogan: All in, no panic, we promise.

Dayton Moore has pushed all his chips in and is riding on King/Jack suited, hoping it comes together, he gets some good luck, and he hits the nuts by the river card. There's potential, oh yes, there's potential. There's also risk.

At the midway point, Dayton is left counting on the river card. The flop and turn didn't help him, and he's looking at the Tigers holding a pair of Queens and the Indians holding a pair of 9s. His 2013 plan hasn't failed - yet - but the odds are not in his favor.

Burning questions updates below.

Burning Questions for 2013:

1) Will the improve rotation be improved enough? Does James Shields pitch like a fringe No. 1 away from Tampa Bay? Does Ervin Santana pitch to his highest upside in his walk year? Can Jeremy Guthrie build on his strong performance as a Royal in 2012? Can Wade Davis bring his new mentality- and velocity - back to the rotation?

Midseason check-in: Yes, the rotation is certainly improved enough. Shields has pitched like a fringe No. 1 and Santana is having his best season. Guthrie has horrible peripherals but has continued to perform well at his home park and eat innings on the road. Davis brought neither his kick-ass mentality or improved velocity back to the rotation and is in Luke Hochevar/Hiram Davies territory.

2) When will Luke Hochevar be shown the door?
Midseason check-in: It appears, never, at this point. Hochevar has been solid in non-leverage situations, though pretty much every time he has been used with men on base in an inning, it has been a disaster.

3) Does Hosmer bounce back?
Midseason check-in: It took some time, but Hosmer's performance from June 1 on is probably the most encouraging thing about the 2013 season so far.
4) Can Moustakas hit for a whole season like he did in the first half of 2012?
Midseason check-in: Nope. Moustakas was god-awful, then great for about 3 weeks, then god-awful again. He has been better since he started working with Brett and Grafol but still has a long way to go.
5) Who regresses?
Midseason check-in: Welp, Alicides Escobar is not a surprising name here (though Yost's stubborn insistence on hitting him second is ridiculous). Billy Butler is a surprise. He isn't having a terrible year - still contributing a lot to the offense - but he's not hitting for the average or power he has displayed over the past several years.
6) Who plays 2B?
Midseason check-in: A whole bunch of people, and not that great. Gio is at least getting a shot, though he once again is not doing much with it.
7) Can Jeff Francoeur be at least replacement level, rather than epic horrible level?
Midseason check-in: Hahahahahahahahahahaha
8) Will Dayton Moore survive to see 2014?
Midseason check-in: Outlook uncertain. Probably still around, unless the team completely tanks in the second half and he does something foolish. My guess - he sacrifices Ned Yost this offseason and gets one more shot with a new manager in 2014.
9) Will Danny Duffy come back healthy? And if he does, is he the same, better or worse?
Midseason check-in: Yes. Velocity looks the same, and it looks likely he is the same guy as before.
10) And the big one: Has KC added enough to run down the big-money Detroit Tigers?
Midseason check-in: Doesn't look like it, does it?

[Ceej]

I think glory's problem is he has been too sober.

[GloryDayz]

I found images of Glass' grandkids as they realize that with the current mindset, they prolly have 20 more years of smooth sailing ahead as grand dad will continue to take advantage of the sheep...

[GloryDayz]

Originally Posted by CJizzles

I think glory's problem is he has been too sober.

Good point...

[Stanley Nickels]

Whomever worked in "absentee" into David Glass' wikipedia entry... good on ya.

"David Dayne Glass (born September 2, 1935)[1] is the former President and Chief Executive Officer of Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.. He is currently the absentee Owner and Chief Executive Officer of the Kansas City Royals."

[GloryDayz]

Originally Posted by Stanley Nickels

Whomever worked in "absentee" into David Glass' wikipedia entry... good on ya.

"David Dayne Glass (born September 2, 1935)[1] is the former President and Chief Executive Officer of Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.. He is currently the absentee Owner and Chief Executive Officer of the Kansas City Royals."

[GloryDayz]

Had the throw-in the phrase KC-hating, waste treatment plant pond-scum sucking scum-bag, piece of shit, asshole, and Satan's seed (from an anal pregnancy)....that would have been more accurate and very much appreciated!

[Stanley Nickels]

Originally Posted by Stanley Nickels

Whomever worked in "absentee" into David Glass' wikipedia entry... good on ya.

"David Dayne Glass (born September 2, 1935)[1] is the KC-hating, waste treatment plant pond-scum sucking scum-bag, piece of shit, asshole, Satan's seed (from an anal pregnancy) former President and Chief Executive Officer of Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.. He is currently the absentee Owner and Chief Executive Officer of the Kansas City Royals."

How's that?

[Nightfyre]

Originally Posted by GloryDayz

You're killing me Smalls!

Sandlot references will definitely help get you out of the doghouse.

[Stanley Nickels]

Originally Posted by GloryDayz

[GloryDayz]

Originally Posted by Stanley Nickels

How's that?

Far more accurate. Like!

[GloryDayz]

Originally Posted by Nightfyre

Sandlot references will definitely help get you out of the doghouse.

And what makes you think I want out? It's a bar for God's sake!

[Tytanium]

Originally Posted by GloryDayz

Again, I get it, I'm just not in the mood these days to listen or read about any thin silver linings in Royals baseball. Let his agent bring-up that shit. I want to focus on the the only stat that really matters, team wins and losses.

I think silver linings are what consistently allow this organization, and the Chiefs too, to dupe good people in cities like KC to be happy with losing teams. That's why I no longer care about nice guys, players showing up at shelters, if the team goes to church, if players are juicing and staying one step ahead of the technology to catch them. I don't care who's on the roster and if the kiss babies at public events at the mall.

I want a winner, a contender, and teams that other teams fear when they come to town. We're not far from it, but then again, we're always not far from it.

No one except crotchety old timers think pitching wins provide any real or consistent measure of ability of any pitcher. The only reason broadcasters even include the wins "metric" in their initial overview of a pitcher is because it's TRADITIONAL. No other reason.

Let me put it this way. If James Shields pitches nine innings of one run two hit ball with no walks, and the Royals lose because their offense can't generate anything for one reason or another, Shields has nothing to do with that and. It's unreasonable to assume that a pitcher's base expectation is to throw a complete game shutout every start, because that's impossible. If a pitcher goes 0-16 with 1.50 ERA and averages 8 innings and 9 K's a start, clearly that means he's a bad pitcher, right? Dumbass.

[GloryDayz]

I was going to ask if we’re going to go with 4-7 or 8-out-of-the-last-10 now and follow it up with a LOL gif.



I decided that might not be the best thing to do…

OK, I'm sorry 'bout that...

[SAUTO]

Rich Eisen said the game Friday night was the funnest he had had at a baseball game in years
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[Cephalic Trauma]

Originally Posted by GloryDayz

I was going to ask if we’re going to go with 4-7 or 8-out-of-the-last-10 now and follow it up with a LOL gif.



I decided that might not be the best thing to do…

OK, I'm sorry 'bout that...

"I made a really stupid error that I refuse to admit to, and now I'm posting a ton of gifs to draw attention away from it."