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2014 Royals Repository
With my 6,000th post on ChiefsPlanet (it only took me 12 years to get here), I bring you: The 2014 Kansas City Royals Repository.
To be discussed here: All things Royals, as they attempt to post another winning season and make it back to the playoffs for the first time since 1985. 25-man RosterAvailable HERE AL Central Standings: Link Duncan's Top 20 Royals Prospects
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I can't believe I am saying this, but Hoch was valuable to this team last year . He succeeded where he was asked to succeed. Even though our bullpen is deep, I feel this is a major loss.
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Only because we are paying him $5 mil to do nothing. I have no doubt he will be replaceable.
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does not matter if he makes $5m or $500k. it is still a loss.
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Can only hope you are right on your replacement theory.
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He's in a position that we will be able to replace his production internally. The loss of production from a monetary standpoint definitely matters when you are the Royals.
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Hoch posted a sub-2 ERA and had 82 K in 70 IP. Those are great numbers. While he is overpaid... I'd say it's unlikely someone else steps up and pitches quite that well. Hope I'm wrong.
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A far more salient point, IMO.
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Hope you are wrong ,too.
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You can't expect a guy with a track record in 800+ innings of a 5+ ERA ball to repeat his anomaly season. the guy's WHIP was cut in half last season from the norm... that's great, he had a great year... but to expect that to all of a sudden be his norm is mindbogglingly insane.
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The point you're avoiding is that he's replaceable at a fraction of the cost. (I was vehemently against him being on the roster last year.. imo he is all that is wrong with Dayton Moore) What really sucks from a discussion standpoint is that we'll probably never know reagarding Hoch in the future... He'll come back from TJ Surgery but we won't be able to tell if last season was or wasn't a fluke definitively. ![]()
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You are assuming that if the Royals didn't spend $5 mil on Hochevar that they would have spent it somewhere else.
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