Royals 2013 Kansas City Royals Repository Thread - Page 167

duncan_idaho · 10:01 AM

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?

ChiefsCountry · 04-09-2013, 12:59 PM

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Originally Posted by the_spatula

If anybody finds a good image from the game today, I would like to update my facebook banner..

Exceptional images from previous games will do, as well..

Deberg_1990 · 04-09-2013, 01:03 PM

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Originally Posted by ChiefsCountry

Wow, looks like the siteseeing was good out there yesterday.

SPchief · 04-09-2013, 01:09 PM

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Originally Posted by Deberg_1990

Wow, looks like the siteseeing was good out there yesterday.

Uhh, yeah it was

L.A. Chieffan · 04-09-2013, 01:17 PM

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Originally Posted by ChiefsCountry

No the back row, yes to the front. Except the one on the left looks like shes missing a finger

Demonpenz · 04-09-2013, 01:31 PM

must be the st joe in me...but I really like the girl in the jean shorts.

cookster50 · 04-10-2013, 06:21 AM

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Originally Posted by the_spatula

Nice ****ing seats man.

I'm pretty sure you'd get thrown out before you could finish.

**Saul Good** · 04-10-2013, 09:38 AM

Does anyone think the Royals will top the 2 million mark for attendance this season? Hasn't happened since 1991.

mr. tegu · 04-10-2013, 09:49 AM

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Originally Posted by Saul Good

Does anyone think the Royals will top the 2 million mark for attendance this season? Hasn't happened since 1991.

Averaging about 25K a game? That is pretty tough but if they are legitimately in a race or even leading the division all throughout the season then I say yes. Weekends have always been big nights. With a winning team they will be almost to capacity.

**Saul Good** · 04-10-2013, 10:02 AM

Let's do an all-futility team for the Royals. Players must have played in at least 25 games in one of the last five seasons.

Here is my lineup:

C: Jason Kendall
1B: Ross Gloaf
2B: Yuni
3B: Mark Teahen
SS: Tony Pena Jr.
LF: Gregor Blanco
CF: Josh Anderson
RF: Rick Ankiel
DH: Mike Jacobs

I think I'm too depressed to do pitchers right now, but let's set a minimum of 5 starts in a season to qualify.

Deberg_1990 · 04-10-2013, 10:08 AM

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Originally Posted by Saul Good

Does anyone think the Royals will top the 2 million mark for attendance this season? Hasn't happened since 1991.

Who knows? I will say that after the opening day game, on TV last nights game the stadium looked only about half full.

Deberg_1990 · 04-10-2013, 10:09 AM

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Originally Posted by Saul Good

Let's do an all-futility team for the Royals. Players must have played in at least 25 games in one of the last five seasons.

Here is my lineup:

C: Jason Kendall
1B: Ross Gloaf
2B: Yuni
3B: Mark Teahen
SS: Tony Pena Jr.
LF: Gregor Blanco
CF: Josh Anderson
RF: Rick Ankiel
DH: Mike Jacobs

I think I'm too depressed to do pitchers right now, but let's set a minimum of 5 starts in a season to qualify.

Starting pitcher Hochevar

Ebolapox · 04-10-2013, 10:11 AM

why not kyle davies?

**Saul Good** · 04-10-2013, 10:16 AM

Sanchez, Mazzaro, and O'Sullivan have to be in the conversation.

Deberg_1990 · 04-10-2013, 10:26 AM

we should do last 20 seasons and see what obscure names we can dig up? ill start: Calvin Pickering

**Saul Good** · 04-10-2013, 10:31 AM

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Originally Posted by Deberg_1990

we should do last 20 seasons and see what obscure names we can dig up? ill start: Calvin Pickering

Carmello Martinez

12-11-2012, 09:59 AM
duncan_idaho M-I-Z-Z-O-U Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: Kansas City Casino cash: $-1889692	2013 Kansas City Royals Repository Thread 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? Last edited by duncan_idaho; 07-15-2013 at 10:01 AM..
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Saul Good Quit your bullshit Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Bored of winning Casino cash: $10052799	Does anyone think the Royals will top the 2 million mark for attendance this season? Hasn't happened since 1991. __________________ Today is not a good day to be a pussy.
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04-10-2013, 10:02 AM	#2499
Saul Good Quit your bullshit Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Bored of winning Casino cash: $10052799	Let's do an all-futility team for the Royals. Players must have played in at least 25 games in one of the last five seasons. Here is my lineup: C: Jason Kendall 1B: Ross Gloaf 2B: Yuni 3B: Mark Teahen SS: Tony Pena Jr. LF: Gregor Blanco CF: Josh Anderson RF: Rick Ankiel DH: Mike Jacobs I think I'm too depressed to do pitchers right now, but let's set a minimum of 5 starts in a season to qualify. __________________ Today is not a good day to be a pussy.
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Ebolapox remember, remember Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: como Casino cash: $-1550097	why not kyle davies?
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04-10-2013, 10:16 AM	#2503
Saul Good Quit your bullshit Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Bored of winning Casino cash: $10052799	Sanchez, Mazzaro, and O'Sullivan have to be in the conversation. __________________ Today is not a good day to be a pussy.
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Deberg_1990 In Search of a Life Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: San Antonio Tx. Casino cash: $344454	we should do last 20 seasons and see what obscure names we can dig up? ill start: Calvin Pickering __________________ Originally Posted by Cassel's Reckoning: Matt once made a very nice play in Seattle where he spun away from a pass rusher and hit Bowe off his back foot for a first down. One of the best plays Matt has ever made.
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