*****Official 2024 Royals Season Repository Thread*****

[ChiefsCountry]

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

[cabletech94]

I STILL WANT THE DIVISION!!!! AND BLOOOOOOOD!!!

[cmh6476]

PAPILLION, NEB. – Minor League Baseball announced today that Omaha Storm Chasers left-handed pitcher Noah Cameron has been named the International League Pitcher of the Month for August.

The native of St. Joseph, Missouri went 2-1 with a 1.71 ERA over 5 August starts and allowed only 6 earned runs on 20 hits across 31.2 innings of work. The left-hander struck out 36 and held opponents to a .180 batting average. He ranked third in the league in strikeouts, while tied first among qualified IL pitchers and in WHIP (0.88) and third in ERA. All five of Cameron’s starts in August were quality starts, including one scoreless start.

[cabletech94]

Originally Posted by cmh6476

PAPILLION, NEB. – Minor League Baseball announced today that Omaha Storm Chasers left-handed pitcher Noah Cameron has been named the International League Pitcher of the Month for August.

The native of St. Joseph, Missouri went 2-1 with a 1.71 ERA over 5 August starts and allowed only 6 earned runs on 20 hits across 31.2 innings of work. The left-hander struck out 36 and held opponents to a .180 batting average. He ranked third in the league in strikeouts, while tied first among qualified IL pitchers and in WHIP (0.88) and third in ERA. All five of Cameron’s starts in August were quality starts, including one scoreless start.

Rock Hard!

[WhawhaWhat]

Michael Lorenzen (hamstring) is on track to make a rehab start on Tuesday, manager Matt Quatraro said.

— Anne Rogers (@anne__rogers) September 8, 2024

[dlphg9]

Originally Posted by WhawhaWhat

Michael Lorenzen (hamstring) is on track to make a rehab start on Tuesday, manager Matt Quatraro said.

— Anne Rogers (@anne__rogers) September 8, 2024

Would be nice to get him back. He has been really ****ing good for the Royals.

24.1 IP - 1.85 ERA - 1.16 WHIP

He's only had one "bad" game, but that still wasn't that bad.

4 1/3 IP - 6 Hits - 3 ER - 2 Walks - 3 Ks - 2 HRs

That's the only game he's given up more than 1 ER and the only game in which he's given up a HR for us. He's been way better than I ever expected.

[dlphg9]

Originally Posted by cmh6476

PAPILLION, NEB. – Minor League Baseball announced today that Omaha Storm Chasers left-handed pitcher Noah Cameron has been named the International League Pitcher of the Month for August.

The native of St. Joseph, Missouri went 2-1 with a 1.71 ERA over 5 August starts and allowed only 6 earned runs on 20 hits across 31.2 innings of work. The left-hander struck out 36 and held opponents to a .180 batting average. He ranked third in the league in strikeouts, while tied first among qualified IL pitchers and in WHIP (0.88) and third in ERA. All five of Cameron’s starts in August were quality starts, including one scoreless start.

If he had a better fast ball, then he'd be much more exciting. It's hard enough to hit on pitching prospects, but guys with 88-91 fastball velocity rarely excel at the major league level.

[TomBarndtsTwin]

Only 18 games left to go for the regular season.

2.5 games up on the Twins for the 5th Wildcard.

6 games up on Seattle for a playoff spot.


It’s lookin good, fellas! Need to NOT get swept in NY. At least get one, two would be great!

[GabyKeepsMeWarm]

Originally Posted by TomBarndtsTwin

Only 18 games left to go for the regular season.

2.5 games up on the Twins for the 5th Wildcard.

6 games up on Seattle for a playoff spot.


It’s lookin good, fellas! Need to NOT get swept in NY. At least get one, two would be great!

I really don’t think we have to worry much about not making the playoffs at this point, it’s just a matter of what spot we end up with.

Look at it this way, if 88 wins is the magic number, then Boston and Seattle would have to go 16-3 and 15-3 respectively. That’s just not happening. If 86 wins is the magic number, then it’s 14-5 and 13-5 respectively. More plausible, but still not very realistic.

I’d love to see us finally get lucky and go on our own hot streak and upend Cleveland for the division. Getting a week off could do wonders for this team. I think that might actually be more realistic than either Boston or Seattle sneaking in unless Minnesota collapses, which they could, as they’ve been prone to some streaky play all year.

[GabyKeepsMeWarm]

I guess I need to throw Detroit in the mix. After their win today, they’re tied with Seattle at 73-71.

[WilliamTheIrish]

That bullpen had a great a great 3 game series.

9 innings
2 hits
11k's

That's a great contribution.

[Coach]

Originally Posted by dlphg9

If he had a better fast ball, then he'd be much more exciting. It's hard enough to hit on pitching prospects, but guys with 88-91 fastball velocity rarely excel at the major league level.

You are correct. If his mechanics and secondary pitches are very sound, that can offset some of that. Rich Hill comes into mind.

[GabyKeepsMeWarm]

Originally Posted by WilliamTheIrish

That bullpen had a great a great 3 game series.

9 innings
2 hits
11k's

That's a great contribution.

Key word is great.

[BWillie]

Bobby Witt Jr and Vinnie were on Rick Eisen show a couple days ago. Vinnie just oozes with charisma, not that Bobby doesn't but Vinnie has got to be a clubhouse guy.

[KingPriest2]

Originally Posted by TomBarndtsTwin

Only 18 games left to go for the regular season.

2.5 games up on the Twins for the 5th Wildcard.

6 games up on Seattle for a playoff spot.


It’s lookin good, fellas! Need to NOT get swept in NY. At least get one, two would be great!

You mean 2nd WC. Which we are in now

Twins have the 3rd and final spot

[TomBarndtsTwin]

Originally Posted by KingPriest2

You mean 2nd WC. Which we are in now

Twins have the 3rd and final spot

Sorry, meant 5th playoff spot, but yes, second Wildcard.