**Monday, June 10th, Yankees at Royals GDT**

[GabyKeepsMeWarm]

Here we are, the big bad Yankees have come to town, but we're not doing too bad ourselves. Let's send these ****ers back to the Boogie Down with their tails between their legs! Oh, and it's Seth Lugo day!!!

1. Garcia - 3B
2. BWJ - SS
3. Salvy - 1B
4. Nellie - DH
5. Loftin - 2B
6. Fermin - C
7. Renfroe - RF
8. Blanco - LF
9. Hampson - CF

Stacking the righties against Rodon... LFG.

[tk13]

The Renfroe injury really hurts. He'd been batting almost .300 with a 900 OPS for the last month. He'd really turned it around and filled one of those gaps. We just needed someone else to step up in the other corner spot and for Massey to get back in there, but I'm a fan of Loftin and he's been hitting well too. Hopefully Renfroe isn't out for a long time.

[ChiTown]

Renfroe fractured his left big toe. Damn

[Why Not?]

Y’all have some weird expectations. The Royals have been ass for most of the last decade. You think a good not even half a season is gonna get the stadium 90% filled with Royals fans vs the Yankees?

Get the Yankees here in late October and then let’s have a look. The fans will do their part.

[Why Not?]

Originally Posted by tk13

The Renfroe injury really hurts. He'd been batting almost .300 with a 900 OPS for the last month. He'd really turned it around and filled one of those gaps. We just needed someone else to step up in the other corner spot and for Massey to get back in there, but I'm a fan of Loftin and he's been hitting well too. Hopefully Renfroe isn't out for a long time.

Massey did some baseball activity today, which is a good sign. Need to teach Loftin to play OF. Right now (not including Massey) he’s the guy I want up in a clutch spot if it can’t be BWJ, Vinnie or Salvy (who is slumping but has the cred).

[dlphg9]

Originally Posted by Coach

That strike one in the 9th was a goddamn travesty.

But the real goddamn travesty is that 5 guys are batting near the Mendoza Line, and nothing appears to change that. Something is going to have to change. That stat line is not going to cut it, especially 2 of them currently OPS'ing below 70.

So, the Royals need to nut up and either demote them to Omaha or outright DFA, and find someone else who can at least do better.

I addressed this nonsense in the main Royals thread

Originally Posted by dlphg9

AL rankings for the O

3rd in hits
3rd in runs
1st in 2B
3rd in 3B
10th in HR
1st in SB
2nd in BA
5th in OBP
4th in SLG
4th in OPS
3rd least KS
12th least BBs

So far they are quite a bit better than both the 2014 and 2015 teams on offense. I'd say they are significantly better on D and those 14/15 defenses were great. We might even have better speed than those 14/15 teams. The starting pitching is about even with the 14/15 teams. The only thing that isn't the same or better is the bullpen. 14/15 bullpens were miles and miles ahead of this bullpen.

We need bullpen help. Probably 2 guys.

The offense is fine. It's one of the highest scoring in the entire ML. Some guys aren't great, but the great ones make up for it

[tk13]

Originally Posted by Why Not?

Massey did some baseball activity today, which is a good sign. Need to teach Loftin to play OF. Right now (not including Massey) he’s the guy I want up in a clutch spot if it can’t be BWJ, Vinnie or Salvy (who is slumping but has the cred).

Loftin did play OF coming up in the minors but he hasn't done it much the last couple years. At one point I thought he might be the next Merrifield type of player but maybe they don't want him doing it at the K. Not really sure.

[Ocotillo]

Originally Posted by dlphg9

I addressed this nonsense in the main Royals thread



The offense is fine. It's one of the highest scoring in the entire ML. Some guys aren't great, but the great ones make up for it

It's also a bad year for offense in general. All teams have holes in their lineup.

It's always been hard to hit in the majors, but it's on another level of tough right now. Triple-A doesn't even really prepare batters for what the majors brings.