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Your Kansas City Royals 2012 Preview (Open Season tonight on ESPN against Pujos)
TraceOneInfinite:
--- Quote from: Iveus on April 09, 2012, 06:27:50 AM ---I like Hosmer (I have his rookie card) and the Royals' future is promising. But I don't really see them going to the post season, I do see them getting in the way of whoever is trying to win the wild cards in September though.
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Hosmer is off to a fast start. He's homered in 2 of the first 3 games of the season, and is a big reason why the Royals won the series against the Angels.
...I don't see the Royals getting to the postseason either. Prince Fielder is with the Tigers now right? So the Tigers would have to falter to give the Royals a chance.
Remedy360:
--- Quote from: Infinite- African West Coastin' 2010 on April 09, 2012, 09:56:22 AM ---
--- Quote from: Remedy360 on April 08, 2012, 05:15:27 PM ---Who the hell is Pujos? ;D. Anyways, from an outsiders perspective it seems like the Royals have been trying to build through youth forever but the same shit just happens every season. My M's have been crappy for a while two but we have only been building with youth for the last few seasons (and had to suffer through 5 seasons of Bill Bevasi who is arguably the worst GM of all time). We got Ackley, Montero, and Smoak who were all top 10 prospects at one point, plus Saunders and Carp with great physical ability looking to have breakout years. Anything we can get from Ichiro or Figgins is a bonus, but I'm really only concerned about the young guys. Anyways, I'm with you, not expecting to win the division, but just excited to watch a fun exciting team on the rise hopefully get somewhere in the 75-85 win range. Overall, just happy it's baseball season 8)
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no offense but the Mariners suck. Most of the time when a team says it's rebuilding that's like saying "we are going to be a bad team for a while so don't get your hopes up".
The difference with the Royals is that they are actually finished rebuilding. It took them 10 fucking years, but they are no longer in rebuilding mode. The Royals have officially stated that the time is now for them. When catcher Salvador Perez went down with injury in spring training and was going to miss several weeks, they immediately went out and traded away minor league prospects for a catcher Centero who is only going to play the first half of the year. Because this is a team that is no longer all about the future. They are even willing to trade away future prospects for a few weeks of production!
I just don't think Seattle is a fair comparison for what is happening in Kansas City this year.
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LOL. Teams all build differently and we've only been going young for two seasons. When we're rebuilding we're-stocking the team and farm system and omitting all the crap that Bevasi left us with (draft picks+bad contracts) Taking ten years to rebuild with young players like your shit team did, that's when you know you suck as an organization. LMAO, ten years rebuilding with young players? That's not really normal man..
Javii:
Table 1A: Marginal Payroll per Marginal Win, 2007-11
Rk Team (2007-2011) Avg. W-L Marginal $/Win
1 Marlins 79-83 $0.78
2 Rays 86-76 $0.88
3 Padres 78-84 $1.16
4 Diamondbacks 80-82 $1.41
5 Rangers 85-77 $1.47
6 Athletics 76-86 $1.52
7 Pirates 65-97 $1.53
8 Indians 78-84 $1.57
9 Rockies 82-80 $1.58
10 Brewers 85-77 $1.61
11 Reds 79-83 $1.80
12 Twins 82-80 $1.80
13 Blue Jays 82-80 $1.84
14 Nationals 68-94 $1.87
15 Braves 84-78 $1.96
16 Royals 69-93 $2.01
17 Cardinals 86-76 $2.02
18 Giants 81-81 $2.08
19 Phillies 95-67 $2.25
20 Angels 91-71 $2.31
21 Dodgers 85-77 $2.36
22 Tigers 85-77 $2.56
23 White Sox 81-81 $2.63
24 Astros 73-89 $2.67
25 Orioles 67-95 $2.75
26 Red Sox 93-69 $2.76
27 Cubs 82-80 $2.95
28 Mariners 72-90 $3.05
29 Mets 81-81 $3.29
30 Yankees 96-66 $3.71
TraceOneInfinite:
--- Quote from: Remedy360 on April 09, 2012, 04:13:06 PM ---
LOL. Teams all build differently and we've only been going young for two seasons. When we're rebuilding we're-stocking the team and farm system and omitting all the crap that Bevasi left us with (draft picks+bad contracts) Taking ten years to rebuild with young players like your shit team did, that's when you know you suck as an organization. LMAO, ten years rebuilding with young players? That's not really normal man..
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Read my opening post, I'm in total agreement with you. Ten years to rebuild a team is bullshit. Nobody in Kansas City agrees with that except the owner and GM, because the owner was making money.
But regardless that 10 years is now over. And now I can finally say that some other teams actually suck more than the Royals do. And that team is the Mariners.
TraceOneInfinite:
--- Quote from: Javii on April 09, 2012, 05:52:38 PM ---Table 1A: Marginal Payroll per Marginal Win, 2007-11
Rk Team (2007-2011) Avg. W-L Marginal $/Win
1 Marlins 79-83 $0.78
2 Rays 86-76 $0.88
3 Padres 78-84 $1.16
4 Diamondbacks 80-82 $1.41
5 Rangers 85-77 $1.47
6 Athletics 76-86 $1.52
7 Pirates 65-97 $1.53
8 Indians 78-84 $1.57
9 Rockies 82-80 $1.58
10 Brewers 85-77 $1.61
11 Reds 79-83 $1.80
12 Twins 82-80 $1.80
13 Blue Jays 82-80 $1.84
14 Nationals 68-94 $1.87
15 Braves 84-78 $1.96
16 Royals 69-93 $2.01
17 Cardinals 86-76 $2.02
18 Giants 81-81 $2.08
19 Phillies 95-67 $2.25
20 Angels 91-71 $2.31
21 Dodgers 85-77 $2.36
22 Tigers 85-77 $2.56
23 White Sox 81-81 $2.63
24 Astros 73-89 $2.67
25 Orioles 67-95 $2.75
26 Red Sox 93-69 $2.76
27 Cubs 82-80 $2.95
28 Mariners 72-90 $3.05
29 Mets 81-81 $3.29
30 Yankees 96-66 $3.71
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Am I retarded because I can't make sense of this chart
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