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Lifestyle => Sports & Entertainment => Topic started by: TraceOneInfinite on April 05, 2013, 08:49:42 PM
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I can feel it!!
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Dodgers >
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Didn't you give up on the Royals last year? Just asking.
I'm not sure how great their post-season chances are with the Tigers in the same division and with teams like the Rangers, Angels, Athletics, Blue Jays, Rays, Yankees and Red Sox in the same league. As of this moment I see them competing with the White Sox and Indians for 2nd place.
James Shields is a significant upgrade for that rotation but I'm not sure he can come out on the winning end when matched up with the other aces like Verlander, Sale or Masterson. Plus the rotation after him still looks as unstable as it did last year (so much so that I'm still wondering why the Royals gave up Odorizzi given the state of the Royals and their pitching depth).
The offence can definitely do better than last year but I'm yet to be convinced that they can actually do so. Hosmer didn't exactly wow me in the WBC, a lot of the guys need to show they can stay healthy, Myers is gone, Starling is years away and I'm already hearing all sorts of rumors regarding potential trades centered around Billy Butler.
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Didn't you give up on the Royals last year? Just asking.
I'm not sure how great their post-season chances are with the Tigers in the same division and with teams like the Rangers, Angels, Athletics, Blue Jays, Rays, Yankees and Red Sox in the same league. As of this moment I see them competing with the White Sox and Indians for 2nd place.
James Shields is a significant upgrade for that rotation but I'm not sure he can come out on the winning end when matched up with the other aces like Verlander, Sale or Masterson. Plus the rotation after him still looks as unstable as it did last year (so much so that I'm still wondering why the Royals gave up Odorizzi given the state of the Royals and their pitching depth).
The offence can definitely do better than last year but I'm yet to be convinced that they can actually do so. Hosmer didn't exactly wow me in the WBC, a lot of the guys need to show they can stay healthy, Myers is gone, Starling is years away and I'm already hearing all sorts of rumors regarding potential trades centered around Billy Butler.
Not a bad take for an outsider...
But let me tell you my friend, that you are clearly an outsider if you think the Royals do not have pitching depth. They are so loaded, that the two guys who were our #1 opening day starters of the last two years respectively, Hochever and Chen were not even good enough to make the starting five this year! We were so active in the off season that both these guys have been reduced to long relief in the bullpen.
On top of that, we have two very talented starting pitchers that we lost early last year to Tommy John surgery. That's Paulino and Duffy. Both project to be #2 starters in this league and both come back before the All-Star break. What that means is that if any one of our bad-ass starting 5 has injury or falls off, we have two stud pitchers waiting in the wings. On top of that we have steadily developing minor league starting pitchers like Will Smith and others, so who gives a shit about losing Oddirizi. I call Oddirizi "over-rated".
And if you don't like the trade of Will Myers, consider the Myers wasn't even good enough to make the Rays club out of spring training. He was a projected starter this year who is now still in AAA. This whole thing about prospects is over-rated. I feel like any time you can trade a prospect for a #1 starter then you have came out the winner in the trade. I do realize that we only have Shields for two years but we have one of the best minor league rosters in baseball so by that time somebody will be ready to replace.
By the way we just kicked the shit out of the Phillies on their opening day, scoring something like 13 runs. We have a 22 year old catcher Salvador Perez that was so talented on defense he could start for any team if he batted only .190, yet the guy hits nearly .300 and with power! He's a true leader. Also, Gordon is steady coming into his own and look our for him to be an MVP candidate! I could go on forever, I haven't even gotten to guys like Escobar, who like Perez is so good on defense he could hit .200 and still be a starter, yet again the guy hits around .300!
We are fucking stacked. And if Moose and Hosmer start to play to their potential, then watch out cause we are not just going to make the playoffs but we are going to win the world series!
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As much as I like your enthusiasm I'm still not sold on the Royals.
Having depth pitching and hitting-wise is great but injuries always put teams that think they're prepared to the test and the Royal's results from last year don't really spark a lot of confidence.
As for Myers, everybody knew that the Rays were going to have him start the season in the minors unless he obliterated everyone in ST. Although I'm starting to think that he might be a flop considering he came from the same system that brought up Hosmer and Moustakas.
Anyway, best of luck to your Royals. If they can knock the Tigers out of contention that'd be great.
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As much as I like your enthusiasm I'm still not sold on the Royals.
Having depth pitching and hitting-wise is great but injuries always put teams that think they're prepared to the test and the Royal's results from last year don't really spark a lot of confidence.
As for Myers, everybody knew that the Rays were going to have him start the season in the minors unless he obliterated everyone in ST. Although I'm starting to think that he might be a flop considering he came from the same system that brought up Hosmer and Moustakas.
Anyway, best of luck to your Royals. If they can knock the Tigers out of contention that'd be great.
Hey, like I said, your take was very good for an outsider. I certainly don't know as much as you about another persons favorite team, so I give you props for that. In fact, I only follow the Royals, but I follow them very closely year-around. Especially with smart phones and being able to pull up stats and blogs while taking a shit at work it's very easy to follow your favorite baseball team these days, and it's fun too because baseball is an everyday sport during the season.
Also, I agree with you and your doubts about Myers, Hosmer and Moustakas.
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every April infinite comes in and tells us how good the Royals will be
then he's gone by June
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It would be good 4 the league if the royals were good again like they were from mid 70's-80's. Especially if Mark Cuban owned the team, better him than mr. walmart who don't give 2 shits about winning, david glass.
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I remember you giving up on the Royals last season lol, but in the interest of second chances and the spirit of baseball season I'll let it slide ;)
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My reaction to last night's loss. Our 5th starter, Mendoza, pitched a gem of a game. He's one of the best groundball/sinkerball pitchers in the game. Then our closer comes on and walks the first three batters to load the bases. Serves up a double scoring the go ahead winning run from first.
...Ohhh well, it's a long season. At least we've been in every game and been competitive this year
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Royals suck. They just got off to a good start playing bad teams. Anybody can beat the Twins. They finally ran up against a decent team in the Blue Jays and just lost two.
Also, Moustakas and Hosmer can't even hit .200 They finished last season around .230 and look even worse this year. So much for our young "prospects"
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Royals suck. They just got off to a good start playing bad teams. Anybody can beat the Twins. They finally ran up against a decent team in the Blue Jays and just lost two.
Also, Moustakas and Hosmer can't even hit .200 They finished last season around .230 and look even worse this year. So much for our young "prospects"
lol u on the same shit every year homie
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I remember you giving up on the Royals last season lol, but in the interest of second chances and the spirit of baseball season I'll let it slide ;)
Its ok to give up on the team when the team chooses to give up on their fans year after year by not caring about winning. Just don't go cheering for their team's archrival like some fools love to do. Like Selig did with the dodgers, force the owner to sell, he needs to do the same thing with Glass.
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the dodgers NEEDED to be sold...that divorce was NASTY and after Petros and Money made a plea to Dodger fans to not go to games attendence dropped like crazy lol
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Lol, it's April baseball dude. None of the shit that happens in April or May really matter. Come mid-June/early July, that's when the season starts to matter and when people can give up on their teams.
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Lol, it's April baseball dude. None of the shit that happens in April or May really matter. Come mid-June/early July, that's when the season starts to matter and when people can give up on their teams.
You remember the Royals went on a 12 game losing streak and didn't win a game at home the whole month of April last year right? In such situations, when your team is that horrible, may I be permitted to give up on them a little sooner than June/July?
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Dodgers >
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You remember the Royals went on a 12 game losing streak and didn't win a game at home the whole month of April last year right? In such situations, when your team is that horrible, may I be permitted to give up on them a little sooner than June/July?
No. When other clubs that are even worse, like the Houston Astros or Miami Marlins, are still in contention you may not give up on your team.
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THE ROYALS ARE GONNA WIN TEH SUPERBOWL!!!
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on NY sports radio i heard a sports show host ask if he'd trade the Yankees lineup (without Jeter, Granderson and Tex) for the Royals and he said yes without any doubt
i dunno if i'd do that though...Cano is easily the best player between both teams and the Yanks still have Gardiner and Youk.
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Dodgers >
how often do you watch dodger games?? you need to get into the NFL man...you a Raiders guy?
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on NY sports radio i heard a sports show host ask if he'd trade the Yankees lineup (without Jeter, Granderson and Tex) for the Royals and he said yes without any doubt
i dunno if i'd do that though...Cano is easily the best player between both teams and the Yanks still have Gardiner and Youk.
That guy must be a moron.
The Yankees line-up might be old and injury prone but I'd rather use the guys we have now than the Royals.
First off there isn't anyone the Royals have that come close to matching Cano. Cano is basically the best 2nd basemen in all of the majors, the Royals don't have the best anything in the majors.
Second of all, most the guys on the Yankees lineup right now are just place-holders until either the real guys come back or the prospects make their way to the show. The guys the Yankees are using now were originally supposed to be bench players, which is a perfect role for those past-their-prime vets who once used to be superstars and all-stars but have just a little bit of life left. Not many teams can say they've got ex-All Stars sitting on their bench. Although if the Royals are dumb enough to trade their entire line-up for place-holders like Boesch, Wells, Overbay and Hafner I'd gladly take it.
And third, they're really underestimating how valuable Brett Gardner is. Then again they think trading away Cano for the Royals line-up is a good idea so I shouldn't be surprised. He's one of the best defensive outfielders in the league (fuck it, I'll say he's the best even), he steals bases and he's got a very good OBP. He's no Joe DiMaggio but if a team wants him (and I'm sure lots of teams would love to have him) they're gonna have to cough up some really nice pieces.
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on NY sports radio i heard a sports show host ask if he'd trade the Yankees lineup (without Jeter, Granderson and Tex) for the Royals and he said yes without any doubt
i dunno if i'd do that though...Cano is easily the best player between both teams and the Yanks still have Gardiner and Youk.
That guy must be a moron.
The Yankees line-up might be old and injury prone but I'd rather use the guys we have now than the Royals.
First off there isn't anyone the Royals have that come close to matching Cano. Cano is basically the best 2nd basemen in all of the majors, the Royals don't have the best anything in the majors.
Second of all, most the guys on the Yankees lineup right now are just place-holders until either the real guys come back or the prospects make their way to the show. The guys the Yankees are using now were originally supposed to be bench players, which is a perfect role for those past-their-prime vets who once used to be superstars and all-stars but have just a little bit of life left. Not many teams can say they've got ex-All Stars sitting on their bench. Although if the Royals are dumb enough to trade their entire line-up for place-holders like Boesch, Wells, Overbay and Hafner I'd gladly take it.
And third, they're really underestimating how valuable Brett Gardner is. Then again they think trading away Cano for the Royals line-up is a good idea so I shouldn't be surprised. He's one of the best defensive outfielders in the league (fuck it, I'll say he's the best even), he steals bases and he's got a very good OBP. He's no Joe DiMaggio but if a team wants him (and I'm sure lots of teams would love to have him) they're gonna have to cough up some really nice pieces.
what is nuts is how good Youk and Wells are this year...both are hitting over .300 shockingly and Youk is hitting RBI's like it's nobodies business
i had NO faith in WElls so the fact he's doing so good is pretty shocking to me