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Lifestyle => Sports & Entertainment => Topic started by: TraceOneInfinite on February 11, 2026, 08:02:24 AM
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Here it is. 2026 MLB Season DUBCC Official Thread.
I hope it is as successful as last season's thread. Can count on Higheyecue for regular posts and then Sccit and Dogg and some others hopefully sprinkled in. Let's get it on. I'll just start my making some predictions for my team, for Dogg and Sccit's team, and for Higheyecues team--since they are the main posters.
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Kansas City Royals - 2026 Record - 75 Wins
I got us falling off the map in 2026. I hate to do that because I do love the Royals. But I just think the Royals were incredibly lucky last season to finish with a winning record. I will break down why I think the Royals will have a losing record by a player for player analysis
Pitching:
Seth Lugo - He totally hit the wall and fell off right after he signed his big contract mid-season. The Royals and Analysts are just acting like as if that didn't happen. But essentially, they are taking their best pitcher and now he is your worst pitcher. That's a serious blow.
Cole Ragans - Will get injured
Noah Cameron - Last years success was a fluke
Michael Wacha - Age has to catch up to him eventually, no way he can continue to be a stud and pitch every 5th day and not start showing wear and tear getting into his late 30's.
Ryan Burgurt - What a find this guy was. We picked him up mid-year last year for basically nothing. He's the only guy I can't say anything bad about (though I do think he will get injured and not make the whole season)
Kris Bubic - Will get injured again
HITTERS:
Jac Cag- The guy was horrible last year. He hit like .150 and yet the Royals and Analysts are just pretending like that didn't happen. Like he will be fine this year and automatically better even though he has never performed in the Pros. The guy sucks and will tank the team.
Salvador Perez- Too old, this year he will finally crash out
Vinny Paz - he will get injured
Bobby Baseball - He will do good but not great. Not MVP level, but maybe another solid season.
Michael Garcia - Another solid season I suppose
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Mets - Mets will narrowly miss the playoffs again because they will not have enough starting pitching. Especially after suffering an injury or two at starter at some point in the season.
Dodgers - Win World Series again and Sccit and Dogg still won't give me props for calling it
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Mets sign x-Royal MJ Melendez to 1.5 Mill deal.
This guy was under the Mendoza line couldn't even hit .200 and the Royals gave him chance after chance year after year. The only good thing about him was he was a catcher but they never gave him a chance at catcher saying his catching skills weren't MLB level—which put more pressure on him to hit and he never did.
However, we have a terrible hitting coach in KC. If the Mets have a good hitting coach and know how to develop talent—then MJ does have raw talent and raw power and raw speed. He could end up making the Royals regret the decision to cut him same way other guys like Ryan O'Hearn have became stars for other teams but couldn't hit .200 with the Royals
Royals are good on the pitching side development but terrible on the hitting side.
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If Ragans ever stays healthy he's a Cy Young candidate...I saw him pitch against us about 3 years ago and he was that impressive
I don't understand the MJ Melendez deal from the Mets standpoint but he's probably just a depth piece
I'm gonna go against the grain and say the Mets will win the division and make the playoffs...We made some nice moves towards the end of the hot stove and I see the Phillies declining
The Royals can stay in the race if everything goes well that is the pitchers stay healthy and they start to hit better as a team
Its hard to 3peat in baseball I think the Yankees were the last team to do it from 98-00 but I cant see anyone beating the Dodgers they are too stacked
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If Ragans ever stays healthy he's a Cy Young candidate...I saw him pitch against us about 3 years ago and he was that impressive
I don't understand the MJ Melendez deal from the Mets standpoint but he's probably just a depth piece
I'm gonna go against the grain and say the Mets will win the division and make the playoffs...We made some nice moves towards the end of the hot stove and I see the Phillies declining
The Royals can stay in the race if everything goes well that is the pitchers stay healthy and they start to hit better as a team
Its hard to 3peat in baseball I think the Yankees were the last team to do it from 98-00 but I cant see anyone beating the Dodgers they are too stacked
They got to "fix" Melendez first, before he can even be a depth piece. Unless they are just thinking that he's a defensive specialist or a pinch-hitter than can possibly run into one. But still, someone in the Mets organization is probably working with him right now and they will continue to try to develop him in spring training to get ready for the season.
It will be a litmus test for the Mets hitting coach and their player development side. Big city markets can just buy players so I don't know how much they focus on developing young guys like the small markets do. But here you have a talented young player, and if they can bring anything out of him to make him a starter or even a reliable back-up then that means the Mets have good hitting coaching/player development
Did the Mets pick up any more starting pitching?
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They got to "fix" Melendez first, before he can even be a depth piece. Unless they are just thinking that he's a defensive specialist or a pinch-hitter than can possibly run into one. But still, someone in the Mets organization is probably working with him right now and they will continue to try to develop him in spring training to get ready for the season.
It will be a litmus test for the Mets hitting coach and their player development side. Big city markets can just buy players so I don't know how much they focus on developing young guys like the small markets do. But here you have a talented young player, and if they can bring anything out of him to make him a starter or even a reliable back-up then that means the Mets have good hitting coaching/player development
Did the Mets pick up any more starting pitching?
we have a new hitting coach this year Snitker who was with Houston...he has a pretty good resume so far so maybe he can work some magic with MJ
our starting staff
Freddy Peralta
Nolan Mclean
Clay Holmes
Sean Manea
David Peterson
we have depth pieces like Jonah Tong and Christan Scott coming back from TJ who will both start the year in AAA
a middle of the pack rotation but hopefully our lineup is more productive than it was last year which I am counting on
I don't think it will take even 90 wins to win the division so I think we got a shot
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Dodgers with the threepeat
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we have a new hitting coach this year Snitker who was with Houston...he has a pretty good resume so far so maybe he can work some magic with MJ
our starting staff
Freddy Peralta
Nolan Mclean
Clay Holmes
Sean Manea
David Peterson
we have depth pieces like Jonah Tong and Christan Scott coming back from TJ who will both start the year in AAA
a middle of the pack rotation but hopefully our lineup is more productive than it was last year which I am counting on
I don't think it will take even 90 wins to win the division so I think we got a shot
But you said Mets picked up pieces — I still see them as only having 2-3 starters that are clearly above replacement.
In comparison—all 5 Royals starters are way above replacement level.
I know Mets are a hitting team and the Royals are a pitching team but as an outsider I still think you need 2 more starters to be a clear playoff team.
I'm a big time outsider so I would take your prediction before I would take my own
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But you said Mets picked up pieces — I still see them as only having 2-3 starters that are clearly above replacement.
In comparison—all 5 Royals starters are way above replacement level.
I know Mets are a hitting team and the Royals are a pitching team but as an outsider I still think you need 2 more starters to be a clear playoff team.
I'm a big time outsider so I would take your prediction before I would take my own
the rotation might actually be better than I thought...I completely forgot Kodai Senga
he was great last year throughout most of the first half with an ERA about 1.50 until he got hurt towards the All Star Break and was never the same the rest of the season
Peralta
Mclean
Sengs
Manea
Holmes
Peterson
Tong
Scott
Senga usually pitches with an extra days rest like he did in Japan so one of the last 3 starters will be the 6th man and the other 2 will be ready in AAA incase someone gets hurt which they usually do
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the rotation might actually be better than I thought...I completely forgot Kodai Senga
he was great last year throughout most of the first half with an ERA about 1.50 until he got hurt towards the All Star Break and was never the same the rest of the season
Peralta
Mclean
Sengs
Manea
Holmes
Peterson
Tong
Scott
Senga usually pitches with an extra days rest like he did in Japan so one of the last 3 starters will be the 6th man and the other 2 will be ready in AAA incase someone gets hurt which they usually do
To me that sounds a bit like they are just throwing a lot of arms at the problem and hope that it solves it. That strategy can work. It happens all the time that you have two extra spots and you throw 5 guys at those two spots and maybe two will flame out but two others will outperform expectations.
I'll have to look up more about those other guys you listed.
Break down the Mets hitting side. Are they solid at every spot in the order? Or do they have any holes in the lineup? Are those holes defensive guys?
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To me that sounds a bit like they are just throwing a lot of arms at the problem and hope that it solves it. That strategy can work. It happens all the time that you have two extra spots and you throw 5 guys at those two spots and maybe two will flame out but two others will outperform expectations.
I'll have to look up more about those other guys you listed.
Break down the Mets hitting side. Are they solid at every spot in the order? Or do they have any holes in the lineup? Are those holes defensive guys?
our front office tightened up the defense particularly up the middle this offseason...with Lindor at short and Marcus Semien at 2nd base and we added an elite defensive CF in Luis Robert
now the lineup is probably going to look like this
Francisco Lindor SS
Juan Soto moves from right to left field this season
Bo Bichette 3B
Brett Baty moves from 3rd to DH
Francisco Alvarez C
Jorge Polanco replaces Pete Alonso at 1st base which is a downgrade
now this top 6 I don't have a problem with its solid
but after that you have some issues
Semien is an upgrade over Jeff Mcneil defensively at 2nd base but offensively he is on the downside of his career and is probably worst than Mcneil at this point
Luis Robert our new CF is also on the decline offensively... he had a great year with 38hr like 3 years ago but since then has pretty much forgot how to hit plus he's been injury prone
the last outfield spot is going to come down to a competition between good field no hit Tyrone Taylor and rookie prospect Carson Benge...so that is an unkonwn
I am cautiously optimistic regarding the division but I'm worried about the Braves who have improved their team...I know one thing there will probably be only 1 team making the playoffs from the NL East because I see the ceiling at 89-90 wins for the division winner
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our front office tightened up the defense particularly up the middle this offseason...with Lindor at short and Marcus Semien at 2nd base and we added an elite defensive CF in Luis Robert
now the lineup is probably going to look like this
Francisco Lindor SS
Juan Soto moves from right to left field this season
Bo Bichette 3B
Brett Baty moves from 3rd to DH
Francisco Alvarez C
Jorge Polanco replaces Pete Alonso at 1st base which is a downgrade
now this top 6 I don't have a problem with its solid
but after that you have some issues
Semien is an upgrade over Jeff Mcneil defensively at 2nd base but offensively he is on the downside of his career and is probably worst than Mcneil at this point
Luis Robert our new CF is also on the decline offensively... he had a great year with 38hr like 3 years ago but since then has pretty much forgot how to hit plus he's been injury prone
the last outfield spot is going to come down to a competition between good field no hit Tyrone Taylor and rookie prospect Carson Benge...so that is an unkonwn
I am cautiously optimistic regarding the division but I'm worried about the Braves who have improved their team...I know one thing there will probably be only 1 team making the playoffs from the NL East because I see the ceiling at 89-90 wins for the division winner
Then it sounds like the only possible holes in your lineup offensively are actually plus defenders up the middle. So that could actually balance out. So the only weak spot would be the third outfielder and maybe the Mets will figure something out between now and the trade deadline midseason.
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this WBC is just a huge waste of time and spring training is too long
bring on the season
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on the eve of the season and Infinite is still MIA :(
hope you are ok homie
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on the eve of the season and Infinite is still MIA :(
hope you are ok homie
:mjcry:
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the Mets new hitting approach looked good today knocking Skenes out in the 1st :notbad:
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this is one of the great logos in sports history 8)
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on the eve of the season and Infinite is still MIA :(
hope you are ok homie
BTN Resurrection !!!
As for MLB... the Royals look great to start the season. Their starters just went through the entire starting rotation and only gave up 2 run total! Crafty vets Lugo, Wacha, Bubic put up zeroes, and then Cameron, Ragans only gave up one run. So that's 2 runs total in a 5 day stint thru the rotation.
So our record should be 5-1 but it's actually 3-3.
The problem is Carlos Estevez led the league in saves last year and his arm looks blown. Also, the offense is off to a sluggish start. But Lucas Erceg has been more than capable filling in at closer, and when your pitching is as good as the Royals you don't need a lot of hitting. Garcia, Witt, and Vinnie Paz lead the order and that should be enough, and the rest of the lineup all depends on our 2 big prospects Jac Cag and Carter Jenson and God knows what will happen with those two.
But bottom line our starting pitching is lights out and we still have legit Triple AAA arms waiting in the wings—so it's been a promising start to the year to see Lugo, Ragans, and Bubic come back and look healthy and dominant again off of injury.
How do the Mets and Dodgers look so far?
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BTN Resurrection !!!
As for MLB... the Royals look great to start the season. Their starters just went through the entire starting rotation and only gave up 2 run total! Crafty vets Lugo, Wacha, Bubic put up zeroes, and then Cameron, Ragans only gave up one run. So that's 2 runs total in a 5 day stint thru the rotation.
So our record should be 5-1 but it's actually 3-3.
The problem is Carlos Estevez led the league in saves last year and his arm looks blown. Also, the offense is off to a sluggish start. But Lucas Erceg has been more than capable filling in at closer, and when your pitching is as good as the Royals you don't need a lot of hitting. Garcia, Witt, and Vinnie Paz lead the order and that should be enough, and the rest of the lineup all depends on our 2 big prospects Jac Cag and Carter Jenson and God knows what will happen with those two.
But bottom line our starting pitching is lights out and we still have legit Triple AAA arms waiting in the wings—so it's been a promising start to the year to see Lugo, Ragans, and Bubic come back and look healthy and dominant again off of injury.
How do the Mets and Dodgers look so far?
great to have you back Infinite 8)
the Mets are 4-4...so far the pitching has been a bright spot and Soto is Soto and our catcher Alvarez may finally live up to his hype he has 3 homers already....the rest of the lineup isn't doing much but I'm not going to go crazy after a week plus of games...but something to watch is how they replace Pete Alonso producton at 1st base
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great to have you back Infinite 8)
the Mets are 4-4...so far the pitching has been a bright spot and Soto is Soto and our catcher Alvarez may finally live up to his hype he has 3 homers already....the rest of the lineup isn't doing much but I'm not going to go crazy after a week plus of games...but something to watch is how they replace Pete Alonso producton at 1st base
like clockwork they go out and score 9 runs last night ;D
thats baseball
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Infinite whats your opinion on these new City Connects? I'm not really feeling the colors...the Braves one is nice though
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Mets and Dodgers in an early season series
what a mismatch :snoop:
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More of the same from the Royals.
--Record 7-10
--Great Starting Pitching
--Can't Hit Worth Shit
--Top Players: Starting Rotation, Bobby Witt, Mikael Garcia
Our 3rd basemen (Mikael Garcia) and Shortstop (Bobby Witt) are both stars in the game and playing like it.
...after those guys the whole lineup is a disaster. We got one rookie back-up catcher Carter Jenson who looks solid but not spectacular. Jac Cag is still an over-promised and under-performing bat in the lineup. Sal Perez is old and falling off the cliff. Vinnie Paz is a consistent 30 homerun and 100 RBI guy and they just keep saying "be patient" but so far he's been well below the Mendoza line.
Record is 7-10 and I don't know how long our starting rotation can keep this up. Our backups starting pitchers Ryan Bergert and Kolek already got injured so if anyone in the starting rotation goes down we could be in trouble. Then again, Vinnie could get hot and suddenly we become a winning team. But so far, our starters are pitching lights out and then the bullpen gives up a couple runs and we lose because we can't score.
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Mets and Dodgers in an early season series
HighEyeCue... I introduce you to x-Royal prospect turned bust--M.J. Melendez. He was the kind of guy that could run into one every now and then. The talent is there and he is a great clubhouse guy. I would say he just closed his eyes and swung, but it was two hits off Ohtani, so what the hell, maybe your hitting coach (is better than the one in KC) can finally unlock this guy.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MVrnmtJNOxw
I also noticed you guys picked up another X-Royal aging veteran Tommy Pham. He was still good a couple years ago when he played for the Royals in the playoffs. The moment wasn't too big for him—he was one of our best players in the Yankees series 2024.
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HighEyeCue... I introduce you to x-Royal prospect turned bust--M.J. Melendez. He was the kind of guy that could run into one every now and then. The talent is there and he is a great clubhouse guy. I would say he just closed his eyes and swung, but it was two hits off Ohtani, so what the hell, maybe your hitting coach (is better than the one in KC) can finally unlock this guy.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MVrnmtJNOxw
I also noticed you guys picked up another X-Royal aging veteran Tommy Pham. He was still good a couple years ago when he played for the Royals in the playoffs. The moment wasn't too big for him—he was one of our best players in the Yankees series 2024.
yeah man I liked this guy Melendez in spring training and thought he should have made the team, I think we might have something here...as for Pham he didn't look too great in LA but to be fair he just signed so he didn't have the proper ABs in the minors so it might take him a little time to find his swing
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yeah man I liked this guy Melendez in spring training and thought he should have made the team, I think we might have something here...as for Pham he didn't look too great in LA but to be fair he just signed so he didn't have the proper ABs in the minors so it might take him a little time to find his swing
the problem with Pham is his age. At some point guys just can't do it anymore. But, I really wish the Royals would have kept him after 2024. And if you are talking about only this year, then for 2026 I think having a trusted veteran like Tommy Pham is better for you than playing some young Triple AAA guy. Maybe for the future of the Mets it's better to play the young guy—but if the Mets end up in some big games down the stretch, having Tommy Pham at the plate isn't the worst thing in the world—he can rise to the occasion.
It's like that great Cus D'amato line, he said, "Every great (boxer) has one last great fight left in him."
I also checked the Mets record--looks like they are struggling a bit. Royals have the same record, but the signs are there that our team is going to be good if 30 homer/100 RBI guys like Vinnie Paz and Sal Perez start playing up to their usual standard. Because the team just might have grown internally without spending any money or making any moves—its looking like our prospects Carter Jenson and Jac Caglione have finally arrived.
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the problem with Pham is his age. At some point guys just can't do it anymore. But, I really wish the Royals would have kept him after 2024. And if you are talking about only this year, then for 2026 I think having a trusted veteran like Tommy Pham is better for you than playing some young Triple AAA guy. Maybe for the future of the Mets it's better to play the young guy—but if the Mets end up in some big games down the stretch, having Tommy Pham at the plate isn't the worst thing in the world—he can rise to the occasion.
It's like that great Cus D'amato line, he said, "Every great (boxer) has one last great fight left in him."
I also checked the Mets record--looks like they are struggling a bit. Royals have the same record, but the signs are there that our team is going to be good if 30 homer/100 RBI guys like Vinnie Paz and Sal Perez start playing up to their usual standard. Because the team just might have grown internally without spending any money or making any moves—its looking like our prospects Carter Jenson and Jac Caglione have finally arrived.
yeah we just lost our 9th in a row :mjcry:
I like what you guys are doing....building a team the organic way...sure they have a few free agent signings from previous years like my guy Lugo and I also see that my (briefly) guy Wacha is pitching great as well...I might go check out one of the games when they come to town July 7-9 8)
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10 straight losses
just pathetic
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10 straight losses
just pathetic
Mets and Royals both. We are on the same losing streak. But that's because we had to play on the road against the Yankees and that's no place to end a losing streak. I haven't given up yet. Royals are going to get hot at some point.
U goin to the game? Sweet!! You might catch the Royals when they come to town then you need to post after and let me know what you see
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Mets and Royals both. We are on the same losing streak. But that's because we had to play on the road against the Yankees and that's no place to end a losing streak. I haven't given up yet. Royals are going to get hot at some point.
U goin to the game? Sweet!! You might catch the Royals when they come to town then you need to post after and let me know what you see
yeah we should get hot at some point hopefully soon though our losing streak is now at 11
I definitely will post soon as I get home from that game 8)
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yeah we should get hot at some point hopefully soon though our losing streak is now at 11
I definitely will post soon as I get home from that game 8)
Mets are making headlines for their losing streak.
What the hell happened? Was I right that your starting 5 rotation was relying on 2-3 guys that were questionable? Or is it on the hitting side you guys can't hit? (MJ Melendez to the rescue, lol)
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Mets are making headlines for their losing streak.
What the hell happened? Was I right that your starting 5 rotation was relying on 2-3 guys that were questionable? Or is it on the hitting side you guys can't hit? (MJ Melendez to the rescue, lol)
You were right...2 of our starters Peterson and Senga have been bad
but it's not only that the hitting has been atrocious without Soto who has been out a couple of weeks now with a calf injury...thankfully he is coming back soon maybe even tonight
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You were right...2 of our starters Peterson and Senga have been bad
but it's not only that the hitting has been atrocious without Soto who has been out a couple of weeks now with a calf injury...thankfully he is coming back soon maybe even tonight
yeah man that's how Spring Training fools people easily. You got two pitchers that were questionable and in the Spring the reports are always how they are healthier than ever and working on new pitches, and fixing up/adjusting from any issues in the off-season. And everybody ends up estimating that things will go well.
But as the great Marty Shottenheimer, Chiefs coach in the 90's used to say... "The other team practices too." So yeah, sure you might have adjusted a couple things in the offseason and feel healthy but over on the other side the hitter is saying the same thing. And both can't be right.
It was the same with the Royals. They automatically thought Cole Ragans is back healthy so put him down as being the same 20 win guy he was a couple years ago. Or that our 5th starter Noah Cameron had a great rookie year last year so automatically pencil him in for another good year. But the league is also adjusting to a young pitcher like Cameron. And just like Ragans got healthy he can also get tweaks again. So optimism always comes in the spring and now reality is hitting for the Mets and Royals.
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we finally won :o
just our luck however the day Soto comes back it looks like Lindor suffered the same injury and will be out a few weeks at least
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2 game winning streak with Soto back 8)
but Lindor's injury looks to be more serious might be a few months
hey Infinite my guy Seth Lugo is pitching lights out again like he did 2 years ago for you guys
he always wanted to start for the Mets but they never gave him a real opportunity, good to see him bounce back so far this season
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2 game winning streak with Soto back 8)
but Lindor's injury looks to be more serious might be a few months
hey Infinite my guy Seth Lugo is pitching lights out again like he did 2 years ago for you guys
he always wanted to start for the Mets but they never gave him a real opportunity, good to see him bounce back so far this season
Mets are still at the bottom of the league right now. You gotta to really be pissed at the moment because the expectation was that they were a playoff team. But it looks like you struck oil with Melendez. Everyone in KC is pissed because they see it as another indication of our inability to develop young hitters, just like Ryan O'Hearn became an All Star after he left us for the Orioles. Same type of deal. Melendez and O'hearn both the power hitting guys the Royals were so desperate to have in the lineup and couldn't develop them.
As for Lugo. Yeah, I know he was your guy there in New York. I can't believe you guys also had Wacha, I never remembered Wacha being there I just remembered Wacha being good with the Cardinals. Wacha is one of the most consistent guys in the league, which is so under-rated and valuable in a starting pitcher. I wasn't worried about him. I was very worried about Lugo because we signed him to a big contract extension so I was afraid of him falling off. Unlike New York and L.A. the Royals can't afford to fail on a big money contract. And now Lugo is playing well and up to his contract.
Royals are clicking now on offense as well. Jenson and Cags the two young guys are both hitting. And our depth guys we picked up like Isaac Collins, Lane Thomas are starting to raise the floor for the offense.
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yall both wasting your time
might as well shift attention to nba playoffs, because it's dodger season in the MLB for the foreseeable future
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yall both wasting your time
might as well shift attention to nba playoffs, because it's dodger season in the MLB for the foreseeable future
I'm a die hard, and being from small-market Kansas City my expectations are way low. All I ask is for the Royals to be competitive like to play near to the .500 mark and I will continue to follow them daily.
...If they have a really bad team like a 100-loss team (which happens often) then yes I will probably need a new hobby like NBA to replace during those seasons
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Mets are still at the bottom of the league right now. You gotta to really be pissed at the moment because the expectation was that they were a playoff team. But it looks like you struck oil with Melendez. Everyone in KC is pissed because they see it as another indication of our inability to develop young hitters, just like Ryan O'Hearn became an All Star after he left us for the Orioles. Same type of deal. Melendez and O'hearn both the power hitting guys the Royals were so desperate to have in the lineup and couldn't develop them.
As for Lugo. Yeah, I know he was your guy there in New York. I can't believe you guys also had Wacha, I never remembered Wacha being there I just remembered Wacha being good with the Cardinals. Wacha is one of the most consistent guys in the league, which is so under-rated and valuable in a starting pitcher. I wasn't worried about him. I was very worried about Lugo because we signed him to a big contract extension so I was afraid of him falling off. Unlike New York and L.A. the Royals can't afford to fail on a big money contract. And now Lugo is playing well and up to his contract.
Royals are clicking now on offense as well. Jenson and Cags the two young guys are both hitting. And our depth guys we picked up like Isaac Collins, Lane Thomas are starting to raise the floor for the offense.
yeah Wacha was only here for that one 60 game season in 2020 due to the COVID hoax
funny thing is I remember pretty much everything from that season because that's all we really had that summer
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yeah Wacha was only here for that one 60 game season in 2020 due to the COVID hoax
funny thing is I remember pretty much everything from that season because that's all we really had that summer
Royals were "rebuilding" that season and I don't think there were fans in the stands so I don't remember anything from that year—except the one game I attended they did a retirement party for Alex Gordon (of course the key moment they all talked about was his 9th inning game saving homer against the Mets). Royals stadium was about the only place you could go where people weren't wearing masks. It was outdoors and a lot of white Republicans.
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Royals were "rebuilding" that season and I don't think there were fans in the stands so I don't remember anything from that year—except the one game I attended they did a retirement party for Alex Gordon (of course the key moment they all talked about was his 9th inning game saving homer against the Mets). Royals stadium was about the only place you could go where people weren't wearing masks. It was outdoors and a lot of white Republicans.
yeah fans were not allowed at Citi Field that year either...they even had some kind of limit the year after in 2021 about how many people could attend...our announcers were doing the away games from our home stadium...the whole thing was pretty ridiculous
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yeah fans were not allowed at Citi Field that year either...they even had some kind of limit the year after in 2021 about how many people could attend...our announcers were doing the away games from our home stadium...the whole thing was pretty ridiculous
then maybe the Alex Gordon game I went to was 2021 (and not 2020) when there were still mask mandates in KC but we were allowed back into games
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then maybe the Alex Gordon game I went to was 2021 (and not 2020) when there were still mask mandates in KC but we were allowed back into games
I still think about his home run in Game 1 of the 2015 WS off our closer Familia that tied the game in the 9th
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I still think about his home run in Game 1 of the 2015 WS off our closer Familia that tied the game in the 9th
if we didn't beat you guys in 2015 then I would still be having nightmares of Madison Bumgardner
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if we didn't beat you guys in 2015 then I would still be having nightmares of Madison Bumgardner
You guys were the better team in 2014...you just ran into a pitcher who had unbelievable post season run
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You guys were the better team in 2014...you just ran into a pitcher who had unbelievable post season run
yeah we swept both the divisional round and the championship round of the playoffs. And we beat the Giants in 3 games to force a Game 7. But they brought Bumgardner back in on like 2 days of rest and the guy goes out and pitches a gem to win Game 7
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well what do you know the Mets actually swept a series against the Tigers ;D
I'm actually looking forward to the Subway series starting tomorrow night, especially since the Knicks aren't playing this weekend
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Mets took 2 out of 3 from the Yankees and had a 5-1 homestand :notbad:
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Mets took 2 out of 3 from the Yankees and had a 5-1 homestand :notbad:
How are those 4 and 5 starters doing?
I heard Melendez is still hitting
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How are those 4 and 5 starters doing?
I heard Melendez is still hitting
our best pitcher this year who was pitching like a Cy Young candidate Clay Holmes is out until August
our number 2 Nolan Mclean who will probably win rookie of the year just gave up 9 runs the day before...hopefully its just one bad start
4 and 5 right now is kind of a mix and match with openers and bulk pitchers like Manea and Peterson who were starters in the past coming in the 2nd or 3rd innings
Melendez has gone into a bit of a tailspin with his avg down to like .225...I like him but he struggles against lefties...he is a good 4th outfielder type
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infinite how the tf u watching these meaningless regular season baseball games and missing one of the most exciting nba playoffs of the past couple decades smh
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Mets are now 4-0 since Jose Alvarado showed up at Citi Field ;D
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Royals fans have mostly given up already. I have nothing else to do so I might as well continue to support. The Royals still have a chance if:
--Rookie prospects Jac Cag and Carter Jenson continue to progress towards their potential
--Vinnie Paz just does what he has done the past 2 seasons which is 30 homeruns and 100 RBIs
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Royals fans have mostly given up already. I have nothing else to do so I might as well continue to support. The Royals still have a chance if:
--Rookie prospects Jac Cag and Carter Jenson continue to progress towards their potential
--Vinnie Paz just does what he has done the past 2 seasons which is 30 homeruns and 100 RBIs
same with us Mets fans...we have been playing better ball the last month or so but there is no way we're catching the Braves and there are so many teams ahead of us for the WC spots...even the Yankees fans are down now that they lost Judge for at least a couple of months
I know you don't follow the NBA anymore but the Knicks are the talk of the town these days around here...in fact if NYC didn't have them to root for we would just be waiting the whole summer for the NFL to start and see the Jets and Giants go like 7-10 like usual
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Infinite I don't know about you but I am stuck watching this below average team sink to new lows for the next couple of months till the NFL starts up
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I'm back in again!!
Royals still have a really bad record but the young guy I've agonized over these last two years has finally put it together. Jac Caglione is on fire!! To have a young guy on a rookie contract playing this well is huge for any team. On the open market these kind of guys are generating 100 Million dollar contracts these days. So that's basically like he just gifted the Royals 90 Million Dollars.
It reminds me of when Mahomes was still on a rookie contract, he had a great team around him with big money guys and the Chiefs were dominant. I'm not saying the Royals are gonna make the playoff or anything but it's enough to keep watching.
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I'm back in again!!
Royals still have a really bad record but the young guy I've agonized over these last two years has finally put it together. Jac Caglione is on fire!! To have a young guy on a rookie contract playing this well is huge for any team. On the open market these kind of guys are generating 100 Million dollar contracts these days. So that's basically like he just gifted the Royals 90 Million Dollars.
It reminds me of when Mahomes was still on a rookie contract, he had a great team around him with big money guys and the Chiefs were dominant. I'm not saying the Royals are gonna make the playoff or anything but it's enough to keep watching.
unfortunately for me the Mets are unwatchable right now...6 errors in last nights game all by the infield...with an almost 400 million dollar payroll
its not like the Jets will be any better this year either with the news that Geno Smith hits his girlfriend more than he does his receivers
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unfortunately for me the Mets are unwatchable right now...6 errors in last nights game all by the infield...with an almost 400 million dollar payroll
its not like the Jets will be any better this year either with the news that Geno Smith hits his girlfriend more than he does his receivers
I don't know how the Jets could be this sorry for this many years
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I don't know how the Jets could be this sorry for this many years
Woody Johnson might be the worst owner in the NFL...I doubt he knows anything about football and keeps on hiring incompetent GMs who then hire incompetent coaches...and don't get me started on their draft picks
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Woody Johnson might be the worst owner in the NFL...I doubt he knows anything about football and keeps on hiring incompetent GMs who then hire incompetent coaches...and don't get me started on their draft picks
yeah.. no excuse for the coaches he hires. Because players, when you draft a young QB, he's still a human so you can't guarantee he will live up to his potential. Free Agent QB's cost a fortune and they tried to get guys like Rodgers and it still didn't work out the guy freaking blows out his knee on the first play with the Jets
but not hiring a decent coach—there is no excuse. I mean, you always have these guys like the Harbaughs or Sean Payton, awesome coaches that still end up looking for jobs every few years. No reason they couldn't have gotten one of those level coaches all these years
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I'm back in again!!
Royals still have a really bad record but the young guy I've agonized over these last two years has finally put it together. Jac Caglione is on fire!! To have a young guy on a rookie contract playing this well is huge for any team. On the open market these kind of guys are generating 100 Million dollar contracts these days. So that's basically like he just gifted the Royals 90 Million Dollars.
It reminds me of when Mahomes was still on a rookie contract, he had a great team around him with big money guys and the Chiefs were dominant. I'm not saying the Royals are gonna make the playoff or anything but it's enough to keep watching.
^^As soon as I made this post the Royals dropped 3 straight games, and Jac Cag went 0-16 in those games, and last night we lost 22-1 to the White Sox
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^^As soon as I made this post the Royals dropped 3 straight games, and Jac Cag went 0-16 in those games, and last night we lost 22-1 to the White Sox
increase that to 5 games and 0-25
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increase that to 5 games and 0-25
we're just as bad
and with an almost 400 million dollar payroll :-[