Jake

Can hear PK giving umpire an earful

Gimme an infield single!

TEAR THIS MOTHERf***ER DOWN

Peace baseball

That's Royals baseball, folks

QUOTE (fathom @ May 5, 2013 -> 03:23 PM) Gimenez has been fine. He seems to call a good game, and you don't want to have two righty catchers on same roster preferably. Yeah, I'm not going to give a lot of thought to the backup catcher. He will need to play better defense than he has had, though.

QUOTE (Jake @ May 5, 2013 -> 03:22 PM) It was risky not to bunt him there. Player somewhat slumping, facing the lefty, Alejandro must have told Robin that he sees him well. Especially with two right handed, low strikeout hitters coming up

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ May 5, 2013 -> 03:21 PM) Ventura might actually be adjusting. He didn't force DeAza to sacrifice there. Just let him hit away, despite his nearly 40 K's on the season. It was risky not to bunt him there. Player somewhat slumping, facing the lefty, Alejandro must have told Robin that he sees him well.

De Aza!

QUOTE (iamshack @ May 5, 2013 -> 03:15 PM) How many quality big league pitchers have come out of our system in recent years? It doesn't matter where we got them, or who drafted them, or what position they used to play. Say what you want about our "ranking." The system has done exactly what it is supposed to do, in fact, far more than most. Its only sin is not producing a truly great player in a long time - like Frank Thomas, Robin Ventura. Aw shucks.

QUOTE (Marty34 @ May 5, 2013 -> 03:11 PM) He doesn't hit enough. He needs to be moved to RF or traded. LOL This is the perfect example of why Soxtalk would never have the stomach for a rebuild. Viciedo plays one major league season, hits 25 bombs and 75 RBI, and he is trash. You guys would never have been able to handle the development of the guys you love on KC, many of whom are still not producing

Division gets better? Get worse and wait for them to also get worse, then get better when they've allowed you to take a shot at winning

What a play Alexei!

QUOTE (fathom @ May 5, 2013 -> 03:05 PM) Yes, but where are these resources going to come next year to fill the 1B, CF, 2B, C spots? It seems inevitable the attendance is going to be horrible this year unless a drastic turnaround takes place. We're dropping about $50M in payroll. CF is covered. One of 1B/LF will be filled by Viciedo. 2B can be handled by Keppinger or Beckham and we have Sanchez in the minor leagues. The book is out on Flowers, but we will have money to fill that position.

QUOTE (Jake @ May 5, 2013 -> 03:03 PM) This team with the same pitching staff, the same lineup minus AJ but plus a real 3B contended for an entire season. Can't be that crazy to think it can continue to do that. Also, we will have our salary commitments dropping from $122MM this year to $74MM next year.

QUOTE (fathom @ May 5, 2013 -> 03:01 PM) So that means you think they can contend next year with Peavy on the roster? This team with the same pitching staff, the same lineup minus AJ but plus a real 3B contended for an entire season. Can't be that crazy to think it can continue to do that.

I would trade Peavy only for exciting MLB talent and only if we're definitely out of the race

QUOTE (fathom @ May 5, 2013 -> 02:58 PM) Question is, what has to happen for Sox to even contend the next few years with the likes of Detroit and KC? Like it or not, there's just a huge talent gap from Detroit-KC-White Sox. Nobody would have said this about the Royals/Sox last year and they aren't much different from last year. James Shields, Ervin Santana, Wade Davis

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ May 5, 2013 -> 02:57 PM) Up for a decade of losing? I'm being sarcastic. This club should never have consecutive losing seasons, let alone any at all really

QUOTE (fathom @ May 5, 2013 -> 02:56 PM) And how is that? Trading from one of the three worst farm systems in all of baseball? We have a pretty good staff right now. It was made with good late round drafting, a number 13 draft pick, Aaron Poreda, Clayton Richard, and Brandon McCarthy

The Royals are a nice case study too since they are chock full of perennial all-stars that they've acquired due to high draft picks

QUOTE (fathom @ May 5, 2013 -> 02:52 PM) Did you watch Mark Appel pitch the other day? There's absolutely no shame in being the worst if you're going to have a bad year where nothing goes your way. Elite pitching can be had without being as bad as the Cubs

Last year's team was never above .500 until May 24 and they were perfectly healthy. I'm not ready for the tear down just yet

There's no benefit in playing badly. Ever.