Jake

In fairness, if Jay instead of Palka was getting the reps in RF the loss of Avi wouldn't be near as painful

Hey now, we do not like overpaying veteran players who have no long-term future with us

Unpopular opinion I guess, but I'm not upset about using Colome yesterday. Take the wins you've got.

Am I the only one thought the whole thing was going to stop without much incident if it weren't for the Royals coaches jumping in and confronting Tim?

There would be no story here at all if Dale Sveum didn't jump in and cut off Anderson's path to first.

That may be it, but unlike Avi there was never a narrative about Eloy not getting to his power because he wouldn't pull/lift the way there always was with Avi. This feels more like a temporary funk than a guy fighting his natural tendencies.

I think there was a ball that zoomed by him and maybe caught some jersey or something

Would like to see Eloy stop beating the ball into the ground. I feel like I've seen someone do that before but I can't remember who

Don't be hitting it out near Engel

Yeah it's kind of a cliche but in his case....it sure looks like he could dominate even as a multi-inning reliever. Only wildcard is if he needs a 45 minute warmup to be dominant for one time through the order

104 pitches 63 fastballs, averaging 95mph, 12 called strikes and 4 swinging strikes 20 sliders, averaging 83, 1 called and 5 swinging strikes 20 changeups, averaging 83, 4 called and 4 swinging strikes 1 73mph curveball

Fantastic night for Reynaldo

The old Tim at 2B to Yoan at SS double play

No good reason to not have already had somebody loosening

Keuchel and Kimbrel, suit up

Yoan is good people

Merrifield singlehandely shaving an inning off Lopez's night

Playing him in RF also an option

Fun fact that I don't know where to share: Tim Anderson has 10 hits with an exit velocity lower than Yoan's lowest exit velocity hit

Too bad we wouldn't dare overpay for a veteran

This team would be way better with Avi Garcia in RF

Palka has badly hurt out pitching staff this year and if memory serves me correctly, Reynaldo in particular. Reynaldo I think has been the primary victim of the short fly ball gaffes as well

No doubt about it. I'd happily trade Palka for any of the guys you named right. I like Tilson, every now and then a guy like him turns into something nice

Well I think Adam Engel has much more upside as a hitter although I'm not sure which one is currently better. But yes as you say, the upside with the glove isn't really there for Tilson.