caulfield12

https://www.royalsreview.com/2023/4/26/23696185/a-new-light-on-the-2023-royals-and-how-it-might-all-work-out Excellent response... "This is a nice positive light, but comparing the Royals to the Rays of that era is like comparing an apple seed to an apple tree. If you were talking about what the Rays did in the mid aughts it might be more appropriate. The record of 68-94 you mentioned is the worst record they had between 2007 and now. That is a .420 winning percentage in a tough division. For one year. The Royals have averaged .398 for 5 years now, and have topped .420 in a full season once. The Rays' 4 losing seasons in a row still averaged a .471 winning percentage. Taking the half dozen drafts at least 6 years prior to the Royals beginning to change things, they drafted 32.1 WAR. During the half dozen drafts at least 6 years prior to 2016, the Rays drafted 254.8 WAR. Now, I realize it was not that high in 2016 because some of those players have accumulated more WAR since, but even if you cut it in half it is a marked difference. I don't think you have to cut it in half though. Heck Evan Longoria and David Price by themselves had 73 WAR by 2016 and have only added 25 WAR since. Does anyone believe the Royals full 2011-2016 draft choices will ever total 250+ WAR for their careers? Or even 100+? Or even the 73 those two players had by themselves? Although rebuilding is more of a distance run than a dash, I will use a dash to make a comparison. The Rays ran a 40 yard dash while the Royals are running a 100 yard dash, and most of the people reading this could have that kind of head start and beat the crap out of Usain Bolt doing the 100. We are not similar to the 2016 Rays, we are light years behind them, and even if we do everything right, we are looking at a long road. They just had to grab a windowsill and lift themselves up. We have to climb out of a fiery dystopian pit like Batman."

Story makes front page OF ESPN "What happened was, last [Friday] night, I hustled a lot down the line," Robert said through the team interpreter after the Chicago's 10th consecutive loss. "Today my legs were a little tired. My right hamstring was a little tight. Then I decided just to play conservative today. ... I think my mistake was that I didn't tell anybody. I didn't tell the manager because I knew if I said something to him, he probably wouldn't let me play." .... Robert was immediately booed after the play. "I understand the decision he made because he didn't know," Robert said of Grifol pulling him. "People that didn't know what was going on, you could think it was a lack of effort on my part. People who know me, they know I'm always doing my best and running hard down the line." According to ESPN Stats & Information research, the Rays are the fourth team in the expansion era (since 1961) to score 10 runs in a game after recording no hits after at least six innings. Tampa scored them all in one inning. https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/36324619/white-sox-bench-luis-robert-not-running-grounder

https://www.mlb.com/news/drew-maggi-first-mlb-hit "Maggi... first hit prove you can do anything" Talk about a contrast in dugouts.

Daryl Boston has all of zero excuses remaining. Robert is his responsibility just as much as anyone's as an outfield coach.

Or the lack of trust for the front office and coaching staff since Renteria was canned and they since had a plethora of misdiagnosed or unreported injuries? How many games did Robert try to play through injuries in the second half last year when he could barely swing with two hands but the only other option was Leury or Engel out there in center?

That too. Unrecognizable lineup other than Reynolds and Hayes. Santana... but he's ancient.

Too big a budget... have to pull for the underdogs.

Welcome to last place... at least a tie for that spot with the putrid Royals who broke a nine game losing streak at Minnesota... and beat Jhoan Duran. Meanwhile, Pirates 20-8 without Oneil Cruz.

The bigger problem now is that Robert (and to a much lesser extent Cease) were the two players one could have expected a King's ransom for. Now he's not even worth fifty cents on the dollar...however, you can practically guarantee based on Sox past trade history he will become a true star if he's paired with someone like Francona or Baker. Definitely a number of managers out there who don't tolerate players embarrassing the organization on a consistent basis without severe consequences.

Don't forget Zach Remillard hype!

Might be the last 28000+ crowd except Cubs or giveaway/sponsor nights for a long long time.

They also just cratered the trade value of Luis Robert... worth about the return for Big Game James Shields now.

Cue Beauty & the Beast villagers storming 35th and Shields offices...

Don't forget Leury, Kimbrel and Pollock.

Hitler? Sox fans will definitely be replaced?

0/18 before that inning. . 750 or 9/12 that inning. 2-15 now without Tim Anderson this year.

The Cockroach

Man... they are in trouble if they think Grifol hitting coach or Katz getting fired will pacify fans at this point.

Hahn should be on suicide watch if he was a Japanese or Korean biz exec but he undoubtedly is still in complete denial...

White Sox suck chant?

Lambert doesn't deserve to be in this position. "Sox acting like they don't even want to be out there right now... so keep piling on runs."

Just wait until Lambert goes down with overuse injury. "What in the world is happening... nobody is even moving on defense?" Rays' announcers

New Orleans 'Aints

Professional at bat Gordon.

Batting practice. Boo boo boo.