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Initially I was pro-tank for the draft pick, but we're much better suited to guys playing well and building value than getting a draft pick a few slots higher. I'd rather get the #6 pick and have Kahnle/Swarzak/Holland/Gonzalez turn into viable trade pieces than get the #2 pick and have all of them suck.

QUOTE (steveno89 @ Apr 27, 2017 -> 02:00 PM) Kinda doubting Robertson ends up in Washington at this point. If a deal was going to happen it likely would have happened already. I think they were willing to give their in-house options a try and didn't want to trade more prospects after already depleting their system. But as we get closer to the deadline they'll probably change their tune if the bullpen troubles continue.

QUOTE (Y2JImmy0 @ Apr 27, 2017 -> 02:10 PM) No he's not. People that hate strikeouts won't like Moncada very much though because he's going to K a lot in the bigs too. I think he'll be fine if he can keep his K rate in the bigs below 30%, but right now he's not there yet.

QUOTE (reiks12 @ Apr 27, 2017 -> 02:04 PM) Hes hitting but that K rate is going to be infuriating when hes up with us Yeah it's pretty concerning. >30% in AAA right now, and it's likely to be higher in the MLB. He's not ready to come up yet.

QUOTE (greg775 @ Apr 26, 2017 -> 09:42 PM) Royals fans are hoping Jorge Soler is the key to turning it around. Right now they are slumping. They can't hit and Gordon looks like he's finished offensively. Still a great defender. Except for Duffy, their starters aren't very good. Their bullpen is not that good. They might be a last place team. No bats. Bad bullpen. Bad rotation. Great defense. Even Duffy has warning signs. His velocity is at a career low and he's struggling to throw strikes. His last start could be a sign of things to come.

QUOTE (oldsox @ Apr 26, 2017 -> 04:01 PM) Miggy on the DL. Scored 19 runs without him yesterday

QUOTE (shipps @ Apr 26, 2017 -> 03:53 PM) Holy s***, what is a SIERA? http://www.fangraphs.com/library/pitching/siera/ It's basically like FIP but it tries to take into account balls in play as well. It's a better future predictor than FIP.

QUOTE (Feeky Magee @ Apr 26, 2017 -> 03:49 PM) Pretty funny that we have the greatest bullpen of all time on a rebuilding team First in K%, lowest in SIERA and xFIP so far

Kind of wanted to see Kahnle stay in.

Leury is a Royals killer

If Kahnle's and Swarzak's increased velocity is legit, we could own the relief market at the deadline.

Big spot for Kahnle here

QUOTE (ptatc @ Apr 26, 2017 -> 03:02 PM) He should go one more inning, no? He's at 99 pitches, he's probably done.

Nice comeback for the K there but Q needs to get his control back.

QUOTE (chitownsportsfan @ Apr 26, 2017 -> 02:25 PM) PUT HIM AT DH What happened?

QUOTE (Chris Sale @ Apr 26, 2017 -> 01:49 PM) In some of his starts, he seemed to be reverting to old habits (nibbling) and sacrificing some of his strengths (fewer first pitch strikes). He wasn't locating his changeup or slider. It would certainly be sad if this KC lineup hit Quintana, but so far his command has been good and I've liked his aggressiveness. Up to six strikeouts. Q is good because of his nibbling, not in spite of it.

Has K'd 7 of the 10 hitters he's faced, 6 of them going down swinging. Awesome.

Do we have the most games with 10+ runs?

Eric Thames with yet another home run, he now has as many as the Red Sox do collectively.

Nice hit by Anderson. He's got his K rate all the way down to league average now.

That was a great AB

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Apr 25, 2017 -> 12:17 PM) Out of curiosity, does anyone have R/L splits for Davidson from the minors? Are they extreme? Here are the last 5 years 2016: vs RHP: .251/.332/.411 vs LHP: .312/.393/.532 2015: vs RHP: .196/.288/.349 vs LHP: .217/.304/.435 2014: vs RHP: .208/.279/.374 vs LHP: .176/.292/.331 2013: vs RHP: .296/.355/.534 vs LHP: .225/.333/.304 2012: vs RHP: .234/.339/.437 vs LHP: .339/.444/.559

I think the difference is that Albers wasn't striking anyone out, and his stuff was mediocre. That hasn't applied to Swarzak (or Kahnle) this year so far.

QUOTE (Sox-35th @ Apr 25, 2017 -> 07:47 AM) With increased draft emphasis, the race for the bottom is worse than ever. Not sure what the league can do about it, though. Eh I think that's overblown. The only true tanking teams are us, maybe the Twins, the Reds, Brewers, Padres, and maybe the Braves (though I think they're trying to be somewhat competitive in the first year of their new stadium). That's not any more tanking than usual.

In the last 10 games Anderson's strikeout rate is under 16%, nice to see.