Inning mercifully over

Alright, need five runs to win this thing.

Just now, JoshPR said:

Nothing bro. But its bound to happen. Its part of it. It sucks but it happens

That's fair....but very frustrating to not at least have Detwiler up earlier in the inning.  This is not the Royals World Championship bullpen...lets get this done offense!!

We have five games with KC  coming up...one tomorrow and 4 at KC with 3 in Minnesota in between.

It should be am interesting stretch.

This all circles back to Cease not being able to get out of the fifth inning...Sorry but when your bull pen has to cover four innings, you lose usually.

We keep hearing a lot about how great Cease is going to be.. After five years of the Carlos Rodon experience, I’m not convinced at all

Rosenthal is apparently close to being traded to Padres....so royals bullpen may be short handed today and tomorrow....

2 minutes ago, poppysox said:

So...what's Cooper doing?

Your guess is as good as mine 

1 minute ago, poppysox said:

So...what's Cooper doing?

Hopefully continuing to work with the kid. He did come out after trouble started, but sometimes the manager has to say that he can’t leave the rookie out to dry.

4 minutes ago, chw42 said:

Yeah he could have been taken out in the O'Hearn AB.

Bingo. 

1 minute ago, wegner said:

That's fair....but very frustrating to not at least have Detwiler up earlier in the inning.  This is not the Royals World Championship bullpen...lets get this done offense!!

I get what your saying, but some around here go Fucking bonkers for every little fart that happens.

another weak ground out by Mazara. Go upgrade please, he’s clearly a bust.

8 minutes ago, Harold's Leg Lift said:

Mechanics don't matter if they throw hard.

Yes we saw that Burdi and Cease didn't we ?

This org does not believe in sybermetrics or the mechanics of pitching.

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1 minute ago, chisoxt said:

This all circles back to Cease not being able to get out of the fifth inning...Sorry but when your bull pen has to cover four innings, you lose usually.

We keep hearing a lot about how great Cease is going to be.. After five years of the Carlos Rodon experience, I’m not convinced at all

yeah his mechanics are fucking terrible, which is really odd for a guy with such a simple delivery, might be lucky if he has a couple good years ala Gavin Floyd

To be fair, RR is an idiot (quite clearly) but the offense has left wayyy too many guys on. 

I blame the momentum loss on Madrigal. Shoulda stuck with Mendick 

11 minutes ago, HahnsKiddieTable said:

Cuz your manager Ricky...

Sigh. 

Just now, fathom said:

another weak ground out by Mazara. Go upgrade please, he’s clearly a bust.

I'm not sure I've seen him really crush a ball yet

Just now, chisoxt said:

This all circles back to Cease not being able to get out of the fifth inning...Sorry but when your bull pen has to cover four innings, you lose usually.

We keep hearing a lot about how great Cease is going to be.. After five years of the Carlos Rodon experience, I’m not convinced at all

Look, saying that Rodon with no minor league time and as a rookie would be a key piece in the 2015 rotation required a GM who was an idiot, but you couldn’t be surprised about Rodon needing some time, most pitchers do. Cease struggled with command but also got out of jams today. He has what, still fewer than 20 big league starts? Play out the season, get him the experience, and then talk to me after a normal ish offseason of work.

Wonderful ABs this inning 

2 minutes ago, Balta1701 said:

Hopefully continuing to work with the kid. He did come out after trouble started, but sometimes the manager has to say that he can’t leave the rookie out to dry.

Some people here don't understand that's how you learn and gain experience

Feels like Anderson is due for a bomb

Just now, fathom said:

another weak ground out by Mazara. Go upgrade please, he’s clearly a bust.

Someone’s gotta be an automatic out in the lineup, he’s filling a role for Ricky

1 minute ago, Look at Ray Ray Run said:

Sigh. 

Didn’t mean it as a shot at you just tired of the same story different day situation with bullpen management 

It's only gonna get harder to hit with the shadows coming in.

1 minute ago, soxfan49 said:

I'm not sure I've seen him really crush a ball yet

He’s lucky he’s hitting over .100. How can they watch him and be like “yep he’s going to contribute against tough righties”?