Still think I'm out of my mind?

by powderbluesfor08 on Sep 19, 2007 5:29 PM EDT Comment 8 comments

Getting ready to head back to work, so I'll miss yet another game...but I was catching up on some reading, and zoomed back to August 15th. There was a discussion on how many wins we would have at the end of the year...I said I thought our record would be "67-95 with an outside chance of 70 wins" which did not go over very well.

I still could be way off if we suddenly get hot, but I won't hold my breath....As we near the end, if someone was to ask the same question again, I still can't see us getting more than 70-72 wins at best. (And that's the optimistic me.)

Don't know how to link back to that post, sorry. (Baseless pessimism?)

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Pessimism

With the Royals can never be "baseless." A win tonight with Banny vs. Contreras would give me renewed hope that our final 4 games with the ChiSox could help propel us to a hoped for 71-91 (which I thought at the beginning of the year would be a "successful" season).

by CentralChamps2009 on Sep 19, 2007 5:55 PM EDT reply actions

Even if they lose out, one could still argue

that this has still been a successful season, to wit:

Gordon developing at an OK pace

Butler developing at perhaps a quicker pace than first thought possible

Bannister blossoming into a league top 10 starter

Soria showing ENORMOUS potential to be a dominant pitcher of some kind, be it closer or starter

Greinke rejuvinating his career. Potentially better than either Meche or Bannister?

Meche living up to his contract

Buck making some progress (concentrate on his BB and HR rates, and yes, this was progress, no matter what jbracato thinks about his batting avg)

Pena proving to be a defense-first stopgap at SS

Hochevar/Buckner showing they could fight for a rotation spot soon

That is a LOT of progress, IMHO! I think the above all offsets the few minor nuisances of 2007, such as LaRue, Brown, Shealy, O Perez, and the hopefully temporary dropoffs by DeJesus and Teahen.

by loyal2s dad on Sep 19, 2007 6:04 PM EDT reply actions

Successful

All along I have said that the success of this season should not be measured in wins and losses. In a rebuilding year, success is determined by the development of key players. As loyal2sdad pointed out, we have had very positive development from many players which bodes well for the future.

I probably disagree with you.

by NYRoyal on Sep 19, 2007 6:25 PM EDT up reply actions

Amen

We don't disagree!

Relive Royals History at royalsretro.blogspot.com

by RoyalsRetro on Sep 20, 2007 3:01 PM EDT up reply actions

I agree

That's why I put "successful" in quotes--I've been more than pleased this season, and am looking forward to the offseason with more interest than ever. It's a great time to be a Royals fan--we've already got great seats on the soon to be filling bandwagon.

by CentralChamps2009 on Sep 19, 2007 9:22 PM EDT up reply actions

In April I predicted this would be a 69 win season

for the Royals but it doesn't mean that I'm smart, or an optimist, or a pessimist, or know anything much about baseball. When you get several hundred fans posting on a blog, a few of us are bound to be close to the mark just by chance alone. Fact is, I thought our pitching would be terrible again this year but slightly better than last year. I was very wrong, our pitching has been a big improvement but our offense and manager has sucked.

I agree with most of the positives listed by L2D above, though I'm more disappointed than he is with the dropoffs of Teahen, De Jesus and Shealy and the bat of TPJ. Regardless of the finish, its been one of the best years for KC Royals baseball in the last decade. Due to the lack of position players in our high minors, I'm not hoping for anything better than .500 next year, but who knows? Dayton might pull out a few more surprises in the offseason.

"He is a typical young player [...] he is not like any other young player." -- Buddy Bell

by tfn on Sep 19, 2007 6:18 PM EDT reply actions