Monday Morning Royals Links: John Lamb Shines
by royalsreview on Aug 17, 2009 4:00 AM EDT
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Last night Idaho Falls pitcher John Lamb struck out 10 batters, against just one walk and three hits allowed. Here's to my first ever non-ironic "trust the process". Perhaps appropriately, it's minor league pitcher day here on the RR links. Below you'll find features on Mike Montgomery and Disco Hayes ("To His Own Beat").
- Lamb strikes out a season-high 10 " Chukars Corner
- The Pipeline: Royals on the Farm 8/15
- Prospect Q&A - Mike Montgomery, Royals - National Pastime - Washington Times
- UZR's (and Most Other Defensive Metrics) Limitation in Year to Year Analysis - Beyond the Box Score
- Fire Dayton Moore: Dayton Rejects Evolution of Baseball Analysis, Lives to Tell About It
- Perception: David DeJesus and Willie Bloomquist | Kings of Kauffman | A Kansas City Royals Blog
- Scout.com: Pitching To His Own Beat
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Loved the Hayes article
What made me shake my head was the part where a Royals official said “when he flames out in AA…”
Typical astute analysis by our scouting department. Hard to believe nobody even remembered Dan Quisenberry’s story, which is actually fairly similar to Hayes’
I guess that speaks volumes on why our scouting and player development have SUCKED for a long time.
Mr Glass, this is a pro sports team, not a retail store - run it like one!
by loyal2sdad on Aug 17, 2009 12:12 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
To clarify
Obviously, said official was using scouting tools only, and completely ignoring statistics.
When will this organization embrace both? Pure scouting is obviously valuable, but SO ARE STATISTICS. Combine the two, and you have the best analysis possible.
Mr Glass, this is a pro sports team, not a retail store - run it like one!
by loyal2sdad on Aug 17, 2009 12:14 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Are you under the impression that Quiz played for Atlanta in the mid-90s?
Mid-90s: both where Dayton Moore’s baseball mind is, and what he thinks makes a good reliever.
I'm not a sabermetrician, but I do play one at Driveline Mechanics.
Can't get enough of me? Check out my Twitter feed.
by devil_fingers on Aug 17, 2009 1:52 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions 0 recs
Disco Fever
I’ve got it, the American people got it!!! Call up Hayes!!!
Loved that story.
When super delayed gratification meets with underachieving veteran they laugh at the Royals, just a hypothesis though
by MarioVanPeebles Republic of China on Aug 17, 2009 12:39 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
RR, please add this to your links
I don’t know how to link this, but please see an article in ShysterBall (on HardBall Times) talking about the Glass family ownership and Glass’ recent comment about getting more involved. A former Royals player, Bob Tufts, posts a couple of responses to the discussion, really slamming David Glass.
It was good to hear somebody from the “inside” say something about Glass’ piss-poor leadership abilities – nice to hear an opinion contrary to the George Bretts of the inner circle.
Mr Glass, this is a pro sports team, not a retail store - run it like one!
by loyal2sdad on Aug 17, 2009 2:20 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
I Just Made
A Fanshot linking it.
I used to be an A's fan until they left town and got good.
by philofthenorth on Aug 17, 2009 3:07 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
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