Lunchtime Royals Links: Grass Creek Edition, With a Programming Note
by Freneau on Aug 5, 2009 11:30 AM EDT
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PrintI'll be mostly away from the site for the rest of this week, as I'm headed home for my brother's college graduation. Rough timing, since it's the week of this is Mariners-Royals week. All the game threads are ready to go, but I don't have any overflow threads lined up. So please be aware of that.If something extraordinary happens, or is about to happen, like Kyle Davies throwing a no-hitter, will someone please email me.
- Joe Posnanski " Blog Archive " Yuni Watch … and, yes, my life
- Help Send a Kid to the K - Royals Review
- Broken Bat Single: Wilmington Blue Rocks Report for 8-04-2009
- Time For The Royals To Move Forward - Royals Authority
- Big Donkeys: The Callaspo Conundrum
- Tangled Up In (Royal) Blue: When You Gonna Wake Up
- 2010 Draft Order (Updated) " Andy Seiler's MLB Draft Blog
- Trade Deadline Prospects Ranked, Part 2 | FanGraphs Baseball
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congrats to your brother on his graduation...and have a safe and fun trip back home
….meanwhile, I’m headed to Canton for DT’s induction this weekend! So we’re both celebrating, just for different reasons!
Another congrats to your brother and hoping you and yours
have a fun and safe time too. I just read the Royal Authority link that you posted and I am shocked. It agreed with my Call me Crazy post on RR. I am hoping someone on the Royal staff is listening but probably not because they are too buzy dancing.
when I read the Wilmington line-up
I can see a hand full of them playing in the majors in the not too distant future (2 years?)
"Things could always be worse." - Buddy Bell
The fans in Atlanta and Seattle should be very happy to hear that
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by Matt Klaassen on Aug 5, 2009 2:42 PM EDT up reply actions 2 recs
BPs "Peak" translation for the current Blue Rocks roster
these are based only on the current years stats at Wilmington. Yes, they are speculative… EqA is their older “all-in-one” offensive stat that is scaled like AVG. .260 is always average, .300 is really good, etc.
Order:
Name, Age, BA, OBP, SLG, EQA (remember, this is all a speculative projection of their peaks
Chase_Fontaine 23 .270 .357 .432 .270
Johnny_Giavotella 21 .256 .358 .392 .267
Jeffrey_Bianchi 22 .280 .340 .418 .266
David_Lough 23 .287 .328 .443 .264
Mike_Moustakas 20.261 .313 .456 .260
Clint_Robinson 24 .256 .305 .380 .237
Joshua_Johnson 23 .273 .320 .318 .231
Paulo_Orlando 23 .245 .281 .372 .230
Eric_Hosmer 19 .240 .283 .380 .227
Derrick_Robinson 21.231 .282 .311 .219
Jamar_Walton 23 .239 .292 .326 .215
Nick_Van_Stratten 24.196 .245 .348 .208
Anthony_Seratelli 26.220 .271 .302 .203
Well,I got tired of editing it down… keep in mind that Hosmer barely has 50 ABs so far at Wilmington, so don’r freak out on that… but overall, this doesn’t look like a very intimidating group. For reference. Alex Gordon’s EqA last season was .276 — which above average overall and good for a 3B, but I don’t think that’s the “peak” we’re looking for… yet it’s higherth anyone at Wilmington’s current year peak translation.
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by Matt Klaassen on Aug 5, 2009 5:23 PM EDT up reply actions
I don't understand these fancy statistics and numbers, but
I just think that in about 10 years, we will be looking at this list and saying “Wow, look how many future all stars, golden glovers, and MVP’s were on that roster.” Really
"Things could always be worse." - Buddy Bell
the 4th outfielder who never gets a chance because of Freel/Bloomquist/Gathright?
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by Matt Klaassen on Aug 5, 2009 8:35 PM EDT up reply actions
are you really that interested in seeing costa play?
he’s awful….the only thing he has on any of those guys is that he’s cheaper….his upside is probably lower than gathrights…so was his performance
Fire Everyone
by billybeingbilly on Aug 6, 2009 1:12 AM EDT up reply actions
but with no Gathright,
J.P. Howell would have still been pitching for the Royals instead of the Rays.
He can get 4, NOT 5.
no
anymore than I’m interested in seeing Bloomquist, Freel, or Josh Anderson play.
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by Matt Klaassen on Aug 6, 2009 11:24 AM EDT up reply actions
2010 Draft Order (Updated) " Andy Seiler's MLB Draft Blog
#2, always #2. Just bad enough to be awful, but just good enough to miss out on David Price and Tim Beckham.
Relive Royals History at royalsretro.blogspot.com
NEWS FLASH: KYLE DAVIES HASN'T GIVEN UP A HIT!!!
Of course, he hasn’t thrown a pitch yet, either.
Sorry… couldn’t resist.
by chiefstatnut on Aug 5, 2009 3:27 PM EDT reply actions 1 recs
So, I'm now a fan of the Washington Nationals.
Go Nationals! Give the Royals another #1 overall pick to blow monumentally.
+1
Yes, I'm still alive. Sorry to disappoint you.
by royaldaddy on Aug 5, 2009 4:51 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
the Nats have a lot to play for
they’re aiming to get the #1 and #2 picks
Graduate with a B.S. from the Dayton Moore School of Stats Analysis
Even if the Royals pass them
they’ll get 2 and 3. Not bad. Although, if the Royals get #1 they probably take Harper, and screw the Nats out of either stud. But they wouldn’t sign him anyways right? I mean, word is they won’t sign Strasburg, so why would they sign Harper? If the Royals don’t pass the Nats, and get pick 3, at least they are guaranteed Strasburg will be there as the Nats can’t draft him again without permission from him and his agent. So currently, the Royals are in position for a stud.
BTW, if Harper or Strasburg are there and the Royals don’t take one of them, I will quit as a fan. It’s that simple. I have a feeling that the Royals are about to go back into Glass’s cost-cutting mode, and I won’t stick around another 15 years and watch it while they eat my soul.
Hey what's the website link I saw on here once that you link
to snidely tell someone to go google it themselves? Something have you heard of google.
I’m aware I’m setting myself up for it to be used on me. Oh the bitter bitter irony.
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