Standings: September 7th

by 306008 on Sep 7, 2009 10:24 AM EDT

	Wins	Losses	Games Back
Washington	47	90	--
Kansas City	51	85	4.5
Pittsburgh	54	81	8.0
Baltimore	56	81	9.0
San Diego	61	77	13.5
Cleveland	60	76	13.5
Arizona	61	77	13.5
Oakland	61	76	14.0
Toronto	61	75	14.5
New York Mets	62	75	15.0
Cincinnati	63	73	16.5

Team

Last week: Washington 1-5; KC 1-5; Pittsburgh 1-6; Baltimore 2-4; San Diego 5-1; Cleveland 2-4; Arizona 2-5; Oakland 4-3; Toronto 2-5; Mets 3-3; Cincinnati 7-0

HOT!: Cincinnati pulled off a perfect week going 7-0! I guess they are in a "win-now" mode? San Diego went 5-1. They are also in a "win-now" mode. Both teams must have had a rousing speech from their owner before the week about dropping in the draft so they don't have to pay out a $6 million bonus and can perhaps get a steal.

NOT: Washington, KC, and Pittsburgh all had one win on the week. These teams are trying to move up in the rankings as not to lose out on those $6 million signing bonuses.

We welcome two new teams to the watch list and will probably say goodbye to the Reds in the next week. Welcome New York Mets and Toronto Blue Jays! I guess the Jays would probably be higher in the draft if they didn't have Roy Halladay winning all those games for them....

The week ahead for the Royals? Angels (1), Tigers (3), and Indians (3). According to MLB.com, our starting pitchers for the week are Davies Monday, Chen Tuesday, Tejeda Wednesday, and TBA the rest of the week. Grienke will get one start and if we stay true to form, Davies and Chen will get two a piece.

Hmmmm.... I guess we're in the making for another week like the last..... Good luck Royals! Let's win!

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Does anyone know why it kills my excel charts? :( It’s really annoying.

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by 306008 on Sep 7, 2009 10:25 AM EDT reply actions

FanPosts don't accept cut-and-paste charts

in my experience, anyway. You pretty much have to go into HTML and code them yourself, or at least copy-and-paste the html codes from a similar view in another program.

Don’t know if this is a setting controlled by SBNation or each blog’s mod.

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by Matt Klaassen on Sep 7, 2009 10:32 AM EDT up reply actions

I used that feature where you create a chart that's built in....

? Oh well, It’ll just look weird.

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by 306008 on Sep 7, 2009 10:34 AM EDT up reply actions

In other news

Dayton Moore has offered TBA a incentive-laden, 2 year, $10M 2010-2011 contract with a $5M club option for 2012 and a chance to compete for the 2010 starting rotation.

TBA, who has bounced around the minor leagues this season, previously had stints as a pitcher for Seattle and Atlanta.

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by Matt Klaassen on Sep 7, 2009 10:34 AM EDT reply actions 1 recs

lol.

That is awesome! Seriously though, when does Grienke throw?

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by 306008 on Sep 7, 2009 10:38 AM EDT up reply actions

Forgot the picture from the press conference

I’m sure Greinke will throw… but Ducky has to get at least one turn, right?

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by Matt Klaassen on Sep 7, 2009 10:44 AM EDT up reply actions

DiNardo

will make a start this week

BOOM! ROASTED!

by GoBabies!! on Sep 7, 2009 11:18 AM EDT up reply actions

When did Chen go back into the rotation?

Did I completely miss this excitement?

by kcbottom9th on Sep 7, 2009 11:49 AM EDT reply actions

everyone's so overwhelmed

that we still can’t quite talk about it

by Freneau on Sep 7, 2009 11:55 AM EDT up reply actions 1 recs

prtty amazing we still haven't caught the nats

by Freneau on Sep 7, 2009 11:54 AM EDT reply actions

The Nats had that hot streak a few weeks ago.

That was our best shot!

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by 306008 on Sep 7, 2009 7:38 PM EDT up reply actions

Their hitters are good enough they could go off at any time

I’m confident the Royals can catch them. Did you see the schedule?

DET x3
CLE x 3 away
DET x 3 away
CWS x 3 away
BOS x 4
MIN x 3
NYY x 3 away
MIN x 3 away

I can’t see the Royals winning more than 5 games out of 26. The Nats just need to win 10, and the Royals overtake them.

by AxDxMx on Sep 8, 2009 1:26 PM EDT up reply actions

The Nationals have

3 vs. Phili
3 @ Florida
3 @ Phili
3 @ NYMets
3 vs. Dodgers
3 vs. Braves
3 vs. NYMets
4 @ Atlanta

It could be tough…

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by 306008 on Sep 8, 2009 1:45 PM EDT up reply actions

The Mets are only 1.5 games better than Cleveland

The Nats are 21-29 since July 14th which I believe was the ASG (as well as my daughter’s birthday). The Royals are 15-34. At that pace, the Royals win 7-8 games, and the Nats win 10-11. A little more underperformance by the Royals, and a little overperformance by the Nats will take care of it. Philly just got swept (lost 4 in a row), Florida’s bullpen is bad (5-5 in last 10), the Mets are awful, the Dodgers are good, Braves have lost their last 5. The Royals face first place division or wild card teams 13 times, the Nats just 9.

KEEP HOPE ALIVE!

by AxDxMx on Sep 8, 2009 3:27 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs