Pictures and Comments from Spring Training 3/14
by Jeff Zimmerman on Mar 15, 2010 10:34 AM EDT
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Today I actually got to go see the Royals play and it was pretty bad. Well let's just start with what was good in my eyes:
- Dyson was impressive in center. He ran two balls down that I was for sure would drop for at least doubles.
- Tejeda had control today and it showed with his results. If he can throw strikes, he should end up starting.
- Aviles made a great play at 2nd, catch and throw.
- Podsednik miss played a ball bad, took 2-3 steps in and then had to run back and barely missed it. No error given, but he messed up bad.
- Davies was horrible. Walk 3 people, all scored. The defense behind him was bad, but these three runs were all on his shoulders.
- Yuni has no range at all. Two balls went by him just a couple of steps away. Once he did get to one, he made a horrible throw to 2nd. He is fatter than Billy. He is carrying around a good extra 20 lbs.
- Yuni has no plate discipline. 2-0 count and he swings at a ball at his ankles and hits a dribbler back to the pitcher. I can see why the pitcher threw 2 balls previously, eventually Yuni is going to swing at one.
- DeJesus in RF is going to be ugly, he has such a noodle from an arm. It's not as bad as Damon's, but getting there.
- I had to look this up after seeing the double steal and one more by the A's. Royals 5SB/5CS Opponents: 13SB/0CS. I have an idea what some catcher should be working on the rest of spring training.
Myself and my brother enjoying the sun.
Kila at first and Aviles at first. I was wanting to get a picture of how fat Yuni is now. I will try for one tomorrow.
Fan watching was great. Gotta love flames on your sunglasses. I think my son may like a pair of those.
There was plenty of eye candy also. WARNING - THIS DOES NOT MARK THE END OF THE THREAD
Also, gotta love Surprise where you can take your golf cart to Safeway.
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I'm pretty sure there's a bowl and a guard rail in that 6th picture
but I cannot confirm. Anybody else?
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Yes, I think you are right, but the bowl is one of the cap hats for ice cream
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by Jeff Zimmerman on Mar 15, 2010 12:16 PM EDT up reply actions
There's definitely no guard rail in that picture, though.
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by Justin Bopp on Mar 15, 2010 12:42 PM EDT up reply actions
I did some work for them that I agreed not to discuss.
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by Jeff Zimmerman on Mar 15, 2010 12:13 PM EDT up reply actions
That's what half the students at ASU look like
and definitely the best part of going to grad school there
Does RR officially have a new "mascot" now?
… some might say there’s no more need for that picture of the girl in the snap-on ankle warmers…
by wentToARoyalsGameBeforeRR on Mar 15, 2010 12:52 PM EDT up reply actions
I think we have a nomination
for the new overflow thread girl.
I thought it was Mr. Dergan's wife?
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by Matt Klaassen on Mar 15, 2010 6:35 PM EDT up reply actions
Dergan is old hat
She was all the rage when Podsednik was a genuinely decent player. Now she’s old news. We need fresh talent. Wish there were more pics of the above blonde. Although, the boobs are clearly fake and I have a strong feeling she has a butter face. This pic is intriguing though…
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by Scott McKinney on Mar 15, 2010 7:08 PM EDT up reply actions
Would be shocked
if at least a third of it was not extensions…
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by Sweep_the_Leg on Mar 15, 2010 7:22 PM EDT up reply actions
We Are Now
The Fashion Police
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by philofthenorth on Mar 15, 2010 7:31 PM EDT up reply actions
At least if he waits until the 3rd ball, he's driving up the pitch counts.
Yuni has no plate discipline. 2-0 count and he swings at a ball at his ankles and hits a dribbler back to the pitcher. I can see why the pitcher threw 2 balls previously, eventually Yuni is going to swing at one.
Glad I came, just wish I hadn't stayed so long.
People ask me what I do in winter when there’s no baseball. I’ll tell you what I do. I stare out the window and wait for spring.
While you are at practice
Watch to see if they have the MiLB pitchers throw more than 120 feet in long toss. I’m still trying to figure out if they’ve adjusted their program yet. Also, if you get a chance to talk to Montgomery, ask him if he’s convinced any of the other pitchers to join Alan Jaeger’s long toss program with him. Ask him who his throwing partner is.
I’m jealous. This is one of the things that a HS coach does NOT get to do. Go to ST…. sigh.
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I will see what I can find, but it is tough to actually talk to the players
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by Jeff Zimmerman on Mar 15, 2010 12:14 PM EDT up reply actions
I hope you get the chance!
:) thanks.
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Dyson
I remember watching Dyson last year at AA. He was a very good defender. He had a decent swing as well. He’s a player that has kind of flown under the radar but might just be our best CF prospect. He seems to be the prototypical Dayton Moore type CFer.
Thoughts?
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Joey Gathright plus defensive skills but minus the contact skills
For a guy with literally zero power (0 HR in 900+ PA), Dyson just does not make enough contact (K% over 20%) to be a viable player offensively. He might luck into some sort of career as a true 5th outfielder.
The good news for him is that he has three years (or until the Royals need his 40-man roster) to figure things out.
by Gopherballs on Mar 15, 2010 12:32 PM EDT up reply actions
"Pena had control today"
Did you mean Tejeda?
That seems like a more appropriate name.
by CentralChamps20?? on Mar 15, 2010 12:23 PM EDT reply actions
Yes, sorry
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by Jeff Zimmerman on Mar 15, 2010 12:24 PM EDT up reply actions
I was at the games on Saturday & Sunday as well
Yesterday was brutal.
1. Podsednik – I think he may have been having trouble with the sun. My take is that he really didn’t see it. I tend to give outfielders a lot of leeway on very sunny days in ST (and AZ has lots of those). I lost this one when it went up as well. He also made a fine diving play later.
2. Yes, Yuni is fat. I still can’t believe that they didn’t give him an error for that bad throw to 2nd base.
3. Our SB differential (Royals SB/CS compared to our opponents’ SB/CS) is going to be awful this year.
4. A’s fans seemed nice (at least the ones I was sitting next to). Jeff must have been sitting on the 1st base side, so I missed the young lady pictured above. Don’t worry though, there were some on the 3rd base side as well (one was almost spilling out of her baseball jersey!). Sorry – no pictures!
For 306008 – I still haven’t seen any long toss by Royals pitchers. That doesn’t mean they aren’t – just that I have not seen it.
Tension is the enemy. - Charlie Lau
by aHorseWithNoName on Mar 15, 2010 1:06 PM EDT reply actions
I'm just glad there that the sun is not legal in regular season games
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by Matt Klaassen on Mar 15, 2010 2:26 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
Dutton
If he was talking about the same play, Dutton wrote up Yuni’s bad throw as Aviles’s miscue:
Second baseman Mike Aviles dropping a throw from shortstop Yuniesky Betancourt in the second inning. The play, a grounder in the hole, was scored a single, but the ball arrived in time to beat the runner.
Hope the Royals didn’t see it the same way.
That seems like a more appropriate name.
by CentralChamps20?? on Mar 15, 2010 2:55 PM EDT up reply actions
Dutton is just trying not to get
banned.
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Radio said the same thing
The radio guys called it the same way, that it was a low throw but one Aviles should have caught.
That's not how I saw it
The throw was wide (to the outfield side) of second and arrived on a bounce. Aviles prevented the ball from going into right field but couldn’t scoop the ball. Bad throw – Aviles prevented the runners from advancing extra bases.
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by aHorseWithNoName on Mar 15, 2010 3:24 PM EDT up reply actions
These perspectives are all well and good, but...
what did Blond-in-Yellow-Tank-Top think about the play?
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by Sweep_the_Leg on Mar 15, 2010 3:38 PM EDT up reply actions
Thanks for watching!
For 306008 – I still haven’t seen any long toss by Royals pitchers. That doesn’t mean they aren’t – just that I have not seen it.
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Got back on the redeye, filed my organizational report, going to bed, ready to wake up to hate mail
but during Saturday’s game, Dave Cameron was quite impressed with Jarrod Dyson Will Explode’s speed to first; it was tough for me to admit that he has never hit a professional home run.
Oh, and Irving Falu made Dustin Ackley his b—— by snagging a liner off of him. So we can can now say with some certainty that Falu>Ackley.
Anyone interested in video of Jeff Z. hitting whiffle-ball line drives off of Carson Cistulli?
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I am going to guess this year's reaction
to Fangraphs ranking the Royals organization as one of the worst in baseball will be a bit more muted than last year’s reaction (“Dave Cameron is biased and hates the Royals!”). I like that you guys are doing three separate posts (current talent, future talent, and overall analysis). Once all three are available at Fangraphs, I’ll post a story linking them (or someone else can do it).
Looks like KC must be set for #29
Sounds approximately accurate.
Major league talent: #28
Minor league talent: #10
Front office: #29
I can’t defend each of those numbers but I think they are all close. Does that add up to the 29th best org in baseball? Possibly. Depends on how much weight the Royals good minor league system gets.
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by Scott McKinney on Mar 15, 2010 3:38 PM EDT up reply actions
The avg minor league org rank from BP, BA and Law is 12. So maybe that is a better estimate. I wonder if Sickels has a rank.
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by Scott McKinney on Mar 15, 2010 3:46 PM EDT up reply actions
No on the whiffle ball
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by Jeff Zimmerman on Mar 15, 2010 6:32 PM EDT up reply actions
Oh come on
you posted me and my double chin and terribly coordinated ensemble!
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by Matt Klaassen on Mar 15, 2010 6:37 PM EDT up reply actions
Double chin?
You’re skinny. Don’t be such a girl.
:)
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by Scott McKinney on Mar 15, 2010 7:09 PM EDT up reply actions
Yeah, The Way
He talked I always assumed he was rather portly. Hardly the case.
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by philofthenorth on Mar 15, 2010 7:32 PM EDT up reply actions
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