Pre-Spring Training Chatter Roundup: New Contracts, Enthusiasm, Roster Talk, Etc
by Freneau on Feb 20, 2012 11:00 AM EST
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PrintA raft of stories to grab onto as we near ever closer to the start of Spring Training. Positives and negatives included below. It's hard not to feel the enthusiasm.
Beyond our Royals, there's talk of the Cubs playing at the Cell, a look at the young Tribe, and a strange move by Billy Beane.
Royals:
- Royals ink Eric Hosmer, three others to one-year deals | royals.com: News
- Rany on the Royals: For Want Of A Pitcher: Left Wanting.
- With KC's Starters, The Bullpen Needs To Be Deep - Royals Review
- Prospect Q&A: Odorizzi looks to spring | MiLB.com News | The Official Site of Minor League Baseball
- The Royals, spring training and the question of optimism | The Star's Blog on the Royals and Baseball
- 40 Man Roster Review – Jose Mijares - Royals Authority
- Pine Tar Press- The Downside The Infield
- Four areas to watch as Royals start spring training - KansasCity.com
- Time to put up the money Mr. Glass - Kings of Kauffman
- Rex Hudler 'humbled' to take over KC's TV broadcasts | royals.com: News
- Royally Speaking: On Gordon And Aging
- Royal Revival: Prospect Countdown #17 Will Smith
Baseball:
- What in the world did Billy Beane just do?
- The Boston Red Sox And 4,828 Fifth-Starter Candidates - Baseball Nation
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this is why i wish i was british
David Cameron went to a porridge factory this week to argue against Scottish independence
by Freneau on Feb 20, 2012 11:37 AM EST reply actions 2 recs
I wonder what sort of response he got from the audience
Hot, cold or just right.
by thelaundry on Feb 20, 2012 12:17 PM EST up reply actions 8 recs
Is there a reason why the UK still clings to these areas that don't seem to want to be part of the British empire anymore?
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Strategic commodities like porridge
And North Sea oil.
by maguro on Feb 20, 2012 3:27 PM EST via mobile up reply actions
Apart from Northand Ireland
mostly economic
The name of that song played at KC Comets games in the '80's was Giorgio Moroder's "The Chase." Now you know.
Good interviews with Danny Duffy and Luke Hochevar.
http://www.610sports.com/Audio—Royals-Spring-Training/12323388
Danny Duffy is optimistic. Luke Hochevar says “Y’know” a lot.
I'm a 15 year old freshman in high school with a love for all things Royals and Packers.
2012 is the year we shine (hopefully. If not, then it will be 2013).
Ya knoow
Don't you ever play GM- Lee "Touch of Gray" Judge
by tiquanunderwear on Feb 20, 2012 12:11 PM EST up reply actions
It's literally unbelievable that he says it that much.
I don’t get it.
by hawkinscm87 on Feb 20, 2012 12:41 PM EST up reply actions
It makes it hard to listen to
Don't you ever play GM- Lee "Touch of Gray" Judge
by tiquanunderwear on Feb 20, 2012 1:03 PM EST up reply actions
Duffy has some good things to say.
It seems like he’s getting it. He isn’t afraid to say he has good stuff, but understands his control issues. The mental part of the game is talked about too often, but I am glad that Duffy understands his strengths and weakness, and that he has done something in the offseason to get better. We’ll see if it works.
by hawkinscm87 on Feb 20, 2012 12:36 PM EST up reply actions
I am bullish on a good season from him
Like 4.30 ERA or so in 120 IP.
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The Problems I
Saw Duffy have should be corrigible, especially for a pitcher his age, I hop we get 150+ innings from him.
I used to be an A's fan until they left town and got good.
by philofthenorth on Feb 20, 2012 10:22 PM EST up reply actions
OT - but I figured this thread wouldn't be a bad spot.
From a chat with ESPN Fantasy writer AJ Mass on Feb. 16:
Jim (Boston)
You buying Doug Fister this year? With him being a ground ball pitcher, the defense behind him scares me, but that lineup should help get him wins.
AJ Mass (11:07 AM)
I am. The way I see it, if the defense is that bad and commits a ton of errors, then his ERA actually goes down!
I think he may have missed something.
By the way...
Does anybody else read ESPN fantasy columns on occasion? I think I’m going to stop. Their fantasy staff doesn’t seem competent sometimes. Like the example from the AJ Mass chat I just posted: Is it really that difficult to understand how a bad defense could bloat a pitcher’s ERA? The official scorer isn’t giving Miggy Cabrera an error when he doesn’t get within 5 feet of the ball. Another example is their rankings. If you sort their rankings by position, and click on DH, you’ll find that they include Michael Young. Okay. Except they rank Michael Young higher (better) than Billy Butler. What?! Then you look at the fantasy stats from 2011. Then you look at their projected stats for 2012 – and Billy is better in almost every one. wtf
by hawkinscm87 on Feb 20, 2012 12:19 PM EST up reply actions
Then you look at the fantasy stats from 2011. Then you look at their projected stats for 2012 – and Billy is better in almost every one. wtf
young 338 11 106 88 6
butler 291 19 95 74 2
now, which fantasy categories was butler better than young in again? 1 out of 5?
Fire Everyone
by billybeingbilly on Feb 20, 2012 1:08 PM EST up reply actions
and the projections slightly favor MY
8 more runs, 4 more steals, 4 less homers and 2 less RBIs
Fire Everyone
by billybeingbilly on Feb 20, 2012 1:29 PM EST up reply actions
fucking espn big market bias
Fire Everyone
by billybeingbilly on Feb 20, 2012 1:29 PM EST up reply actions
4 more homers and 2 more rbis
versus 8 more runs and steals….those are in no way in favor of billy….they’re essentially the same but if not, they’re in favor of MY
Fire Everyone
by billybeingbilly on Feb 20, 2012 2:21 PM EST up reply actions
I think they are considering the home runs are more important
I’ll admit I probably looked at the projections and also thought about how stupid they were. Billy’s batting average is projected to be higher also, and probably with more at-bats.
im learning so much 298>298
argue that the projections arent good all you want…but arguing that their projections favor billy is absurd
Fire Everyone
by billybeingbilly on Feb 20, 2012 2:44 PM EST up reply actions
Was the BA the same?
I thought Billy was projected higher with more at-bats. Oh well – in that case, the projections suck. Although Young’s ADP is 71 while Billy’s is 120. I guess everyone else is wrong, and I’m right. Not uncommon.
Doesn’t position eligibility play into a fantasy player’s value? Young is more flexible and can play some positions where good numbers are more scarce.
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by Scott McKinney on Feb 20, 2012 4:14 PM EST up reply actions
Young should compared to hitters in the the scarest position he is qualified at (positional adjustment).
He will probably compare decently to 2B or 3B. If you need more details, I can go into it.
Doubting Thomas, the patron saint of sabermetrics
by Jeff Zimmerman on Feb 20, 2012 2:50 PM EST up reply actions
I steer clear of the baseball stuff because I get what I need elsewhere...
but for football Tristan Cockcroft & Matt Berry & Nat Ravich are fine for me…even though Matt Berry must be taken in small doses
I am the one who knocks.
I feel like I have to read it because my competition is reading it...
then I go to the third party sites and do the real research
I am the one who knocks.
Summer Camp Mitch
Needs to start tweeting.
There are literally DOZENS of us!
by Tracer Bullet 82 on Feb 20, 2012 3:42 PM EST via mobile up reply actions
robdelany
and it’s not even close
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by Old Man Duggan on Feb 21, 2012 3:45 AM EST up reply actions
Do enjoy him as well
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by RoyalsRetro on Feb 21, 2012 10:11 AM EST up reply actions
He's the only person I know of who's getting a pilot based almost entirely upon how funny he is on Twitter.
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by Old Man Duggan on Feb 22, 2012 10:29 PM EST up reply actions
I said "how funny he is"
Shit My Dad Says is about someone else being old and crazy, not about the Tweeter actually being funny himself.
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by Old Man Duggan on Feb 24, 2012 1:23 AM EST up reply actions
Depressing Baseball Stat of the Day?
Top 10 in Wins By Royals Draftee Since 1990
131 Lieber
76 Greinke
67 Rusch
57 Bankhead
38 Durbin
37 Rosado
35 Affeldt
30 Hochevar
26 Simontacchi
24 Rupe
Some Thoughts on It
-Put together by someone on a message board I frequent, so not my work
-Zack will be at the top of this list in the next few years, hopefully. He’s a legit KC Royal and prospect and will one day be in the Royals HOF, I suspect.
-0 of Jon Lieber’s wins came with the Royals
-I wish Joe Pink (Jose Rosado) had a more healthy arm
-I wish Jeremy Affeldt would have solved the blister problems sooner
-Who is Jason Simontacchi?
-Ryan Rupe and Scott Bankhead were Royals draftees?
-Wow, what a depressing list :(
WAIT: I botched this. Bankhead was drafted in 1984 (I was pulling off a list from 1980 forward):
That means #10 is 23 Matt Guerrier (minors)
Rupe was a DRays draftee
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by Scott McKinney on Feb 20, 2012 4:16 PM EST up reply actions
I thought so
But I wonder if it was one of those where the Royals drafted him one year and he chose to stay in school or something like that.
Could also just be a typo…
Rupe and Simontacci
Both drafted by the Royals, but I don’t think either signed.
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Yeah, the same way Hochevar was a Dodgers draftee.
You may know me as NYRoyal.
by Scott McKinney on Feb 20, 2012 7:37 PM EST up reply actions
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