Starters:
Jeremy Guthrie vs. Gavin Floyd
Lineup via Dutton:
#Royals vs. CWS RHP Floyd: Gordon 7, Escobar 6, Butler DH, Moustakas 5, Perez 2, Hosmer 3, Francoeur 9, Dyson 8, Getz 4 and Guthrie 1.
— Bob Dutton (@Royals_Report) April 4, 2013
Dyson sighting.
I have been stuck with the Thursday games this season. For my previews, I am going to look at scout-ish information for the major and minor league clubs. Stuff will probably be a little boring, but hopefully a little useful.
Velocity values (mph):
Shields (Kings of Kauffman go into detail on Shields first start)
2011: 90.9
2012: 92.0
2013: 92.8
Arron Crow
2011: 94.9
2012: 94.4
2013: 93.7
Kelvin Herrera
2011: 96.2
2012: 97.4
2013: 97.8
He is throwing faster. Nice.
Juan Gutierrez
2010: 94.8
2011: 94.1
2013: 94.7
Luke Hochevar
2011: 92.7
2012: 92.6
2013: 94.5
Luke is seeing a normal SP to RP velocity jump.
Santana (detail look at first start)
2011: 92.7
2012: 91.7
2013: 90.1
Some 1B speeds (time in seconds)
Francoeur:
2012: 4.4
2013 (4/1, 7th inning): 4.4
He seems to have not lost or gained a step this off season.
Perez
2012: 4.5
2013: (4/3, 6th inning, 8th inning): 4.8, 4.7
Remember, Perez is slower than Frenchy.
Minors
Minor league games start this evening with the Omaha Chaser and NWA Naturals being shown on MiLB.com.
Probable starters:
Omaha: Will Smith
NW Arkansas: Noel Arguelles
Willington: TBD
Lexington: Brickhouse
Notable prospects on each team
Omaha
Will Smith
Donnie Joseph
Chris Dwyer
Christian Colon
NW Arkansas
Yordano Ventera
Jason Adam
Edwin Carl !!!!!!
Brett Eibner
Willington
Robinson Yambati
Same Selman
Kyle Smith
Kyle Zimmerman
Cheslor Cuthbert
JOrge Bonifacio
Lexington
Bryan Brickhouse
Miguel Almonte
Cameron Gallager
Adalberto Mondesi
Bubba Starling
A quick video of Brett Eibner during spring training