Royals Rumblings

Royals Rumblings - News for March 31, 2017

Let’s miss some bats.

By Max Rieper@maxrieper Mar 31, 2017, 8:00am EDT

Royals Rumblings - News for March 31, 2017

Dayton Moore talks about what went wrong in 2016.

“You have to have the same relentlessness you had in pursuing a championship if you’re going to repeat,” Moore said. “You have to have the same focus on the fundamentals, on perseverance, and as human beings we tend to get a little satisfied at times. We should celebrate our successes, but you have to really stay relentless if you’re going to win.”

Moore hasn’t made this point before. He hasn’t wondered out loud about whether the 2016 team was too satisfied.

“I think we could’ve managed it a lot better,” he said. “I think we let (fatigue) be an excuse at times. When people bring that up, it’s easy to say, ‘Yeah, we’re tired.’ ”

Danny Duffy talks about staying aggressive.

"Obviously, your velocity will drop after a while, but that's what I do. It brought me success. I just try to condition myself to keep up my velocity, even in the seventh and eighth."

Duffy doesn't worry if other starters still have success with an old-school approach that favors pacing.

"Hey, there's no wrong way to eat a Reese's," Duffy said. "Everyone gets things done in different ways."

Darin Watson at Baseball Prospectus Kansas City thinks this rotation is going to miss some bats.

I think the Royals’ rotation is not getting enough credit generally, and specifically not enough credit for the strikeouts they could pile up. Four of the five starters in the Opening Day rotation have the potential to average over a strikeout per inning. That could be a big difference between last year’s disappointing performance and a much more enjoyable summer in 2017.

"He's the guy you hold onto & build around. Think of him as the Freddie Freeman of the Royals" - MLB Network's Greg Amsinger on Eric Hosmer.
— 610 Sports Radio- KC (@610SportsKC) March 30, 2017