David, your going to have to get off the umpiring. It’s the Royals vs the Yankees…you know they aren’t getting calls going into it. Lol. But I’m past ready for needing an umpire to call balls and strikes. We have the technology lets go already.
Here’s my thought process as a Royals fan seeing Singer do this
1. He’s on a heater for sure….but looks the part of a number 2 for sure moving into next year. Reason to believe!
2. Great, Singer’s looking good and they are going to Keep Eldred and use him as the reason!
Even when its a good thing I can’t fully be positive until I actually see them do it at this point.
O thing is going to change until Moore, Matheny, Eldred, Carter and Wilson are let go. This team has no motivation, different line-up every night, manages like these games are try outs and everyone gets a chance. Batting order sucked, like Matheny pulls names out of a hat. Still need to get rid of Gallagher, O’Hearn, Garrett, Payamps, Bolonois, Mondessi, maybe Taylor, Rivera, Isbel and Greinke.
I'm not at all a fan of the way MJ sets the target, but then drops his glove to the ground as soon as the pitcher begins his windup, which is presumably when the target is needed most. I realize he's not the only catcher to do that but I really wish he'd stop it.
Clearly it didn't hurt Singer last night, but that glove movement can't be on the list of "catching best practices."
Jul 29, 2022·edited Jul 29, 2022Liked by David Lesky
Virtually no one believed that the Royals would overall their minor league hitting development department yet they did. Do I wish they did it a lot sooner? Of course, but at least they did it. So, I believe that they'll over haul the minor league pitching department shortly...hopefully, in the off-season. If JJ Piccolo is in charge, then Cal Eldred won't be brought back next year. I'd hire someone from the Marlins, Rays, Brewers or even the hated Yankees and pay them big bucks to revitalize the minors on the pitching as has been accomplished on the hitting. I'd also throw huge dollars towards a pitching coach from an organization that has a proven track record of developing pitching and this person has been integral to that success.
As usual I greatly enjoyed your radio appearance on 810 today. I found it interesting that you now see Brady Singer as a #2 to #3 starter. That would be absolutely fine with me! But I'm curious.... What would you need to see from him, and for how long, before you called him a legit #1 starter?
Or do you still see flaws in his game that you think will prevent him from ever achieving that status?
David - if Salvy and Vinnie and Pratto and MJ are all going to be in the lineup at the same time, then one of the latter two will have to play in the OF. (I'm assuming here that 3B isn't an option for any of those guys.) Do you see either Pratto or MJ as capable of becoming at least a competent/average MLB-caliber outfielder? Or is that a pipe dream in both cases?
ARRGGHH Amir Garrett is so frustrating. Coming into Sunday's game, his .159 opponents' batting average would lead you to believe that his other numbers must be pretty good as well. But you'd be wrong.
21BB in 28IP goes a long way toward explaining his over-5 ERA. He must have enjoyed those walks a lot because just for fun he walked his first batter on Sunday as well.
BTW Royals pitchers have walked the #9 hitter 51 times this season. (Words fail me.) Cuas was so inspired by Garrett's performance that he walked the #9 guy on four pitches to lead off the 7th, with LeMaiheu and Judge due up next. That's always a good idea, because what could possibly go wrong? Just to double down he walked Judge as well. Which set the table nicely for Rizzo's 3-run HR.
At least we can take comfort in the fact that "Cal Eldred is doing an excellent job." We know that's true because Dayton said so.
David, your going to have to get off the umpiring. It’s the Royals vs the Yankees…you know they aren’t getting calls going into it. Lol. But I’m past ready for needing an umpire to call balls and strikes. We have the technology lets go already.
Here’s my thought process as a Royals fan seeing Singer do this
1. He’s on a heater for sure….but looks the part of a number 2 for sure moving into next year. Reason to believe!
2. Great, Singer’s looking good and they are going to Keep Eldred and use him as the reason!
Even when its a good thing I can’t fully be positive until I actually see them do it at this point.
O thing is going to change until Moore, Matheny, Eldred, Carter and Wilson are let go. This team has no motivation, different line-up every night, manages like these games are try outs and everyone gets a chance. Batting order sucked, like Matheny pulls names out of a hat. Still need to get rid of Gallagher, O’Hearn, Garrett, Payamps, Bolonois, Mondessi, maybe Taylor, Rivera, Isbel and Greinke.
I'm not at all a fan of the way MJ sets the target, but then drops his glove to the ground as soon as the pitcher begins his windup, which is presumably when the target is needed most. I realize he's not the only catcher to do that but I really wish he'd stop it.
Clearly it didn't hurt Singer last night, but that glove movement can't be on the list of "catching best practices."
Virtually no one believed that the Royals would overall their minor league hitting development department yet they did. Do I wish they did it a lot sooner? Of course, but at least they did it. So, I believe that they'll over haul the minor league pitching department shortly...hopefully, in the off-season. If JJ Piccolo is in charge, then Cal Eldred won't be brought back next year. I'd hire someone from the Marlins, Rays, Brewers or even the hated Yankees and pay them big bucks to revitalize the minors on the pitching as has been accomplished on the hitting. I'd also throw huge dollars towards a pitching coach from an organization that has a proven track record of developing pitching and this person has been integral to that success.
As usual I greatly enjoyed your radio appearance on 810 today. I found it interesting that you now see Brady Singer as a #2 to #3 starter. That would be absolutely fine with me! But I'm curious.... What would you need to see from him, and for how long, before you called him a legit #1 starter?
Or do you still see flaws in his game that you think will prevent him from ever achieving that status?
David - if Salvy and Vinnie and Pratto and MJ are all going to be in the lineup at the same time, then one of the latter two will have to play in the OF. (I'm assuming here that 3B isn't an option for any of those guys.) Do you see either Pratto or MJ as capable of becoming at least a competent/average MLB-caliber outfielder? Or is that a pipe dream in both cases?
ARRGGHH Amir Garrett is so frustrating. Coming into Sunday's game, his .159 opponents' batting average would lead you to believe that his other numbers must be pretty good as well. But you'd be wrong.
21BB in 28IP goes a long way toward explaining his over-5 ERA. He must have enjoyed those walks a lot because just for fun he walked his first batter on Sunday as well.
BTW Royals pitchers have walked the #9 hitter 51 times this season. (Words fail me.) Cuas was so inspired by Garrett's performance that he walked the #9 guy on four pitches to lead off the 7th, with LeMaiheu and Judge due up next. That's always a good idea, because what could possibly go wrong? Just to double down he walked Judge as well. Which set the table nicely for Rizzo's 3-run HR.
At least we can take comfort in the fact that "Cal Eldred is doing an excellent job." We know that's true because Dayton said so.