The game score piece was interesting to me. Basically, the difference between the top tier teams and the bottom is as simple as.......have less crappy starts. Which seems obvious.....but also comes down to depth. Maybe Minor in the rotation isn't all that bad compared to a 2021 Kowar. The million dollar question becomes even with all these pieces for the rotation. Do we really "know" which ones will consistently go out there and give you a decent start? Not really yet, which will probably lead to a higher number of bad starts as they sort through that process. Certainly makes the case for going out and getting another solid, veteran starter.
Any thoughts on the plethora of young Royals pitchers that we could do something revolutionary to move the game forward (as we did with HDH in our last championship core)? Such as, get more into openers and bulk inning guys? Have more 2-3 inning guys, and adopt the "no third time through the order unless walking on water" 3-5 inning guys? Have your Big 4 or Big 5 Closer Group that can take you to victory (HDH for for maybe 4 or 5 innings instead of just 3)? In any event, Tampa Bay, and postseason starter pitching use, has my imagination whirling. Could we take some kind of unorthodox approach, to take full advantage of an advantage that we have right now over so many (or all) other teams - having so many young pitchers - to combine with a new, advanced way to develop and use them?
I sure hope that they put no such rules in place. I can see why they might want to tinker just a bit if this leads to further delay in the game. Perhaps no delaying trips to the mound, the reliever gets only 3 mound pitches, keep the minimum 3 batters rule and perhaps extend it into the next inning if they come in with outs already. But getting the best pitching results possible, allowing us to take advantage of our great depth - that could be a big winner for us.
On the subject of pitching, I just saw Brent Strom resigned as pitching coach from Houston. What are the chances the Royals could that the Royals might look at him for pitching coach here. Just a thought.
I stated previously I believe the Royals will be the first team to go to a 6 man rotation for the 2022 season. It will happen for 2 reasons. #1 - the plethora of starting pitching prospects in the majors and upper minors. #2 the 2020 season IP will still be felt in 2022 as starting pitchers recover to the 140-170 IP range. The Royals will by the end of 2022 know who will make up their starting rotation and move back to a traditional 5 man rotation in 2023.
When you say "If a pitcher is throwing every sixth day instead of every fifth, they’re conceivably cutting off five or six starts, which might allow them to get a little deeper here and there..." how do we balance that with the "3rd and 4th time through the lineup" issue? Is the bump in batting performance due more to the pitcher being tired (which may be mitigated by pitching every sixth day), or due more to the batter seeing what the pitcher has that day multiple times?
The game score piece was interesting to me. Basically, the difference between the top tier teams and the bottom is as simple as.......have less crappy starts. Which seems obvious.....but also comes down to depth. Maybe Minor in the rotation isn't all that bad compared to a 2021 Kowar. The million dollar question becomes even with all these pieces for the rotation. Do we really "know" which ones will consistently go out there and give you a decent start? Not really yet, which will probably lead to a higher number of bad starts as they sort through that process. Certainly makes the case for going out and getting another solid, veteran starter.
Any thoughts on the plethora of young Royals pitchers that we could do something revolutionary to move the game forward (as we did with HDH in our last championship core)? Such as, get more into openers and bulk inning guys? Have more 2-3 inning guys, and adopt the "no third time through the order unless walking on water" 3-5 inning guys? Have your Big 4 or Big 5 Closer Group that can take you to victory (HDH for for maybe 4 or 5 innings instead of just 3)? In any event, Tampa Bay, and postseason starter pitching use, has my imagination whirling. Could we take some kind of unorthodox approach, to take full advantage of an advantage that we have right now over so many (or all) other teams - having so many young pitchers - to combine with a new, advanced way to develop and use them?
I sure hope that they put no such rules in place. I can see why they might want to tinker just a bit if this leads to further delay in the game. Perhaps no delaying trips to the mound, the reliever gets only 3 mound pitches, keep the minimum 3 batters rule and perhaps extend it into the next inning if they come in with outs already. But getting the best pitching results possible, allowing us to take advantage of our great depth - that could be a big winner for us.
On the subject of pitching, I just saw Brent Strom resigned as pitching coach from Houston. What are the chances the Royals could that the Royals might look at him for pitching coach here. Just a thought.
I stated previously I believe the Royals will be the first team to go to a 6 man rotation for the 2022 season. It will happen for 2 reasons. #1 - the plethora of starting pitching prospects in the majors and upper minors. #2 the 2020 season IP will still be felt in 2022 as starting pitchers recover to the 140-170 IP range. The Royals will by the end of 2022 know who will make up their starting rotation and move back to a traditional 5 man rotation in 2023.
When you say "If a pitcher is throwing every sixth day instead of every fifth, they’re conceivably cutting off five or six starts, which might allow them to get a little deeper here and there..." how do we balance that with the "3rd and 4th time through the lineup" issue? Is the bump in batting performance due more to the pitcher being tired (which may be mitigated by pitching every sixth day), or due more to the batter seeing what the pitcher has that day multiple times?