I am with you on the usage of Yarbrough, but you didn't mention the throw from left field by Eaton. He was in for defense and just an average throw would have gotten them out of the eighth. Who knows what would have happened in the ninth under different circumstances. All in all, a good weekend though.
Whew, ok. A very good weekend for the royals makes everything better. Not so much that they won a couple games. More so because the pitching is looking much improved and the defense wasn’t atrocious this weekend. It looked like a way the Rays would win. I can work with that blue print. I can believe a little more in Bubic with every start I see now. The numbers you put up are showing pitching improvement which is all we can ask for. The product was rough to begin with but progress is being made.
Thanks for the article, the visuals and table were on point.
While I believe Yarbrough has done well and is a good acquisition to round out pitching, I was surprised they didn't pull him on that mound visit Sunday. I think that was one of those times where the situation trumps the metrics and call in Barlow for the sweep- but even great managers make mistakes, can't fault a first time bench coach for sticking with metrics. Yarbs just looked out of sorts and what a strange outing - came in twice for Hernandez, two pick attempts, broken bat that almost reached third, fan threw ball on field, pitch clock violation - bizarre. Not sure why he is getting so much hate on the other site tho, his other outings were good and its hard to win a game with just one run.
Last night was a bummer as probably our best matchup with rangers, but, despite my concerns for his arm, it was fun to watch Eaton pitch.
Two questions: who is coming up for Coleman? How long until other teams figure out our new pitches and we have a "regression to mean"?
I absolutely loved the way Bubic pitched on Sunday. I absolutely hate seeing another "Joe Blow pitched well in a loss" article.
But that's exactly what happened. What else ya gonna do?
I am with you on the usage of Yarbrough, but you didn't mention the throw from left field by Eaton. He was in for defense and just an average throw would have gotten them out of the eighth. Who knows what would have happened in the ninth under different circumstances. All in all, a good weekend though.
Whew, ok. A very good weekend for the royals makes everything better. Not so much that they won a couple games. More so because the pitching is looking much improved and the defense wasn’t atrocious this weekend. It looked like a way the Rays would win. I can work with that blue print. I can believe a little more in Bubic with every start I see now. The numbers you put up are showing pitching improvement which is all we can ask for. The product was rough to begin with but progress is being made.
Just started reading but wanted to say I think you nailed it in your last article when you said they needed to get away from Kauffman
Thanks for the article, the visuals and table were on point.
While I believe Yarbrough has done well and is a good acquisition to round out pitching, I was surprised they didn't pull him on that mound visit Sunday. I think that was one of those times where the situation trumps the metrics and call in Barlow for the sweep- but even great managers make mistakes, can't fault a first time bench coach for sticking with metrics. Yarbs just looked out of sorts and what a strange outing - came in twice for Hernandez, two pick attempts, broken bat that almost reached third, fan threw ball on field, pitch clock violation - bizarre. Not sure why he is getting so much hate on the other site tho, his other outings were good and its hard to win a game with just one run.
Last night was a bummer as probably our best matchup with rangers, but, despite my concerns for his arm, it was fun to watch Eaton pitch.
Two questions: who is coming up for Coleman? How long until other teams figure out our new pitches and we have a "regression to mean"?