Caught some highlights and was encouraged by Heasley’s “stuff”, certainly seemed better than last year. I’m seriously trying not to be so negative but they have to make a change with coaches after the end of this road trip right? It’s a terrible combination of not being good…..and not being particularly interesting either. I’m finding myself not being all that interested in seeing Singer and Bubic pitch anymore after three years with no improvement. I want to watch Perez, Witt Jr, and Lynch. You can make the case for a few others, but its not enough to keep people engaged……on May 13th.
Just please lose games with a “youth movement” sell it that way. On a side note, if it becomes a non competitive year. You move Scott Barlow? It would be the most anti-royals move you could possibly make so I know they wouldn’t. But a reliever, a good reliever, and I certainly think he is replaceable with the talent they still have coming up in the back end of the rotation. It would make the most sense.
I think there’s a change coming. I don’t think it’ll make much of a difference this year and who they replace whoever they fire with will matter more than the actual dismissal. But I do think it’s coming relatively soon.
On Barlow, yes. Move him. He’s very, very good, but they have multiple good relievers. If you can get something good for any of them, trade away.
It doesn’t have to make a difference this year to be honest. I don’t think it would anyway. I want it done for the optics. The longer this goes on the message I get is that they don’t really care. Words saying this isn’t good enough and actions of hitting/pitching coaches losing jobs are two different things. Don’t tell me this isn’t good enough Royals, show me. That’s just where I’m at with it. We can’t take a step backwards here.
I wrote on RR today that this feels like it did in 2010 before Hillman was fired. It also feels like it did in 2014 before Ned and Dayton weren’t, so maybe means nothing. But they also likely saved their jobs then by going on a crazy run.
I am halfway ashamed to admit I didn't watch any of last night's effort in futility. Stl. Blues and NHL hockey seemed much too interesting to me last night. It is becoming harder and harder to watch this team. Wednesday night's game they only scored 8 runs because most of them scored because of Rangers errors. I hope you are right about change coming soon! Good writing as usual, David!!!!
My thoughts are a combination of hopeful that something will happen and knowing there are people in or close to the organization who want it. Fingers crossed!
All the Royal pitchers nibble way too much. They rarely get ahead of hitters and when they do they then frequently lose them by nibbling for the strikeout. This must be a team pitching philosophy cause they all do it. The pitchers we face seem to always be ahead in the count and then we swing at a pitch 6 inches off the plate. The secret to the opponents success seems to be always getting ahead of our hitters, forcing them to be defensive.
Heasley didn't look too bad, but like he said, he was just nibbling too much.
A baseball cliche' that gets old after a while is "It's still early." But if people keep using that to justify underperforming, a team can blow opportunities that it won't get later in the season. So, just wondering... when is it officially no longer "early?"
It’s a good question. Some things like strikeout and walk percentage stabilize earlier but I always think about roughly 125-150 PA for a hitter and maybe 40-45 innings for a pitcher. So it’s close.
Generally it’s about right. The belief is somewhere between 40 and 54 games. Most teams are what they are between a quarter and a third of the way through the season.
Caught some highlights and was encouraged by Heasley’s “stuff”, certainly seemed better than last year. I’m seriously trying not to be so negative but they have to make a change with coaches after the end of this road trip right? It’s a terrible combination of not being good…..and not being particularly interesting either. I’m finding myself not being all that interested in seeing Singer and Bubic pitch anymore after three years with no improvement. I want to watch Perez, Witt Jr, and Lynch. You can make the case for a few others, but its not enough to keep people engaged……on May 13th.
Just please lose games with a “youth movement” sell it that way. On a side note, if it becomes a non competitive year. You move Scott Barlow? It would be the most anti-royals move you could possibly make so I know they wouldn’t. But a reliever, a good reliever, and I certainly think he is replaceable with the talent they still have coming up in the back end of the rotation. It would make the most sense.
I think there’s a change coming. I don’t think it’ll make much of a difference this year and who they replace whoever they fire with will matter more than the actual dismissal. But I do think it’s coming relatively soon.
On Barlow, yes. Move him. He’s very, very good, but they have multiple good relievers. If you can get something good for any of them, trade away.
It doesn’t have to make a difference this year to be honest. I don’t think it would anyway. I want it done for the optics. The longer this goes on the message I get is that they don’t really care. Words saying this isn’t good enough and actions of hitting/pitching coaches losing jobs are two different things. Don’t tell me this isn’t good enough Royals, show me. That’s just where I’m at with it. We can’t take a step backwards here.
I wrote on RR today that this feels like it did in 2010 before Hillman was fired. It also feels like it did in 2014 before Ned and Dayton weren’t, so maybe means nothing. But they also likely saved their jobs then by going on a crazy run.
Melendez…..I will try and catch his at bats too. Wanted to add him.
Those are great at bats to watch. He always has a plan.
damn this is a hard team to watch....can you get the numbers of viewers who watched this game or the NFL schedule release?
Might be interesting but I don’t even know where to start to look for that.
I am halfway ashamed to admit I didn't watch any of last night's effort in futility. Stl. Blues and NHL hockey seemed much too interesting to me last night. It is becoming harder and harder to watch this team. Wednesday night's game they only scored 8 runs because most of them scored because of Rangers errors. I hope you are right about change coming soon! Good writing as usual, David!!!!
My thoughts are a combination of hopeful that something will happen and knowing there are people in or close to the organization who want it. Fingers crossed!
All the Royal pitchers nibble way too much. They rarely get ahead of hitters and when they do they then frequently lose them by nibbling for the strikeout. This must be a team pitching philosophy cause they all do it. The pitchers we face seem to always be ahead in the count and then we swing at a pitch 6 inches off the plate. The secret to the opponents success seems to be always getting ahead of our hitters, forcing them to be defensive.
Heasley didn't look too bad, but like he said, he was just nibbling too much.
David, it looks like it would be a good time to contact Seattle about Jarred Kelenic. Benintendi and something might catch Trader Jerry's eye. Steve
A baseball cliche' that gets old after a while is "It's still early." But if people keep using that to justify underperforming, a team can blow opportunities that it won't get later in the season. So, just wondering... when is it officially no longer "early?"
It’s a good question. Some things like strikeout and walk percentage stabilize earlier but I always think about roughly 125-150 PA for a hitter and maybe 40-45 innings for a pitcher. So it’s close.
What about for a team? Is the Dayton Moore "40-game" point legit?
Generally it’s about right. The belief is somewhere between 40 and 54 games. Most teams are what they are between a quarter and a third of the way through the season.