Thanks David, It can be a fun year. Really anything around .500 is a fun year as you still get to dream and think through real possibilities yet. Time for the Royals to be that….as we’ve said many times…..a .500 club really shouldn’t be THAT hard. I did think the Pratto move was the most interesting. Mainly because I think it kinda tells you what the Royals really believe yet with Pratto. There is still something they are concerned about…or need him to show them for a more extended time. Which is fine. Cause if Velasquez does struggle and Pratto keeps hitting that is a move that will get made. It just tells me there is still a concern somewhere with him they want to see more of.
I hope that Pratto comes to Omaha and absolutely tears it up. If the Royals don't want him, perhaps he can be turned into a pitching prospect. It seems the Royals never have enough pitching.
Last year I got a 7 day trial of Bally's Plus.....and cancelled after 3 games and didn't watch another game live all season. As a fan I need this year to be more fun. I am signing up for Bally's again....and I really hope that I am still forking over 20 bucks a month in July ....... 😂
David, we will see very quickly if the Royals are really improved as they play some excellent teams in the first 40 games! Between the Royals and the Diamondbacks, I am looking forward to watching a lot of GOOD baseball this season!
So far so good, but I think the real litmus test of the "new Royals" will be when (not if) Massey returns to the line-up. His injury basically "kicked the can" down the road on what to do with Loftin/Frazier, and I am as baffled about the Frazier signing as you are. We all know that Massey is the starting second baseman when he returns, and if Loftin/Frazier continue on their Spring trajectory, the "new Royals" should cut ties with Frazier: I don't see that he has any long-term value to the team.
Like you, definitely excited this season for the first one in a while. I really hope that the veteran utility infielders (saying that so I can just group them together) fill their role and nothing more — I think if we're trotting the two of them out there every day, something is amiss at the Circle K.
But, with the schedule the way it's laid out, April 30 could give us a pretty good idea of how the team compares, and if Omaha has some roster boosters or not, too.
Thanks David, It can be a fun year. Really anything around .500 is a fun year as you still get to dream and think through real possibilities yet. Time for the Royals to be that….as we’ve said many times…..a .500 club really shouldn’t be THAT hard. I did think the Pratto move was the most interesting. Mainly because I think it kinda tells you what the Royals really believe yet with Pratto. There is still something they are concerned about…or need him to show them for a more extended time. Which is fine. Cause if Velasquez does struggle and Pratto keeps hitting that is a move that will get made. It just tells me there is still a concern somewhere with him they want to see more of.
I hope that Pratto comes to Omaha and absolutely tears it up. If the Royals don't want him, perhaps he can be turned into a pitching prospect. It seems the Royals never have enough pitching.
Last year I got a 7 day trial of Bally's Plus.....and cancelled after 3 games and didn't watch another game live all season. As a fan I need this year to be more fun. I am signing up for Bally's again....and I really hope that I am still forking over 20 bucks a month in July ....... 😂
David, we will see very quickly if the Royals are really improved as they play some excellent teams in the first 40 games! Between the Royals and the Diamondbacks, I am looking forward to watching a lot of GOOD baseball this season!
Love the way you break down stats, etc., for those of us that don't do nearly enough research. Thank you and go Royals!
I find myself in unfamiliar territory—I agree with all of the Royals’ decisions! I feel uneasy and excited at the same time.
Bizarro Royals.
So far so good, but I think the real litmus test of the "new Royals" will be when (not if) Massey returns to the line-up. His injury basically "kicked the can" down the road on what to do with Loftin/Frazier, and I am as baffled about the Frazier signing as you are. We all know that Massey is the starting second baseman when he returns, and if Loftin/Frazier continue on their Spring trajectory, the "new Royals" should cut ties with Frazier: I don't see that he has any long-term value to the team.
Like you, definitely excited this season for the first one in a while. I really hope that the veteran utility infielders (saying that so I can just group them together) fill their role and nothing more — I think if we're trotting the two of them out there every day, something is amiss at the Circle K.
But, with the schedule the way it's laid out, April 30 could give us a pretty good idea of how the team compares, and if Omaha has some roster boosters or not, too.