MLB is still my favorite team sport in the universe, but I hate this team because they've taken all the enjoyment out of watching it. I get WAY more frustration than enjoyment out of it and enough is enough. I'll have my TV on tonight but it probably won't be tuned to Bally sports.
Thought your comment about not being able to cover a May 12th (or whatever it was) game was spot on by the organization. Really, the only way through at this point is just working through it till the AA guys get up or we get to the trade deadline. Any chance that 26 year old reliever they traded for can start at all?
I know that this is completely moving away from the "big picture," so to speak, but let me just say how utterly delighted I am that the Royals signed Jordan Lyles for the next two seasons. His ability to eat innings while the younger pitchers develop (although they're probably four years away, but that's another story) will help to fill in the schedule, since they can't forfeit the games--oh, wait. He only got SEVEN outs yesterday? And he started the third inning by walking the 8 and 9 hitters? Well, crap.
And another thing: if the Royals are going to make giving up seven runs in the third inning on Sunday road games a tradition, let me voice my opposition right now, because that's a really sucky tradition!
We all knew before the season started that all the pitchers would need to play to their assumed abilities, one or two to step up, and luck with everyone staying healthy. 0 for 3.
My question is not only who is on our roster (good point of organizational failing); but who was attainable in FA that could fill a pitching need now? Granted there were a few names out there that some teams could have gotten at a decent price, but I still say we underestimate the black hole the royals are in right now. I just don't know what pitcher would want to come here without a ridiculous overpayment. (I think this has been Leskys point in the past, and not my idea, but I certainly embrace it now). Maybe we missed on a couple FA signings, but as Lesky has pointed out FA pitching is a gamble.
I think our only chance is to grab some guys the good teams, overflowing with talent, don't have a spot for and turn a few. Seems like maybe? they are taking that approach now?
Tuned in late Sunday so missed Salvy dinger but turned off after Yelich creamed pitch #2 from the Royals signing mistake. I looked so forward to Royals BB this year but........
The 1962 Mets are widely regarded (and with good reason) as being the worst team in the history of baseball, at least in the live-ball era. Their record of 40-120 speaks for itself. Over the course of the entire year they only had one pitcher with an ERA+ above 100, and he threw just 19 innings.
After Sunday's loss, the Royals were on pace to lose four fewer games than that truly horrific bunch (hooray for our boys.) But they still have plenty of opportunity to supplant that team as the worst ever.
Those Mets had one advantage over the Royals: they had Marv "Ironhands" Throenberry at 1B. By all accounts, watching him try to catch a baseball cleanly was an endless source of amusement for all concerned. But there is nothing amusing about this Royals crew. And now that we're 25% of the way through the season, the early returns on the new posse of pitching coaches are very far from amusing, no matter how many outsiders say nice things about them.
MLB is still my favorite team sport in the universe, but I hate this team because they've taken all the enjoyment out of watching it. I get WAY more frustration than enjoyment out of it and enough is enough. I'll have my TV on tonight but it probably won't be tuned to Bally sports.
Thought your comment about not being able to cover a May 12th (or whatever it was) game was spot on by the organization. Really, the only way through at this point is just working through it till the AA guys get up or we get to the trade deadline. Any chance that 26 year old reliever they traded for can start at all?
I know that this is completely moving away from the "big picture," so to speak, but let me just say how utterly delighted I am that the Royals signed Jordan Lyles for the next two seasons. His ability to eat innings while the younger pitchers develop (although they're probably four years away, but that's another story) will help to fill in the schedule, since they can't forfeit the games--oh, wait. He only got SEVEN outs yesterday? And he started the third inning by walking the 8 and 9 hitters? Well, crap.
And another thing: if the Royals are going to make giving up seven runs in the third inning on Sunday road games a tradition, let me voice my opposition right now, because that's a really sucky tradition!
We all knew before the season started that all the pitchers would need to play to their assumed abilities, one or two to step up, and luck with everyone staying healthy. 0 for 3.
My question is not only who is on our roster (good point of organizational failing); but who was attainable in FA that could fill a pitching need now? Granted there were a few names out there that some teams could have gotten at a decent price, but I still say we underestimate the black hole the royals are in right now. I just don't know what pitcher would want to come here without a ridiculous overpayment. (I think this has been Leskys point in the past, and not my idea, but I certainly embrace it now). Maybe we missed on a couple FA signings, but as Lesky has pointed out FA pitching is a gamble.
I think our only chance is to grab some guys the good teams, overflowing with talent, don't have a spot for and turn a few. Seems like maybe? they are taking that approach now?
Tuned in late Sunday so missed Salvy dinger but turned off after Yelich creamed pitch #2 from the Royals signing mistake. I looked so forward to Royals BB this year but........
The 1962 Mets are widely regarded (and with good reason) as being the worst team in the history of baseball, at least in the live-ball era. Their record of 40-120 speaks for itself. Over the course of the entire year they only had one pitcher with an ERA+ above 100, and he threw just 19 innings.
After Sunday's loss, the Royals were on pace to lose four fewer games than that truly horrific bunch (hooray for our boys.) But they still have plenty of opportunity to supplant that team as the worst ever.
Those Mets had one advantage over the Royals: they had Marv "Ironhands" Throenberry at 1B. By all accounts, watching him try to catch a baseball cleanly was an endless source of amusement for all concerned. But there is nothing amusing about this Royals crew. And now that we're 25% of the way through the season, the early returns on the new posse of pitching coaches are very far from amusing, no matter how many outsiders say nice things about them.
I sense the collective effort to make Christian Yelich seem like the 2019 version was annoying to you, too.