The Royals

[wetwillie]

Just let soria finish these scrubs. 

[mocat]

Welp

[Tobias]

currently strapped in

[wetwillie]

Oh crap

[wetwillie]

Soria is getting the 9th I think

[kim carnes]

El Toro

[kim carnes]

Soria is getting the 9th I think

Idk if it's a good idea to concede the division in June.  We're still in this thing

[mocat]

Joba!

[sys]

chamberlain looks thinner.

[Powercat Posse]

Big DP ball induced by Volkie.  Keeps the lead at 2.

Wade and Herrera pitched the last 2 nights. Be nice if we don't have to use them and get the win.

I think we learned this lesson last week...


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Our crappy ass Defense was the main culprit in that game.  I was hopeful we stretch the lead out to 3 or 4 tonight and not use these 2.  But with a 2-0 and 2-1 score, I think you gotta pitch them as long as they felt OK.

[bones129]

 

[Powercat Posse]

3 huge DP balls in the 7th-9th.

The official "Wader, check please" #18

[sys]

merriefield is a delight at second base.

[kim carnes]

a win tmrw nite would be nuts

[mocat]

Chris young has like a negative ERA at home this year

[Powercat Posse]

Posse Stat of the night....
Even with our offense really struggling the last 11 games, Whit has scored 15 runs in his 21 starts.
LoCain is the only one who had a better ratio in the last 2+ years.  Lo had 101 runs in 140 games in 2015

[8manpick]

Is this where we bring up sample sizes?

[8manpick]

Whit has been a delight though

[wetwillie]

merriefield is a delight at second base.

Hiding him as a mid level prospect in the minors for several years was scary smart by Moore.

[Powercat Posse]

Is this where we bring up sample sizes?

Yes, it's a small sample size, but reaching base 20 of 21 starts with 15 runs are small samples I like.
Even Zoby who was an awesome #2 hitter for us only had 37 runs scored in his 59 games.

Whit is here to stay. Boy can play

[bones129]

Is this where we bring up sample sizes?

Yes, it's a small sample size, but reaching base 20 of 21 starts with 15 runs are small samples I like.
Even Zoby who was an awesome #2 hitter for us only had 37 runs scored in his 59 games.

Whit is here to stay. Boy can play

I agree with PP. Whit is a ballplayer in every sense of the word.

[Rage Against the McKee]

Is this where we bring up sample sizes?

Yes. He might be even better than we've seen.

 

[8manpick]

http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/hitter-contact-quality-report-first-base-and-dh/

Kendrys Morales is much better than his raw numbers to date. Get a load of this one: he’s batting a meager .346 AVG-.423 SLG on line drives through June 2. That’s good for an Unadjusted Liner Contact Score of 26. His Unadjusted Fly, Liner and Grounder Contact Scores of 82, 26 and 83, respectively, are way lower than the corresponding adjusted-for-context marks of 164, 113 and 124. Sure, he’s slow and gets no leg hits, but his contact quality remains well above average, as suggested by his 130 Adjusted Production figure.

If I had to pick one first basemen for the next five years, I’d take Eric Hosmer. He hits all BIP types very hard, and his fly-ball rate has plenty of room to grow. The K and BB rates are also likely to improve. He’s having a big year with a low liner rate; there’s plenty more in the tank for this budding superstar.

[Cartierfor3]

I know its at the K and not some bandbox but still.... Chris Young on a humid night........ 

[kslim]

wife got a pair of free suite tickets. she is taking my kid, i am sad.