The Royals

[j-dub]

I'm going tomorrow with my dad you guys

hallmark card moment mocat. just as adorbs as it gets 

[Cartierfor3]

I'm going tomorrow with my dad you guys

you mean 1885cat?

[j-dub]

I'm going tomorrow with my dad you guys

you mean 1885cat?

 

[bones129]

Thanks, Big Papi, for your 9th inning bomb to beat the Tigers. Every little bit helps. (I liked it, but I remain pessimistic for the long haul).

[Powercat Posse]

Last 13 times Holland and Davis both pitched in same game..... they have combined for 29 Inn 12 hits 1 ER  46 Ks and only 7 BBs.  KC won 12 of those 13 (Lost game at SD in extra innings after Holland gave up HR in 9th).    These 2 are just lights out.

KC has won 10 of last 11 starts by Shields.   They need to do a better job of giving run support for the other starters.  Last 21 non Sheilds starts, Royals only have 58 runs I believe.  That's like 2.8 runs per.   

[Cartierfor3]

A win tonight and we're at .500, with our DH cleanup hitter, and our 3rd hitting 1st baseman having the worst stretches they've ever had. Not to mention another corner infielder who can't hit a fastball.

Guys, if we're at .500 and have hit this bad, how can you not have hope?

[mocat]

because what if we just continue to hit this bad? 

[Kat Kid]

Because the royals probably won't pitch this well going forward?

[ChiComCat]

Because the royals probably won't pitch this well going forward?

They've kept it up for a season and a half, I don't know why it would change.  Also, same for the hitting.

[Rage Against the McKee]

Because the royals probably won't pitch this well going forward?

They've kept it up for a season and a half, I don't know why it would change.  Also, same for the hitting.

The pitching could get much worse with an injury or two. The hitting has been bad for long enough that I just don't see anything short of getting new players that could make it get much better.

[mocat]

2013

Hosmer .302/.353/.448, 17 HR, 79 RBI
Gordon .265/.327/.422, 20 HR, 81 RBI
Butler .289/.374/.412, 15 HR, 82 RBI
Perez .292/.323/.433, 13 HR, 79 RBI
Moustakas .233/.287/.364, 12 HR, 42 RBI
Escobar .234/.259/.300, 4 HR, 52 RBI

2014 (HR and RBI pace shown)

Hosmer .256/.295/.357, 5 HR, 67 RBI
Gordon .288/.376/.445, 15 HR, 87 RBI
Butler .249/.300/.316, 3 HR, 54 RBI
Perez .271/.323/.425, 15 HR, 51 RBI
Moustakas .151/.216/.303, 10 HR, 51 RBI
Escobar .277/.318/.388, 5 HR, 54 RBI

green and red showing trends vs last year

[j-dub]

2013

Hosmer .302/.353/.448, 17 HR, 79 RBI
Gordon .265/.327/.422, 20 HR, 81 RBI
Butler .289/.374/.412, 15 HR, 82 RBI
Perez .292/.323/.433, 13 HR, 79 RBI
Moustakas .233/.287/.364, 12 HR, 42 RBI
Escobar .234/.259/.300, 4 HR, 52 RBI

2014 (HR and RBI pace shown)

Hosmer .256/.295/.357, 5 HR, 67 RBI
Gordon .288/.376/.445, 15 HR, 87 RBI
Butler .249/.300/.316, 3 HR, 54 RBI
Perez .271/.323/.425, 15 HR, 51 RBI
Moustakas .151/.216/.303, 10 HR, 51 RBI
Escobar .277/.318/.388, 5 HR, 54 RBI

green and red showing trends vs last year

hos should start hitting better. it's unreal that he has been so bad this year. cain is effing awesome this year (until he gets hurt again) i'm guessing he's mostly in the green

[The Tonya Harding of Twitter Users Creep]

cain and esky have picked up a lot of the slack in AVG and OBP. no idea aoki's numbers against our right fielders last year but my guess is a little better? definitely gonna be better in runs scored.

[mocat]

2013

Hosmer .302/.353/.448, 17 HR, 79 RBI
Gordon .265/.327/.422, 20 HR, 81 RBI
Butler .289/.374/.412, 15 HR, 82 RBI
Perez .292/.323/.433, 13 HR, 79 RBI
Moustakas .233/.287/.364, 12 HR, 42 RBI
Escobar .234/.259/.300, 4 HR, 52 RBI

2014 (HR and RBI pace shown)

Hosmer .256/.295/.357, 5 HR, 67 RBI
Gordon .288/.376/.445, 15 HR, 87 RBI
Butler .249/.300/.316, 3 HR, 54 RBI
Perez .271/.323/.425, 15 HR, 51 RBI
Moustakas .151/.216/.303, 10 HR, 51 RBI
Escobar .277/.318/.388, 5 HR, 54 RBI

green and red showing trends vs last year

hos should start hitting better. it's unreal that he has been so bad this year. cain is effing awesome this year (until he gets hurt again) i'm guessing he's mostly in the green

2013

Cain (115 games) .251/.310/.348, 4 HR, 46 RBI

2014

Cain (105 proj games) .331/.369/.441, 5 HR, 62 RBI


Cain has 145 at-bats so far this year. Last year, after 145 at-bats, Cain was at .303/.373/.414 (and you can see where he ended up), so I wouldn't expect him to keep this up, but 62 RBI's from LoCain would be really fabulous.

[mocat]

cain and esky have picked up a lot of the slack in AVG and OBP. no idea aoki's numbers against our right fielders last year but my guess is a little better? definitely gonna be better in runs scored.

2013

RF .258/.304/.392, 12 HR, 71 RBI, 70 runs scored

2014

Aoki .256/.318/.311, 0 HR, 36 RBI, 77 runs scored

tough to compare 2013 RF production vs Aoki. He is asked to get on base & score, not hit home runs. He has a slightly better OBP and projected runs scored than the crew at RF last year. 

[The Tonya Harding of Twitter Users Creep]

mocat what was our record through 63 games or whatever were at right now last year?

also team AVG, OBP?

[The Tonya Harding of Twitter Users Creep]

also TIA and hope you had fun with mocatdad at the game! 

[mocat]

mocat what was our record through 63 games or whatever were at right now last year?

also team AVG, OBP?

2013: 30-33 (242-237 RF-RA)
2014: 31-32 (244-259 RF-RA)

I can't find the team's stats at a given date, but i can tell you after March, April and May, the Royals looked like this:

2013 (52 games) .259/.312/.372, 29 HR, 197 RBI

2014 (55 games) .253/.307/.352, 24 HR, 196 RBI

[The Tonya Harding of Twitter Users Creep]

well that was a real buzz kill.

[mocat]

so we have virtually the same record as last year and scored virtually the same amount of runs, despite being worse across the board at hitting, AND giving up 22 more runs on defense than last year. interesting.

[Cartierfor3]

so we have virtually the same record as last year and scored virtually the same amount of runs, despite being worse across the board at hitting, AND giving up 22 more runs on defense than last year. interesting.

I mean, logic will lead us to believe this is probably a 79 win team.

[mocat]

so we have virtually the same record as last year and scored virtually the same amount of runs, despite being worse across the board at hitting, AND giving up 22 more runs on defense than last year. interesting.

I mean, logic will lead us to believe this is probably a 79 win team.

logic and also Pythagoras (78-84 current projected record)

[sys]

great statting, mocat.


hosmer swings at so many bad pitches.  they all do, sorta (except gordon), but it seems worse with hosmer, because if a pitcher is stupid enough to throw him a strike he often hits it pretty well.

[Cartierfor3]

so we have virtually the same record as last year and scored virtually the same amount of runs, despite being worse across the board at hitting, AND giving up 22 more runs on defense than last year. interesting.

I mean, logic will lead us to believe this is probably a 79 win team.

logic and also Pythagoras (78-84 current projected record)

I know, but, I mean, maybe Hos gets going and we surprise everyone? I'm just hoping. Hope is all I have.

[j-von]