The Royals

[ChiComCat]

I will be at the game on Tuesday.  Will grab a beer with any Mile High Royals

cf3 will be there. pm him.

Went to Denver the first year the Royals played there....2000?....and man there was some real hate against Royals fans.  I wasn't sure if it was Chiefs/Broncos carryover stuff or inferiority complex of being a new team but of all the MLB stadium's I've been to, I haven't heard combined the smack talk that i heard in 2 games vs. the Rockies.

It's different now.  No one really cares about baseball that I've run into.  I'm glad they tanked and lost two of their key players though, got 9th row behind visitors dugout Tuesday for like 30 bucks.

I'm at front row but on the first base side for $30 as well.  I've been to a few Rockies games and the only time I've ever seen animosity towards opposing fans was everyone getting pissed at an obnoxious Braves fan who earned it.

[WillieWatanabe]

Gordon leads the league in WAR.   
 
http://www.fangraphs.com/leaders.aspx?pos=all&stats=bat&lg=all&qual=y&type=8&season=2014&month=0&season1=2014&ind=0

[PIPE]

That video makes me hate Ned even more......

How can you like someone who has such a humongous head and such drastic disproportionate arms.....

[mocat]

let's compare remaining SOS, in terms of opponents' games above or below .500

Kansas City
Detroit +10 x 6 = 60
NY Yankees +4 x 4 = 16
Cleveland +1 x 6 = 6
Chicago -6 x 7 = -42
Boston -11 x 4 = -44
Minnesota -12 x 4 = -48
Colorado -26 x 2 = -52
Texas -28 x 6 = -168
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net (39 games) = -272
average = -7.0


Detroit
Kansas City +13 x 6 = 78
San Francisco +7 x 3 = 21
NY Yankees +4 x 3 = 12
Cleveland +1 x 7 = 7
Tampa Bay -2 x 3 = -6
Chicago -6 x 7 = -42
Minnesota -12 x 11 = -132
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net (40 games) = -62
average = -1.6


Seattle
LA Angels +22 x 7 = 154
Oakland +22 x 6 = 132
Washington +16 x 3 = 48
Toronto +3 x 4 = 12
Boston -11 x 3 = -33
Houston -21 x 6 = -126
Philadelphia -24 x 3 = -72
Texas -28 x 7 = -196
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net (39 games) = -81
average = -2.1

using this comparison, the Royals still have by far the easiest of the three teams' remaining schedules, as the Royals opponents are a combined 272 games below .500

[mocat]

it's also worth pointing out the Royals have played the #3 most difficult schedule to date, while Seattle is #14, and Detroit is #15. so these three teams' overall SOS should become closer together by the end of the season

[Phil Titola]

if we win every remaining series (i'm going to count the 2-game colorado series and the yankees makeup game as 1 series), but do not sweep any of them, that is 27-12 and 95-67 and pretty unreasonable to expect.

22-17 gets them to 90-72 and that is pretty reasonable to expect:

4 vs Minnesota: 3-1
2 vs Colorado 1-1
6 vs Texas: 4-2
6 vs Cleveland: 3-3
4 vs NY Yankees: 2-2
6 vs Detroit: 2-4
7 vs Chicago: 5-2
4 vs Boston: 2-2

Yeah my prediction had us getting 24 more wins. It's aggressive but not sweeping or being swept any series.

[8manpick]

if we win every remaining series (i'm going to count the 2-game colorado series and the yankees makeup game as 1 series), but do not sweep any of them, that is 27-12 and 95-67 and pretty unreasonable to expect.

22-17 gets them to 90-72 and that is pretty reasonable to expect:

4 vs Minnesota: 3-1
2 vs Colorado 2-0
6 vs Texas: 5-1
6 vs Cleveland: 3-3
4 vs NY Yankees: 2-2
6 vs Detroit: 2-4
7 vs Chicago: 5-2
4 vs Boston: 2-2

Texas and Colorado have given up... I say 92-70

[8manpick]

Hopefully Minnesota starts smoking Detroit for no reason

[Benja]

I don't care who you are, as you watch for those 5 seconds you've got to love Ned.

why does he look like that _fan?

[Benja]

seriously that vine gives me heebie jeebies

[EMAWmeister]

Excited for tonight!

[kso_FAN]

I don't care who you are, as you watch for those 5 seconds you've got to love Ned.

why does he look like that _fan?

Camera angle creating strange foreshortening.

[slobber]

Gonna win 'em all!

[The Tonya Harding of Twitter Users Creep]

does this May guy for the Twins throw overhand?

[Stevesie60]

Vargas tonight!   

Rested bullpen!   

If we have to touch Holland, Davis or Herrera tonight I'll be pretty upset.

[mocat]

Duffy should have a 4+ run lead by the 5th inning. He sits after 6, oscar does 1 1/3, then Mariot comes in to finish the last 1 2/3

[Stevesie60]

Duffy should have a 4+ run lead by the 5th inning. He sits after 6, oscar does 1 1/3, then Mariot comes in to finish the last 1 2/3

It's Vargas tonight.

[mocat]

Duffy should have a 4+ run lead by the 5th inning. He sits after 6, oscar does 1 1/3, then Mariot comes in to finish the last 1 2/3

It's Vargas tonight.

yes you are correct. but really the same can be true for today, tomorrow, and wednesday (vargas, shields, duffy)

[kslim]

All this number talk is silly I already told you guys what's is gonna happen

[Stevesie60]

Duffy should have a 4+ run lead by the 5th inning. He sits after 6, oscar does 1 1/3, then Mariot comes in to finish the last 1 2/3

It's Vargas tonight.

yes you are correct. but really the same can be true for today, tomorrow, and wednesday (vargas, shields, duffy)

More of my reason is that May's ERA is over 12. I am not missing a decimal there.

[ChiComCat]

If there is a pregame pak in Denver tomorrow, let me know and I will likely be there

[slobber]

Gonna win 'em all!

[Pete]

If there is a pregame pak in Denver tomorrow, let me know and I will likely be there

PM SuperG, he's a long time IRL friend of mine.  Great dude

[Dub]

If there is a pregame pak in Denver tomorrow, let me know and I will likely be there

Wish I could, but I don't get off work till like 5:30

[mocat]

i thought Salvy might get the night off, but not the case. tonight is probably my favorite lineup at the moment (Aoki is hot right now and Cain is not):

Aoki
Infante
Perez
Butler
Gordon
Willingham
Moustakas
Escobar
Dyson