The Royals

[8manpick]

We play in the mother rough ridin' ALCS tomorrow. I never thought this day would come.

[Dr Rick Daris]

We play in the mother rough ridin' ALCS tomorrow.

90% rain 

[8manpick]

We play in the mother rough ridin' ALCS tomorrow.

90% rain 

Neither Baltimore nor God can slow us down on the bases

[mocat]

do they just push both games back to saturday-sunday if the rain is too much?

[Cartierfor3]

Last road game Shields pitched in the rain:

http://espn.go.com/mlb/recap?id=340910106

[8manpick]

Last road game Shields pitched in the rain:

http://espn.go.com/mlb/recap?id=340910106

I was prepared to dismiss it as a small sample size, but actually I think that is exactly how things will go tomorrow.

[Cartierfor3]

Last road game Shields pitched in the rain:

http://espn.go.com/mlb/recap?id=340910106

I was prepared to dismiss it as a small sample size, but actually I think that is exactly how things will go tomorrow.

Would take so very, very hard. I'd really enjoy a 1st inning void of homeruns by our opponent.

[Phil Titola]

Shields getting offered a pretty large contract by the Royals???

[The Tonya Harding of Twitter Users Creep]

do they just push both games back to saturday-sunday if the rain is too much?

yes. ive never heard of a double header. rain outs are one of the reasons there is a full day off besides traveling.

[Cartierfor3]

Shields getting offered a pretty large contract by the Royals???

wut

[420seriouscat69]

Shields getting offered a pretty large contract by the Royals???

wut

They talked about it this morning on 810. We've reached out to his agent and we want to be in the running for his next contract. However, anything over 2 years and I think it's a waste.

[Cartierfor3]

[mhkpasa]

5 yrs $80 Mill has been floated around

[8manpick]

Shields getting offered a pretty large contract by the Royals???

It's interesting because we'll get like $10M in extra revenue by making the ALCS

[Cartierfor3]

James was our 3rd best starter and will be 4th best if Finnegan moves into the rotation. I don't think 5 for 80 makes any sense.

[The Tonya Harding of Twitter Users Creep]

James was our 3rd best starter and will be 4th best if Finnegan moves into the rotation. I don't think 5 for 80 makes any sense.

argued this this morning with my bros. he did have the lowest ERA and most innings among the starters. hes consistent... however, i agree with you. 5 years is too much for a 32 year old and $16M is too much for the Royals. id do 4 for 50 and thats probably as high as id go.

[mocat]

Shields getting offered a pretty large contract by the Royals???

It's interesting because we'll get like $10M in extra revenue by making the ALCS

wait what

[Cartierfor3]

James was our 3rd best starter and will be 4th best if Finnegan moves into the rotation. I don't think 5 for 80 makes any sense.

argued this this morning with my bros. he did have the lowest ERA and most innings among the starters. hes consistent... however, i agree with you. 5 years is too much for a 32 year old and $16M is too much for the Royals. id do 4 for 50 and thats probably as high as id go.

Duffy and Ventura had lower ERAs.

[420seriouscat69]

James was our 3rd best starter and will be 4th best if Finnegan moves into the rotation. I don't think 5 for 80 makes any sense.

Listen bud. I'm going crazy over Finnegan as well, but wait for him to have a full season under his belt before claiming he's better than big game James.

[8manpick]

Shields getting offered a pretty large contract by the Royals???

It's interesting because we'll get like $10M in extra revenue by making the ALCS

wait what

Old article, but the same sharing rules are in place. It will depend on # of games played and ticket sales. www.fangraphs.com/blogs/estimating-postseason-revenue-for-players-and-teams/

[sys]

the qualifying offer is 15+.  obviously, he'll get that.  i could see a two year offer for a little more per year.  can't imagine the royals will offer a long contract at that price level.

[420seriouscat69]

He's not going to want anything under 3 years. He's too smart for that.

[8manpick]

James was our 3rd best starter and will be 4th best if Finnegan moves into the rotation. I don't think 5 for 80 makes any sense.

argued this this morning with my bros. he did have the lowest ERA and most innings among the starters. hes consistent... however, i agree with you. 5 years is too much for a 32 year old and $16M is too much for the Royals. id do 4 for 50 and thats probably as high as id go.

Duffy and Ventura had lower ERAs.

Shields had a better FIP and xFIP, indicating that there was a fair amount of luck involved in Ventura and Duffy having lower ERAs. Shields is our most valuable pitcher.

[The Tonya Harding of Twitter Users Creep]

James was our 3rd best starter and will be 4th best if Finnegan moves into the rotation. I don't think 5 for 80 makes any sense.

argued this this morning with my bros. he did have the lowest ERA and most innings among the starters. hes consistent... however, i agree with you. 5 years is too much for a 32 year old and $16M is too much for the Royals. id do 4 for 50 and thats probably as high as id go.

Duffy and Ventura had lower ERAs.

Ventura has a 0.01 lower ERA and yes, Duffy's was lower. He didn't show up bold as a starter for some reason on ESPN... my bad.

[Cartierfor3]

James was our 3rd best starter and will be 4th best if Finnegan moves into the rotation. I don't think 5 for 80 makes any sense.

Listen bud. I'm going crazy over Finnegan as well, but wait for him to have a full season under his belt before claiming he's better than big game James.

Probably not today, but over the next 5 years I'd take Big Game Brandon