The Royals

[Cartierfor3]

7 pitch 1st innning. THATS OUR ROYALS!

[The Big Train]

TBT didn't post about what to do with his leftover bandwidth at the end of May, fwiw

i used all of it for the month, and lib^7 thought I should downgrade my plan 

[bones129]

MO!!   

[star seed 7]

What thread do we make fun of target field's horrible looking limestone?

[joda]

Royals just drafted a HS pitcher from Indianapolis named Ashe lol

[sys]

iirc, no team has ever had all the positional players start as all stars.  so if the royals, do, they'll officially be the best team in baseball history.

that's worth 10 minutes of your time.

[kso_FAN]

This game felt like the Roys I like.

[The Big Train]

 

[cfbandyman]

[Phil Titola]

fun one.

[joda]

With the Shields comp pick the Royals took another tall RHP from Indianapolis

[star seed 7]

Good win 

[nicname]

Good to see b2b Ws. I'm ready for some more runs.

[ksupamplemousse]

Having your four and five get you a pair of wins, when you've been struggling and the bats are cold, is just what the doctor ordered. I'm feeling optimistic that the bats will get hot again.

[The Big Train]

[WillieWatanabe]

postgame with Ned and Andy 

[Powercat Posse]

Posse Stat of the night ....

Jason Vargas, giving up 2 ERs or less yet again.    In 41 starts as a Royal (counts postseason) he has given up 2 ERs or less in 27 of them.  That is pretty impressive.  Only 1 of them was a short outing (that 4.0 inning one where he was on a pitch count this year)



For comparison =

** Shields was known for throwing more innings, so I use 3 ERs or less for him.   In 2013 and 2014 (postseason too), James had 56 of his 73 starts with 3 ERs or less.  His ERA in those 56 starts was 2.05

Vargas 27 of 41 starts(65.9%) with 2 ER or less.   ERA 1.84 in those 27 starts (6.50 Inn per start)
Shields 56 of 73 starts (76.7%) with 3 ER or less.  ERA 2.05 in those 56 starts (6.90 Inn per start)

Hey guys, Vargas is a pretty decent starting pitcher and has done a pretty good job for us since signing last year.   

[ksupamplemousse]

Posse Stat of the night ....

Jason Vargas, giving up 2 ERs or less yet again.    In 41 starts as a Royal (counts postseason) he has given up 2 ERs or less in 27 of them.  That is pretty impressive.  Only 1 of them was a short outing (that 4.0 inning one where he was on a pitch count this year)



For comparison =

** Shields was known for throwing more innings, so I use 3 ERs or less for him.   In 2013 and 2014 (postseason too), James had 56 of his 73 starts with 3 ERs or less.  His ERA in those 56 starts was 2.05

Vargas 27 of 41 starts(65.9%) with 2 ER or less.   ERA 1.84 in those 27 starts (6.50 Inn per start)
Shields 56 of 73 starts (76.7%) with 3 ER or less.  ERA 2.05 in those 56 starts (6.90 Inn per start)

Hey guys, Vargas is a pretty decent starting pitcher and has done a pretty good job for us since signing last year.

Yeah, it was a little deceiving that his worst string of starts came late last year and the beginning of this year. Made it seem like he got old quick, which would have been weird for a soft tossing lefty.

[Cartierfor3]

That's a great stat Posse.

Also:

[bones129]

postgame with Ned and Andy 

It was absolutely priceless.

[bones129]

Good win 

Great win.

[bones129]

Royals just drafted a HS pitcher from Indianapolis named Ashe lol

This could be a good pick.

http://www.royalsreview.com/2015/6/8/8749589/royals-select-prep-pitcher-ashe-russell-with-first-round-pick

[Stevesie60]

You guys, Kris Medlen and I almost have the same birthday. Regardless, should I be excited for him? Because riddle me this, does Ventura, Volquez, Medlen, Vargas, Guthrie get you excited? WHAT IF YOU THROW A HEALTHY DUFFY INTO THE MIX!?!?!!?

[sys]

postgame with Ned and Andy 

It was absolutely priceless.

is there somewhere to watch or listen to these?

[WildcatNkilt]

You guys, Kris Medlen and I almost have the same birthday. Regardless, should I be excited for him? Because riddle me this, does Ventura, Volquez, Medlen, Vargas, Guthrie get you excited? WHAT IF YOU THROW A HEALTHY DUFFY INTO THE MIX!?!?!!?

What about Young?