The Royals

[Dub]

Ventura starting tomorrow in place of Duffy!  Mixed emotions!

 

Duffy has to be battling something.  Just doesn't make sense to skip him in the rotation then replace him with Ventura.

That said, I'm excited to see what Ventura can do.  Welcome to the big leagues rook... no pressure.

[EMAWmeister]

Ventura starting tomorrow in place of Duffy!  Mixed emotions!

 

Duffy has to be battling something.  Just doesn't make sense to skip him in the rotation then replace him with Ventura.

That said, I'm excited to see what Ventura can do.  Welcome to the big leagues rook... no pressure.

Elbow tightness.  They say it's precautionary but I'd be surprised if we saw him pitch again this year.

[Belvis Noland]

Inflammation of some elbow tendon. 

[The Big Train]

[kim carnes]

kansas city, more like K-city

[Tobias]

carnes is very good at (re)branding cities

[nicname]

Attaboy LoCain

[nicname]

That just happened!  Sal!

[The Big Train]

SALVY!!!

[bones129]

Triples!!

[kim carnes]

wow.  cleveland has an incredibly favorable schedule after this series.

[sys]

royals, eff yeah.


sad and scared about duffy, tho.

[kso_FAN]

Could someone tell me what time it is?

[Spaces]

#ourtime

[sys]

wow.  cleveland has an incredibly favorable schedule after this series.

yeah.  pretty much have to assume they're going to need to get the sweep.

[EMAWmeister]

wow.  cleveland has an incredibly favorable schedule after this series.

yeah.  pretty much have to assume they're going to need to get the sweep.

It would certainly be nice.  Can't count on Houston, Chicago or Minnie.

[Tobias]

well that was fun to not sweat the whole game

[bones129]

Eager to see what Ventura has tomorrow night.   

[SwiftCat]

Could someone tell me what time it is?

#ourtime

 

[EMAWmeister]

Eager to see what Ventura has tomorrow night.   

Really, really excited.  His strikeout numbers are great, 3 to 1 K/BB ratio, but his ERA has never been all that.  A lot of scouts say he passes the eye test better than his stats would show.  If he can stay ahead of hitters with his fastball then he is going to be nasty tomorrow.  He's a consistent high 90s guy.

[sys]

just get 4-5 good innings and turn it over to the bullpen.

i don't understand why they used hoch tonight.  seems like you'd want him ready for multiple innings tomorrow if need be.  and even if it's just one, it'll be his third night in a row.


i really don't know anything about baseball or baseball strategy.  if it's so much easier to be a reliever rather than a starter (as hoch, davis, etc seem to indicate), is there a good reason why teams don't just plan on running 5-6 guys out there for 2-3 each for important september games instead of their 4th and 5th (or at least just 5th) starters?  i realize most teams don't have 10 good relief pitchers, but i mean for teams like the royals, why not?  davis, smith, collins, herrera (7 combined), hoch (1), holland (1).  wouldn't you take your chances with that?  and you'd still have guys to use in the next game.

[bones129]

Eager to see what Ventura has tomorrow night.   

Really, really excited.  His strikeout numbers are great, 3 to 1 K/BB ratio, but his ERA has never been all that.  A lot of scouts say he passes the eye test better than his stats would show.  If he can stay ahead of hitters with his fastball then he is going to be nasty tomorrow.  He's a consistent high 90s guy.

Understand he also has a filthy curveball.   

[bones129]

Sys has a great point. I also questioned bringing Luke in tonight, with a 6-run lead and a bunch of decent arms in the pen (especially with the expanded roster). The move worked as expected, but Luke may not be available tomorrow night...and he's been a monster out of the pen, better than the other arms who probably should have been put in tonight with a big lead.

[Cartierfor3]

The problem with that is that you lose the ability to use those relievers in the games on either side. What if the game before you need 5 innings of relief and the game after it goes 14? No way it could work consistently. But in September? With the Royals pen? I'd be down with it. However the last thing the Royals did that was innovative was the Kauffman baseball academy

[EMAWmeister]

just get 4-5 good innings and turn it over to the bullpen.

i don't understand why they used hoch tonight.  seems like you'd want him ready for multiple innings tomorrow if need be.  and even if it's just one, it'll be his third night in a row.


i really don't know anything about baseball or baseball strategy.  if it's so much easier to be a reliever rather than a starter (as hoch, davis, etc seem to indicate), is there a good reason why teams don't just plan on running 5-6 guys out there for 2-3 each for important september games instead of their 4th and 5th (or at least just 5th) starters?  i realize most teams don't have 10 good relief pitchers, but i mean for teams like the royals, why not?  davis, smith, collins, herrera (7 combined), hoch (1), holland (1).  wouldn't you take your chances with that?  and you'd still have guys to use in the next game.

Yeah, I didn't like bringing Hoch out.  Seems like it would have been a perfect chance to throw Mendoza, Joseph, etc.