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04-03-2023, 05:28 PM
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Straight Outta Kauffman (OOTP 24)
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04-03-2023, 05:29 PM
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2024 40-MAN ROSTER (04/04)
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04-03-2023, 05:30 PM
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MLB Standings (04/04)
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04-03-2023, 05:31 PM
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Team Stats (04/04)
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04-07-2023, 03:33 PM
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April 7th, 2023
ROYALS LOOK TO SHAKE OFF ROUGH HOMESTAND 
Capping off a disappointing homestand with another close defeat, the Royals now strike out on the road sporting a 1-6 mark, which ties with the Nationals for the worst record league-wide through the first week-plus of the season. The offense has been painfully slow to start out, posting a wRC+ mark of 50 as a team, tied for worst in the league with Detroit. They're also last in OPS+ at 49, with Detroit just barely ahead at 51. Oakland is the next-highest AL team in OPS+ at 74, with Washington (59 OPS+), Arizona (62 OPS+), and Colorado (71 OPS+) in between. Yikes. One of the few bright spots for the offense so far is that they're in the top-half of the league in walks with twenty-four, but they're also one of a handful of teams that have played the league-most seven games. They're also balanced in that regard, with six players collecting at least three free passes so far, with MJ Melendez and Vinnie Pasquantino walking five and four times, respectively. Bobby Witt Jr also has three walks, one of the four with that amount. It's a testament to how differently the new crowd of hitters approaches things, as opposed to the old guard in the lineup. Could help be on the way? Perhaps. Nick Pratto has struggled with four strikeouts in his two games, but Maikel Garcia is ripping the cover off the ball in Triple-A, and they'll get Drew Waters back sometime in early May. Other bats such as Tucker Bradley and Nick Loftin are also on the team's radar. You'd also expect bats like Witt's and Pasquantino's to get going, as well as Salvy's, as the weather warms. Not entirely unrelated, I'm curious to see what kind of GM J.J. Picollo is going to be, as opposed to Dayton Moore -- will he be quicker with the hook on certain players? He's been with the organization a long time, but he's made four trades in the last few months, including Adalberto Mondesi and Michael A. Taylor; and more recently, Matt Beaty and Richard Lovelady in the last week. The bullpen has been hit-and-miss, but the starting rotation has been superb so far, keeping the Royals in pretty much every game with a 3.40 starter's ERA in around thirty-seven innings of work to date, which includes last night's stinker from Jordan Lyles. They haven't lost any game by more than three runs, but have been shutout three times in seven games, allowing just seven runs in those losses. Overall, they're 11th in team ERA (4.00), as well as being in the bottom ten in WHIP, which means they're generating a lot of traffic on the bases, so that 4.00 ERA is probably due for a negative correction. One kind-of mind-blowing stat so far -- Kansas City led the entire way in their only win so far this year, the Monday night game against the Blue Jays. and led one inning in Tuesday's 4-1 loss. That's it. Oh, and Matt Quatraro hasn't been in the dugout the last few nights, as he is expected to miss the San Francisco series at the least due to testing positive for coronavirus. If all goes well, he'll be back in the dugout for the team's series opener at Texas on Monday. "That's the hope," said bench coach Paul Hoover, who is filling in while Quatraro is out. "Matt's doing fine, we're in contact almost up-to-the-minute leading up to each game, and then we'll chat for an hour or so afterwards. We'll continue to hash out strategy any way we can." According to Hoover, the lineups are Quatraro's decision via phone prior to the game, but without him in the dugout (plus, it's against MLB rules to communicate by cell phone during a game), Hoover is going to lean on his fellow coaches to get through the next handful of games. That's Jose Alguacil (infield coach), and Vance Wilson (third-base and field coordinator). He'll also delegate much of the pitching strategy to pitching coach Brian Sweeney. Last edited by artoodeetoo; 04-11-2023 at 10:55 PM. |
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04-11-2023, 10:53 PM
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KANSAS CITY @ SAN FRANCISCO (04/07 -- 04/09)
 Series Recap: San Francisco Giants By Will Keller | Kansas City Star | April 10th, 2023
Friday, April 7th, 2023 Homeruns from Vinnie Pasquantino and Salvador Perez were enough to complement a strong pitching performance from Brad Keller, who allowed just one earned run over 5 2/3 innings as the Royals held on for a 3-1 victory in the first road game of the season, and spoiling San Francisco's home opener in the process. Pasquantino's shot came in the fourth, while Perez added an insurance run in the eighth with a solo homerun of his own. Scott Barlow worked around a walk to get the save, getting a nice defensive play along the way from shortstop Bobby Witt Jr to shut the door in the ninth inning for his first save of 2023. Keller became the first pitcher other than Brady Singer to notch a victory this season on the Royals' staff, moving to 1-1 on the season. "We've been barreling up balls all season long to date," said interim manager Paul Hoover, who picked up his first career victory. "It was great to see some of them start finding holes in the defense, or go over the fence." Keller walked three, allowed three hits, and fanned three. After some ups-and-downs in the first week of the season at home, the bullpen shut the Giants out the rest of the way after replacing Keller in the sixth, not allowing a single earned run while striking out five in three and one-third innings.
Saturday, April 8th, 2023 Despite allowing just one run on five hits over six innings in the Royals' 3-1 win over San Francisco to clinch a series victory on the road, Brady Singer still came away dissatisfied with his performance in some respects. "Just left too much stuff up to chance; my command just wasn't there," he said flatly, referring to his four walks. "Sweeney, Q, Paul (Hoover), they've all tried to ingrain into us to raid the zone, and it just didn't work as well today. Thankfully, we did enough defensively and at the plate to get the win. Bullpen was also really good, too." Indeed it was, as they didn't allow an earned run over the final three innings, culminating in Dylan Coleman's first save of the season. He replaced Scott Barlow in the ninth with two outs, as the Royals' closer left with what was later termed as wrist tightness. Coleman needed just two pitches to finish the game, getting a groundball out from David Villar. Another tense moment for the Royals early on was when Hunter Dozier left the game in the third inning, pulling up with a limp after rounding first base on his double. X-rays were negative at Oracle Park, but flew back to Kansas City for a second opinion, where the results were inconclusive as of this writing. The day after hitting his first homerun of the season, first baseman Vinnie Pasquantino went 3-for-4 with a pair of doubles. Through the first two games of the series, Pasquantino went 5-for-8 with two doubles, a walk, and a homerun. He also didn't strike out in the first two contests. "It's been frustrating squaring everything up, only to see it find someone's glove," he said with a grin after the game. "I feel like our luck is starting to change a little from the first week of the season." MJ Melendez also hit his second homerun of the season, a solo homerun in the eighth off Sean Hjelle to give the Royals some insurance.
Sunday, April 9th, 2023 With a road series win already in their pocket, the attempt to sweep the series fell just short, as San Francisco took a 3-0 lead after three innings, and held on to eventually win by a 3-2 count. Jackie Bradley Jr and MJ Melendez each hit RBI doubles in the fifth to pull the Royals to within one, but that's the last time they'd seriously threaten the scoreboard the rest of the way. Kansas City was largely kept at bay with a solid effort from Anthony DeSclafani, who allowed just those two runs over six innings, striking out five while walking just a pair. Meanwhile, in his first career start against the team he grew up rooting for, Kris Bubic allowed just three earned runs over 5 1/3 frames, but allowed seven hits and couldn't miss many bats, striking out one with three walks. The top of the Giants' order was especially successful against Bubic, going 5-for-8 with three runs scored, a double, and a homerun between Thairo Estrada and Wilmer Flores. Other than Melendez and JBJ, the only other extra base hit that was mustered was from Michael Massey, a second-inning double against DeSclafani. Kyle Isbel walked twice, going 0-for-2. UP NEXT: @ Texas Rangers (04/10 -- 04/12)
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04-12-2023, 02:08 PM
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April 10th, 2023
DOZIER HEADS TO 10-DAY INJURED LIST Royals infielder Hunter Dozier joins a growing list of regulars on the injured list, as he was placed on the 10-day IL with a tibia fracture that will sideline him for six-to-eight weeks per the Kansas City Star. 
This was later confirmed by MLB.com reporter Anne Rogers, who covers the team. Maikel Garcia was re-called from Omaha, where he was off to a blistering start with the bat in slashing .333/.465/.515 in forty-three plate appearances, with three doubles and a homerun on his stat sheet. Dozier has played five different positions this year, including serving as the DH once. His stat line isn't impressive to date, just 3-for-22 (.136), and his exit velo and barrel rates have dipped each year since 2021. His xBA, xSLG, and wOBA all rank in the bottom 10% of the league. In other words, he's not barreling the ball up, and when he does, it's not being hit impressively hard. It's a bit surprising that the Royals didn't re-call Nick Pratto over Garcia, but the latter gives the Royals another versatile right-handed bat that can play all over the infield. As long as Bobby Witt Jr is healthy, he likely won't play shortstop on a consistent basis. However, he has more than enough range to fill in at short, and also has the arm to sling it from third base as well. His bat plays better in the middle infield, though. "The news about Hunter, it's pretty devastating to us," said manager Matt Quatraro, who briefly spoke with the media via phone earlier this morning after landing in Dallas. "That said, we have Maikel coming in, and we're going to get a pretty extended look at what he can do." The Royals begin a three-game road series tonight with the Rangers, who come in having won five of their first nine games to start out. Andrew Heaney and Zack Greinke will square off in the series opener that begins at 7:05 Central time. |
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KANSAS CITY @ TEXAS (04/10 -- 04/12)
Series Recap: Texas Rangers By Will Keeler | Kansas City Star | April 13th, 2023
Monday, April 10th, 2023 Once again, Zack Greinke gave the Royals a brilliant effort in his third start of the season, allowing just a single unearned run over 4 2/3 innings, but all the Royals could get were a pair of solo homeruns in a 3-2 loss to open a three-game road series in Arlington with the Rangers. Vinnie Pasquantino, who hit one of the two solo homeruns in the game, doubled with two outs in the ninth to bring up the other hitter with a solo homerun in Franmil Reyes. However, Jose Leclerc coaxed a lazy flyball to center to get out of the jam, and pick up his third save of the season. Greinke left with the game tied at one apiece. Ryan Yarbrough surrendered RBI singles in the sixth to Brad Miller and Jonah Heim to give Texas a lead they wouldn't give up. Reyes' homerun came in the second inning, while Pasquantino hit his in the seventh to pull the Royals to within a single run. Making his return to the dugout, Matt Quatraro praised his starting pitcher's effort, but lamented the lack of opportunities to push many runs across. "We struck out a double-digit number of times, and didn't really try to force them to throw strikes," said the first-year manager. "That's attributable to (Andrew) Heaney, he threw the ball really well, but I thought we helped him out a little bit with some of the stuff he was throwing." Kansas City will turn to former Ranger Jordan Lyles to try and at least secure a split of the road trip. He played for the Rangers in 2020 and 2021, before signing with Baltimore prior to last season. He'll go against Jacob deGrom, who was knocked around by the Phillies in his first start, before coming back and running roughshod over the Orioles back on April 5th.
Tuesday, April 11th, 2023 Salvador Perez reached base all five times he came to the plate, and Edward Olivares backed him up with four hits as the Royals clinched a .500 road trip with a 7-5 win over the Rangers to even the series. After a 1-6 start, the Royals are 3-2 since -- not great, but still have managed to at least stem the tide somewhat. Perez homered twice, scored four times, walked, and also collected a pair of singles to go along with three RBI. Olivares singled four times, including driving in Perez with an insurance run in the top of the ninth. Vinnie Pasquantino also added a homerun in the eighth, his third homerun of the season and second in as many games. "It was great to see us get some consistent offense," said manager Matt Quatraro. "It's been in chunks here and there; and not so much spread out over multiple innings at a time. We were getting good swings throughout the game." With four earned runs over six innings, Jordan Lyles didn't pitch spectacularly, but got the Royals through to where they could make a run late to win the game. He left with a 4-3 deficit, only to see the Royals outscore the Rangers 4-1 in the last three innings to take the victory. Scott Barlow picked up the save, his second of the season with a scoreless ninth.
Wednesday, April 12th, 2023 Just two pitches into the bottom of the 10th, Brad Miller's RBI single drove in the game-winning run as the Rangers walked the Royals off to claim the series victory and the game by a 4-3 score. Brad Keller pitched five innings, allowing seven hits, three earned runs, and three walks while fanning four. Taylor Clarke was on the mound to give up the game-winning hit, taking the loss. He got the final out of the ninth inning, striking out Justin Foscue to send the game to extras. Kansas City put themselves into position to get the game to extra innings with a sac fly from pinch-hitter Franmil Reyes, tying the score at three. Michael Massey and MJ Melendez each collected a pair of hits, while Massey also scored two of the Royals' three runs. Vinnie Pasquantino managed to keep his modest hit streak alive at seven games with a fourth-inning single. They're off tomorrow for a travel day, before heading back home to begin a six-game homestand with the Braves and Rangers coming to the K. UP NEXT: vs. Atlanta Braves (04/14 -- 04/16)
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