The McGovern Manifesto- Restoration, Reformation and Retaliation

[CameRoN0407]

I like Nieto! Looks like your regretting Meadows, but you might be rewarded soon!

[xboxxerx]

Enjoying this Royals. Read through both recently. Hope things turn around for the team. Got some young talent, and Lester looks like he's just beasting on teams when ever he takes the rubber.

[royals19]

Quote: Originally Posted by CameRoN0407

I like Nieto! Looks like your regretting Meadows, but you might be rewarded soon!

Not drafting Nieto has turned out to be a minor blunder but that's only due to the fact that Meadows is still in Class A. We're going to try to get Meadows some ABs in AA but he'll probably head back to A ball. Meadows contact ratings aren't exactly ready for AA much like Adalberto Mondesi who is holed up as well in Class A because of poor contact and power ratings.

Quote: Originally Posted by xboxxerx

Enjoying this Royals. Read through both recently. Hope things turn around for the team. Got some young talent, and Lester looks like he's just beasting on teams when ever he takes the rubber.

Long time, no see dude! This season has gone far from planned. The offense has turned cold and if it wasn't for a strong effort by our starters, especially Lester, we'd probably be in last place. Our goal is to try to salvage whatever we can from the first half and hopefully tear up the 2nd half.

[royals19]

And we're right back to the drawing board...

Somehow, some way, the offense has been tearing it up but that's primarily attributed to Lorenzo Cain, Billy Butler and Alex Gordon. Hosmer and Alcides Escobar have been mediocre to this point and Salvador Perez has continued to hit for a decent average. I wish I could sit here and tell you that everything's fine and dandy here but I'd be lying. At this point, Escobar and Hosmer could be next in line for demotions...

Wait, isn't the pitching supposed to be the strong point? Let me rephrase that... The Starting Rotation has been the strong point. The bullpen has been awful, just awful. We've used a total of 15 different pitchers out of the bullpen this season. We've gone through 4 different closers alone. This bullpen is a shadow of what it was in 2012. We've got Aaron Crow and Tim Collins down in AAA...

We're in a mess right now my friends.

But hey, we're playing Cleveland so something good/interesting is bound to happen.



I was right...

With the first pitch of the game, Carlos Carrasco tried to throw a 90 MPH fastball in Lorenzo Cain's leg area. I don't really know how to explain this... Cleveland always wants trouble. I don't think there's been a game this year where they haven't hit one of our players.

The very least they could do is have some discretion as to who they hit. Or they could at least take into account the situation.



In retaliation, we went ahead and hit their catcher Lou Marson. At least we do it in a situation where it doesn't affect the outcome of the game. Cleveland does the exact opposite, they'll have something like a one run lead late in the game and they'll just clock the tying run...

#TheClevelandWay



Again, we gave Jake Odorizzi the ball and he f'd it up in the 5th inning. I'm starting to get really, really tired of him letting up 5+ earned runs in a short around of work. He's one of McGovern's favorites so we'll let it fly for now but with the minor league signing of Hiroki Kuroda, his days on the big league roster could be numbered.

Aside from Odo's hiccups, David Lough has been the story since stepping in for Domonic Brown. Lough is hitting out of the three hole because, 1. Lorenzo Cain and Alcides Escobar don't get on base enough and 2. Lough is fast and puts the ball in play... a lot.

We'll keep him there for the forseeable future and if Lough keeps this up, Chris Denorfia could be out of a job or Domonic Brown could be in a platoon situation. It's gonna be real interesting down the road my friends.

[ClutchJays19]

How is the thing with the Twins fair? To bad you can't bean the pitched upside the head in A.L. Otherwise. If you could. Trade for that Niese guy if all possible. Unless your giving up an arm and a leg. What's the record now?

[royals19]

We probably better take some time away from this 2014 blunder and look towards the future as we go through the tedious task that is the 2014 First Year Player Draft or according to Bud Selig: The 2000 First Year Player Draft. Last season, we held the 8th overall pick and selected Austin Meadows with that pick. This season, we're at 22nd overall and we also hold 2 picks in the supplemental round for the loss of Jeff Francoeur and Ervin Santana.

Remember, this is also George McGovern's first draft so hopefully he doesn't just punt it.

1st Round

Spoiler

So with the 22nd overall pick, we selected the UCLA staff ace. He posted a 9-1 record with a 2.08 ERA for the Bruins this season as they won the College World Series for a second consecutive year. He's undersized, but was arguably one of the top arms in this year's draft. Eventually he should form a nice duo with last year's second rounder Mario Rosas.

The overall attributes don't look good but we drafted him on his potential which is... unbelievable.



At 22nd overall, we got an amazing steal. Mesa has the potential to be arguably the best pitcher in baseball.

1st Supplemental Round (1st Pick) (For loss of Jeff Francoeur)

Spoiler

Here we went the college route again and drafted Alex Baez out of North Carolina. At first glance, he reminds me a lot of Cubs prospect Javier Baez. He's short and hits for a ton of power. If Mike Moustakas doesn't work out, we can fall back on Baez.

Overall, an excellent pick.

1st Supplemental Round (2nd Pick) (For loss Ervin Santana)

Spoiler

Again, we went the college route and took one of the top shortstops in the draft out of North Carolina as well. Otto probably won't be any better than an average hitter but his glove is really promising and we see him as a shortstop with a great glove, probably something along the lines of Andrelton Simmons. Now we also have Alcides Escobar and Adalberto Mondesi at the position so the competition should be interesting.

2nd Round

Spoiler

We took a fresh arm out of UC Irvine here. Brennan was an outfielder in his high school days and well into his Junior season at UC Irvine. However, he also did a little bit of pitching and is somewhat along the lines of Kyle Zimmer with less feel. At worst, he's going to pitch out of the pen but the fact that we got this caliber of player here is an absolute steal.

3rd Round

Spoiler

We went with a highly touted high school hitter here in the 3rd round. He generates a lot of contact and profiles as a top of the order hitter. He was drafted as a third baseman but I doubt he hits for enough power to stay at third base and uproot Alex Baez. Another potential steal here in the 3rd round.

4th Round

Spoiler

I'm gonna be honest, I just drafted this dude based off of his name... We didn't have any scouting reports on him but the fact that his name was Kevin Durant earned him a draft spot. It's pretty ironic though... this Kevin Durant is only 5'9 though compared to basketball counterpart who measures up at 6'9. He probably will end up moving to second base because we have better options at short.

5th Round

Spoiler

We took another college player here and an outfielder at that. With the injuries we've had to our outfielders at the big league level and with our current outfield set to get really expensive, we needed a fast moving option that can bridge the gap between what we currently have at the major league level and what we have in the lower minors and Johnny Franco (with the second coolest name in our draft class) fits the bill.

6th Round

Spoiler

We went again with the college route and drafted the second baseman from Arizona State. He seems like the prototypical second baseman with his build and skill set. It's hard to find players that can stick at middle infield positions and Houston seems to be one of those few lucky players.

Bravo McGovern... Bravo

We went heavy with college players here to fuel our competitive teams that we plan on fielding for the next decade hopefully. We took quite a few high school players in last years draft so we needed to draft talent that will move to the high minors quickly and give us impact players to choose from should we need them. That's a lesson that we've drawn from this season and hopefully, we learned our lesson.

[lastlastlast]

Dang McGovern must like basketball lol. First John Wall (when he was with the padres) and then Kevin Durant?

[royals19]

Quote: Originally Posted by ClutchJays19

How is the thing with the Twins fair? To bad you can't bean the pitched upside the head in A.L. Otherwise. If you could. Trade for that Niese guy if all possible. Unless your giving up an arm and a leg. What's the record now?

Yeah... it's too bad we had to do this in the American League. They shouldn't have been able to get away with that.

That's not a bad idea; going after Neise because he could eat some innings.

We're at 27-25... 5 outta the wildcard and about 10 behind the Tigers.

Quote: Originally Posted by lastlastlast

Dang McGovern must like basketball lol. First John Wall (when he was with the padres) and then Kevin Durant?

Those were both pure coincidence haha. I have no idea how those names get put in there. The Kevin Durant one was especially a surprise.