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It's not like they're facing good Major League quality pitchers either. I think the only guys they've faced who are actual ML pitchers are Pallante and Festa.

I guess the good thing is that Cuba will only play 4 games so the odds of them getting injured is lower.

Cuba about to lose to Italy... Yoan and Robert are 0 fer this game

They should have had it at the WBC.

Yeah Robert has not looked good so far.

Pretty interesting to see a Cuban pitcher throwing like a Japanese pitcher.

I wonder what made Robert and Yoan agree to this but basically no other MLers did.

Yeah he would have hit that 450 feet had he made contact.

Yoan draws a walk in his first PA

Clevinger's still a shithead, but hopefully now this won't be a dark cloud over the team for the regular season.

I think there's 2 scenarios. Scenario 1 is if Colas breaks with the team out of ST. Then I think we end up seeing Burger in AAA. Zavala, Leury, and Sheets are probably locks. The 4th spot is a fight between whichever NRI OF has the best ST. Marisnick probably makes the most sense as he can actually play good defense. Hamilton seems like a nice guy to have around for pinch running and late inning defense, but I don't think you want him for anything more than that. Victor Reyes offers switch hitting, but his defense is really bad. Scenario 2 is Colas is in AAA to start the year. Then I think you end up with Sheets and Eloy splitting time in RF. In that scenario, Burger probably makes the team.

Well now he is at the very least your 2nd best reliever. We really need Joe Kelly to not suck this year. That would help alleviate the bullpen situation quite a bit. Also Diekman not being terrible would also be nice. Bummer not even throwing in ST yet seems like a huge red flag. We really need all the bullpen arms who either sucked or didn't pitch much last year to step up.

Graveman was really good in April and May last year. Then it feels like they overused him in that 7 game win streak and he was never really the same after. He was like a 5 ERA reliever after June last year IIRC.

lmao I remember him doing bat drops for 350 foot fly balls.

That didn't look like a wall scraper either. He only had 1 homer vs. lefties last year, even though he was much better from the right side.

The Royals basically didn't have a set closer last year, I'd imagine Grifol would be comfortable with a committee.

Seeing Grandal with his power back would be a huge step for the offense.

Oh for sure. Almost every game with him trying to close was an adventure last year.

Graveman's been shaky in ST.

lmao why am I not surprised you posted this

I thought he signed in Japan

When it rains it pours

Don't be surprised if he's good in his contract year. I wouldn't mind, obviously.

Remember when Burger singlehandedly carried this offense for like a week last year? Get this man a DH platoon job and he can wreak havoc on lefties.

Burger is insane