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QUOTE (caulfield12 @ Apr 6, 2014 -> 10:21 PM)
The pitching part was expected, even with the new additions.

 

Nolasco should be a decent pitcher, but he's not going to anchor the rotation. And the jury's far from out on Hughes, he's still quite young, but don't get your hopes up too much, even with Rick Anderson still around.

 

Collabello has been one of the pleasant surprises of the early season (of course, if the White Sox had a good RFer defensively, most of his RBI's would be gone).

 

Gibson really needs to develop into a 1/2 type of guy for the Twins to build any type of forward momentum.

Same with Hicks in the outfield being an impact bat and not just showing promise/glimpses.

 

The White Sox and Twins both look to have terrible bullpens, but at least you guys have an experienced guy at the back end in Perkins. Matt Lindstrom is unlikely to be closing one month from now...maybe even one week from now.

 

Colabello screams Tuffy Rhodes, Chris Shelton, or any other April fluke you want to pick out of MLB.

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Chen got rocked in 3 2/3 innings tonight vs. Minnie. Can KC keep a guy in the rotation just cause he beats the White Sox?

Guthrie is slightly better than Chen.

 

KC isn't gonna contend. If we can stay .500, big if, we can be in this race.

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QUOTE (greg775 @ Apr 11, 2014 -> 11:35 PM)
Chen got rocked in 3 2/3 innings tonight vs. Minnie. Can KC keep a guy in the rotation just cause he beats the White Sox?

Guthrie is slightly better than Chen.

 

KC isn't gonna contend. If we can stay .500, big if, we can be in this race.

 

 

They're not going to contend if they don't go 13-6 or 14-5 against the Twins, that's for sure.

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QUOTE (greg775 @ Apr 12, 2014 -> 01:35 AM)
Chen got rocked in 3 2/3 innings tonight vs. Minnie. Can KC keep a guy in the rotation just cause he beats the White Sox?

Guthrie is slightly better than Chen.

 

KC isn't gonna contend. If we can stay .500, big if, we can be in this race.

Bruce Chen's ERA over the past 5 years is 4.21. Bruce Chen is doing more than just beating the white sox.

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QUOTE (caulfield12 @ Apr 12, 2014 -> 08:32 PM)
Royals having a rough time with the Twins.

 

Royals have one home run all season. Should be interesting to see how many homers this club hits. I guess Hosmer still could hit up to 20 and Butler and Perez. But they have none right now. Gordon has the only home run. That's a severe lack of power.

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QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Apr 14, 2014 -> 04:27 PM)
Jon Morosi ‏@jonmorosi 44m

 

Max Scherzer's fastball velocity is down about 2 mph relative to last year, according to data on @fangraphs. (91.4, compared to 93.3)

Bullplop. If you compare his first 3 starts this year with his first 3 starts last year they're within error of each other.

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QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Apr 14, 2014 -> 03:27 PM)
Jon Morosi ‏@jonmorosi 44m Max Scherzer's fastball velocity is down about 2 mph relative to last year, according to data on @fangraphs. (91.4, compared to 93.3)

 

 

 

 

Scherzer's fastball velocity is about the same to where it was last year at this point in time

 

 

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QUOTE (greg775 @ Apr 12, 2014 -> 12:35 AM)
Chen got rocked in 3 2/3 innings tonight vs. Minnie. Can KC keep a guy in the rotation just cause he beats the White Sox?

Guthrie is slightly better than Chen.

 

KC isn't gonna contend. If we can stay .500, big if, we can be in this race.

 

Did you switch teams on us, greg?

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QUOTE (Jake @ Apr 15, 2014 -> 06:32 PM)
Did you switch teams on us, greg?

 

Jake, with all due respect, how could you read that sentence and not realize I'm a Sox fan? That sentence doesn't come close to indicating I am a Royals fan.

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QUOTE (greg775 @ Apr 19, 2014 -> 01:35 AM)
Jake, with all due respect, how could you read that sentence and not realize I'm a Sox fan? That sentence doesn't come close to indicating I am a Royals fan.

 

Now that you say it, the "we" could indeed have referred to the Sox.

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