tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3129904004334636055.post7049647474543009665..comments2023-11-02T08:28:08.286-05:00Comments on Rany on the Royals: The Missing Ingredient.Ranyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09713226276377020284noreply@blogger.comBlogger29125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3129904004334636055.post-74477936731279508262013-08-31T08:16:54.733-05:002013-08-31T08:16:54.733-05:00Why are we not looking at Danny Espinosa fromNatio...Why are we not looking at Danny Espinosa fromNationals? I know he is a train wreck right now. However, we could get him on the cheap. He also has huge upside. He could be sent to Omaha and winter ball. Then throw him into mix in 14. There are very few 2nd base options in baseball that are good. Position as a whole is lacking badly. <br />Best internal option seems like Mondesi and Escobar somedayFordhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12595006061200128093noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3129904004334636055.post-59894900342439175522013-08-30T08:46:03.233-05:002013-08-30T08:46:03.233-05:00The results of the BP hitting coach study should b...The results of the BP hitting coach study should be viewed with tremendous skepticism. 58 runs in a season is a huge number. It would make a great hitting coach as valuable as <br />a 6 WAR player. If true, this might make hitting coach the most underpaid vocation in the world. Currently, players seem to be worth about 5 million a win on the free agent market. This means Seitzer Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05946849542203966394noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3129904004334636055.post-83445787188496005572013-08-30T08:45:47.453-05:002013-08-30T08:45:47.453-05:00The results of the BP hitting coach study should b...The results of the BP hitting coach study should be viewed with tremendous skepticism. 58 runs in a season is a huge number. It would make a great hitting coach as valuable as <br />a 6 WAR player. If true, this might make hitting coach the most underpaid vocation in the world. Currently, players seem to be worth about 5 million a win on the free agent market. This means Seitzer Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05946849542203966394noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3129904004334636055.post-69171196460017195052013-08-29T23:02:35.104-05:002013-08-29T23:02:35.104-05:00Man, I hope Dayton Moore and Ned Yost read this bl...Man, I hope Dayton Moore and Ned Yost read this blog. I doubt it, though.David W. Lowehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18057799125396266586noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3129904004334636055.post-18063981271858349562013-08-29T15:18:44.098-05:002013-08-29T15:18:44.098-05:0015 wins against the Twins this season! Franchise ...15 wins against the Twins this season! Franchise records like this amaze me. twmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09435570180342463224noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3129904004334636055.post-46306623414595699782013-08-29T14:29:23.402-05:002013-08-29T14:29:23.402-05:00I would love for the city to buy the Royals. Not ...I would love for the city to buy the Royals. Not certain how the financing would work, not certain how the oversight/hierarchy would work, and I am certain that MLB would never allow it, but I think that little else would change baseball as much as municipal ownership of teams. twmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09435570180342463224noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3129904004334636055.post-82001094287125484842013-08-28T17:54:14.376-05:002013-08-28T17:54:14.376-05:00Kcghost, we had the youngest offense in baseball, ...Kcghost, we had the youngest offense in baseball, finished sixth in runs scored, and then got worse in two years. I think the talent is there (with obvious exceptions at second and right). Still, I partially agree with you. Yost only kind of hurt the team. No lead off man, poor plate discipline, poor roster construction, Wade Davies, no Seitzer and other things have hurt this season just as Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14530090166299351849noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3129904004334636055.post-77359713754890140402013-08-28T14:36:08.694-05:002013-08-28T14:36:08.694-05:00I don't know if dumping Yost would be producti...I don't know if dumping Yost would be productive or not. The overall lack of talent is the real killer.kcghosthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06362423366736243156noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3129904004334636055.post-71003895000752400512013-08-26T13:43:35.015-05:002013-08-26T13:43:35.015-05:00One of the hardest part in any organization, be it...One of the hardest part in any organization, be it sports or any other business, is finding the right people and putting them in the right positions. NOT KEEPING THEM THERE ONCE YOU FIND THEM! Yes Yost should be let go but Dayton Moore is even more culpable as the GM to allow a subordinate to "run off" someone like Seitzer. Just another log in the wood pile of follies by Moore & CoLoservillehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08787004000858376234noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3129904004334636055.post-69505029243188748782013-08-26T00:38:46.956-05:002013-08-26T00:38:46.956-05:00The difference between Davy Johnson and Ned Yost w...The difference between Davy Johnson and Ned Yost was on full display Friday night. Yost left his starter in because he thinks they can all go at least 6. When Gio got in to a jam, Johnson had seen enough and immediately removed him for Roark. Roark subsequently threw 3+ innings of shut out ball. Ned waited 2 batters to long to get his starter when everyone in the stadium saw what was Connor Nhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13452696306613808625noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3129904004334636055.post-25565023540504941182013-08-26T00:21:31.164-05:002013-08-26T00:21:31.164-05:00Firing Seitzer was one of those defining moments. ...Firing Seitzer was one of those defining moments. Everyone had to be concerned that the offense would collapse this year. Seitzer is one of the most proven hitting coaches in the game, he has an impressive track record overall; and pretty astounding even just in the Royals clubhouse. He turned Gordon into an All-star; and Butler into a legitimate power threat. Both of those guys publically gave Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18182646794377477621noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3129904004334636055.post-75152071599176767612013-08-25T23:16:45.562-05:002013-08-25T23:16:45.562-05:00I was at the game Friday night. It was obvious Che...I was at the game Friday night. It was obvious Chen needed to come out. He loaded the bases a couple of times. Not once was there movement in the pen. Instead we waited until a six run lead was all but gone then pulled him. It felt like Yost had given up on the season. That there was no concern about winning the game. Or maybe he already has an extension and isnt feeling the heat. <br />Also if Fordhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12595006061200128093noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3129904004334636055.post-33158681260803147252013-08-25T16:26:19.020-05:002013-08-25T16:26:19.020-05:00Speaking of staffing changes, How does the trainin...Speaking of staffing changes, How does the training staff seem to be doing? Its been a few years since the old regime was let go. The Royals had one great physical year. No idea how they compare now.Steve Nhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05801257951142926868noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3129904004334636055.post-77054195104787404862013-08-25T15:44:05.845-05:002013-08-25T15:44:05.845-05:00Good article as usual Rany. Helps me to appreciat...Good article as usual Rany. Helps me to appreciate the value of a hitting coach. PW84https://www.blogger.com/profile/03629212988331363742noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3129904004334636055.post-78549504668278270222013-08-25T13:48:08.708-05:002013-08-25T13:48:08.708-05:00But Seitzer doesn't always do things the '...But Seitzer doesn't always do things the 'Royal' way . . . bring back Francoeur instead.<br /><br />/sarc offBobDDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16746346917550369472noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3129904004334636055.post-89974463232928023172013-08-25T11:07:58.210-05:002013-08-25T11:07:58.210-05:00It was 196, not 176. Sorry.It was 196, not 176. Sorry.Kansas Cityhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16630367629067743935noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3129904004334636055.post-28022128129591453442013-08-25T11:06:27.821-05:002013-08-25T11:06:27.821-05:00Want more proof that Yost is dumb?
Sunday paper o...Want more proof that Yost is dumb?<br /><br />Sunday paper on why he put Bonifacio in 2 spot:<br /><br />"He's a switch hitter. He can do some things. He can run. When Toronto went on a good run this year, they had a pretty good run, and Bonifacio was htting second then, too."<br /><br />Grathoff (star writer apparently a little braver than Dutton) in the next paragraph provided Kansas Cityhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16630367629067743935noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3129904004334636055.post-73938356262909363922013-08-25T09:16:40.403-05:002013-08-25T09:16:40.403-05:00I gave up the night of the doubleheader sweep in D...I gave up the night of the doubleheader sweep in Detroit when I heard that Duffy was being sent down until September. Seriously?Professional sports GM's and managers/coaches shouldn't worry about hurting someone's feelings. It isn't Little League! I'm sure Jeff Francouer is a great guy. Chris Getz no doubt is a kind and caring human being. And Wade Davis is probably a super Lancehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08062955008127882621noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3129904004334636055.post-42948526313421398112013-08-25T08:40:31.209-05:002013-08-25T08:40:31.209-05:00A couple of things.
1) Is there a precedent for b...A couple of things.<br /><br />1) Is there a precedent for bringing back a hitting coach? If so did it work?<br />2) Doesn't the blame still go to DM for siding with Ned over Seitzer?<br /><br />Since the end of the first game of the White Sox series, I have officially started rooting for my favorite baseball team to lose. It's not about the draft order, but I think it will take 90 Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14530090166299351849noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3129904004334636055.post-17521008596896388742013-08-25T08:11:21.095-05:002013-08-25T08:11:21.095-05:00Dodger300 actually makes a valid point, but I woul...Dodger300 actually makes a valid point, but I would say it does not apply to this Royals team. The coaches KC sought out to replace Seitzer were a 180-degree philosophical change. I can see how that would eventually show up in the resultsAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3129904004334636055.post-34087858372229944122013-08-25T01:10:50.834-05:002013-08-25T01:10:50.834-05:00As soon as I heard that Seitzer was fired and Ned ...As soon as I heard that Seitzer was fired and Ned said they were going to be like the Rangers this year, I knew we were screwed. I'm always left with a feeling that Ned's basically just good at pretending that he knows what's going on. His smugness covers up his liabiliti<br />Seitzer for Manager!!! Unless George wants to do it... In which case, Seitzer for hitting coach under George. Jeffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09703119580463648255noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3129904004334636055.post-45593481442729456382013-08-25T00:49:09.775-05:002013-08-25T00:49:09.775-05:00I think the general problem with Yost is that he i...I think the general problem with Yost is that he is not very bright. <br /><br />He concluded the guys should it more home runs, without any intelligent basis for that belief. He puts Escobar and Getz at the top of the line up because he thinks those are the type of fast, single hitters who should bat there. He allows Getz, Bonifacio and Escobar bat with the game on the line - not sure he has Kansas Cityhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16630367629067743935noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3129904004334636055.post-49369786162929886022013-08-25T00:17:50.399-05:002013-08-25T00:17:50.399-05:00Nine Royals hits tonight (Aug. 24).
Nine single...Nine Royals hits tonight (Aug. 24).<br /> Nine singles.<br /> Eight men left on base.<br /> You said it all, Rany.autumnwindhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05354131591497906478noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3129904004334636055.post-43206934014233129902013-08-25T00:06:29.076-05:002013-08-25T00:06:29.076-05:00Bravo, Rany - Bra-frickin'-vo!Bravo, Rany - Bra-frickin'-vo!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3129904004334636055.post-65175964564558900742013-08-24T22:26:43.684-05:002013-08-24T22:26:43.684-05:00In an interview on 810 WHB, Seitzer said that butl...In an interview on 810 WHB, Seitzer said that butler was seeking him out on a daily basis -- and sometimes after each at bat -- to discuss approach and how opposing pitchers were likely to pitch at him.<br /><br />So no: it is not about teaching a player a swing and then he is done. Hitting/pitching is about adapting and counter-adapting. Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04898607747582001409noreply@blogger.com