2013 Kansas City Royals

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Looks like they released them yesterday to avoid a $100k bonus payment. Both guys will have allot to prove this year. I sure wouldn't mind seeing X back on the Padres. He's a top-notch teammate.

 

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[Shanemansj13]

Do the Royals really need a thread??

 

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Do the Royals really need a thread??

I always pull for 'em. It's nice to see them compete with the big boys sometimes and I like some of their players.

 

[ThruTheEyesOfRuby]

Personally, I think Guthrie should be their #2 pitcher and Santana their #3. 3-3 is not a bad start, especially being on the road. Whether people think the White Sox and Phillies are for real or not is up to debate. The proof starts now for them.. the home opener series vs the Twins followed by a home series vs the Blue Jays.

 

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Watched Opening Day at the K and was very happy with the exciting ending. The Royals couldn't have asked for more and their fans went home very happy. And they're looking good today too. Would be nice to see them have a great homestand to start off.

 

[HammerDown]

Good to see healthy attendance at the K. (For now at least)

 

[ThruTheEyesOfRuby]

I'm gonna hold to my preseason prediction that the Royals can finish 2nd in their division this year. Considering the Tigers already have a strong presence, I think that's a pretty big step up for them.

 

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I'm wondering when they'll get some real respect? They're racking up some pretty impressive wins!

 

[ThruTheEyesOfRuby]

I'm wondering when they'll get some real respect? They're racking up some pretty impressive wins!

Yeah they are. Based on my experience with the O's having strong starts to the season in recents years and then tailing off badly once June rolls around, I think they won't get the respect they deserve until the NHL and NBA seasons are over, the focus is squarely on baseball, and they get some impressive wins against quality teams then.

 

[da55bums]

WOW, didn't see that ever happening to Herrera.

 

[iruletheskool]

I like Alex Gordon.

 

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[FuzzNutz]

Royals!!!

Nice to get a win in Atlanta today. Can't wait to spank the Red Sox.

 

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[Chef99]

They've got some really good young talent. And they had the guts to admit their mistake and cut ties with Jonathan Sanchez.

 

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[BigDDude]

Those crazy wandering Riyals -

DETROIT -- The Royals are coming off what must be one of the strangest trips in their history.
The trip began on an off-day, April 15, when the Royals left Kansas City in the early afternoon for Atlanta. Over the next eight days, they played two days, sat out two, played two days (including a doubleheader), then sat out another two. Mixed in with two scheduled off-days was a postponement for the Boston manhunt and a rainout at Detroit.
On a frosty Wednesday night, they got a game in at Detroit, but the start of Thursday's trip finale was delayed because of rain.
For pro baseball players used to playing virtually every day, this took some major adjustments.
"It's just kind of tough to get in the groove. You haven't seen consistent pitches," designated hitter Billy Butler said. "It's kind of like you're in Spring Training again. You're basically just getting your work in every day, getting ready for a game and you're not getting a chance to play 'em."
Center fielder Lorenzo Cain, hitting .350 entering Thursday's game, was trying not to let the interruptions throw him off.
"If you're locked in and you take a few days off, it might throw you off a little bit. But you try not to look at it like that," Cain said. "You just try to continue what you've been doing and what you want to do the entire year."
The chaotic situation has been disruptive.
"Especially early in the season when you're trying to get into a groove," second baseman Chris Getz said, "you come out of Spring Training in such a great routine where the weather is great in Arizona and everything is consistent."
But that consistency has been lost over the last 10 or 11 days.
"Baseball is a game of routine so I think everyone has been affected by it," Getz said. "But every year is different and you've got to work through it and adjust to it because eventually everything will smooth out."
First-base coach Rusty Kuntz has never seen anything like it in his 30-plus years of traveling in the Major Leagues.
"You have almost as many days off as you're playing and I've never seen that before -- ever," Kuntz said.
"It's been weird, weird, weird, weird."