Rangers vs KC in march to #1 draft Pick

[donaldson79]

Infante has 57 RBI and leads the team from the 2 hole, and the # 9 hitter, Escobar has 43.

Now that's some kind of RBI distribution.

 

[RevSader]

Infante has 57 RBI and leads the team from the 2 hole, and the # 9 hitter, Escobar has 43.

Now that's some kind of RBI distribution.

What that tells me without even looking is that the Royals are probably very good as a team at getting on base. I wouldn't be shocked to see their OBP in the top 5 of the league. Let me go check to see if my hypothesis is accurate.

Edit. SO their OBP is middle of the pack but their team average is 3rd best. They must suck at taking walks then...you would think their OBP would be much higher.

 

[BLeslie59Rangers]

You know, I use to hate the Royals back in the 70's and early 80's, because they were the team that always beat us up, but I've mellowed over the years ( and 30 years of bad Royals teams helped). I sure hope they take the Tigers down this year!

 

[Nightcrawler]

You know, I use to hate the Royals back in the 70's and early 80's, because they were the team that always beat us up, but I've mellowed over the years ( and 30 years of bad Royals teams helped). I sure hope they take the Tigers down this year!

And the A's / Angels

 

[BLeslie59Rangers]

What that tells me without even looking is that the Royals are probably very good as a team at getting on base. I wouldn't be shocked to see their OBP in the top 5 of the league. Let me go check to see if my hypothesis is accurate.

Edit. SO their OBP is middle of the pack but their team average is 3rd best. They must suck at taking walks then...you would think their OBP would be much higher.

They sucked offensively at the beginning of the year, I bet your hypothesis is correct if you look at the last couple months...

 

[RevSader]

You know, I use to hate the Royals back in the 70's and early 80's, because they were the team that always beat us up, but I've mellowed over the years ( and 30 years of bad Royals teams helped). I sure hope they take the Tigers down this year!

I hope not. Don't care for the Royals. Hope the Tigers win it all so their crazy ass owner can back off and stop inflating MLB salaries.

 

[Fountain City Blues]

What that tells me without even looking is that the Royals are probably very good as a team at getting on base. I wouldn't be shocked to see their OBP in the top 5 of the league. Let me go check to see if my hypothesis is accurate.

Edit. SO their OBP is middle of the pack but their team average is 3rd best. They must suck at taking walks then...you would think their OBP would be much higher.

Actually, they are more reminiscent of a team from the late 19th to early 20th century in approach. Very high contact rates, very low K rates, low HR%, lowest BB% of any team since 1970. Butler and Hosmer being disappointing have kind of dragged down the team OBP from where I would think it would be considering what Escobar and Cain are doing. Butler has come out of his shell since the 2nd half though it would seem.

 

[RevSader]

They sucked offensively at the beginning of the year, I bet your hypothesis is correct if you look at the last couple months...

Yeah even their team wRC+ is below average, so that makes sense.

 

[BLeslie59Rangers]

I hope not. Don't care for the Royals. Hope the Tigers win it all so their crazy ass owner can back off and stop inflating MLB salaries.

You have a point there...give that owner his World Series ring so he'll move to the retirement farm...but I still like seeing big spending teams bite it when they attempt to buy the ring...except for the Rangers of course!!!

 

[Nightcrawler]

Our hitting woes appear to be systemic. When's the last time we've seen a kid from our farm system come up and hit well? We need to evaluate the whole system this offseason. Get rid of Magadan for sure, but evaluate the minors too.

 

[WastinSomeTime]

Why is Odor not playing? Put Rosales at first.

 

[RevSader]

Our hitting woes appear to be systemic. When's the last time we've seen a kid from our farm system come up and hit well? We need to evaluate the whole system this offseason. Get rid of Magadan for sure, but evaluate the minors too.

lol no they don't....The minors are fine. They have the best combined record of any farm system in baseball.

 

[WastinSomeTime]

When you are 0 for a whole bunch no point in talking about how unlucky the guy supposedly has been. In reality he stinks right now and has a mediocre arm. Good as a 4th OF not a starter.

 

[darrylgann]

Why is Odor not playing? Put Rosales at first.

@TexRangersDaily: Rougned Odor out of Texas Rangers lineup: 'This kid has never had to grind ... - Dallas Morning News (blog) Rougned Odor out of Texas Rangers lineup: ?This kid has never had to grind like this? | Dallas Morning News

 

[BLeslie59Rangers]

Our hitting woes appear to be systemic. When's the last time we've seen a kid from our farm system come up and hit well? We need to evaluate the whole system this offseason. Get rid of Magadan for sure, but evaluate the minors too.

Smolenski (sp?) looked good during his two weeks with the team, but the bad luck took care of him. But it sure would be nice if we could find a Kole Calhoun in our system to give us some immediate help. Our stud prospects are still too young...

 

[DT LUNA]

Smolenski (sp?) looked good during his two weeks with the team, but the bad luck took care of him. But it sure would be nice if we could find a Kole Calhoun in our system. Our stud prospects are still too young...

Odor is not to shabby.

 

[RevSader]

Smolenski (sp?) looked good during his two weeks with the team, but the bad luck took care of him. But it sure would be nice if we could find a Kole Calhoun in our system. Our stud prospects are still too young...

Kole Calhoun...random ass year of brilliance.

 

[BLeslie59Rangers]

Odor is not to shabby.

Oops!!! Forgot about him...!

 

[BLeslie59Rangers]

Kole Calhoun...random ass year of brilliance.

I sure hope so...

 

[WastinSomeTime]

@TexRangersDaily: Rougned Odor out of Texas Rangers lineup: 'This kid has never had to grind ... - Dallas Morning News (blog) Rougned Odor out of Texas Rangers lineup: ?This kid has never had to grind like this? | Dallas Morning News

Couldn't they have rested against a lefty? Whatever. RW should know because he is the manager and that makes him a genius. . Thanks Darryl.