MLB 2015 Season
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First post of the thread. Awesome.Spring training has begun, the season will be here in a couple weeks, time for a new thread.
ITT we discuss why the Royals will repeat as AL champs
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Congrats to you Royals fans. I love watching teams win by doing the little things, running the bases, playing small ball, etc. They are a young team too so they will challenge for a few more years if they keep that squad together.
Ritley
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Royals have some interesting offseason decisions to make.
Guthrie is done, no way they pick up a $10 mil option on him
Madson, Young and Franklin Morales are all free agents. Madson and Young are worth keeping if the price is right.
Zobrist needs to be signed, but he got expensive with how well he played since moving to the royals.
Cueto will probably get a qualifying offer and reject it.
Rios aint getting 12.5mil. I am actually pretty high on him, but putting Dyson or Orlando out there would work great for a hell of a lot less cash
I think the royals will pick up the rest of the options, and try to sign a few players that are FA after the 2016 year to longer term contracts. Infante's contract still makes me sick
Guthrie is done, no way they pick up a $10 mil option on him
Madson, Young and Franklin Morales are all free agents. Madson and Young are worth keeping if the price is right.
Zobrist needs to be signed, but he got expensive with how well he played since moving to the royals.
Cueto will probably get a qualifying offer and reject it.
Rios aint getting 12.5mil. I am actually pretty high on him, but putting Dyson or Orlando out there would work great for a hell of a lot less cash
I think the royals will pick up the rest of the options, and try to sign a few players that are FA after the 2016 year to longer term contracts. Infante's contract still makes me sick
Kirun
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We went on a run toward the end of the season and almost snuck into the playoffs. We got wrecked by injuries this season.
Duffy looks extremely promising. Panik and Crawford are great and amazing defensively. Belt can rip it (when he's healthy). So, our infield is solid as hell.
We just need a really solid leadoff guy (that can stay healthy) and a really solid #2 or #3 starter. Cain should be the solid #2, but his health is still up in the air. Hudson is retiring (and old), Peavy is old, and Lincecum might also be forced to retire because of health.
If we can shore up the pitching staff and add a solid leadoff guy, I like our chances in 2016.
DickTrickle
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Do other teams have this kind of turnout when they win? It's unreal. So many schools cancelled classes and I know plenty of businesses let their employees off. Numbers are usually inflated, but I heard 400K turnout thrown around.
Joeboo
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Just an absolute sea of humanity
Traffic map an hour before parade start:
Drone shot of the start of the parade route
https://www.facebook.com/griffin.dav...7959888937978/
People just abandoning their cars on the highways to walk over to the parade, because traffic hasn't moved in hours
Kansas City looks like The Walking Dead - SBNation.com
Traffic map an hour before parade start:
Drone shot of the start of the parade route
https://www.facebook.com/griffin.dav...7959888937978/
People just abandoning their cars on the highways to walk over to the parade, because traffic hasn't moved in hours
Kansas City looks like The Walking Dead - SBNation.com
Free agency starts Saturday.
Blue Jays already exercised options on Bautista, Encarnacion and Dickey. Brewers likewise on Adam Lind.
Detroit did not exercise Joe Nathan's option, nor did Philly with Cliff Lee.
Cespedes is apparently VERY unlikely to sign with the Mets.
Blue Jays already exercised options on Bautista, Encarnacion and Dickey. Brewers likewise on Adam Lind.
Detroit did not exercise Joe Nathan's option, nor did Philly with Cliff Lee.
Cespedes is apparently VERY unlikely to sign with the Mets.
Joeboo
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If it did approach 600k, that's nuts. That's basically 1/3 of the entire Metro Area. 1 out of every 3 people in about a 25 mile radius at the parade, and larger than the entire population of the city of Kansas City(KC itself is just shy of 500k population)