2k24: Kansas City Royals

[revo]

Royals acquired RHP Hunter Harvey from the Nationals for INF Cayden Wallace and a Competitive Balance A pick.

That's a pretty steep price to pay for a setup guy. How long until he usurps McArthur as the closer?

[madducks]

Royals acquired RHP Hunter Harvey from the Nationals for INF Cayden Wallace and a Competitive Balance A pick.

[madducks]

Michael Wacha to the IL with a fractured left foot.

[madducks]

Royals sign Bobby Witt Jr. to an 11-year, $288.7 million contract extenstion, according to ESPN’s Jeff Passan.

The deal also includes a club option after the 11th season that would tack on three years and $89 million to the contract, giving it a 14-year, $377 million ceiling.

The contract also gives Witt four player opt-outs after each of years seven through ten.

[madducks]

The Royals place C Salvador Perez on the 7-day concussion IL.

[Sharky]

Hell of a steal for KC. They need the help!

[rhd]

Cole Ragans since being traded to KC (came over in the Aroldis trade):

47.7 IP, 35 H, 8 ER, 11 BB, 63 K, 1.51 ERA, 1.64 FIP, 4-1 W/L.

On a BA podcast, they said he could be a top ten SP next year. Wow!

[madducks]

Greinke is just 38 strikeouts away from 3000 for his career. Looks like he's not going to make it since he is averaging less than 4 K's per start this year.

However, he did get his 200th win back in 2019.

[revo]

Grienke 1-14 on the year. How the mighty have fallen.

Hard to believe he's pitched 20 years in the bigs. So many younger fans, like my son, have no idea how great he once was, and just think of him as a scrub.

[harmon]

Grienke 1-14 on the year. How the mighty have fallen.

[Sharky]

Ouch. Rough for him.

As a positive I guess Pratto's playing time is assured going forward.

Seemed pretty assured anyway but this iced it. Too bad for Pasquantino. And not as if KC needed any bad breaks.

[Ken]

Vinnie Pasquantino will undergo season-ending surgery to repair a torn labrum in his right shoulder.

Ouch. Rough for him.

As a positive I guess Pratto's playing time is assured going forward.

[madducks]

Vinnie Pasquantino will undergo season-ending surgery to repair a torn labrum in his right shoulder.

[rhd]

After tonite's start, Jordan Lyles is now 0-9 w a 7.30 ERA. When the O's signed Kyle Gibson, I thought "They let one Jordan Lyles go and signed another one who is both older and more expensive. They should have just kept the one they had". Good thing I'm not the O's GM. Gibson is 6-3 w a 3.82 ERA.

[Moonlight J]

Great hire -- excited to see how Q works with this young roster. I don't know if they've made a pitching coach hire yet, but anything is an upgrade from Cal Eldred