2k24: Kansas City Royals

[revo]

Edinson Volquez recorded the worst start in over a century last night as he allowed 12 runs in just one inning. Ouch!

[Hornsby]

Who is Whit Merrifield?
Why is he hitting .345?
Why is his mom's name Kissy?

That's Whitley to you sir! Good day!

[revo]

Who is Whit Merrifield?
Why is he hitting .345?
Why is his mom's name Kissy?

[revo]

Salvador Perez leaves with a knee injury after another collision.....the Royals are snakebitten this season.

[joncarlos]

So..... Christian Colon or Omar Infante? Will there be an outright winner of the 2B job? Either would be sort of interesting given 500 ABs, and I know how much Ned likes a set lineup...

[Hornsby]

Their RF situation was already a mess. Are they a candidate for Austin Jackson? Or a trade? 6 full weeks of Paulo Orlando seems like a bad plan.

It's only the 1st two weeks of the regular season, so it's not that big a deal...

[SlideRule]

Well last year when Rios was injured they played a lot of Orlando instead of Dyson... Not that it was necessarily a good idea.

[joncarlos]

Jarrod Dyson has an oblique strain and will miss the next 6 weeks.

Their RF situation was already a mess. Are they a candidate for Austin Jackson? Or a trade? 6 full weeks of Paulo Orlando seems like a bad plan.

[revo]

Jarrod Dyson has an oblique strain and will miss the next 6 weeks.

[SlideRule]

Agreed. Stop that. You'll just hurt yourself.

Don't worry, I only noticed b/c he is vestigially left on my roster from last year and they are now showing 2016 projections on my roster page. I saw the 59.995 or something under SBs and my brain exploded.

[Gregg]

Agreed. Stop that. You'll just hurt yourself.

Yep, something is seriously wrong with their projections.

[The Dane]

Of course, I would never use CBS projections anyways.....

Agreed. Stop that. You'll just hurt yourself.

[revo]

So CBS is projecting 60 SBs for Jarrod Dyson in 2016. Is that a typo? 60!? Where did that come from? The next highest number is Altuve at 36. Something is amiss...

I could see that figure if he were to get 600 PAs, but that's not in the realm of possibility. Plus, they're projecting him for just 313 ABs, which makes sense considering he can't hit lefties and will almost certainly be in a platoon. So I would guess that it is a typo.

Of course, I would never use CBS projections anyways.....

[SlideRule]

So CBS is projecting 60 SBs for Jarrod Dyson in 2016. Is that a typo? 60!? Where did that come from? The next highest number is Altuve at 36. Something is amiss...

[Controller Jacobs]

Most of the KC roster hits the Free Agent market in 2018:

SP:
- Edinson Volquez (2017 option)
- Jason Vargas
- Kris Medlen (2017 option)
- Chris Young
- Danny Duffy
*(not Yordano Ventura - he's signed long term)

RP
- Wade Davis (2017 option)
- Luke Hochevar (2017 mutual option, so likely he'll be fa in 2017)

*(not C Salvador Perez - has 2017-2019 options)
1B Eric Hosmer
2B Omar Infante (2018 team option, at this rate unlikely to be exercised)
3B Mike Moustakas
SS Alcides Escobar (2017 option)
CF Lorenzo Cain
OF Jarrod Dyson
DH Kendrys Morales (2017 option)