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Bryce Harper bunted twice tonight.
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bunting is the dumbest thing in baseball. i hate bunting.
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bunting is the dumbest thing in baseball. i hate bunting.
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I dont agree that bunting is always dumb, but it is very overused. And I didnt use abunting is the dumbest thing in baseball. i hate bunting.Well I'll be!Bryce Harper bunted twice tonight.
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whats..going..on here.. 
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Bunting isn't dumb.
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Not exactly a fan of giving teams a free out.
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Sacrifice bunting is dumb.
If you're someone who can bunt for hits, or someone who gets majorly shifted for (this should especially happen more often), go for it every now and then.
If you're someone who can bunt for hits, or someone who gets majorly shifted for (this should especially happen more often), go for it every now and then.
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That article was specific in saying that it's stupid for particular players to bunt, which I agree with. Not that bunting is a bad idea regardless of situation.
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Harper and Gio showed up today. Drew Storen...watching you pitch will take years off my life, and I'm only 19.
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Big Game James Shields is a BEAST.
I feel so sorry for him. He takes the Hill, u can sit ur bullpen, and the sorry *** Royals can never score more than 1 run for him
HOW DOES THIS MAN ONLY HAVE TWO ******G WINS!!?!?!?
I feel so sorry for him. He takes the Hill, u can sit ur bullpen, and the sorry *** Royals can never score more than 1 run for him
HOW DOES THIS MAN ONLY HAVE TWO ******G WINS!!?!?!?
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David Ortiz stole a base!
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Lemme check and see of this Ortiz steal is on at bat...
Edit: yep it's on there...nobody paid him any attention
And yea @ Gunna...crazy they can never hit well when he pitches...reminds me of cliff lee last season
Edit: yep it's on there...nobody paid him any attention
And yea @ Gunna...crazy they can never hit well when he pitches...reminds me of cliff lee last season
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Big Game James Shields is a BEAST.
I feel so sorry for him. He takes the Hill, u can sit ur bullpen, and the sorry *** Royals can never score more than 1 run for him
HOW DOES THIS MAN ONLY HAVE TWO ******G WINS!!?!?!?
and one of his 2 wins he gave up 10 hits and 4 ER
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I definitely wouldn't be surprised to see him go 220 IP with 200+ Ks again and barely crack double digit wins.
They've gotten dreadful offensive production from those corner infield spots.
They've gotten dreadful offensive production from those corner infield spots.
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Hes been one of my fav players since he tried to decapitate coco crisp with that wild right haymaker
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Hes been one of my fav players since he tried to decapitate coco crisp with that wild right haymaker
What. Video?
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Besides Alex Gordon they aren't getting any production from really anywhere in that lineup. Moustakas, Hosmer, and Francouer are really crapping the bed right now. At some point they are gonna have to let Miggy Tejada get some more AB's. I like this Royals team thoughI definitely wouldn't be surprised to see him go 220 IP with 200+ Ks again and barely crack double digit wins.
They've gotten dreadful offensive production from those corner infield spots.
Frenchy's been ******** the bed for 3 years now. To think they REFUSED to bring Myers up just to keep his bat in the lineup
They always seem to find a way to screw up their prospects. Look at how vaunted their system was not even 3 years ago. Almost every one of those top guys has either had injuries or struggled immensely. They've been really lucky to get so much value out of Santana and Guthrie so far.
Dayton Moore might need to go.
Diagnosing Hosmer and Moustakas' woes.
They always seem to find a way to screw up their prospects. Look at how vaunted their system was not even 3 years ago. Almost every one of those top guys has either had injuries or struggled immensely. They've been really lucky to get so much value out of Santana and Guthrie so far.
Dayton Moore might need to go.
Diagnosing Hosmer and Moustakas' woes.
HOUSTON -- Eric Hosmer looked like a future MVP as recently as spring training of 2012, but since then his failure to develop as a hitter has been one of the more surprising developments on the prospect front, and it's a major reason why the Kansas City Royals haven't played up to expectations. I scouted his game on Wednesday to try and get a sense of what has gone wrong.
Hosmer, the third overall pick in the strong 2008 draft -- two picks ahead of someone named Buster, and I don't mean Bluth -- was below-replacement level last year and is on pace to be worth less than a win above it this year. The most likely reason I can see is in his hands.
When Hosmer was tearing through the minors, his approach was exceedingly quiet, but since then it's become more and more complicated and less efficient at producing hard contact. Before reaching the majors, Hosmer would start his hands back by his left shoulder and load them behind him with one quick movement, putting them on a level with his lead shoulder and over a spot just behind his back foot. He'd step forward, start his weight transfer and then explode with a very rotational swing without moving his hands until he began that forward motion. It was simple and devastating.
Now, Hosmer starts his hands just behind his ear and they are in constant motion from when he gets set in the box to when he loads them in a position over his rear foot and lower than his front shoulder, which causes his back (left shoulder) to start to point up and back at the first base dugout. His hands continue moving as he strides, further back and further up, tracing half a circle, counterclockwise, before he brings them forward -- by which point he's already turned his hips most of the way. The torque he generates through hip rotation is wasted, and I think that's where his impressive raw power has gone.
If you want good news, Hosmer's bat speed is intact, and he's still in great shape. His at bats are solid, and he even hung in there on Tuesday night against a lefty specialist, Wesley Wright, brought in specifically to face him with two on in the eighth inning. But there is way too much untapped potential here, and if I can spot these alterations to Hosmer's swing mechanics, there's no reason the Royals couldn't do the same.
He's hitting .271/.342/.347, which shows he's not a lost cause, but the lack of power is alarming.
• I wish I could offer such a concrete opinion on Mike Moustakas' struggles, but there's nothing so glaringly different about his swing today. He's taking a much longer stride -- he used to have a minimal stride, just a short step forward that was more about having a trigger than transferring his weight -- and rather than whipping the bat through the zone as he used to do, he's almost dragging it behind him. It's possible that shortening his stride would help restore the lost bat speed, or at least keep him a little more closed through contact.
He always rolled over his lead foot a little, but that's more pronounced today than it was when he was in the minors. Hosmer can at least get by now because his plate discipline is so strong, but that's always been a weak point for Moustakas. He needs to hit to justify his place in the lineup, and right now his line is .180/.252/.309. I'd at least start by shortening his stride, if only to see if that can produce some short-term benefits.
• I should be back at Minute Maid Park on Wednesday night but will be bouncing between the Southland and Conference USA tournaments during the day, starting at the former at 9 a.m. and moving over to Rice's Reckling Park to try to catch Memphis' Sam Moll and Tulane's Tony Rizzotti in the late morning and afternoon. I look forward to seeing some of you along the way.
Hosmer, the third overall pick in the strong 2008 draft -- two picks ahead of someone named Buster, and I don't mean Bluth -- was below-replacement level last year and is on pace to be worth less than a win above it this year. The most likely reason I can see is in his hands.
When Hosmer was tearing through the minors, his approach was exceedingly quiet, but since then it's become more and more complicated and less efficient at producing hard contact. Before reaching the majors, Hosmer would start his hands back by his left shoulder and load them behind him with one quick movement, putting them on a level with his lead shoulder and over a spot just behind his back foot. He'd step forward, start his weight transfer and then explode with a very rotational swing without moving his hands until he began that forward motion. It was simple and devastating.
Now, Hosmer starts his hands just behind his ear and they are in constant motion from when he gets set in the box to when he loads them in a position over his rear foot and lower than his front shoulder, which causes his back (left shoulder) to start to point up and back at the first base dugout. His hands continue moving as he strides, further back and further up, tracing half a circle, counterclockwise, before he brings them forward -- by which point he's already turned his hips most of the way. The torque he generates through hip rotation is wasted, and I think that's where his impressive raw power has gone.
If you want good news, Hosmer's bat speed is intact, and he's still in great shape. His at bats are solid, and he even hung in there on Tuesday night against a lefty specialist, Wesley Wright, brought in specifically to face him with two on in the eighth inning. But there is way too much untapped potential here, and if I can spot these alterations to Hosmer's swing mechanics, there's no reason the Royals couldn't do the same.
He's hitting .271/.342/.347, which shows he's not a lost cause, but the lack of power is alarming.
• I wish I could offer such a concrete opinion on Mike Moustakas' struggles, but there's nothing so glaringly different about his swing today. He's taking a much longer stride -- he used to have a minimal stride, just a short step forward that was more about having a trigger than transferring his weight -- and rather than whipping the bat through the zone as he used to do, he's almost dragging it behind him. It's possible that shortening his stride would help restore the lost bat speed, or at least keep him a little more closed through contact.
He always rolled over his lead foot a little, but that's more pronounced today than it was when he was in the minors. Hosmer can at least get by now because his plate discipline is so strong, but that's always been a weak point for Moustakas. He needs to hit to justify his place in the lineup, and right now his line is .180/.252/.309. I'd at least start by shortening his stride, if only to see if that can produce some short-term benefits.
• I should be back at Minute Maid Park on Wednesday night but will be bouncing between the Southland and Conference USA tournaments during the day, starting at the former at 9 a.m. and moving over to Rice's Reckling Park to try to catch Memphis' Sam Moll and Tulane's Tony Rizzotti in the late morning and afternoon. I look forward to seeing some of you along the way.
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What happened exactly? With the Crisp thing.
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Honestly never thought much of Hosmer and Moustakas, offensively.
Perez came around. You knew his struggles wouldn't last.
Escobar in the field, though... love that boy. That play he made last night.
Ranges probably 10 feet up the middle on a smoked two-hopper, tough pick, spin, seed to first to retire Robbie Grossman, who is fast.
Edit: http://kansascity.royals.mlb.com/video/play.jsp?content_id=27364389&c_id=mlb
Perez came around. You knew his struggles wouldn't last.
Escobar in the field, though... love that boy. That play he made last night.
Ranges probably 10 feet up the middle on a smoked two-hopper, tough pick, spin, seed to first to retire Robbie Grossman, who is fast.
Edit: http://kansascity.royals.mlb.com/video/play.jsp?content_id=27364389&c_id=mlb
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You guys are forgetting about Billy Butler.....who had a rough start to the year but has really turned it on as of late. Dude rakes. And even in spite of his slow start, he is still on pace for damn near 120 RBIs.
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