Red Mosquito

Self wrote:

you think? i was expecting the royals to be tough considering how they've been playing of late.

elliseamos wrote:you think? i was expecting the royals to be tough considering how they've been playing of late.

Nah, I was just being a dick. They've got 3 games on the Rays, and the schedule isn't daunting. But, dropping 3 out of 4 to KC, no matter how they're playing, is a bit underwhelming. Still, the year-to-year turnaround is enough for me.

Self wrote:

elliseamos wrote:you think? i was expecting the royals to be tough considering how they've been playing of late.

Nah, I was just being a dick. They've got 3 games on the Rays, and the schedule isn't daunting. But, dropping 3 out of 4 to KC, no matter how they're playing, is a bit underwhelming. Still, the year-to-year turnaround is enough for me.

KC did well to get Shields & Davis from TB. they're not the royals of recent past.

elliseamos wrote:

Self wrote:

elliseamos wrote:you think? i was expecting the royals to be tough considering how they've been playing of late.

Nah, I was just being a dick. They've got 3 games on the Rays, and the schedule isn't daunting. But, dropping 3 out of 4 to KC, no matter how they're playing, is a bit underwhelming. Still, the year-to-year turnaround is enough for me.

KC did well to get Shields & Davis from TB. they're not the royals of recent past.

that trade was awful for KC. They are nowhere near the position you'd need to be in to justify a win-now trade like that.

numbers wrote:

elliseamos wrote:

Self wrote:

elliseamos wrote:you think? i was expecting the royals to be tough considering how they've been playing of late.

Nah, I was just being a dick. They've got 3 games on the Rays, and the schedule isn't daunting. But, dropping 3 out of 4 to KC, no matter how they're playing, is a bit underwhelming. Still, the year-to-year turnaround is enough for me.

KC did well to get Shields & Davis from TB. they're not the royals of recent past.

that trade was awful for KC. They are nowhere near the position you'd need to be in to justify a win-now trade like that.

i don't know if it was "win-now" as much as it was about getting 2 SP for 1 OF. Supposedly it would have been Lester, Doubront, plus others for the same thing that TB got in return. I'd take Wade Davis & James Shields over Lester & Doubront.

The royals traded their top prospect, one of the top prospects in the game, for a poor mans ace(who's contract is up soon) and a back end starter. That's a trade you make when Shields and Davis are the final two pieces to make you a World Series contender.

numbers wrote:The royals traded their top prospect, one of the top prospects in the game, for a poor mans ace(who's contract is up soon) and a back end starter. That's a trade you make when Shields and Davis are the final two pieces to make you a World Series contender.

but having a top-prospect OF hasn't done much for the likes of LAA or WAS, no? you can't piece together a rotation (w/o spending top dollar) like you can a line-up/defense.

numbers wrote:The royals traded their top prospect, one of the top prospects in the game, for a poor mans ace(who's contract is up soon) and a back end starter. That's a trade you make when Shields and Davis are the final two pieces to make you a World Series contender.

Yup. And we should have been the ones to rape them for Myers.

cutuphalfdead wrote:

numbers wrote:The royals traded their top prospect, one of the top prospects in the game, for a poor mans ace(who's contract is up soon) and a back end starter. That's a trade you make when Shields and Davis are the final two pieces to make you a World Series contender.

Yup. And we should have been the ones to rape them for Myers.

Well the Rays were alot better positioned to make that trade, but yeah, I think in hindsight I would have. Doubront has been much better than I thought he would have been in the winter though.

VICTORINO!!!

Shut up, guys. Just... shut up.

Wow.

good for Nap and Lester... but honestly, what the hell was that first run for Toronto?

elliseamos wrote:

numbers wrote:

elliseamos wrote:

Self wrote:

elliseamos wrote:you think? i was expecting the royals to be tough considering how they've been playing of late.

Nah, I was just being a dick. They've got 3 games on the Rays, and the schedule isn't daunting. But, dropping 3 out of 4 to KC, no matter how they're playing, is a bit underwhelming. Still, the year-to-year turnaround is enough for me.

KC did well to get Shields & Davis from TB. they're not the royals of recent past.

that trade was awful for KC. They are nowhere near the position you'd need to be in to justify a win-now trade like that.

i don't know if it was "win-now" as much as it was about getting 2 SP for 1 OF. Supposedly it would have been Lester, Doubront, plus others for the same thing that TB got in return. I'd take Wade Davis & James Shields over Lester & Doubront.

Agreed with numbers--not a great trade for KC to make in their position (would have been an amazing trade for, say, Balitmore to really shore up their rotation). Also, don't forget there was another pitching prospect in with Myers--top 50 prospect who has now thrown a no-hitter in triple-A and looks more than poised to fill a Wade Davis role in the future. So...yeah, I pretty much love this trade for the Rays.

Mickey wrote:Also, don't forget yada yada yada

i forgot.

elliseamos wrote:good for Nap and Lester... but honestly, what the hell was that first run for Toronto?

Little league!

I'm not proud of this, but I went to bed with two out in the bottom of the ninth. I always regret it when I do that.

Let the era of x begin

numbers wrote:Let the era of x begin

Simple Torture wrote:

numbers wrote:Let the era of x begin

Im legit excited about this game tonight and seeing him play.