Comments on: Friday Notes

By: skepticaltransplant

skepticaltransplant — Fri, 14 Sep 2018 19:03:43 +0000

I don’t think the outfield situation is that difficult. Herrera and Goodwin are both similar in that they were once top 100 prospects, but they didn’t live up to the hype. Herrera can’t hit. Goodwin can hit well enough for a fourth outfielder, but he has a fringe arm for RF and fringe range for CF. He’d probably be alright in LF, but there are 20 million reasons he won’t stick there for the Royals next year.

They are both guys for whom it makes a lot of sense for a 100 loss team to give them a lot of playing time to see if they can possibly unlock more of the talent scouts once saw in them. They aren’t guys that stay on the roster when that doesn’t happen and there are other guys that need to play.

The starting pitching has looked better recently. I’m not sold on it. We’ve seen this before with other starters who look better late in the season and revert to being bad the next year.

By: David Lesky

David Lesky — Fri, 14 Sep 2018 15:15:13 +0000

It’ll definitely be interesting to see how they handle it. Just a bit of a logjam, but these things have a way of working themselves out.

By: Jerry Mullen

Jerry Mullen — Fri, 14 Sep 2018 15:13:16 +0000

I think Nicky Lopez will be our 2nd baseman with Whit (if not traded) spending most of his time in CF but occasionally moving to 2B as Lopez can give Mondesi days off at SS. Whit can also play some 3B for Dozier. I don’t see Goodwin or Herrera making the team, in fact they might be traded for low level prospects and open up spots on 40 man roster including Mejia who is better prospect then Herrera. Phillips will be on 25 man because he would be the only other capable CF. Soler would be RF, DH. Bonifacio would be LF, RF & DH. Just my opinion!

By: David Lesky

David Lesky — Fri, 14 Sep 2018 14:59:12 +0000

I could see Lopez as a guy who slides over to SS to give Mondesi days off, but I don’t think they’ll want to have him moving around in the big leagues when he could be playing every day at one position. I could be wrong, but I think the smart move is to get him comfortable at his primary position (probably 2B) and leave him there as much as possible.

By: David Lesky

David Lesky — Fri, 14 Sep 2018 14:31:00 +0000

I can’t imagine there’s a team out there giving up anything of use for Bubba Starling, decreased strikeout rate or not.

By: Robert Sailler

Robert Sailler — Fri, 14 Sep 2018 13:55:57 +0000

I’m not sure the Royals are ready to give up on Bubba Starling. Maybe a trade candidate for a bullpen arm. Bubba has cut down on his strike out rate when he’s been healthy. Healthy is a key word in connection to Bubba.

By: Royalron

Royalron — Fri, 14 Sep 2018 13:45:23 +0000

Always enjoy your Friday Notes David! With respect to the utility infield position, if not Herrera, how about N. Lopez? He could start 2 days a week at short, 1-2 at 2nd and 1-2 at 3rd. He’d be more of a Whit-type player than a true bench guy. Just a thought.