Series Thread: Royals @ Blue Jays (August 23-25)

Post #1 » by **LittleOzzy** » Mon Aug 22, 2011 10:20 pm

Tuesday, August 23, 7:07 PM ET
Bruce Chen vs. Brandon Morrow

Wednesday, August 24, 7:07 PM ET
Luke Hochevar vs. Ricky Romero

Thursday, August 25, 7:07 PM ET
Jeff Francis vs. Brett Cecil

Post #2 » by **Geddy** » Mon Aug 22, 2011 10:22 pm

They better sweep this one

JoeyBats · Post #3 » by **JoeyBats** » Mon Aug 22, 2011 10:47 pm

rkid wrote:They better sweep this one

With our three best pitchers and against the team last in the Central. One lost would be a huge disappointment.

Post #4 » by **Nolan** » Mon Aug 22, 2011 11:23 pm

I'm actually looking forward to seeing the Royals. I haven't watched a lot of them this year but they've got a few great young players that I wanna see play.

Wo1verine · Post #5 » by **Wo1verine** » Mon Aug 22, 2011 11:55 pm

I can't stand watching the Royals all their players stink (besides Hosmer), and have an owner who deserves an ass beating for being so cheap.

satyr9 · Post #6 » by **satyr9** » Tue Aug 23, 2011 1:01 am

RaptorsInsider1 wrote:I can't stand watching the Royals all their players stink (besides Hosmer), and have an owner who deserves an ass beating for being so cheap.

Hosmer, Moustakas, Escobar, Butler, Gordon... that's not a bad collection of talent, albeit very young. Yes the Royals have been brutal in building a team for a very long time, but they've got some every day players right now. Even Melky and Francoeur deserve to be on the field, which is something I doubt you could've said about 7 starters for the Royals in any given year of the last decade.

I'm actually kind of looking forward to watching this team and seeing if I think it can progress swiftly.

Relentless88 · Post #7 » by **Relentless88** » Tue Aug 23, 2011 2:09 am

Their rotation is terrible. Sweep.

Lucky26 · Post #8 » by **Lucky26** » Tue Aug 23, 2011 2:17 am

I expect a lot of runs on both sides, good hitting team.

Post #9 » by **spykelee** » Tue Aug 23, 2011 2:30 am

I love the Royals! Infact just a couple days ago I ordered me up a replica powder blue Bo Jackson jersey. And Kaufmann stadium is one of my fav parks in all of baseball.

Sweep would be nice, but I doubt it. The royals have actually been relatively tough on the jays. Though that's usually more so in K.C. I'll take 2 outta 3. Cecil probably get's beat.

Post #10 » by **Nolan** » Tue Aug 23, 2011 2:37 am

satyr9 wrote:Hosmer, Moustakas, Escobar, Butler, Gordon... that's not a bad collection of talent, albeit very young. Yes the Royals have been brutal in building a team for a very long time, but they've got some every day players right now. Even Melky and Francoeur deserve to be on the field, which is something I doubt you could've said about 7 starters for the Royals in any given year of the last decade.

I'm actually kind of looking forward to watching this team and seeing if I think it can progress swiftly.

If they can add a few quality starters this offseason they could be a playoff team. Their bullpen is decent but they're rotation is just awful.

Weems · Post #11 » by **Weems** » Tue Aug 23, 2011 3:55 am

Hopefully Morrow can avoid the bad inning. I've noticed that the Royals can actually string together some hits and aren't completely terrible at times, having been stuck with a few Royals scattered on my fantasy teams and seeing their production come in bunches.

Banco · Post #12 » by **Banco** » Tue Aug 23, 2011 4:15 am

Damn I didn't know Bruce Chen was still in the league.

Parthenon · Post #13 » by **Parthenon** » Tue Aug 23, 2011 1:21 pm

Banco wrote:Damn I didn't know Bruce Chen was still in the league.

I remember a recent start against us, he totally dominated us and we ending up losing despite Halladay also pitching a masterful game.

Brinbe · Post #14 » by **Brinbe** » Tue Aug 23, 2011 1:23 pm

Yeah, we definitely should kill them, but you never know with this team.

LLJ · Post #15 » by **LLJ** » Tue Aug 23, 2011 6:15 pm

Sometimes it's not the pitching that screws the Jays against bad teams, it's the run support. Can't win with 0 or 1 run support. We've had a couple of those against some bad teams this year, not just Oakland.

Avp115 · Post #16 » by **Avp115** » Tue Aug 23, 2011 6:30 pm

LLJ wrote:Sometimes it's not the pitching that screws the Jays against bad teams, it's the run support. Can't win with 0 or 1 run support. We've had a couple of those against some bad teams this year, not just Oakland.

I think those games are a result of people being out of the lineup. In Oakland people like Lind, Bautista, and Escobar (pretty much the heart of our lineup) were missing.

MGD24 · Post #17 » by **MGD24** » Tue Aug 23, 2011 9:05 pm

Tonight's lineup;

Yunel Escobar SS
Eric Thames LF
Jose Bautista RF
Adam Lind 1B
Edwin Encarnacion DH
Colby Rasmus CF
Brett Lawrie 3B
Jose Molina C
Mike McCoy 2B

Strav · Post #18 » by **Strav** » Tue Aug 23, 2011 9:29 pm

MGD24 wrote:Tonight's lineup;

Yunel Escobar SS
Eric Thames LF
Jose Bautista RF
Adam Lind 1B
Edwin Encarnacion DH
Colby Rasmus CF
Brett Lawrie 3B
Jose Molina C
Mike McCoy 2B

they really love EE at the five. Love to see Lawrie and Rasmus moved around a little to see where they fit better with Jose for next year.

crosswalkryan · Post #19 » by **crosswalkryan** » Tue Aug 23, 2011 9:52 pm

I think Rasmus and Thames are pretty interchangeable and the jays should experiment with swapping them at the 2 spot whenever one is hot.

And yeah, I'd give Lawrie a few games at the 4 spot especially when Lind is out or sitting.

Post #20 » by **spykelee** » Tue Aug 23, 2011 11:27 pm

Great start Morrow!!!!!!! FFS