Thanks for the deep dive and I agree with a lot of what you said l (that “this is for Opening Day not who gets the most reps” particularly resonated). I did notice you left off Lovelady and Hernandez who are both out of options. Do you think they will be playing in another org by Opening Day?
It would be nice if Garcia just forced his way into the picture, either out of camp or early in the season. Not sure the Royals realize it, but prospects are allowed to hit the ground running and be great from the start. It happens on other teams. BWJ and Vinnie P. gave me hope that it can still happen in KC. (Sort of.) We'll see how aggressive they are with him. Gotta be a middle ground between the rush job they pulled with Mondesi and the way they dragged their heels on Vinnie.
Just asking for your gut feeling. I know you can't predict the future. At least, I assume you can't. Do you see either Isbel or Waters being the long-term answer in CF? I feel like both could potentially be good enough in the right lineup, but not sure I see either of them ever joining the ranks of great KC CFs like AO, Wilson, and Cain.
I'm convinced that they see MJ as the regular LF and think they will carry Fermin as reserve catcher. Probably won't carry 3 reserve infielders and I still think there is a chance Lopez is traded with Garcia waiting in the wings and Drury able to play SS in a limited capacity. Eaton has a lot of defensive versatility which makes him almost certainly a lock for the 26 man. My thoughts and I live in Surprise in the winter and will take in lots of workouts.
Mr. B, despite his defensive shortcomings, I maintain that Dozier could become at least a serviceable occasional DH/Pinch-hitter/Reserve IF-OF should he learn to deal with his kryptonite, the slider.
I would lock him into a batting cage and force-feed that pitch to him until he learns when to either lay off it completely, or at least try to take it the other way.
Thanks for the deep dive and I agree with a lot of what you said l (that “this is for Opening Day not who gets the most reps” particularly resonated). I did notice you left off Lovelady and Hernandez who are both out of options. Do you think they will be playing in another org by Opening Day?
It would be nice if Garcia just forced his way into the picture, either out of camp or early in the season. Not sure the Royals realize it, but prospects are allowed to hit the ground running and be great from the start. It happens on other teams. BWJ and Vinnie P. gave me hope that it can still happen in KC. (Sort of.) We'll see how aggressive they are with him. Gotta be a middle ground between the rush job they pulled with Mondesi and the way they dragged their heels on Vinnie.
Just asking for your gut feeling. I know you can't predict the future. At least, I assume you can't. Do you see either Isbel or Waters being the long-term answer in CF? I feel like both could potentially be good enough in the right lineup, but not sure I see either of them ever joining the ranks of great KC CFs like AO, Wilson, and Cain.
I'm convinced that they see MJ as the regular LF and think they will carry Fermin as reserve catcher. Probably won't carry 3 reserve infielders and I still think there is a chance Lopez is traded with Garcia waiting in the wings and Drury able to play SS in a limited capacity. Eaton has a lot of defensive versatility which makes him almost certainly a lock for the 26 man. My thoughts and I live in Surprise in the winter and will take in lots of workouts.
Mr. B, despite his defensive shortcomings, I maintain that Dozier could become at least a serviceable occasional DH/Pinch-hitter/Reserve IF-OF should he learn to deal with his kryptonite, the slider.
I would lock him into a batting cage and force-feed that pitch to him until he learns when to either lay off it completely, or at least try to take it the other way.
I would not be surprised to see Comargo win the 3B job this spring. He has had some success in the bigs.