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Really enjoying your work. I started reading after I heard you on 810. Baseball has been my favorite sport since I was a little kid, through watching my own son play high school ball.

Keep up the great work! -Clint

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Thanks, Clint! Glad you found the site.

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Great breakdown on Junis and Matheny. Timely is what I would call Junis's work - as you said, he perfectly scattered the hard hit balls. And Matheny does have this totally selfless bullpen with talent all the way around.

We're only 11 games in but I have to say, the looks to be Dayton's best work by far. I still think we need to fire Terry Bradshaw and DM has certainly had his share of misses. He's done a masterful job of mixing talent and personalities that give Matheny the tools to win. And to Matheny's credit, he's winning with them.

What a difference an offseason makes - Winning cures everything - suddenly watching the Royals is fun again!

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Thanks, Coach! There definitely is a different vibe around this team. Much easier to buy in than in the past. Now they just have to sustain what has been a solid start. No pressure.

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Really enjoying your work Craig! With the success Junis has had in the spring and his 1st 4 outings wanted to ask about his brother who has been his personal pitching coach. Any chance the Royals would look into hiring his brother given Jacob's success and all the trouble we've had developing pitching in the Dayton Moore era. Yes, we have alot of top prospects right now, but until they come up and have prolonged success always a little worried.

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Thanks, Jimmy! I'm not sure if the Royals would go that direction but I do know Noah is putting in the work to build his coaching credentials. Having Jakob's success on his resume certainly doesn't hurt.

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