1. Something about an overcast day game in San Francisco with the Giants in their classic home whites makes for an aesthetically pleasing picture. Maybe I'm weird, maybe I'm the only one, but I stick by this observation.
2. A week into the season and I'm fully on board with baseball's pace of play in 23. I'm not saying the new rules are perfect, but it's really rejuvenated the viewing experience for me.
3. Fun to see some of the big bats finally go yard.
4. After the last few years, it's going to take a lot more than two starts to convince me that Keller is for real. That's going to be a "wait-and-see" type of thing. Maybe check back with me around the All-Star break. But you gotta start somewhere to get to that end goal, and so far the results have been encouraging.
The pitchers have generally looked quite good this year, especially the starters, and that's certainly encouraging. I continue to have hope (nothing more at this point) that the coaching changes will benefit most of the pitching staff.
But we have to remember that Brad Keller looked almost unhittable early last season until he fell flat on his face. It's far too early to draw conclusions. OTOH I have to admit that if that's true for the pitchers it's true for the hitters as well.
From a moral/ethical POV I'm still extremely uncomfortable with Chapman being on this roster, and in fact I'm uncomfortable with him being in MLB at all. But from a pure baseball POV it can't be denied that it's worked out well for the Royals so far. Let's hope that continues until they trade him!
My quick thoughts on today's fun win.
1. Something about an overcast day game in San Francisco with the Giants in their classic home whites makes for an aesthetically pleasing picture. Maybe I'm weird, maybe I'm the only one, but I stick by this observation.
2. A week into the season and I'm fully on board with baseball's pace of play in 23. I'm not saying the new rules are perfect, but it's really rejuvenated the viewing experience for me.
3. Fun to see some of the big bats finally go yard.
4. After the last few years, it's going to take a lot more than two starts to convince me that Keller is for real. That's going to be a "wait-and-see" type of thing. Maybe check back with me around the All-Star break. But you gotta start somewhere to get to that end goal, and so far the results have been encouraging.
Alternate Title: IS THE ROYALS BULLPEN DOMINANCE BACK!? (Not clickbait)
The pitchers have generally looked quite good this year, especially the starters, and that's certainly encouraging. I continue to have hope (nothing more at this point) that the coaching changes will benefit most of the pitching staff.
But we have to remember that Brad Keller looked almost unhittable early last season until he fell flat on his face. It's far too early to draw conclusions. OTOH I have to admit that if that's true for the pitchers it's true for the hitters as well.
From a moral/ethical POV I'm still extremely uncomfortable with Chapman being on this roster, and in fact I'm uncomfortable with him being in MLB at all. But from a pure baseball POV it can't be denied that it's worked out well for the Royals so far. Let's hope that continues until they trade him!