2022 Season | Series #16 | Royals @ Guardians | May 30 - June 1

[CDAV45]

Pilkington has started three games for us. Morgan has pitched multiple innings in all three of them.

They have combined for 20.1 IP and five ER....a 2.21 ERA.

Thats why Tito uses Morgan as he does, instead of limiting him to a strictly setup role.

What an instrumental piece with a bunch of talented young SP beginning to surface. Invaluable right now and simple effective any other time.

 

[CATS44]

Wish we could play the Royals every game.

So does Minnesota. They also would like to play Detroit.

But the Twins have already played KC ten times and Detroit nine.

We've played KC seven times and Detroit five.

Edited to throw in Baltimore and Oakland aa teams the Twins would like to play, but they are already done with Oakland and have only three games left with Baltimore.

We have ten combined games left vs those two.

We have 14 more games left against the four worst teams in the AL than do the Twins.

The season is far from over.

 

[DCTribefan]

Can you watch it in northeastern Ohio though from MLB.tv?

Why did I attend in person? Oh yeah, because I could walk up and buy good seats that were covered for the thunderstorms that didn’t arrive until after the game. Small crowd of 13,000 but enjoyable to watch Konnor’s K strikeout meter on the side scoreboard, and Eli mowing them down although not without a little turbulence along the way.

 

[DCTribefan]

Definitely looks like he has lost a tick or 2

It was pretty hot and humid day for pitchers.

 

[DCTribefan]

Nice at bat by Benintendi....served a pitch the opposite way to beat the shift.

Benintendi is going to generate a nice return to the Royals at the TDL. All his hits were rockets today.

 

[Wham with the Right Hand]

So does Minnesota. They also would like to play Detroit.

But the Twins have already played KC ten times and Detroit nine.

We've played KC seven times and Detroit five.

Edited to throw in Baltimore and Oakland aa teams the Twins would like to play, but they are already done with Oakland and have only three games left with Baltimore.

We have ten combined games left vs those two.

We have 14 more games left against the four worst teams in the AL than do the Twins.

The season is far from over.

Also, the Twins have played 28 home games while we have played 19.

After playing Detroit tonight and tomorrow the Twins play nine games against the Blue Jays (28-20), Yankees (34-15), and Rays (28-21).

Our next 10 are against Baltimore, Texas, and Oakland. We could be right there with them in a couple of weeks.

 

[DCTribefan]

You'd think after Rosario swung and missed two breaking balls in the dirt he'd know he was getting another and lay off it.

Nope.

It was a laughably bad AB.

 

[Wham with the Right Hand]

Benintendi is going to generate a nice return to the Royals at the TDL. All his hits were rockets today.

He's a free agent after this season. If I were the Royals I would try to extend him. He's only 27.

By the way, with the way he makes contact he would fit right in with this team.

I'm hoping Kwan develops into a Benintendi in a couple of years.

 

[Gson]

Just a note for consideration...

Benintendi will be desired by any one of six teams in the AL and about the same as in the NL.. especially if the return to the Royals includes anyone with talent..

Read: a bidding war is not only likely.. it's going to be encouraged.. this makes him very expensive.. to the point of prohibitively so.. The thought that whoever this 'talent is' will be coming back at the Guardians in the coming years.. just leaves a poor taste in fans' mouths..

..but a three team deal that sees benin go while bringing something the Guardians really need.. then..maybe..

A good game today.. lots and lots of contributors against a pretty lousy team..

 

[cliffdawg]

Thats why Tito uses Morgan as he does, instead of limiting him to a strictly setup role.

He can do both, use him like he did with Andrew Miller……I think when Pilk is pitching he probably keep his pitch count down leading up to that game, but I see no reason he couldn’t pitch in the 8th inning in other games…..But Like Francona would say the save could be in 6’7’or 8 inning

 

[cliffdawg]

He's a free agent after this season. If I were the Royals I would try to extend him. He's only 27.

By the way, with the way he makes contact he would fit right in with this team.

I'm hoping Kwan develops into a Benintendi in a couple of years.

I was thinking the exact same thing, he would look good in the Guardian OF battling 2nd….To bad he a free agent after this season, if I could get him for some type B prospects, I might still pull the trigger….,That of course we’re right in the thick of it, for both Division and Wildcard…

 

[DCTribefan]

Just a note for consideration...

Benintendi will be desired by any one of six teams in the AL and about the same as in the NL.. especially if the return to the Royals includes anyone with talent..

Read: a bidding war is not only likely.. it's going to be encouraged.. this makes him very expensive.. to the point of prohibitively so.. The thought that whoever this 'talent is' will be coming back at the Guardians in the coming years.. just leaves a poor taste in fans' mouths..

..but a three team deal that sees benin go while bringing something the Guardians really need.. then..maybe..

A good game today.. lots and lots of contributors against a pretty lousy team..

No doubt the would be suitors for Benintendi will be lining up.

 

[Wham with the Right Hand]

So does Minnesota. They also would like to play Detroit.

But the Twins have already played KC ten times and Detroit nine.

We've played KC seven times and Detroit five.

Edited to throw in Baltimore and Oakland aa teams the Twins would like to play, but they are already done with Oakland and have only three games left with Baltimore.

We have ten combined games left vs those two.

We have 14 more games left against the four worst teams in the AL than do the Twins.

The season is far from over.

According to powerrankingsguru.com the Twins have played the 2nd easiest schedule so far. Their remaining schedule is the 14th most difficult.

The Guardians are almost the exact opposite, having played the 16th toughest schedule and facing the 4th easiest the rest of the way.

I don't know if the site factors in home and away games or just calculates strength of schedule just by opponent. But the Guardians have played nine less home games than the Twins.

 

[CATS44]

There's even more to it.

With Minnesotas just completed shutout loss to Detroit, we are five games back, having played six less games.

Outside of the division, Minnesota has played the grand total of eight games vs teams with winning records. Kinda hard to believe, huh? They have won one of those games.

We have played fifteen games outside the division vs teams with winning records. We are 5-10 in those games.

The lead the Twins have at the moment is almost entirely due to the difference in schedules.

There is a generally false narrative on this forum that the Twins...and to some extent, the White Sox...are far superior teams and that the Guardians can't possibly contend with the present roster, and so they shouldn't even try. But in spite of a five game deficit, they are competing for the division pretty well.

There are other false narratives.

Minnesotas pitching, esp the rotation, is superior to ours, and the main reason ours has looked better lately is because of the weak competition...as if shutting down any MLB offense is automatic.

Over our last fifteen games, we have given up 2.8 runs per game. Five of those games were vs Houston and Minnesota, the rest vs KC, Detroit, and Cinci.

Over the last fifteen games, all against KC, Detroit, and Oakland, the Twins have given up 4.13 runs per game.

Our pitching is going in one direction. Minnesotas is going in another.

 

[DCTribefan]

There's even more to it.

With Minnesotas just completed shutout loss to Detroit, we are five games back, having played six less games.

Outside of the division, Minnesota has played the grand total of eight games vs teams with winning records. Kinda hard to believe, huh? They have won one of those games.

We have played fifteen games outside the division vs teams with winning records. We are 5-10 in those games.

The lead the Twins have at the moment is almost entirely due to the difference in schedules.

There is a generally false narrative on this forum that the Twins...and to some extent, the White Sox...are far superior teams and that the Guardians can't possibly contend with the present roster, and so they shouldn't even try. But in spite of a five game deficit, they are competing for the division pretty well.

There are other false narratives.

Minnesotas pitching, esp the rotation, is superior to ours, and the main reason ours has looked better lately is because of the weak competition...as if shutting down any MLB offense is automatic.

Over our last fifteen games, we have given up 2.8 runs per game. Five of those games were vs Houston and Minnesota, the rest vs KC, Detroit, and Cinci.

Over the last fifteen games, all against KC, Detroit, and Oakland, the Twins have given up 4.13 runs per game.

Our pitching is going in one direction. Minnesotas is going in another.

The rainouts will create significant schedule issues later in this season so you cannot assume it’s a huge benefit to catching the Twins.