Can Cavan Biggio's dad call the league office and ask them what the hell is going on with umps constantly screwing his son over?
Is this some sort of long held personal beef that they have with his father? What the hell is going on?
It's not that.
The team is stacked so they've got to get everyone into the lineup somehow. They are definitely looking at matchups and what hitters excel against certain pitch types and things like that.
Yep, the one-pitch dude that gets rocked by righties in the 3-batter minimum era who gave up the tater that got us bounced out of the playoffs last year. That's the guy.
There's a lot of love going on in the clubhouse right now.
Varsho and Chapman
Schneider and Tim Mayza
Kirk and high-carb foods
Vlad and reckless base running, etc.
I love the Royals attempts to "stack the lineup" with their lefties when it's guys like M-ASS-ey, Pratto, Nicky Lopez and JBJ lmao
"Watch out guys, we are STACKING the lineup with a bunch of .600 OPS slap-hitting lefties!"
What a trash team
Dude is an elite framer, above average blocker and last year had an average arm.
If anyone should be DHing it should be our backup Catcher Danny Jansen. Dude gets hurt constantly and DHing more might help him stay healthy.
Same. Maybe they want to see what they've got with him for a week or two.
I love these lefty mashers though. Great depth pieces to have around to patch up the roster when you inevitably need them.
His defense (particularly his arm; he has a cannon) and base running look okay too so he's not just a one trick pony.
Looks to be pretty good against lefties and his defense in the corner OF looks to be pretty decent as well.
He seems like a better fit for the roster than Lukes given 2 of our 3 starting OFers are lefties. But more than anything he's probably good depth. If an OF were to go down we could probably platoon him and Lukes in an OF corner spot and get passable production.
This year could very well be it for him. He needs to have a good year or he's done since he's a FA at the end of the year. I can't imagine teams will be banging down the door to bring in a 38 year old coming off a bad year and his reputation.