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Did Buxton just get on base? Is this real life?

Man, these Royals hitters sure love the low pitch. Nearly every Royal's hit has been in the bottom third- or even lower- of the zone. EDIT: I went back on gameday- 7 out of 9 Royals hits through 8 innings today were in the bottom third or lower. Only Mous' single in the 4th and Escobar's double in the 5th were middle or higher.

That would be an insult to Punto.

The gutsy pick there would have been Stroman. But the Astros ran circles around us that draft.

But it's game three!11!! You knee-jerk overreactionist!!11 Basically what I got told on the other thread when I complained about him hitting third again today.

For the record I hated the Buxton pick at the time. I wanted Gausman. I thought I was going to be wrong about him circa, 2014. I just don't like "toolsy" high school outfielders. They are generally labeled as toolsy because their hit tools are underdeveloped relative to their athleticism.

He's a bust. The Twin's mismanagement of him in the minors destroyed his career.

He has two of the Twins 3 K's this game! And he cost us a run on his poor throwing decision!

DSan hasn't gotten the memo apparently.

Hell hath frozen over.

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Yes, half inning in the opener.

Anybody watching see where that Perez HR pitch was? Gameday had it on the bottom of the strike zone. Didn't appear to be that bad of a pitch.

Doesn't matter the context. This meme will always get an upvote/like from me.

Going into this at-bat Jason Castro had a .667/.889/.667 batting line with a 66.7% BB rate. He had made literally one out in 9 plate appearances.

60% K rate.

Actually, Santana has more value if he never plays. That's literally the definition of a below replacement level player- he is costing the team wins when he plays.

I know it's early, but Buxton needs to be dropped to the bottom of the order. A 60% K rate in the heart of the order is rally killing.

LOL. 5 K's in 7 PA's now? I'm sure glad I didn't board the hype train after a month of freak HR/FB% splits.

People are overly optimistic on Kepler. I think even the "traditional" projectors are overestimating his production. He had one of the worst batted ball profiles in baseball last year. He hits a lot of ground balls, and his line drives and flyballs were particularly weak. Andrew Perpetua's xStats (which use Statcast data) gave him an expected triple slash of .229/.300/.332 last year. His 2017 projection for Kepler is .238/.301/.362.

What a waste just to save face.

I don't consider either of them "breakout stars." I don't even consider Buxton established at the ML level.

Probably more than Grossman, D Santana, Belisle, and Breslow. But what do I know?

I just vomited on my computer screen.

Jason McLeod was my guy.