Comments on: The Best Royals Starter Since Zack Greinke http://kingsofkauffman.com/2011/08/23/the-best-royals-starter-since-zack-greinke/ A Kansas City Royals Fan Site - News, Blogs, Opinion and More Thu, 29 Nov 2012 02:29:24 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: LastRoyalsFan http://kingsofkauffman.com/2011/08/23/the-best-royals-starter-since-zack-greinke/#comment-2019545 LastRoyalsFan Sat, 27 Aug 2011 13:06:59 +0000 http://kingsofkauffman.com/?p=10323#comment-2019545 @eric.akers That was not the intended message of that statement. What I meant was that my fear is Crow would be a lot like Davies, impressive in stretches but with just enough holes in his performance that would be exploited by opposing hitters as to make him unreliable. At the moment he only has two pitches he can rely on with any consistency. If he can develop a 3rd pitch and enough variance in his delivery to be unpredictable he might be fine as a starter in the big leagues. This approach seems to have worked fairly well for Hochevar the second half of this season. I have been one of the biggest cheerleaders around for The Process and have been following our train of prospects through their development with great anticipation (including Aaron Crow). Hardly the definition of a disenchanted fan. @eric.akers That was not the intended message of that statement. What I meant was that my fear is Crow would be a lot like Davies, impressive in stretches but with just enough holes in his performance that would be exploited by opposing hitters as to make him unreliable. At the moment he only has two pitches he can rely on with any consistency. If he can develop a 3rd pitch and enough variance in his delivery to be unpredictable he might be fine as a starter in the big leagues. This approach seems to have worked fairly well for Hochevar the second half of this season.

I have been one of the biggest cheerleaders around for The Process and have been following our train of prospects through their development with great anticipation (including Aaron Crow). Hardly the definition of a disenchanted fan.

]]> By: eric.akers http://kingsofkauffman.com/2011/08/23/the-best-royals-starter-since-zack-greinke/#comment-2019544 eric.akers Fri, 26 Aug 2011 15:13:10 +0000 http://kingsofkauffman.com/?p=10323#comment-2019544 @LastRoyalsFan So one of your fears is that Aaron Crow (All-star) is a reincarnation of the least effective starting pitcher in the history of baseball. Is this the definition of a disenchanted fan? @LastRoyalsFan So one of your fears is that Aaron Crow (All-star) is a reincarnation of the least effective starting pitcher in the history of baseball. Is this the definition of a disenchanted fan?

]]> By: LastRoyalsFan http://kingsofkauffman.com/2011/08/23/the-best-royals-starter-since-zack-greinke/#comment-2019541 LastRoyalsFan Wed, 24 Aug 2011 12:37:29 +0000 http://kingsofkauffman.com/?p=10323#comment-2019541 GMDM has mentioned that starting pitching is the glaring need to address in the offseason, and has said that he's happy to have a depth of position players that could possibly be used to acquire some pitching help. My fear is that he's not able/willing to aggressively pursue a quality starter and we see the Royals re-sign Chen and think they can get by with a starting rotation of Paulino, Chen, Duffy, Hochevar and Crow. These guys aren't going to pitch the team into contention in 2012. I'm a bit fearful that Crow in the rotation may result in a reincarnation of Kyle Davies. I agree the Royals need to find at least one proven #1 or #2. If Paulino can sustain his 2011 performance into next year, if Duffy can improve, if we can hang onto Chen (likely not a big challenge) and if one of Hochevar or Crow can pitch decently enough to fill out the rotation then the team might be able to move to the next level. GMDM has mentioned that starting pitching is the glaring need to address in the offseason, and has said that he’s happy to have a depth of position players that could possibly be used to acquire some pitching help.

My fear is that he’s not able/willing to aggressively pursue a quality starter and we see the Royals re-sign Chen and think they can get by with a starting rotation of Paulino, Chen, Duffy, Hochevar and Crow. These guys aren’t going to pitch the team into contention in 2012. I’m a bit fearful that Crow in the rotation may result in a reincarnation of Kyle Davies.

I agree the Royals need to find at least one proven #1 or #2. If Paulino can sustain his 2011 performance into next year, if Duffy can improve, if we can hang onto Chen (likely not a big challenge) and if one of Hochevar or Crow can pitch decently enough to fill out the rotation then the team might be able to move to the next level.

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