At least you're better than the Tigers

[Mookie4ever]

Looks like its going to be a long season for the Royals.

There are some promising signs DeJesus and Buck particularly. And the rotation looks like a strength:

Grienke
Hernandez
Anderson
Gobble and
Lima

But the only team that you can realistically expect to finish ahead of are the lowly Tigers with their sad rotation of:

Johnson
Bonderman
Maroth
Robertson and
Ledezma

I would take every Royals starter over each Tigers SP (their staff psychiatrist must be working overtime - shell shock is treatable )

[Tavish]

The rotation isn't much worse off than several AL teams. The offense is the major concern.

[prodpaul]

The rotation isn't much worse off than several AL teams. The offense is the major concern.

Exactly what I was thinking. What happened to that corner outfielder with power we were promised.

[kev921]

Amen to the concerns on offense. Offensively, this is not going to be a good Krispy Kreme year!


Pitching will be okay (especially with Guy Hansen on staff). I think the Tigers staff will be much improved this year (their older and certainly shouldn't be any worse than the last two years)

[GEBaseball3]

Im afraid that the Tigers will finish ahead of the Royals this year which is sad, but the Tigers dont mind spending money (I-Rod, Maggs, Percival) and the royals simply wont spend

[Cornbread Maxwell]

Keep dreaming Mookie.

This is a last place team with very few prospects. Trust me, I know how it feels. Hopefully the Royals can get some nice young players coming through the farm this yr - maybe then their owners will open up their notoriously tight purse strings.

As for being better than the Tigers, Ill give you Greinke - who is special - but thats about it.