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Your 2012 Kansas City Royals

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ZiPS projections in red

Lineup:

C: J.P. Arencibia - .219/.282/.438, 20 2B, 23 HR, 1.5 WAR
1B: Adrian Gonzalez - .287/.384/.526, 36 2B, 31 HR, 138 OPS+
2B:
3B: Kevin Youkilis - .268/.374/.477, 28 2B, 18 HR, 124 OPS+
SS: Jason Bartlett - .245/.308/.307, 22 2B, 2 HR, 1.8 WAR
LF: Gerardo Parra - .292/.357/.427, 20 2B, 8 HR, 2.8 WAR
CF: Austin Jackson - .259/.321/.375, 27 2B, 8 HR, 88 OPS+
RF: Andre Ethier - .292/.368/.421, 30 2B, 11 HR, 2.9 WAR

Bench:

C: John Jaso - .224/.298/.354, 15 2B, 5 HR, 0.5 WAR
2B: Nick Punto - .278/.388/.421, 8 2B, 1 HR, 1.8 WAR
SS: Cliff Pennington - .264/.319/.369, 26 2B, 8 HR, 1.5 WAR
OF: Magglio Ordonez - .262/.317/.363, 12 2B, 7 HR, 83 OPS+
OF: Bryan Petersen - .265/.357/.387, 13 2B, 2 HR, 1.7 WAR
OF: Vernon Wells - .255/.298/.422, 26 2B, 19 HR, 95 OPS+

Rotation:

Jon Lester - 16-8, 187.1 IP, 3.46 ERA, 186/74 K/BB, 127 ERA+
Brendan Morrow - 11-11, 179.1 IP, 4.72 ERA, 203/69 K/BB, 3.4 WAR
Matt Harrison - 14-9, 185.2 IP, 3.39 ERA, 126/57 K/BB, 4.2 WAR
Scott Baker - 10-8, 158.2 IP, 3.91 ERA, 136/39 K/BB, 107 ERA+
Wandy Rodriguez - 11-11, 191.0 IP, 3.49 ERA, 166/69 K/BB, 1.5 WAR

Bullpen:

MR: Joel Carreno - 15.2 IP, 1.15 ERA, 14/4 K/BB, 0.2 WAR
MR: Will Ohman - 39.1 IP, 4.58 ERA, 37/17 K/BB, 94 ERA+
MR: Jason Frasor - 55.0 IP, 3.93 ERA, 54/25 K/BB, 110 ERA+
MR: Mark Rzepczynski - 62.0 IP, 3.34 ERA, 61/26 K/BB, 1.0 WAR
MR: Jim Johnson - 91.0 IP, 2.67 ERA, 58/21 K/BB, 1.6 WAR
CL: John Axford - 73.2 IP, 1.95 ERA, 46 SV, 86/25 K/BB, 1.9 WAR

Reserves:

SP: Tom Gorzelanny - 4-6, 105.0 IP, 4.03 ERA, 95/33 K/BB, 0.7 WAR
RP: Collin Balester - 35.2 IP, 4.54 ERA, 34/14 K/BB, -0.3 WAR

DL:

2B: Brian Roberts - Concussion
RP: Joba Chamberlain - 46.1 IP, 3.88 ERA, 45/14 K/BB, 115 ERA+

Prospects:

C: Steven Clevenger - .272/.322/.369, 23 2B, 4 HR, 83 OPS+
C: Lucas May - .276/.368/.485, 13 2B, 7 HR (AAA)
C: Ryan Ortiz - .237/.357/.303, 4 2B, 2 HR (AA)
2B: Matt Antonelli - .297/.393/.460, 19 2B, 8 HR (AAA)
3B: Matt Carpenter - .302/.419/.465, 29 2B, 12 HR (AAA)
SS: Jordany Valdespin - .251/.284/.371, 24 2B, 9 HR, 77 OPS+
OF: Collin Cowgill - .354/.430/.554, 24 2B, 13 HR (AAA)
OF: Leon Landry - .250/.307/.360, 21 2B, 4 HR (A)
OF: Ryan Strausborger - .270/.347/.416, 29 2B, 8 HR (A+)
SP: Darin Gorski - 138.2 IP, 2.08 ERA, 140/29 K/BB (A+)
SP: Joe Kelly - 72.2 IP, 2.60 ERA, 62/34 K/BB (A+)
SP: Austin Kirk - 151.0 IP, 4.23 ERA, 122/38 K/BB (A)
SP: Matt Packer - 169.1 IP, 4.31 ERA, 129/33 K/BB (AA)
SP: Joel Payamps - 38.1 IP, 3.05 ERA, 38/18 K/BB (R)
SP: Jose Quintana - 102.0 IP, 2.91 ERA, 88/28 K/BB (A+)
SP: Crawford Simmons - 10.1 IP, 6.97 ERA, 12/6 K/BB (A)
SP: Hayden Simpson - 61.1 IP, 5.72 ERA, 46/27 K/BB (A)
RP: Jeff Beliveau - 65.2 IP, 4.25 ERA, 68/32 K/BB, 96 ERA+
RP: Murillo Gouvea - 74.2 IP, 3.98 ERA, 83/29 K/BB (A)
RP: Deolis Guerra - 97.0 IP, 6.96 ERA, 55/43 K/BB, 60 ERA+
RP: Michael Kohn - 60 IP, 4.50 ERA, 58/35 K/BB, 90 ERA+
RP: Bryan Price - 51.2 IP, 2.79 ERA, 33/15 K/BB (AA)
RP: Shawn Tolleson - 44.1 IP, 1.62 ERA, 55/11 K/BB (AA)

Draft Picks:

Round 1 - Royals
Round 2 - Royals
Round 3 - Royals
Round 4 - Royals
Round 5 - Royals
Last edited by Twins on Wed Dec 07, 2011 6:49 pm, edited 11 times in total.
2010 KC 83-79
2011 KC 94-68
2012 KC 83-79
2013 KC 90-72; AL Central Champs
2014 KC 84-78
2015 KC 103-59; AL Central Champs
2016 KC 97-65; Lost WC Game to BAL
2017 MIN 80-82
2018 MIN 84-78
2019 MIN 80-82

Overall IBC Record 1040-903
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Updated with two recent trades. Probably made more holes than I filled (actually, that's a certainty), but the team is less old now, which is something I guess. Looking for offense.
2010 KC 83-79
2011 KC 94-68
2012 KC 83-79
2013 KC 90-72; AL Central Champs
2014 KC 84-78
2015 KC 103-59; AL Central Champs
2016 KC 97-65; Lost WC Game to BAL
2017 MIN 80-82
2018 MIN 84-78
2019 MIN 80-82

Overall IBC Record 1040-903
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