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MLB: Royals call up pitching prospect Danny Duffy

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and will be starting tomorrow night against the Rangers. In Omaha, Duffy had a 3-1 record, 3.0 ERA, 40 some K's, & 10 base on balls.

Davies to the DL (anticipated that's going to happen) & Duffy to the show along with Mazzaro going back to Omaha is the perfect way to wash the bad taste of last night's cluster out of the mouth of this Royals fan.
 
Related, but unrelated question. Friday I will be in Kauffman stadium watching the Royals hopefully pound on the Cards (as a Cubs fan). who are some prospects to watch?
 
guitarchitect7 said:
Related, but unrelated question. Friday I will be in Kauffman stadium watching the Royals hopefully pound on the Cards (as a Cubs fan). who are some prospects to watch?
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Escobar is a stud at SS having a Gold Glove worthy season, Hosmer at 1st, and the entire bullpen (Crow, Collins, etc.).
 
guitarchitect7 said:
Related, but unrelated question. Friday I will be in Kauffman stadium watching the Royals hopefully pound on the Cards (as a Cubs fan). who are some prospects to watch?
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Duffy won't be pitching Friday, but the Royals have 9 rookies on the roster.
pitchers Nate Adcock, Louis Coleman, Tim Collins, Aaron Crow, Everett Teaford and Jeremy Jeffress, first baseman Eric Hosmer and outfielder Jarrod Dyson.
 
garn91 said:
and will be starting tomorrow night against the Rangers. In Omaha, Duffy had a 3-1 record, 3.0 ERA, 40 some K's, & 10 base on balls.

Davies to the DL (anticipated that's going to happen) & Duffy to the show along with Mazzaro going back to Omaha is the perfect way to wash the bad taste of last night's cluster out of the mouth of this Royals fan.
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I'm excited, but a little concerned that if he succeeds he's going to pitch way too many innings this year considering his low workload next year.

Duffy is the type of pitcher that's built for a homerun suppressing park like the K, considering his biggest problem is going to be keeping the HR numbers down.
 
Mowilly said:
Duffy won't be pitching Friday, but the Royals have 9 rookies on the roster.
pitchers Nate Adcock, Louis Coleman, Tim Collins, Aaron Crow, Everett Teaford and Jeremy Jeffress, first baseman Eric Hosmer and outfielder Jarrod Dyson.
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Looks like KC doesn't know who's pitching yet, but the Cards have Carpenter slated to start.
 
guitarchitect7 said:
Looks like KC doesn't know who's pitching yet, but the Cards have Carpenter slated to start.
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I am projecting Francis at this time in game 1. Then Saturday is still open as that would have been Davies spot (Duffy takes Mazzaro's place on roster)

Who knows??? Do they strectch out Crow and let him start? Do they call up Montgomery from AAA? (if so, Tejada can take his place in the pen as he is on rehab and appears ready to go)
 
Doc said:
I'm excited, but a little concerned that if he succeeds he's going to pitch way too many innings this year considering his low workload next year.

Duffy is the type of pitcher that's built for a homerun suppressing park like the K, considering his biggest problem is going to be keeping the HR numbers down.
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I think you'll see Duffy on a pitch count for his first couple of starts. Yost won't make the same mistake that Hillman did with Meche have him out there for 130 some pitches in one outing.
 
The Royals called up Everett Teaford (another good pitching prospect) in Mazzaro's place also. I would assume he starts Saturday. Hopefully one of them will be a reliable option so the Royals can dump some of the dead weight in the starting rotation, i.e. Davies.
 
GMackey32 said:
The Royals called up Everett Teaford (another good pitching prospect) in Mazzaro's place also. I would assume he starts Saturday. Hopefully one of them will be a reliable option so the Royals can dump some of the dead weight in the starting rotation, i.e. Davies.
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If Davies goes onto the DL today, which many assume, there's no way he'll be DFA'ed until he's off the DL and has made a couple of starts.
 
garn91 said:
Escobar is a stud at SS having a Gold Glove worthy season, Hosmer at 1st, and the entire bullpen (Crow, Collins, etc.).
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At this point all Escobar is, is a young Adam Everett. Great fielder atrocious with the bat. Until he doesn't look completely outmatched with the bat he's not all that interesting.
 
garn91 said:
I think you'll see Duffy on a pitch count for his first couple of starts. Yost won't make the same mistake that Hillman did with Meche have him out there for 130 some pitches in one outing.
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My main concern is that he'll end up throwing 200+ innings this year if he pitches well. He only pitched 62 innings in the minors last year, but he also pitched in the Arizona Fall League and the Pan-Am games, I think. Pitchers who up their innings total over 50 innings in a year generally have a higher risk for injury than pitchers who throw high pitch counts occasionally.
 
Mowilly said:
I am projecting Francis at this time in game 1. Then Saturday is still open as that would have been Davies spot (Duffy takes Mazzaro's place on roster)

Who knows??? Do they strectch out Crow and let him start? Do they call up Montgomery from AAA? (if so, Tejada can take his place in the pen as he is on rehab and appears ready to go)
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IMO, calling up Montgomery after his struggles in AAA is a horrible idea. I hope they give Crow a shot. He threw 50+ pitches in his last outing, so he should be able to go 4-5 innings pretty easily on Saturday. Then Adcock and/or Teaford.
 
Can't believe they sent Mazarro down, he only gave up 14 runs in 2 innings last night. Actually I feel kinda bad for him, he wasn't scheduled to pitch, definitely wasn't ready, maybe he spent last night at Kelly's or something. Oh well, its worth it to get Davies out of the rotation (the worst starting pitcher in the history of baseball, backed up by stats).

Looking forward to seeing Duffy. Hopefully we get Chen back soon, the rotation is a mess.
 
CloneIce said:
Can't believe they sent Mazarro down, he only gave up 14 runs in 2 innings last night. Actually I feel kinda bad for him, he wasn't scheduled to pitch, definitely wasn't ready, maybe he spent last night at Kelly's or something. Oh well, its worth it to get Davies out of the rotation (the worst starting pitcher in the history of baseball, backed up by stats).

Looking forward to seeing Duffy. Hopefully we get Chen back soon, the rotation is a mess.
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I think that had alot to do with Mazarro's performance last night.
 
Doc said:
My main concern is that he'll end up throwing 200+ innings this year if he pitches well. He only pitched 62 innings in the minors last year, but he also pitched in the Arizona Fall League and the Pan-Am games, I think. Pitchers who up their innings total over 50 innings in a year generally have a higher risk for injury than pitchers who throw high pitch counts occasionally.
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I don't think it's really something to worry about. If he does start to rack up the innings they will either shut him down for the year or perhaps move him to the bullpen to slow things down at the end of the year. His future is too valuable to risk an injury even at the expense of a playoff run.
 
Doc said:
IMO, calling up Montgomery after his struggles in AAA is a horrible idea. I hope they give Crow a shot. He threw 50+ pitches in his last outing, so he should be able to go 4-5 innings pretty easily on Saturday. Then Adcock and/or Teaford.
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Totally agree on Crow and Montgomery. I just heard that speculation out there.

Excited about Crow and Duffy and eventually Montgomery and even the Dominican kid in A ball (forgot his name as I type this) one day being together.
 
Mowilly said:
Totally agree on Crow and Montgomery. I just heard that speculation out there.

Excited about Crow and Duffy and eventually Montgomery and even the Dominican kid in A ball (forgot his name as I type this) one day being together.
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I'm extremely excited as well. You can throw in Lamb as well -- he's struggled a little this year, but he's had a strained lat which has been hurting his velocity. Also, Odorizzi has just been been dominant. You'd think they'd get a couple legitimate starters out of the mix.
 
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