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#HEYHEYHEYHEY

That’s a series win for the Royals! Shoulda been a sweep, but a series win! Those have been rare. Massey with a key AB! Loftin with some juice.

Kolek with 7 strong, he’s gotta be a mainstay of this rotation now.

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Loftin says “Even I can hit it outta this place!”

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VINNIE!

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Saying what he has to say, but it's the right move to get away from Erceg in the 9th. And probably the right move to play matchups cuz honestly, they don't have anyone else who looks like a lock in the 9th (even Lynch).

[Joel Goldberg @goldbergkc]

Matt Quatraro says he will match up the 9th based on availability & situations short term, but still views Lucas Erceg as a ninth-inning option long term.

He says Maikel Garcia will be available off the bench tonight & hopes for a return to the lineup in Minnesota this weekend.

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Chance to win a series tonight.

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Kolek takes the mound for the deciding game in Cincy.

[maxrieper @maxrieper]

Not good. https://t.co/vj2W1ZAAkg

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@BrianAndersen67 Yes, this is a criticism of Q (and the Royals' front office) that I am open to and will explore on today's midweek episode.

A very fair critique of data-driven leadership in general is that it tends to be slow to adjust bc being data-driven means waiting for significant samples.

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I think the Q hate is often irrational, but I’m not a fan of sticking with Erceg in the closer role.

At all.

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@prospect_portal Yeah. But the Royals aren’t 15 games under .500 bc of Q. No manager has that kind of impact.

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Since everyone seems interested in Matt Quatraro discourse, we’ll make that a focus of our midweek episode this week.

[Vixxed @IMukima]

@RoyalsWeekly This is why I believe Q might be to stubborn for his own good man takes way to long for obvious changes

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@prospect_portal Idk that it’s about defending or not defending. I think 80% of the anti-Q crowd assign WAY too much impact to the role of manager bc it’s easier than blaming players or a talent-deficient roster (which this clearly is).

Does Q make mistakes? Yeah. Is keeping faith in Erceg one?

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As sure as night follows day, the Royals bullpen blows another lead.

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@vikesroyal @crownroyal64 🤷‍♂️

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I just can’t imagine a thought process that led to the conclusion that Erceg should still be closing.

Nothing from Erceg has looked good. Not the overall numbers. Not the secondary numbers. Not the pitch data. Not the eye test.

NOTHING.

The obvious answer is the right one.

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@crownroyal64 I think Q knows what he’s doing. I just disagree with this decision. Both of those things can be true.

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And that’s why

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I think the Q hate is often irrational, but I’m not a fan of sticking with Erceg in the closer role.

At all.

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Lovely.

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Have a night, Noah. 👏

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It’s Erceg.

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Frankly, Strahm got lucky to give up only one.

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@PetsandPucks I hope so.