00:00I'm telling you, you know, we're going to be targeting this year, Tom, Kansas City.
00:03I've always liked that lineup.
00:04It's a tough hitting ballpark, but also it gets heat and humidity in the summer here.
00:07Now the fences come in.
00:08You take a look at Michael Garcia, Bobby, with you and your Pasquantino, Perez, Caglione, India, Jensen, Collins, and Isbell.
00:14There is power in that lineup.
00:15Look at the top four guys.
00:1716 bombs out of Garcia here, 23 out of Witt, 32 out of Pasquantino, 30 out of Salvador Perez.
00:22Those numbers should be going up, Tom, maybe 5% to 10% just with the changes in their home
00:26field.
00:26But I've always liked this team, and I'm going to continue to like them this year as well.
00:31Absolutely.
00:31Carter Jensen, one of their young players, obviously set for a bigger role this year.
00:35But if he steps up, Garcia, Witt, and if Caglione can obviously, you know, continue to develop along the way
00:41after they brought him up for last year, along with Perez.
00:44Five, six hitters in that lineup are valuable, Donny.
00:46They have power.
00:47The fence is being brought in, like you said.
00:49We are in for a lot of offense when it comes to the Royals.
00:52Got a couple guys there.
00:53Reagans, Waka, Bubich, Lugo, and Cameron.
00:55They're starting pitchers here.
00:56And by the way, Bubich was really good last year, as you remember, Tom.
00:58He had 2.55 ERA.
01:00If they can bounce back, Waka was decent.
01:02You just need Cole Reagans to return back to form, 4.67 ERA.
01:05Get him back to where we need him to be.
01:07And it's one of those teams that should be able to compete here in the Central, Tom.
01:10Yeah, Bubich was really solid before he got hurt.
01:12So you give me a Reagans, Bubich, 1-2, Waka, and Lugo to eat innings, and that's a solid four
01:18-man rotation.
01:19It's not the best, but it's good enough to keep them in games and keep things consistent
01:23and let the offense do 60% of the work.
01:25I think they can start to win games a little bit on the higher-scoring side.
01:28Pitching just needs to be good enough.
01:30Pitching just needs to be good enough.
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