Kyle Collier
speaker
1,277 appearances
5 recordings
2 series
first heard May 2026
last heard 6 Aug
Kyle Collier’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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They were back to losing 100-plus games in 18-19.
Then you had the COVID year.
They still tried to have this approach of don't strike out, put the ball in play, bunt guys over, put pressure on the defense.
But that doesn't work if you don't have good players.
If you don't have good players that can still hit 285 and do that, and the way Tampa does, and then have a couple of crushers in there, like Jonathan Aranda and Yandy Diaz, then it doesn't work.
But they have someone like Chandler Simpson, arguably the fastest player in the sport.
He can hit well over 340, 350.
And what they tell him is don't ever try to launch the ball.
You're so fast that if you hit the ball to the opposite field on the ground, the chances of a shortstop making that play are slim to none.
You keep the ball on the ground, that is going to increase your chances of getting a hit.
When we have guys on, you know, it's first and second, second and third.
It's just about putting bat to ball.
It's simple.
It's old school.
A lot of people like that approach.
And for the Royals, that's where you may need to look in the mirror and go, maybe our philosophy of trying to catch up to this sport and saying home runs win you championships, home runs win you divisions, it might need to be a shift back into what you were, going back to your roots.
Because that was winning baseball for the Royals.
The 14 and 15 teams had good players, though.
Like Lorenzo Cain, great player.
Alex Gordon, great player.
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