Originally Posted by
stevenash
Here's the thing a lot of people don't get.
KC wins because KC does things and has things other teams can not counter.
You can not counter (or defend) speed.
Only thing you can do with disruptive speed on offense is hope your pitching keeps them off the bases.
Posey is not Johnny Bench, so it will be business as usual with the Royals when they get on, Posey ain't gunning out many would be base stealers. (Bummy has good move to first though, that'll help).
You also can not counter a defense that has arguably 5 gold glovers. (Perez, Hosmer, Cain, Dyson, Gordon, and you can make a case for Escobar)
Here's how you counter gold glove defense that makes every play in the outfield, and makes no mistakes in the infield.
You hit it out of the park. But how many Giants have hit them out of the park power?
Belt, Posey, and Panda, and Pence can hit them every now and then.
See, you can counter a team full of dead pull hitters with a shift.
You can't counter what KC does well.
And what about the lights out trinity that is Herrera, and Davis and Holland.
If anyone of the HDH combo falters, Yost can go to another.
Now, having said all that, KC can lose the series, nothing is a lock, but to fade KC right now is risky business.