http://www.blogtalkradio.com/kansascitybaseballvault/2016/07/21/a-little-help-bp-kansas-city-episode-18.mp3 The Royals have opened the second half with a stumble, losing two winnable games in Detroit, then getting hammered in two losses back home against Cleveland. They sit at .500 as of this recording and are nine games out of first. There’s still time, but the Royals are going to have to find some pitching […]
Day: July 21, 2016
The Royals Have a Contact Problem, Relatively Speaking
During the Royals’ run of success as one of the best teams in baseball over the last three seasons, they’ve earned a reputation as a team that avoids strikeouts. Between 2013-2015, Royals’ batters struck out in just 16.5 percent of their plate appearances, easily the lowest rate in baseball. The next best team in that […]
Can I See Your I.D.? Young Royals Prospects Making Names For Themselves
A couple of times this season I have written how the Royals farm system is down a bit talent wise. That isn’t really shocking, I mean, after all, they traded three stud left-handed pitchers last season and a couple other arms that were decent depth pieces. Combine that trade with the fact that they have been […]
It’s Time to Reward Danny Duffy
Where would the Royals be without Danny Duffy? I imagine they’d be farther out of first place than they are right now and not hovering around .500. Rather, they’d probably be in the midst of their worst season since 2012 without any hope for the postseason. You may think they don’t have much hope as is, […]
Diamonds in the Rough 7-20-16
3-3 day for the affiliates on Wednesday. HR Roll Call: Balbino Fuenmayor 2 (6), Corey Toups (6), Chris DeVito (6) BP KC Hitter of the Day – Balbino Fuenmayor 3-4, 2 HR, 3 RBI, 3 RBI BP KC Pitcher of the Day – Jon Dziedzic 5 IP, 3 H, 1 ER, 2 BB, 5 K, […]