Last year, one of my first acts at my previous site was watching the early-season Royals-A’s contest. Jharel Cotton tossed the finest game of his career; it was brought up roughly 173 times that he was one of the players acquired from the Dodgers for Rich Hill and Josh Reddick in one of the real […]
Day: June 1, 2018
Series Preview: Royals vs. Oakland Athletics, June 1-3
The Royals are red-hot (for them) and welcome in the Oakland Athletics for a three-game weekend set. The A’s are on the upswing, but not quite there yet, though they do have a talented roster with an offense that should honestly be better than it has been, a rotation featuring some promising young arms and […]
Strikeouts and Homers and Hits, Oh My (BP Kansas City Episode 102)
http://www.blogtalkradio.com/kansascitybaseballvault/2018/06/01/strikeouts-and-homers-and-hits-oh-my-bp-kansas-city-episode-102.mp3 The Royals had some success this week, including some solid pitching performances by Brad Keller, Danny Duffy, and Jason Hammel. We covered some of the recent DL moves and the way it’s shifted the pitching staff. We also discussed Jon Jay’s successful May, Hunter Dozier’s adjustment to the big leagues, and took another look […]
Friday Notes
As All-Star balloting opens today, it’s fair to start to think about who the Royals representative for the game could be. And yes, it seems likely we’re back to the days of having no need to put an “s” on the end of that. The obvious answer is Kelvin Herrera, who has made 23 appearances […]
Diamonds in the Rough 5-31-18
HR Roll Call: None BPKC Hitter of the Day: Cam Gallagher 3-5, R, 2-2b, 2 RBI BPKC Pitcher of the Day: Dan Tillo 5 IP, 1 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 3 BB, 4 K, 10-1 GO-FO, 82p/51k Frederick Keys 5, Wilmington Blue Rocks 2 The Rocks will like to get out of their spacious […]