By the way, the Royals played a baseball game Monday night. It was easy to lose sight of that, considering what was going down even as warm-ups were wrapping up. Kelvin Herrera was gone; yet another franchise mainstay would be wearing a different uniform. Another link to the glory days gone; HDH officially in the […]
Day: June 18, 2018
Royals Trade Kelvin Herrera for Three Nationals Prospects
After a 22-49 start to the season, the Royals are in sell-off mode, flipping Jon Jay two weeks ago and today moving the last remaining HDH member for three Washington Nationals prospects. The three players acquired are 23-year-old third baseman Kelvin Gutierrez, 21-year-old centerfielder Blake Perkins and 17-year-old right-handed pitcher Yohanse Morel. In Gutierrez, the Royals […]
Series Preview: Royals vs. Texas Rangers, June 18-20
The Royals will try to put an end to their losing as they welcome in the Texas Rangers to Kansas City this week. The Rangers are kind of what I expected the Royals to be in that they’re bad, but they’re not world class bad. The Rangers, as a team, walk a lot, strike out […]
Royals Prospects at Class-A Lexington-Part Two
In Part One, I took a look at the four Lexington Legends selected to the South Atlantic League All-Star Game, this year. While these four are certainly deserving of the attention, there is more to this team than just the high-profile prospects; a great deal more, as it turns out. Here’s just a few more […]
Diamonds in the Rough 6-17-18
HR Roll Call: Nicky Lopez (1) BPKC Hitter of the Day: Gabe Cancel 3-4 R, 2b, 2 RBI, 2BB BPKC Pitcher of the Day: Dan Tillo 5 IP 2 H 0 R 0 ER 4 BB 5 K 9-1 GO-FO 91p/47k Lexington Legends 5 Rome Braves 5 Suspended/10 The Legends wrapped up their first half […]