Oh neat, Francisco Liriano got the win for Ron Gardenhire against the Kansas City Royals. If this were 2006, that would not be a problematic sentence, because Liriano was an All-Star and Gardenhire was coaching the playoff bound Minnesota Twins. Twelve years later, somehow both are once again gainfully employed in the American League Central, […]
Author: Colby Wilson
RECAP: That Game Was Poop
Opening Day is a time for optimism and happiness, that the long winter has ended and whatever else may come, hope springs eternal for your favorite team, be they World Series contenders or a Quad-A club with two recognizable faces and a roster full of has-beens and never-weres. The Kansas City Royals may be in […]
Play The Kids
If it were me, Ryan O’Hearn would be the Royal tasked with replacing Eric Hosmer. And while that in itself would be enough to be getting on with if you’re O’Hearn, there’s Nick Pratto nipping at your heels and really, aren’t first basemen the most interchangeable pieces on a baseball chessboard? Isn’t that why Hunter […]
The Time Has Come
Hey Royals land, were you having a good Saturday? Got some drinks with the boys, took the significant other out on the town, maybe even kicked back with a good book? Hey, it’s NBA All-Star Weekend; that Donovan Mitchell is gonna be something isn’t he? Well, all that went in the pooper with a tweet. […]
PECOTA and You!
Hi kids. Let’s talk about predictive analytics and the 2018 Royals! First things first. Hide all the sharp objects. If you have brown liquor in your house, lock it up and give your spouse/dog/neighbor/priest your key. Plan to go on a brisk stroll and enjoy a soothing shower after this is over with. Craig and […]
Subtraction by Retention
If I had been asked around Nov. 15 what my offseason wishlist would look like for the Kansas City Royals in terms of in-house free-agents and other concerns, it probably would’ve been something like this: Re-sign Lorenzo Cain Re-sign Mike Moustakas Re-sign Eric Hosmer Donate an eye to Rusty Kuntz so he could keep coaching […]
Two Jorges Remain
No matter how this Eric Hosmer saga plays out—I’m personally of the opinion that he has no contract offers whatsoever and Scott Boras is just stringing us along, no different than George RR Martin continually claiming, “I have pages!” for the next Game of Thrones installment—the balance of power is shifting at Kauffman Stadium. Not […]
What are the Royals doing?
Among the more fascinating aspects of an offseason best described as “a wistful stroll to nowhere” is not the deafening silence or endless speculation, although I’ll admit both those aspects have merit. It’s that nobody, not the most well-connected beat guy or highly-placed Ken Rosenthal source, seems to have an inkling as to what the […]
The Replacements
[30 for 30 voiceover narration guy starts talking] What if I told you… the Kansas City Royals could lose all five of their “important” free agents and still be in good position right now… and much better position in the future? As hooks go, it’s probably not Requiem for the Big East or any of […]
This is not about free-agency*
* – This is totally about free-agency I’ve tried to avoid talking about the impending free agency loss of every recognizable Royal for two reasons. It’s no fun to get a head start on pretending that Logan Morrison, Jarrod Dyson and Yunel Escobar manning positions that used to be owned by Eric Hosmer, Lorenzo Cain […]