I’d like to talk to you today about why it’s a bad idea to give a first baseman a lot of money for a long period of time. Obviously, this has a lot to do with Eric Hosmer, but before we talk about him, I’d like to talk about Ryan Howard. In 2010, Ryan Howard […]
Author: Colby Wilson
#Yosted
Ned Yost is many things—World Series-winning manager, possessing a sub-.500 career record, even after presiding over the best stretch seen by the Kansas City Royals in 30 years, whose unconventional ways often bamboozle the casual observer. But, as the key phrase there indicates, he has won a World Series. And he has presided over a […]
Fin.
I’ve literally nothing to add when it comes to the outcome of Sunday’s season finale—a drubbing which guaranteed the Kansas City Royals a losing record for the first time since 2012. The Arizona Diamondbacks, who are a very, very good baseball team and legitimate threat to bring a World Series back to the desert, soundly […]
Royals topple Greinke, D’Backs to kick off final series
Kismet would’ve meant Zack Greinke toeing the slab for Arizona on Sunday afternoon instead of Friday night, but a win will have to do for the Kansas City Royals. That’s what they got against an old friend in a tightly contested game that meant nothing for either one of these teams, despite Rex Hudler’s voice […]
Wednesday May Have Shown What’s Next
For a team playing out the string and facing a substantial rebuild, the Kansas City Royals have paid more than lip service to making sure fans see their favorites a final time. Mike Moustakas, Eric Hosmer, Alcides Escobar, Melky Cabrera and Lorenzo Cain—some or all of whom may be gone by the time spring training […]
Royals By-Standers To The Judge Show
Aaron Judge clubbed two home runs and it gets worse. That should’ve been the title for Monday’s matinee at Yankee Stadium, but it wasn’t because that was far too depressing and honestly, if you got past whatever I did settle on for a title—and if you did that, on this website, chances are you’re a […]
The Doctor is in for the Royals in Toronto
So the big run barrage that happened Wednesday night? The Royals might’ve been better served hanging on to one or two of those for Thursday’s affair. Fortunately, the Jason Vargas of April and May returned to stifle the Toronto bats in a 1-0 win to keep Kansas City’s Wild Card hopes, however faintly, alive. A […]
Moustakas all alone atop Royals home run leaderboard; Royals thrash Jays
You gotta give the Kansas City Royals this—when it’s going well, it’s going REALLY well. And it went really, really, REALLY well Wednesday night against the Toronto Blue Jays. (According to Twitter, Mike Moustakas also did something of relative importance. We’ll get to that in moments.) As a group, the Royals pounded Toronto. Just beat […]
Royals snap streak behind stellar bullpen outing
After last night’s debacle, there was a real chance Cleveland’s streak would reach into next week. And you can excuse Royals fans for feeling a familiar, sinking feeling going into the home half of the ninth on Friday night—bottom of the Tribe order, limited options out of the bullpen. And Mike Minor trotted out in […]
Cleveland Gets An Historic Win; The Royals Were Glad To Help
All that was standing between the Kansas City Royals and stopping Cleveland’s three-week winning streak was Kelvin Herrera and the bottom of the Tribe’s order. That was it. Yandy Diaz and two pinch-hitters (Tyler Naquin and Francisco Mejia). Not the 1927 Yankees. There are better lower-end-of-the-order trios all over the MLB, and likely at least […]