The thing about the return from the All-Star break for a team as woebegone as the 2018 Kansas City Royals is that it’s kind of like hitting a hard reset on the season. Unlike teams that are now fighting for a postseason berth, nothing that happened in the first half matters—everybody on the roster has […]
Author: Colby Wilson
Five to watch after the break
The bad news is self-evident: the Kansas City Royals first-half woes leave them on pace for the worst record in team history. That’s pretty bad news though. But if there’s a silver lining in every cloud, it’s that some of the principals involved in the first-half malaise should be better, and the bounce-back could start […]
RECAP: The Duffy of Yore returns to stymie Chicago
Danny Duffy pitched well, Jorge Bonifacio drove in all three runs and most importantly, Matt Davidson was 1-for-4 with two strikeouts, taking off his Royals-killing superhero cape for an afternoon to allow the Royals a 5-0 win at Not-Comiskey Park. The thing about a series between two utterly abysmal teams is that both have hope. […]
The Trade Is the Thing
Oh boy, you probably recently found yourself saying about the Royals prospects for an impending firesale and the bountiful harvest of prospects sure to be heading their way. I can’t wait to see how the future is impacted by these necessary if unfortunate trades we’ll see soon, and hopefully what a wonderful impact they’ll have […]
RECAP: I don’t know what to do with a win
Bah Gawd, that’s a Royals win that is! All it took was the exact opposite of what we’d been treated to all season—namely, competent bullpen work and solid hitting lower in the lineup—but a win is a win and with it, it’s safe to spend at least one evening not worrying about the Royals increasingly […]
RECAP: These are the times that try men’s souls
Note: I wrote this under the influence of severe nighttime cold/cough medicine, as opposed to my usual glass of whiskey. Recalibrate your expectations accordingly. Jose Berrios and Danny Duffy was a legitimate by-God pitcher’s duel. It was an old-school throwback to the days when the Twins and Royals competed against one another for supremacy in […]
RECAP: Grand slams are bad
Although it didn’t actually have an effect on the final score, the Kansas City Royals tried something new against Cleveland, Tuesday night. Specifically, they elected to fall behind early, make up the ground and THEN have the opponent rip them to pieces in the later innings. I want to call that progress, but I really […]
RECAP: Francisco Lindor beats alleged professional baseball team
Corey Kluber with just the seven runs Francisco Lindor drove in behind him would be unbeatable in almost any given scenario, this one included. That the Indians tacked on a couple more was mostly just unfair. Royals lost 9-3 by the way. Lindor was electric. Here’s some tweets to tell you how awesome he was […]
RECAP: Turn Ahead the Clock Night looked awfully familiar
Three batters into the Saturday night contest against Seattle and the Kansas City Royals had a three-run lead. However, rules are rules* and the rules dictate that even on Turn Ahead the Clock Night, the game can’t end after three batters. As such, the Mariners did to Jason Hammel what teams past, present and future […]
RECAP: A Marco Gonzales gem downs Royals
The Seattle Mariners only hit two balls really hard against Ian Kennedy on Friday night. The trouble there is that would be precisely two more good knocks than the Royals managed against Marco Gonzales in another [checks thesaurus… ah, this’ll do] indolent 4-1 loss to open a West Coast series against the Mariners, Friday. This […]