On July 18, 2013, Dayton Moore made this comment to the Kansas City Star: “There’s no reason where this team can’t go on a run where they win 15 out of 20.” Up to that point in his tenure as the Royals general manager, Moore could say some outlandish things. Fifteen wins out of 20 […]
Author: Craig Brown
RECAP: Royals 8, Twins 1; Gordo Nation Uprising
This one started in a familiar way. Twins starter Tyler Duffey, the Duffey with the 5.79 ERA and 11.0 H/9 entering the game, retired the first 10 Royals he faced. I can’t say for certain, but I’d be willing to be that that was the first time all season Duffey got 10 consecutive outs. At […]
The Season Begins Today
Here we are. With 120 games played, the Royals are basically back where they started. With 60 wins and 60 losses, they are at .500. Even Steven. Technically, they’re not really back to where they started. They weren’t nine games back in the AL Central and 6.5 back in the Wild Card when the season […]
RECAP: Royals 4, Tigers1; Hosmer The Heroic
This was shaping up to being one of those games. Anibal Sanchez has been one of worst pitchers in the American League this year. He entered the game with a 6.31 ERA. He allows over 10 hits per 9 innings. So naturally he was perfect through four innings. Of course he no-hit the Royals through […]
RECAP: Royals 6, Tigers 1; Royals Dial Long Distance Behind Duff Swag
The Summer of Duff rolls along. Tuesday’s latest victims, the Tigers were futile in their efforts. Overpowered by heat, flummoxed by offspeed, a lineup already decimated by injury stood little hope. Their fears were realized. A complete game last time out, Duffy was good for eight this time around. Through the first four, he allowed […]
RECAP: Royals 3, Tigers 1; The Ian Kennedy Show
It’s not about the Royals offense. These days, it’s never about the Royals offense. On Monday in Motown it was about Ian Kennedy and his continued evolution moving him closer to the front of the Royals starting rotation. With six-plus innings on one run ball, here are Kennedy’s numbers over his last four starts: 26 […]
RECAP: Royals 2, White Sox 1; DuffMan To The Rescue
Ohhhhhhhh, yeah. The 2016 season hasn’t been a happy one. There are some negative vibes around the team. But you have to be delusional to deny the emergence of Danny Duffy at the front of the rotation hasn’t been a wonderful development. Summer Of Duffy Duffy threw 98 pitches in his first career complete game. […]
RECAP: Royals 3, White Sox 2; Walkoff Wonders
The Royals can’t score runs, but damn if they can still play some defense. Quality afield was on display Wednesday as they tied a franchise record with three outfield assists and turned a couple of sterling plays for added emphasis. Of course it helps that these are the White Sox, a team so fundamentally unsound on […]
RECAP: Royals 5, White Sox 7; That Familiar Feeling
Another one of those AL Central nights. The Royals jumped to an early lead against Chris Sale, then put the bats away for middle innings. They fell behind in the fifth and looked good for the loss before they staged a ninth inning rally against David Robertson. They always seem to stage a ninth inning […]
Royals By The Numbers
An off day in a lost season means it’s time to scramble for something interesting to write. The 2016 edition of the Royals has been sometimes thrilling, often frustrating and overall just kind of vanilla. The K is still packed and there is a buzz on nights when the Royals are performing. So maybe this […]