Eric Hosmer is a ground ball machine. This is fact. Rk Name Tm GB/FB ▾ GO/AO IP% LD% 1 Eric Hosmer* KCR 1.58 2.04 68% 18% 2 Adam Eaton* CHW 1.42 2.24 68% 22% 3 Yunel Escobar LAA 1.38 2.13 79% 25% 4 Jose Iglesias DET 1.18 1.34 82% 21% 5 Alcides Escobar KCR 1.15 1.46 81% 20% 6 George Springer HOU […]
Author: Craig Brown
RECAP: Royals 0, Rays 12; Song Remains The Same
Stop me if you’ve heard this one before. Edinson Volquez struggles in the first. The Royals bats go limp. Chien-Ming Wang eats it. The Royals lose by double digits. Yep. The Royals two game winning streak comes crashing to an end in Tampa. I don’t know why I just don’t cut and paste these recaps. […]
RECAP: Royals 3, Rays 2; Salvador Salvation
Death, taxes and wins against the Rays. The Royals came from behind with a two-run Salvador Perez bomb to win their second consecutive game for the first time in a month. It was the Royals 12th victory in the last 13 games against Tampa. After the dreadful July, this series has come at exactly the […]
RECAP: Royals 3, Rays 0; Fur Shure! Duffy Strikes Out 16
The Royals may be out of the playoff hunt. They may have stood pat at the trade deadline, when it seemed they had something to gain by selling. They may have suffered through a seriously frustrating month of July. Yet on an August night in Tampa, Danny Duffy reminded us why we are fans of this […]
Trade Winds On Deadline Day
Billy Burns hasn’t been around long enough to earn automatic “Someday That Guy Is Going To Be A Royal” status. Yet when the trade was announced over the weekend, there were plenty of people who responded with a knowing head nod in the affirmative. Another speedy, athletic outfielder with a high contact rate and power […]
RECAP: Royals 0, Angels 13; Free Fallin’
Have you been holding out hope the Royals could recover from their mediocrity to rally for a playoff spot? Holding on to that glimmer of hope that somehow, some way, Royals Devil Magic could conjure up another miracle? Tuesday night didn’t just end those hopes. It clubbed it over the head, set it on fire and […]
RECAP: Royals 2, Angels 6; Go Gentle Into That Good Night
Like so many Royals games of the last couple of months, this one was over early. First Inning Struggles The @Royals have now allowed an MLB-high 72 runs in the 1st inning. They allowed a total of 68 in 162 games last season. — Dave Holtzman (@DHoltzy) July 26, 2016 That tells you everything you […]
Regroup, Not Rebuild
There is just over 40 percent of the season remaining. The Royals currently have 48 wins against 49 losses. There are nine teams in the American League with more wins. They are currently in third place in the AL Central, closer to fourth place than to second. To grab the second Wild Card spot, they […]
RECAP: Royals 3, Indians 7; Not Tonight
While watching Monday’s game, I was writing the recap in my mind. If you recall, it was a dull and lifeless game. Boring, actually. It vibed a team playing out a string of success, knowing further success was out of reach. Then, the eighth inning happened. Happiness reigned. The funeral was postponed. Or maybe delayed. […]
RECAP: Royals 7, Indians 3; One Grand Inning
There are myriad reasons why we love baseball. One of my favorites, concerns the finite number of outs in the game. It doesn’t matter how far you’re down, as long as you have outs, you’re in the hunt. Monday’s game against the Cleveland Indians, for seven and a half innings, was brutal. The storyline was […]