Anyone remember when Alex Gordon was good? That’s right, it’s today. It’s right now. It’s happening. Heading into action Wednesday, Gordon was hitting .321/.361/.474 with a .293 TAv. This is the best year of his career since 2015 when he hit .271/.377/.432 with a .299 TAv and not too far off from his 2011 breakout. […]
Author: David Lesky
Series Preview: Royals at Baltimore Orioles
Four years ago, the Royals and Baltimore Orioles played a series to determine who would go to the World Series. Now, both are fighting for the number one pick in the 2019 draft. Life comes at you fast, I guess. The two teams got to this point in slightly different ways, but here we are […]
Friday Notes
You guys want this or Gladiators? This season has basically been a season-long blowout, but as I’ve said before, it’s probably a good thing. If they had started off well and were sitting at, say, 17-14 instead of their miserable 9-22, would we really believe this team was actually any good? Of course not, but […]
Series Preview: Royals vs. Detroit Tigers, May 3-6
The Tigers are multiple games under .500, multiple games out of first place and aren’t very good. And they’re still overachieving to start this season. They were expected to occupy the basement of the American League Central with the Royals and White Sox, and so far haven’t really been that bad, which does kind of […]
Series Preview: Royals at Boston Red Sox, April 30-May 2
The Red Sox just ended the eight-game winning streak against the Rays and now have to take on the red-hot (for them) Royals who are the winners of a whopping two in a row. The Red Sox can score with the best of them and they can pitch with the best of them. It’s no […]
Friday Notes
I think I underestimated just how bad the bottom of the roster would be for the Royals this season, and while it’s really difficult to lose 100 games, it’s remarkably easier when you start off with three times as many losses as wins in the first 20+ games. The Royals sit at 5-18 right now, […]
Series Preview: Royals vs. Chicago White Sox, April 26-29
The Royals welcome the White Sox back to town for a slightly warmer set than what they encountered during the first series of the year in late March. As expected, the two teams are jockeying for draft position and both are sitting with an embarrassingly low number of wins. The White Sox offense has really […]
Series Preview: Royals vs. Milwaukee Brewers, April 24-25
The Brewers are hot, having won six in a row, so that’s great for the Royals. There’ll be a very familiar face at the top of the order in Lorenzo Cain, but he’s just setting the table for some prolific run producers to drive him home and he’s thriving so far in his first season […]
Series Preview: Royals at Detroit Tigers, April 20-22
The Royals get to take on one of their fellow basement dwellers this weekend in what’s become a four-game set due to the postponement from a couple weeks ago. Of course, the Royals will really have to do some winning this series in order to actually be on the same level as the Tigers, who […]
Friday Notes
I’ve thought quite a bit about Buddy Bell over the first three weeks of the season and his famous quote about never saying it can’t get worse. Somehow, it just keeps getting worse for the Royals bullpen. At this point, something is going to have to change, and some of it might just come naturally […]