It could be worse. Yes, it’s been more than a week since the Royals last won a game. In the eight games since their 10-0 drubbing of the Mariners, they have been blown out, blown leads, blown ties, been postponed in a dome and even missed the chance to see Shohei Ohtani pitch. It’s been […]
Author: David Lesky
Series Preview: Royals at Toronto Blue Jays, April 16-18
This is a bit of a transition year for the Blue Jays as they no longer have their middle of the order stalwart, Jose Bautista, and have already lost Edwin Encarnacion while preparing to lose Josh Donaldson. One thing that hurt them last year was a lack of depth, and them addressing that has allowed […]
Friday Notes
Ned Yost was pretty jazzed up about a 3-7 start after Wednesday’s game, and I get it. The team had basically been horrible offensively and the bullpen was a disaster at times and the ace of the staff hadn’t completed six innings in any of his three starts. With that combination, three wins in 10 […]
Series Preview: Royals vs. Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim, April 12-15
The Angels have long been a team of some decent pieces and then the best player in baseball in Mike Trout. Now they’re a team pretty much loaded after offseason acquisitions turned their already stellar defense into something that has potential to be otherworldly and an offense that can do some damage beyond the superstar. […]
Series Preview: Royals vs. Seattle Mariners, April 9-11
The Mariners hold a title that the Royals once held. They now have the longest playoff drought of any team in North American sports. They haven’t been the postseason since the 2001 season when they won 116 games but lost in the ALCS, so they’re itching to get back and they do have some talent […]
Series Preview: Royals at Cleveland Indians, April 6-8
The Royals, fresh off a real-life win and two days off head to Cleveland to take on the best team in the division. The Indians have had a bit of a tough go to start the year, but it’s just six games. Last year’s sensation, Jose Ramirez, has just one hit in 23 at bats […]
Friday Notes
The season has lasted eight full days and the Royals have played four games. That alone makes any kind of significant analysis difficult, and when you add in the abnormally cold weather, it’s hard to come to any real conclusions this soon. The only thing I think I can say definitively is that I still […]
Series Preview: Royals at Detroit Tigers, April 2-4
The Royals and Tigers both will be searching for their first wins in this series as both were swept to open their seasons, both losing to teams that weren’t expected to compete this year. Anything can happen and all that, but that seems to be a pretty good anecdote to describe these two clubs. What […]
Friday Notes
Welcome to your baseball sorbet. That’s what I think the 2018 season will be for Royals fans. Don’t get me wrong, it’d be a lot more fun if the Royals were poised to take the American League by storm again this year, but after five seasons of every single game being so important, the silver […]
Series Preview: Royals vs. Chicago White Sox, March 29-April 1
Ready or not, here comes the 2018 season, and it begins for the Royals with a visit from their division rivals, the Chicago White Sox. The White Sox are an interesting team after they started their rebuild in earnest last season and are in the midst of seeing some of their highly regarded prospects ascend […]