The Opening Day roster comes attached with quite a bit of fanfare, but I think the attention placed on it is generally pretty overblown. Sure, those who make it are the ones who get to step forward and wave to the crowd before the first game when their name is announced, but just because a […]
Author: David Lesky
Friday Notes
With the regular season around the corner, the Royals roster is pretty well in focus, barring any injuries in the final handful of exhibition games. I find myself wanting to believe more in them, but I just can’t quite get there. I do think the rotation could be a strength. I’ve said this before, but […]
The Alex Gordon Conundrum
He’s a World Series hero, one of the best players in franchise history and remains one of the best defenders in left field in all of baseball. And yet, Alex Gordon was nearly unplayable for a good portion of the 2017 season because his bat was so anemic. He finished the season hitting .208/.293/.315 with […]
So Much Needs to Go Right for 2018 Royals
Every team in baseball has a few keys that need to happen in order for them to compete for a playoff spot. Some teams like the Astros and Yankees just need most of their players to be healthy and not be total disasters. It’s pretty easy to see their path. Other teams like the Marlins […]
Friday Notes
If you’re a fan of your spring training baseball better mirroring the regular season, the next few days will be your cup of tea. Opening Day is now less than two weeks away and the Royals will break camp in Arizona a week from Sunday. That means you’ll see starting pitchers hopefully go deeper into […]
Spring Training Stats: Real or Fake?
We talk a lot about how spring training statistics don’t mean anything, and they really aren’t all that important, but that’s not entirely true. We most definitely should never be looking at the stats from spring games and making judgments based solely on them, but as spring progresses, they do have some meaning. I think […]
Friday Notes
A few weeks ago, the Royals broke camp trying to bring Eric Hosmer back to the team but with the idea that if he said no, they could commit to the inexperienced players at the positions vacated by him, Mike Moustakas and Lorenzo Cain. Fast forward to today and the Royals now have veterans at […]
2018 Spring Training Diaries: Roster Coming Into Focus
The Royals 2018 roster is beginning to come into focus as they continue to scour the free agent market for relative bargains. From a pure value perspective, the relative pittance they’re paying Jon Jay and Lucas Duda can’t be looked at in any way but a positive. You can argue pretty easily that they shouldn’t […]
2018 Spring Training Diaries: Bonifacio’s Key Role
While I’m in Arizona for a few days, I plan to just give some notes from around the team from what I’m seeing while I’m soaking in the rays, which really means that I’m just fighting off sunburns. There is only so much you can glean from two or three games, especially when those games […]
Friday Notes
Let’s hear it for baseball, everyone. Welcome back. And hey, the Royals are hot out the gates, so it appears the talk of them losing 90-100 games was a little premature. If there’s anything we know is true, it’s that spring training results always portend future success. I kid, of course, because I love. This […]