After the day of baseball wrapped up on July 26th, the Royals sat at 53-47, winners of eight in a row and just 1.5 games out of first place. They were rolling and they were in a prime position to take over the division lead at some point in the near future. Think back to […]
Author: David Lesky
Series Preview: Royals vs. Cleveland Indians, August 18-20
Things haven’t been ideal for the Royals over the last few weeks, but now is their time to fix all of that if they are so inclined. They welcome the first place Cleveland Indians to town for a three-game set this weekend that, without hyperbole, has a chance to define the rest of the Royals season. […]
Friday Notes
Maybe the Royals have weathered the latest storm, ending their five-game losing streak on the road trip and then winning three of their last four. Of course, with the way the bullpen has thrown, it might not really matter in the long run. We’re at the point now where the long run isn’t really the […]
DongTown Has Attracted Many from Kansas City
This may come as a surprise, but the Royals haven’t historically hit a lot of home runs. I know, this is brand new information, so I’ll give everyone a minute to catch their breath. As you know, Mike Moustakas is two home runs shy of the team record for home runs, which is a paltry […]
Series Preview: Royals at Oakland A’s, August 14-16
The last time the Royals faced the Oakland A’s, they were coming off winning two of three on the road after getting swept in the previous series. Don’t adjust your television, it’s happening again. Only this time, the Royals and A’s rosters look pretty different. The A’s differences come after trading away multiple pieces that […]
Series Preview: Royals at Chicago White Sox, August 11-13
The Royals will try to turn things around against one of the worst teams out there, the Chicago White Sox. Even after just sweeping a series against the best team in the American League, the Astros, they’re just 6-19 since the break and have traded off the vast majority of their big league players. Of course, now […]
Friday Notes
No team is ever as good as they look when they’re in the middle of a long winning streak and no team is ever as bad as they look when they’re in the middle of a long losing streak. Okay, maybe that’s not true. The Dodgers might be every bit as good as they look […]
Series Preview: Royals at St. Louis Cardinals, August 9-10
After two in Kansas City, the Royals and Cardinals take their series about 241 miles east on I-70 to St. Louis for the final two games. The return of Dexter Fowler seemed to invigorate the Cardinals as they were able to get the offense rolling in Kansas City, so now Royals pitching will be faced […]
Series Preview: Royals vs. St. Louis Cardinals, August 7-8
The Royals wrap up their homestand with a brief two-game set against the St. Louis Cardinals. They’ll begin the next trip with two against the Cardinals in St. Louis to complete the four-game home and home, but we’ll preview those two games ahead of those games on the road. Things haven’t gone especially well for […]
Friday Notes
Now we get to figure out if the Royals recent nine-game winning streak (or 10-1 stretch if you like to extend it more) was nothing more than a dead cat bounce or if their recent stretch of less than stellar play is just part of the ebbs and flows of a long baseball season. At […]