After a week and a half in the Eastern time zone, the Royals return home to face Jarrod Dyson and the Seattle Mariners. The Mariners are right in the thick of the Wild Card race, so even though the Royals are hoping for a division title in 2017, this is a big series to be […]
Author: David Lesky
Series Preview: Royals at Baltimore Orioles, July 31-August 2
The Royals will wrap up their road trip with their one and only visit to Baltimore to take on the Orioles, who have fallen quite far since the last time the two teams faced off in mid-May. Back then, the Orioles were one of the best teams in baseball, but a three-game sweep at the hands […]
Royals Acquire Melky Cabrera for A.J. Puckett and Andre Davis
The Royals made a move to lengthen their lineup by acquiring Melky Cabrera from the Chicago White Sox in exchange for minor league pitchers A.J. Puckett and Andre Davis. Additionally, the Royals designated pitcher Andrew Edwards for assignment to make room on the 40-man roster for Cabrera. Cabrera is having a solid offensive season for […]
Series Preview: Royals at Boston Red Sox, July 28-30
After opening the season’s second half with 13 games against sub-.500 teams, the Royals face their first real test since the break when they head to Boston to take on the division-leading Red Sox. To sum the Red Sox up in a sentence, they’re riding a lot of lefty starters with a contact oriented offense […]
Friday Notes
I first wrote about the Royalcoaster in 2013, but it’s come up more than a few times since then. The Royals have been .500 or better in each of the last four seasons, and in three of the four, they were under .500 at some point after the All-Star break. They went into the 2013 […]
Deep Royals Bullpen Is Built For October
The Royals made it to the World Series in back-to-back seasons pretty recently. You may not remember this, but 2014 and 2015 were very special seasons in Kansas City. The Royals rode a ridiculous defense along with an unreal back of the bullpen to two straight American League pennants and a World Series trophy. It […]
Royals Acquire Cahill, Maurer and Buchter for Strahm, Wood and Ruiz
The Royals were on the lookout for a starting pitcher and one or two bullpen arms to help round out their pitching staff at the trade deadline. They handled it all in one move, acquiring starting pitcher Trevor Cahill and relievers Brandon Maurer and Ryan Buchter from the Padres in exchange for Travis Wood, Matt […]
Series Preview: Royals at Detroit Tigers, July 24-26
The suddenly red-hot Royals travel to Detroit to take on the Tigers, who were on the receiving end of the Royals biggest beatdown of the season in Kansas City last week. Having just faced the Tigers for four games, the two teams are potentially more familiar with each other than they are usually, which should […]
Series Preview: Royals vs. Chicago White Sox, July 21-23
The Royals finish up their long homestand with a visit from the Chicago White Sox, and it’s a good thing they wear their name on the back of the uniform because they look different than the last time these two teams met. The White Sox, of course, have traded Jose Quintana, David Robertson, Todd Frazier […]
Friday Notes
When this 10-game homestand started, I said that the Royals needed to post a 7-3 or 8-2 record. Well, that’s already impossible, having started just 3-4. They can still salvage a winning week and a half with a sweep of the suddenly very young White Sox, but I have my doubts they can do that. […]