Jorge Soler

Soler Eclipsed

The Royals optioned Jorge Soler to Triple-A for the second time this season yesterday. That’s typically not a great sign for the player acquired in exchange for one of your better pitchers over the last three seasons. And while Soler hasn’t done himself any favors by hitting .154/.245/.275 with just two home runs in 102 plate […]

Friday Notes

Friday Notes

We’re 87 games in and have 75 to go in the long, long baseball season. It seems like it’s been about four seasons for the Royals already, but there’s still plenty more to come. Somehow, someway, the Royals find themselves in the thick of the pennant race, just three games out of first and 1.5 […]

Pat Neshek

2017 Royals Trade Targets: Relievers

In the final installment of players the Royals could go after, I look to the bullpen. While things have really stabilized with the emergence of Mike Minor, the loss of Matt Strahm for the year is a big blow. Neftali Feliz has looked solid at times, but there’s also a reason he was designated for […]

Jarrod Dyson

2017 Royals Trade Targets: Position Players

As we continue our look at Royals trade targets, I move from the pitching side to the position player side. The Royals are pretty well set at just about every position with the exception of designated hitter. They obviously signed Brandon Moss to mostly fill that hole, but he’s struggled mightily. Jorge Soler has been […]

Trevor Cahill

2017 Royals Trade Targets: Starting Pitchers

Yes, folks, the Royals are 44-43 and right in the thick of the playoff race. Instead of digging through other team’s farm systems, it looks like we’ll be digging through other team’s big league rosters to see where the Royals can improve. By my count, I see three places the Royals are targeting to upgrade. One […]

Friday Notes

Friday Notes

It’s only been one week since the last edition of Friday Notes, but the Royals have gone from sub-.500 to four games over and have vaulted into playoff position in the American League. Life really does come at you fast, I guess. Now comes a very tough series to round out the first half, but […]