Alternate Reality: We’ve arrived at the 40-game mark, the point in the season when Dayton Moore likes to take stock of his team and see if there are any changes that need to be made. To date, things are going about as he (and I) expected. The Royals are 22-18 and tied for first place […]
Author: David Lesky
Series Preview: Royals at San Francisco Giants, June 13-14
If you like disappointing teams like the Royals, then you’ll love their next opponent, the San Francisco Giants. With World Series aspirations after falling in the NLDS last year to the Cubs, they’ve gotten off to a 26-39 start and have the Padres to think for not being in last place. If you want to […]
Series Preview: Royals at San Diego Padres, June 9-11
The Padres figured to be awful this season when they went into the year, and they are certainly living up to expectations. I’m not sure if that’s good news or bad news for the Royals, who badly need to load up on some wins against bad teams to get back into the AL Central race. If […]
Friday Notes
In almost any other division, the Royals would be toast. There are teams that have raced out to fast starts in both East divisions and both West divisions. Then there’s the two Centrals where nobody has run away. So if you’re looking for the Royals to stay close to a pennant race, that’s a great […]
Comebacks Are Fun
Imagine a scenario where the best team in baseball at 26 games over .500 is up 7-1 after three and a half innings. Imagine in this scenario that the team they’re beating is eight games under .500 and potentially circling the drain. We all know the outcome of that game, right? Wrong. You’re reading this, […]
Series Preview: Royals vs. Houston Astros, June 5-8
The Houston Astros are the best team in baseball. The Kansas City Royals are decidedly not. The Astros have a deep lineup that is really versatile. They have a heck of a bullpen. The only weakness might be the back of their rotation, but if you’re only worried about your four and five starters, you’re […]
Series Preview: Royals vs. Cleveland Indians, June 2-4
After a disappointing series against Detroit, the Royals welcome the Cleveland Indians to town for the second time this season. They’ll be seeing them for the second straight weekend. You may recall last weekend went well with a series win, but there was a bad taste left in the Royals collective mouths after getting drubbed in […]
Friday Notes
Remember how we’ve talked about checkpoints throughout the season for these Royals? Memorial Day and/or the end of May was the first really important one, and while the team improved in May, it wasn’t and isn’t enough. They’re now so far behind where they need to be that I think it would be difficult to […]
Fun with Royals Numbers
Over the last couple seasons, Statcast has emerged to provide an additional lens with which you can view the game. For nerds like me (and possibly you since you’re reading this), it’s just a different element to evaluate a player and see if the eye test matches. I know I personally will be watching a […]
Series Preview: Royals vs. Detroit Tigers, May 29-31
The Royals return to The K for a pivotal home stand that begins with their first look at the Detroit Tigers. While many are disappointed in the way the Royals have started the season, the Tigers might be even more disappointing. It’s hard to pinpoint one particular thing that has plagued the Tigers this season, but […]