The Royals are 7-12 and look about as bad as they’ve looked at any time over the last few seasons. They haven’t scored more than two runs in a game since Saturday, April 15th. They’re 2-6 in that time, which is actually probably better than they should be given how good the starting pitching has […]
Author: David Lesky
Series Preview: Royals at Chicago White Sox, April 24-26
If you’re a fan of offense, this next series may not be the one for you. The Royals take their impotent offense to Chicago for their first series of the year against the White Sox, who have had their own struggles. While they’re not as bad offensively as the Royals, the White Sox have failed […]
Friday Notes
If you’re reading this, it’s too late. Jason Vargas has struck you out. Seriously, though, what an outing by him the other night. He just keeps doing it. I wrote last week about how he’s someone who I perpetually overlook and I’m wrong about. I’m just hoping he can keep it up because this offense […]
Series Preview: Royals at Texas Rangers, April 20-23
The Royals hit the road for the second time this season, traveling south to Texas to take on a Rangers team that hasn’t followed up their 2016 AL West title with the start they hoped for. But it’s still early and there’s still a good deal of talent on this club. They do seem to […]
Underachieving Overachievers
The Kansas City Royals have six wins and seven losses through 13 games. That record indicates that this team has been thoroughly mediocre through the first eight percent or so of its schedule. And as a team, the end result has been mediocre, but how they’re getting there can leave fans wondering if they should […]
Series Preview: Royals vs. San Francisco Giants, April 18-19
Fresh off their first sweep of the year, the Royals welcome in another hopeful contender, the San Francisco Giants. You may recall the Giants last visit to Kansas City came in late October of 2014 with a world title on the line. That didn’t end as Royals fans would have hoped, but there was a […]
Series Preview Royals vs. Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim, April 14-16
This season began looking like the Royals had a nice little early stretch where they got to face the Twins, A’s and Angels. We know how the Twins and A’s portion of the schedule have gone and the Angels have gotten off to a much better than expected start, especially given the injury to Garrett […]
Friday Notes
One of the beauties of baseball season is how long “it’s early.” At some point, things flip and everything that’s happening has relevance, but that moment sort of catches everyone off guard. All discussions begin with “It’s early, but…” until they don’t. I say this to remind everyone that it’s early, but the returns on […]
Royals Sending Mixed Messages
The organization that doesn’t panic even when panic is warranted might be a little more apt to panic in 2017. Dayton Moore has said many times that he doesn’t even begin to make moves for his team until they’ve reached the 40-game mark. That’s sound logic that many have a hard time following because 40 […]
Series Preview: Royals vs. Oakland A’s, April 10-13
The Royals found a way to right the ship in Houston, which further proves that you truly can’t predict baseball (though I’ll try at the end of this). Now, they finally make their home debut after a long spring training and a week-long road trip to start the season. They’ll face off against the Oakland […]