You know how I always say that spring training stats don’t mean much and that I don’t think teams should be making decisions based on spring performance? Okay, so that will still be true next week, but if you’re going to glean something from the spring, starting next week is the time when it becomes […]
Author: David Lesky
Potential Mid-Season Trade Targets: Starting Pitchers
Whenever anyone really gets into a discussion about the 2017 Royals, the conversation ultimately turns to whether or not they’ll be sellers at the trade deadline. That’s one of the more interesting storylines around this team as it, in all likelihood, is their last chance to win another title with this whole core together. But […]
Spring Training Questions: Who Has Improved Their Stock the Most?
It’s about this point in the spring when things start to get a little more serious. Opening Day is now less than three weeks away and the rosters are starting to become clearer. Most good teams come to camp with maybe three or four open spots that can be won during the spring, and that’s […]
Friday Notes
Spring training has been underway for about three weeks now, which means cuts are happening. The Royals notably sent Kyle Zimmer and Josh Staumont to minor league camp, which was interesting in that both seemed to have at least a small chance of breaking camp with the big league club. I think Staumont’s control and […]
Spring Training Questions: Can The Pitching Be Good Enough?
In today’s look at a question surrounding the Royals, I tackle a question that probably won’t get answered during the spring. It may not even get answered in the first part of the season, but it’s still a question that needs to be asked now even if we won’t have a final answer on it […]
Mondesi’s Hot Start Shouldn’t Change Anything
The best prospect in the Royals system isn’t technically a prospect due to his 149 plate appearances during the 2016 season. The Royals quick promotion of Raul Adalberto Mondesi stripped him of his prospect status, but that doesn’t change the fact that it should probably remain his designation given how raw and seemingly unready for […]
Friday Notes
The big news out of baseball yesterday, at least in my mind, was David Price heading to get an MRI on his elbow and the Red Sox not being optimistic about it. One minute you think you have this fantastic top of the rotation. And the next, poof. Of course, the Red Sox still do […]
Spring Training Questions: How Do the Royals Stay Healthy?
The Royals don’t have a ton of questions this spring, but there are a few. So far, I’ve looked at what the Royals are going to do with Cheslor Cuthbert and how a healthy Kyle Zimmer fits into this team’s plans for 2017. On the former, we still don’t know the answer. On the latter, […]
Friday Notes
The Royals will play a baseball game tomorrow. This is not a drill. No, the game doesn’t mean anything and we’ll likely get relatively bored of spring training games in fairly short order, but that doesn’t change the fact that a baseball game will be played tomorrow between the Royals and another team. That’s darn exciting. […]
Spring Training Questions: Where Does Kyle Zimmer Fit?
Spring training is a time to find out answers, but if you’re searching for answers, it means there are questions being asked. That’s what I’m here for. Last week, we investigated what the Royals could do with Cheslor Cuthbert. This week’s question centers around one of the most electric arms in the organization…when healthy. Kyle […]