I’m sure there are some dreamers out there who think the Royals can put it all together and make a crazy run to a Wild Card or even a division title this season. As of this date, with the Royals under .500 with less than two months to go and so far out of either […]
Author: David Lesky
Deadline Thud
It’s been a long time since the Royals were sellers at the trade deadline. You have to turn the dial in your way back machine all the way to 2012 when the Royals traded Jonathan Broxton to the Reds for Donnie Joseph and J.C. Sulbaran. In a way, that trade sort of helped pave the […]
Series Preview: Royals at Tampa Bay Rays, August 1-4
The Royals go from playing the first place team in the American League West to the last place team in the American League. Things haven’t gone according to plan this year for the Rays as they had hoped to be contenders in their division, but instead have had as bad a year as they’ve had […]
Friday Notes
This is certainly a feeling we’re not really used to as Royals fans. Or maybe it’s something we’re completely used to. As the trade deadline approaches, it sure does look like we’re staring down the barrel of basically meaningless baseball for the final two months of the season, which simply hasn’t been the case since […]
RECAP: Rangers 3, Royals 2; Death by Home Run
Last weekend against the Rangers, Yordano Ventura was perfect through three innings before running into trouble and before a baseball ran into him. He was much better this time, going eight innings and giving up just three runs on four hits and just one walk. Unfortunately, it wasn’t enough as the Royals offense stayed mostly flaccid […]
Series Preview: Royals at Texas Rangers, July 28-31
After a miserable home stand that at least didn’t feature any sweeps, the Royals hit the road and head to Texas to face the Rangers again. Not much has changed since their last meeting days ago. The Rangers are still in first place and the Royals appear to be in a free fall. The Rangers […]
The Value of Mediocre
Goals are a funny thing in baseball. I’ll always remember going on a local radio show in spring training of 2013 and being asked what would constitute a successful season for the Royals that year. My answer was a meaningful game in September. It wasn’t playoffs or a World Series or even a winning record. […]
Series Preview: Royals vs. Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim, July 25-27
The Royals wrap up a disappointing homestand with a three game set against the last place Angels. If you want to know what a truly underwhelming team looks like, the Angels would be a much better place to look than the Royals. They have arguably the game’s best player and a payroll running close to the […]
Series Preview: Royals vs. Texas Rangers, July 22-24
After a disappointing series against the Indians, the Royals went to the White House with the hope of regaining their mojo. They get to try to do so against the first place Texas Rangers, though that isn’t quite as daunting a task as it would have been a few weeks ago. After going 20-8 in […]
Friday Notes
The All-Star Game brought so much hope to Kansas City. Eric Hosmer and Salvador Perez drove in all four runs for the American League and maybe it was time for the Royals to go on one of their runs we’ve gotten so used to over the last few seasons. They promptly went 2-4 to open […]