This game was ugly. Then it wasn’t. It ended up beautiful. The story of this game for the vast majority of it was James Paxton and his pursuit of a complete game in a modicum of pitches. He threw eight in the first and nine in the second. It got worse. He was at 28 […]
Author: David Lesky
Series Preview: Royals vs. Seattle Mariners, July 7-10
The Royals return home for their final series before the All-Star break to take on the Seattle Mariners. Both these teams have taken similar paths in a way in that they’ve both gotten to their slightly above .500 record and hanging around the wild card race by being wildly inconsistent. The good thing about an […]
RECAP: Blue Jays 8, Royals 3; Not So Good, Eh?
What do you get when you put a guy on the mound who is on pace to allow a record number of homers against a team that hits home runs in bunches in a park that is notorious for home runs? You get Tuesday night’s Royals vs. Blue Jays game, a game that featured four Blue […]
Series Preview: Royals at Toronto Blue Jays, July 4-6
The Royals find their way back to the American League to take on their most recent American League playoff victim, the Toronto Blue Jays. You may recall that the two teams met in the ALCS and the Royals won that series, four games to two. This year, the Blue Jays are a little like the […]
Series Preview: Royals at Philadelphia Phillies, July 1-3
The Royals, fresh off actually winning a couple road games, travel to Philadelphia to take on the rebuilding Phillies in a three-game weekend series. At some point last year, the Phillies realized it was truly time to tear it all down and they’re now left with just a couple pieces from their 2008 championship team. […]
Friday Notes
The Royals continue to literally limp along toward the All-Star break after losing yet another one of their star players to injury this past week in Lorenzo Cain. They’re doing surprisingly well given all the issues they’ve had, but if the Indians can’t start a losing streak soon, I’m going to be worried about the […]
Injury Bug Bites Again
It’s been one of those years for the Royals, hasn’t it? With the news prior to Wednesday’s game that Lorenzo Cain would be going on the disabled list, it just felt like a continuation of the same story we’ve been hearing all season. It actually began during the first game in spring training when Jarrod […]
Royals Third Base Tree is Blooming
There was a time in Royals history when “The Third Base Tree” was more talked about than the actual team. The Royals were struggling and so was Mike Moustakas, and sometimes when things aren’t going great, Ned Yost gets a little short with reporters and ultimately gave a great quote about going to the third […]
Series Preview: Royals vs. St. Louis Cardinals, June 27-30
The Royals begin their annual home and home series with the St. Louis Cardinals with two games at The K before heading to St. Louis for the final two games of the series. After posting the best record in their respective leagues last season, the Missouri rivals have identical records heading into this four-game set. Both […]
Series Preview: Royals vs. Houston Astros, June 24-26
The Royals return home after a grueling two-day road trip to welcome the Houston Astros. You may recall the last time the Royals and Astros played at Kauffman Stadium, the game ended with a celebration on the mound and a trip booked to the ALCS. I’m guessing the celebration will be much more subdued for […]