The 2016 Royals have become a classic good news/bad news story. The good news is they play half their games at Kauffman Stadium. The bad news is they play the other half away. They’re now 13-25 on the road and 25-8 at home. I did a little looking and the biggest discrepancies between wins at […]
Author: David Lesky
Wade Davis: Human Cyborg
Wade Davis is not a robot. Sorry to start this out with something so controversial, but it’s the truth. If you ask Wade Davis if he’s a robot, he will tell you that he is not. Of course, a robot masquerading as a human would tell you no so you’d believe he wasn’t. Maybe my […]
Series Preview: Royals at New York Mets, June 21-22
This is a weird week for the Royals as they were off Monday and travel to New York for just two road games before returning to the friendly confines of Kauffman Stadium. Now, though, they take on the Mets to complete the road half off their home and home series this season. The last time the […]
Friday Notes
I’m exhausted. It’s only mid-June and we’ve already been through a 12-6 start, followed by a 3-11 stretch, followed by a 15-5 stretch, followed by an eight game losing streak, followed by the current 5-1 stretch. Add it all up and the recent six games is the difference with the Royals now four games over .500 and […]
Series Preview: Royals vs. Detroit Tigers, June 16-19
The Royals continue their homestand against another division rival and the most recent team not named the Royals to win the American League Central, the Detroit Tigers. After looking like they might fall out of the race for a second straight season, the Tigers have righted the ship and have come back from six games […]
RECAP: Royals 9, Indians 4; Cleveland’s Rocked
Payback is a cruel mistress. After getting swept in Cleveland to drop the Royals out of first place, the Royals returned the favor and swept the Indians on their turf to regain a share of the lead in the American League Central. A game that began with story lines including a former Cy Young pitcher, first […]
Royals Getting Healthier; Roster Moves Coming
Author’s Note: This was written prior to the Royals decision to DFA Omar Infante at about 4 pm on June 15. I think it’s safe to say that it now becomes quite unlikely he will be DFA’d again this season. At least not by the Royals. I hope the Royals have tested their roster move […]
Series Preview: Royals vs. Cleveland Indians, June 13-15
The long losing streak is over, but the Kansas City Royals still have plenty of work to do to build back to where they were before it began. Luckily for them, they have a great opportunity on this upcoming homestand to put the ugliness of last week behind them. It begins with a visit from […]
Series Preview: Royals at Chicago White Sox, June 10-12
Maybe the Royals are trying to use their ice cold bats to cool off Kansas City, which is suddenly quite warm. If we choose to think about their struggles that way, we realize that the struggles are for the greater good. Of course, the greater good doesn’t help the Royals win a division. Beating division […]
Friday Notes
Woof. That’s how I’d describe the last week of Royals baseball. Since we last spoke on Friday Notes, the Royals have scored four more runs than I have. You may not know this, but I am not a big league baseball player, so that’s pretty bad. They have, of course, lost all six of those games […]