Stop me if you’ve heard this before. The Royals were involved in a brawl with Yordano Ventura at the center. Okay, don’t stop me because I’d actually prefer that you read this. I didn’t watch much of the game last night. After five straight losses, when the game started off the way it did with […]
Author: David Lesky
Series Preview: Royals at Baltimore Orioles, June 6-8
It’s safe to say the road trip hasn’t started off like the Royals were hoping. Now they need to do some salvage work as they head to Baltimore to take on the Orioles. This is a Baltimore team performing better than expected and is right in the thick of the American League East race. The two teams have […]
Friday Notes
So the Royals are good again in spite of whatever that ninth inning was yesterday. That happened awfully quick. It was just under three weeks ago that I was sitting at a Sunday afternoon game and watching the Royals struggle with the lowly Braves. I wondered on Twitter that day if maybe the 12-6 stretch […]
Series Preview: Royals at Cleveland Indians, June 2-5
No rest for the weary as the Kansas City Royals hit the road for 10 games, beginning with a big series against the Cleveland Indians. The Indians are now the closest competitor to the Royals for American League Central supremacy, so this series is pretty important. It’s interesting that the Royals have seven games scheduled […]
Revisiting Eric Hosmer’s Big Financial Future
Eric Hosmer has become the superstar we all thought he would be when he came up to the big leagues in 2011. If you don’t believe me, just read this article about it. In the midst of the hot start he’s had to the season, many have pointed out that Hosmer started the 2015 season in […]
Royals Injuries Could Improve Future
I’m not naive enough to think that all the injuries the Royals have dealt with this season can be spun into a positive. Sure they can win with the replacements, but it’s never good to have to play without your star players. However, I would posit that these injuries do have a positive impact on the […]
Series Preview: Royals vs. Tampa Bay Rays, May 30-June 1
After five straight series wins, including the most recent sweep of the previously first place White Sox, the Royals take on the Tampa Bay Rays for the first time this season. The Rays have had their moments, but overall, 2016 has been pretty frustrating for them. Since the end of their window from that surprising […]
Friday Notes
The baseball season is really long. I know that we say that all the time. You hear the clichés that it’s a marathon and not a sprint and all that good stuff, but sometimes, even with all that, you lose track of just how long the baseball season is. And I think sometimes you lose […]
Series Preview: Royals vs. Chicago White Sox, May 26-29
The Kansas City Royals welcome the Chicago White Sox to town for a fourthree-game series that looks like a pretty big one. It’s at least as big as a series can be in late May. As you know, the Royals took two of three from the White Sox last weekend in Chicago, but failed to […]
Alex Gordon, Struggles with Fastballs and a Broken Wrist
As you know, Alex Gordon was placed on the disabled list on Monday with a fractured scaphoid. As you also know, he was struggling badly before the injury to a bone that could impact the rest of his season after he returns. But what’s going on with him? Gordon has struggled like this before. In […]