Even with raindrops threatening to ruin the party, the Kansas City Royals offense came to life in a 10-4 rout of the Minnesota Twins. It started early with a pair of doubles by Alcides Escobar and Lorenzo Cain to plate the first run. Then Omar Infante was able to get Salvador Perez home with a […]
Author: David Lesky
Series Preview, Royals at Minnesota Twins, May 23-25
The Royals continue their short road trip with the first visit of the year to Minneapolis to take on the last place Minnesota Twins. The Twins were maybe the surprise of baseball last year when they finished in second place in the Central with an 83-79 record. This year, they appear to be in contention […]
Series Preview: Royals at Chicago White Sox, May 20-22
The Royals are coming off a successful homestand that saw them get some of their mojo back. It was just in time for a trip to Chicago to face the current AL Central leaders, the White Sox. I think it’s safe to say that this is the biggest series of the year so far. I […]
Friday Notes
Okay, now that’s much better. The Royals seem to have gotten back on track this week by winning back-to-back series at home to return to .500 ahead of a huge series this weekend with the first place Chicago White Sox. They didn’t play so well against the Braves but won the series, and then I thought they […]
Resting Cain (And Other Ways to Boost Outfield Production)
Lorenzo Cain played the first 20 games of the Royals season this year. For a guy who had never played more than 140 regular season games, that was a lot. Now, there were some off days in there, but still, he played the first 20 games of the season without taking a day of rest when his […]
Series Preview: Royals vs. Boston Red Sox, May 16-18
The Kansas City Royals continue their home stand by welcoming in the Boston Red Sox. Boston is coming off back-to-back last place finishes, but has started 2016 off well, and they look like a team that can sustain their success. It seems a little weird to think about, but this is actually a matchup of the […]
Series Preview: Royals vs. Atlanta Braves, May 13-15
The Kansas City Royals return home looking a little better, but still needing to climb out of the small hole they dug themselves. They get the opportunity to do so against the Atlanta Braves, who are the odds on favorite to end the season with the worst record in baseball (though the Twins appear to be […]
Friday Notes
The losses continue to pile up, but things maybe don’t look quite as bad for the Royals as they did a week or so ago. The offense may be starting to click a little bit, and they got a decent outing from Yordano Ventura, which was much needed, given the trouble getting innings from at least 40 […]
Fixing the Royals
The Royals are bad right now. You want to argue that? Be my guest. You’d be wrong. You want to argue that they’re actually a good team going through a bad stretch? I’ll buy that. I have a hard time believing the World Series Champions are just a bad team a mere 33 games into […]
Royals Rotation Needs Innings Badly
By now you already know the Royals rotation has some strong spots, along with some weak spots. There’s actually talent from all five starting pitchers, so there’s potential for a solid start from any one of the five. Of course, there’s also blowup potential. We’ve seen some bad starts from all five (though Ian Kennedy’s […]