Heading to New York to face a struggling Yankees team seemed like just the elixir the Royals would need to turn their losing ways around. Unfortunately, Chris Young had other plans. He gave up a solo home run in the first, a solo home run in the second and then three solo home runs in […]
Author: David Lesky
Series Preview: Royals at New York Yankees, May 9-12
Last season, the Kansas City Royals trip to Yankee Stadium to play the Yankees didn’t go so well. They were swept in three games and gave up a seemingly endless barrage of home runs. This year’s Yankees are a similar cast and crew (with a couple additions), but they’re just having a tough time of […]
Series Preview: Royals at Cleveland Indians, May 6-8
The struggling Kansas City Royals hit the road again to take on their division rival Cleveland Indians for the first time in 2016. While the Royals have struggled recently, the Indians haven’t been able to get out in front of their AL Central brethren, sharing in the middle of the division and looking up at […]
Friday Notes
If the Kansas City Royals go on to do great things this season, these past couple weeks will be written off and mostly forgotten. If they don’t, though, these are the past two weeks that will likely be pointed to all season long. Remember 2013? The Royals went 14-10 in April, 16-11 in June, 15-10 […]
Eric Hosmer is a Superstar
Five years ago tomorrow, Eric Hosmer made his big league debut for the Kansas City Royals. He went 0 for 2 with two walks in that game, but those two walks in his big league debut set him apart from pretty much every Royals player and, along with his minor league track record, made people […]
Royals Pitchers Taking a Walk on the Wild Side
A few trends have begun to emerge during this young baseball season. Some are good. Some are not so good. All have time to change. But for now, one of the most disturbing trends for the Royals isn’t actually about the sputtering offense but rather the pitching staff and their inability to keep runners off […]
Series Preview: Royals vs. Washington Nationals, May 2-4
The Kansas City Royals return home hoping to turn things around after a terrible road trip, but they have a tough opponent in the Washington Nationals. Multiple times over the last few seasons, the Nationals have been considered baseball’s best team prior to the season starting. They haven’t made good on those expectations, but they […]
Series Preview: Royals at Seattle Mariners, April 29-May 1
The Kansas City Royals will try to bounce back from a very disappointing series as they head to Seattle to take on the Mariners in a three-game set this weekend. The Mariners have started the season decently and sit within striking distance of the top of the American League West with an 11-10 record. The […]
Friday Notes
It’s been a long week for the Royals. Good thing they were able to take care of business at home because that trip to Anaheim was a stinker that we’d be best served to pretend like it didn’t happen and just go about our days. The offense is going through a rough stretch, but in […]
Wherefore Art Thou, Offense?
Think back to late last season and the postseason and try to remember all the praise heaped upon the Royals offense. They were talked about as relentless, deep and just generally excellent. And the praise was correct. From August 1 on, they averaged 4.9 runs per game (4.7 in the regular season and 5.6 in […]