The trade of Lucas Duda to the Braves along with September starting gives Royals fans something to be excited for at the end of a long, difficult season. I’m guessing the Royals won’t bring up everybody everyone wants to see, but it’s another opportunity for them to add some younger talent to the roster to […]
Author: David Lesky
The Race to the Bottom
The race is on as the Baltimore Orioles come to town this weekend for a three-game set. The number one pick is within reach for really only two teams and they’re the two playing in Kauffman Stadium, so I wanted to take a look at what exactly needs to happen for the Royals to catch […]
Series Preview: Royals vs. Detroit Tigers, August 28-29
The Royals can ride the high of their series win over the division-leading Indians as they welcome the Detroit Tigers to town for a quick, two-game set. With Miguel Cabrera on the disabled list and out for the rest of the year, the Tigers have one player who is an above average hitter in Nicholas Castellanos. […]
Series Preview: Royals vs. Cleveland Indians, August 24-26
The Royals return home to take on the division-leading Cleveland Indians in a three-game set. The Indians have basically had their typical season. They started off middling and were sort of hovering around .500 for the first half of the season only to get hot after the break. They’re 21-11 since coming back and have […]
Friday Notes
It’s been a long time since we’ve counted down the days to the end of the season, but here we are, 37 more days of this misery before they can revert to 0-0 and we can know they’re terrible but without a record to show it. The question now is if they can get to […]
Introducing Your 2021 Kansas City Royals
Hey why not? The season is boring and 2021 seems to be what the front office is pushing for, so let’s have a little fun and see who could be on that roster when the team expects to be contending for division titles again. That’s an interesting year because the White Sox should theoretically be […]
Series Preview: Royals at Tampa Bay Rays, August 20-23
If nothing else, the Royals next opponent, the Tampa Bays, are interesting. Because of the American League and the American League East specifically, they have no chance to compete for a playoff spot, so they were pretty significant sellers at the deadline, and even before, having made a relatively big trade before anyone. But even […]
Series Preview: Royals at Chicago White Sox, August 17-19
The slog of the schedule is really upon us now. The Royals hit the road to take on the Chicago White Sox once again, their last trip to Chicago this season (assuming the rain doesn’t wash away a game and MLB makes them go back to play it). The White Sox occasionally show off their […]
Friday Notes
The Royals roster currently has five players who are over the age of 30. Four of them are free agents at the end of the year (with one, Ian Kennedy, coming off the DL to add back to the 30+ group). The point here is that the youth has arrived, and while the results aren’t […]
Series Preview: Royals vs. Toronto Blue Jays, August 13-16
The Royals remain home, but get to return to facing American League teams as the team they defeated in the 2015 ALCS comes to town. That’s right, friends. It’s Blue Jays week, which doesn’t really mean anything, but it could have if both teams had stayed good a little longer. The Blue Jays were a […]