The Royals welcome in their neighbors from the east, the St. Louis Cardinals in a much needed respite from their city. It hasn’t been a great season for the Cardinals, but they’re still within striking distance of the wild card in the National League, albeit bunched up with a handful of teams. They made some […]
Author: David Lesky
Friday Notes
I can very much appreciate consistency and the consistency with which people argue with the lineups the Royals put out is pretty fantastic. The fact that people still have that kind of passion for a team on the fast track to 110-plus losses is really pretty impressive and I do think speaks to how much […]
You’ve Been Framed
Over the past few seasons as catching metrics continue to grow, one thing we’ve seen become more and more prevalent is the framing metrics. On Baseball Prospectus, you can see framing metrics presented as the number of runs catchers either gain or lose their team throughout the course of the season. Now here’s a controversial […]
Royals Could Use Some Relief
I apologize if this is the first you’ve heard of this issue, but the Royals bullpen is not what you’d call good. It probably actually isn’t even as bad as you’d expect. If I asked 10 people to guess what the collective ERA of the bullpen was, I’m guessing they’d be about a run higher […]
Series Preview: Royals vs. Chicago Cubs, August 6-8
After a long road trip, the Royals come home and hope to find some wins against…the best team in the National League, the Chicago Cubs. Even with the best record in the National League, you might be able to make an argument they’ve underachieved a bit as they have a fantastic lineup from top to […]
Series Preview: Royals at Minnesota Twins, August 3-5
The Royals forge on and head to Minneapolis to take on the Twins, who decided to throw in the towel a bit at the deadline by trading away a couple infielders who really enjoyed facing the Royals in Brian Dozier and Eduardo Escobar as well as Lance Lynn and a couple relievers. But that doesn’t […]
Friday Notes
This is a little more like it. There’s some youth and some athleticism in the lineup and even if they still aren’t very good, it’s at least a bit more fun to watch than the plodding team we saw in April and May. There’s still far too much Alcides Escobar, but any Esky is too […]
Making Sense of Dayton’s Plan
Three years ago, the Royals were running away with the AL Central and were just three months from winning a World Series. Today, the Royals are one of baseball’s worst teams and are the subject of ire from many. I don’t provide that timeline to shame those disagreeing with the Royals strategy based on how […]
Series Preview: Royals at Chicago White Sox, July 31-August 2
The Royals head to Chicago to take on their basement buddies in the White Sox. In a way, the White Sox are lucky the Royals exist because they’d be the worst team in the Central by a longshot if not for Kansas City, but in another way, they’re barely even in play for the number […]
Friday Notes
Here we sit with just a weekend and a day between us and the trade deadline and there are questions about what the Royals roster will look like the next time we meet for Friday Notes. Mike Moustakas will almost certainly be in another uniform. He may already be dealt, depending on when you’re reading […]