Full disclosure: sometime in July 2014, I was preparing a blog post for the old Pine Tar Press site. I was planning out my arguments, doing some research, and making mental notes about what I wanted to say: it was time—well past time!—for the Royals to fire Dayton Moore. I was hardly alone in this. […]
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Diamonds in the Rough 7-30-18
HR Roll Call: Kort Peterson (13), Cal Jones (6) BPKC Hitter of the Day: Kort Peterson 3-3 HR, 2b, RBI, BB BPKC Pitcher of the Day: J.C. Cloney 6.2 IP 4 H 1 R 1 ER 3 BB 8 K 5-3 GO-FO 99p/60k Transaction – Ryan O’Hearn called up from the Omaha Storm Chasers Hagerstown […]
They’re all gone
Everybody’s gone now. After Mike Moustakas joined forces with Lorenzo Cain in Milwaukee, the 2015 cupboard has officially been cleaned. Eric Hosmer is underperforming in San Diego. HDH is scattered to the four winds. RIP Yo. A whole eight players from the 2015 title team remain in the organization, and that’s counting Terrance Gore (he […]
Moose Crossing – Royals trade Mike Moustakas to the Brewers for a pair of players
According to Ned Yost, the Royals weren’t going to just give away Mike Moustakas and with the return they received that seems to be the case with two prospects who have seen Major League difficulties but have been on the radar for a bit. Brett Phillips – Ranked the No. 10 […]
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 […]
Series Preview: Royals at New York Yankees, July 26-29
When you have powers like the Kansas City Royals and New York Yankees squaring off, the whole baseball world will take notice. The Yankees, of course, are one of baseball’s best teams, owning the second best record in the whole sport. It’s unfortunate for them that the best record belongs to the team ahead of […]
U.L.’s Toothpick: The Night Kevin Appier Threw A One-Hitter–And Lost
Twenty-five years ago this week, Kevin Appier pitched perhaps the most dominant game in Royals history. And lost. That’s a bold claim, you might respond. I answer with the Game Score stat. You’re familiar with Game Score, yes? Devised by Bill James, it is a stat to determine a starting pitcher’s effectiveness in a single […]
Could the rest of the AL Central beat the Indians?
Outside of the Cleveland Indians, the American League Central sucks. I’m sorry if this is how you found out. It’s rather historic, in many respects. The Indians are the only team above .500 and it’s not particularly close. The Twins are clearly the second-best team, only they’re doing it without Byron Buxton and Miguel Sano, […]
Pitching Prospects At Lexington-Holden Capps, LHP
An eighth-round pick out of the University of Central Oklahoma, LHP Holden Capps has quietly been posting some very good performances for Class-A Lexington. Coming off of a high school career that saw him make the All-District, All-Area, and All-State teams for Lawton High School in 2013, Capps began his collegiate career with Redlands Community […]
The bleak reality of the Royals offense
Last month at the mothership, Rob Mains published a pair of articles comparing three of the more accepted advanced offensive metrics. TAv is what we use here at Baseball Prospectus. OPS+ is found on Baseball Reference. And wRC+ is located at Fangraphs. Mains ran the numbers and found that, despite some fundamental differences in how […]