Someday, some Royals blogger who fancies himself a historian (pfft, what a loser that guy will be!) will be perusing Baseball Reference and notice that this year’s team put up a strong challenge to be the worst in franchise history. I hope this post will still be floating around the interwebs then, because I’m here […]
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The Academy – Instructional League Notes
These games can be uninspiring at times but one can find positives in players here despite the 102-degree heat and relentless sun. Imagine being a player like Kyle Isbel who has 120+ games under his belt this season and then being asked to take ABs in a non-competitive atmosphere in this heat. It can be […]
He’s back! Yost to return for 2019
Just ahead of Game 162, the Royals removed all the drama from their October. Ned Yost will return as manager for the 2019 season. Despite protestations from the manager that he hadn’t thought about or discussed his future with the Royals, it was clear the two sides wouldn’t let this drag out beyond the final […]
Friday Notes
Three games to go in this season that couldn’t end fast enough at one point but now will be sad to see go. I guess that’s what playing some young guys and seeing them have success will do. And as I mentioned last week, the extra downside to the season ending is that this offseason […]
Series Preview: Royals vs. Cleveland Indians, September 27-30
This is it. The final four games of the 2018 season are at Kauffman Stadium for the Royals as they welcome in the division champion Cleveland Indians for a season-ending tryst. In spite of their third straight division title, the Indians have to be considered underwhelming this year as they are pretty much living off […]
Series Preview: Royals at Cincinnati Reds, September 25-26
The last road city the Royals will visit is the Queen City where they’ll take on the Cincinnati Reds, who are finishing up a campaign that has seen the rest of the NL Central lap them, though their season isn’t without its positives. For one, they’ve played much better under Jim Riggleman. They haven’t been […]
Bad contracts, a small budget and the end of the good times
“Money talks and bullshit walks.” — Bobbi Fleckman, This Is Spinal Tap God, how I love this quote. Delivered with such conviction, it’s an absolute. Money makes the world go ‘round. If the first album had been a hit, it would have been so different. Now, everything else is just the details. In Kansas City, […]
RECAP: The Royals are bad. But they are not Detroit bad
I know we spend a lot of time in this space waxing poetic about the foibles of the 2018 Kansas City Royals, and that’s partly because the Royals have been pretty bad all year and partly because I’ve always been encouraged to write what I know and I’ve now done [quick math] holy crap, 77 […]
Friday Notes
The Royals have hit a bit of a skid over the last few days, but I don’t think the wins and losses are the main reason there’s been some optimism around Kansas City regarding this team. It has to do with how the young guys are playing and the exploits of Adalberto Mondesi and Ryan […]
Series Preview: Royals at Detroit Tigers, September 20-23
The Royals take their last trip to Detroit in 2018 to see the Tigers in a battle of the blah as the season comes to a close. I believe the current version of the Royals is better than the current version of the Tigers, though the current version of the Royals isn’t exactly a juggernaut […]