After a bitter defeat at the hands of the visiting Lakewood BlueClaws on Monday, a loss that saw their bullpen falter to the tune of five runs in the ninth inning, the Lexington Legends took back their house in a 5-2 win on Tuesday in Game Two of the SAL Championship. We saw another dominant […]
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Ryan O’Hearn is here to hit dingers
Boom. He did it again. In a Royals season that was most notable for losses by the bushel, uninspired and uninteresting baseball, and a mammoth run differential, the year has suddenly become halfway sorta fun. It’s not must-see TV just yet. But we’ve come a long way from the pits of June and a dreadful […]
Series Preview: Royals vs. Chicago White Sox, September 10-12
The Royals return to Kansas City for their penultimate homestand of the 2018 season and take on the Chicago White Sox in a three-game set. I thought the White Sox might surprise this season and finish decently. Instead, they’re significantly under .500 and while there’s tons of talent, there are still questions about them moving […]
The Academy: Royals Organization All-BP Team
With the Minor League season nearly over, what better time to highlight some of the best players in the minor league ranks for the Royals organization this season? Starting Pitcher – Daniel Lynch Rarely would we select a draftee for this spot, but no starting pitcher in the organization has been as dominant as Lynch in […]
Series Preview: Royals at Minnesota Twins, September 7-9
After getting some cold water thrown on them, the Royals travel back to Central time to take on the Minnesota Twins in a three-game weekend set between the Central Division rivals. As is always the case by September, we know quite a bit about Minnesota and about just how disappointing their season has been, with […]
Friday Notes
Turns out winning is actually pretty fun. You’re forgiven if you had forgotten that because before this week, the last winning streak longer than three games for the Royals came back in spring training. In the final win of a seven-game Cactus League winning streak, Ryan Goins started at shortstop. I have somehow forgotten the […]
Diamonds in the Rough – Playoff Edition
HR Roll Call: Nick Pratto (15) BPKC Player of the Day: Nick Pratto 2-3, HR, 2 RBI, 2 SB Lexington Legends 3, Rome Braves 1 Lexington leads series 1-0 (best of three) The Legends started their playoff series with the Rome Braves on Wednesday night with first round pick Jackson Kowar on the hill. The former Florida […]
The Academy – Full Season Players of the Year
Presenting the third annual BPKC Minor League Players of the Year awards. These are the players who stirred the drink for their teams and are listed below with a few caveats. To qualify, a starting pitcher had to make 10 starts or spend half of the season with the club, while a position player needed to […]
Lexington Takes On Rome In First Round of Sally League Playoffs
Today, for the first time in twelve years, the Lexington Legends are playing postseason baseball. They face off against the Rome Braves (71-62 overall, 40-29 in the first half), the first-half champion of the Southern Division in the South Atlantic League. The Legends (76-60 overall, 39-29 in the second half) finished the year as the […]
There’s Always Hope
On September 2, 2005, the Kansas City Royals lost their 90th game of the season. The 10-inning, 8-7 loss at home to the Rangers dropped the Royals to 39 games behind the division-leading Chicago White Sox and also gave them the worst record in baseball….by TEN games. That they would almost play .500 baseball the […]