The full season regular season came to a close over the Labor Day long weekend with the combined teams finishing with the four teams finishing a combined four games over .500 thanks to the Legends finishing 16 over by themselves. HR Roll Call: Paulo Orlando (11,12), Samir Duenez (10), Jecksson Flores (7), Alfredo Escalera 2 […]
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Series Preview: Royals at Cleveland Indians, September 3-5
The Royals leave their best homestand of the season to travel to Cleveland to take on the best team in the division, the Indians, who have just added Josh Donaldson to ensure their postseason ends in heartbreak. As I mentioned when they played last week, the Indians lineup is good, but a bit top heavy. […]
Diamonds in the Rough 9-1-18
HR Roll Call Anderson Miller (13), Kelvin Gutierrez (11), Nick Pratto (13), Jeison Guzman (4) BPKC Hitter of the Day Jeison Guzman 4-4 2R, 2b, HR, RBI, BB BPKC Pitcher of the Day Jon Perrin 5.2 IP 3 H 0 R 0 ER 1 BB 7 K 2-5 GO-FO 91p/56k Greenville Drive 9 Lexington Legends […]
Diamonds in the Rough 8-31-18
HR Roll Call Brewer Hicklen (18), Bubba Starling (5) BPKC Hitter of the Day Rubendy Jacquez 4-5 2b, BB, RBI BPKC Pitcher of the Day Glenn Sparkman 7 IP 6 H 0 R 0 ER 0 BB 8 K 7-3 GO-FO 88p/62k Lexington Legends 5 Greenville Drive 4 Starter Marcelo Martinez made his debut for […]
Series Preview: Royals vs. Baltimore Orioles, August 31-September 2
If you’re a fan of futility, and really who isn’t, this weekend is the weekend you’ve been waiting for. The Royals welcome in the only team worse than them in all of baseball, the Baltimore Orioles, for a three-game set that could help to determine who gets the number one pick in next June’s draft. […]
Friday Notes
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 […]
Diamonds in the Rough 8-30-18
HR Roll Call: Cal Jones (8), Nathan Eaton (5) BPKC Hitter of the Day: Cal Jones 2-4 2R, HR, 2 RBI BPKC Pitcher of the Day: Yefri Del Rosario 7 IP 4 H 0 R 0 ER 1 BB 9 K 4-6 GO-FO 86p/65k Lexington Legends 7 August GreenJackets 0 The Legends, on the cusp […]
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 […]
Royals do the right thing and deal Duda
Following a 9-2 victory against the Tigers (it was a sweep!), the Royals announced they sent first baseman Lucas Duda to Atlanta for cash considerations or a player to be named later. As written in this space on Tuesday, the Royals needed to deal Duda for myriad reasons. The expectation wasn’t about receiving a prospect. […]
Diamonds in the Rough 8-29-18
HR Roll Call: Alex Liddi (23), Samir Duenez (10), Brewer Hicklen (17), Nathan Eaton (4), Matt Morales (2) BPKC Hitter of the Day: Nathan Eaton 3-5, 2R, 3b, HR, 2 RBI, SB (16) BPKC Pitcher of the Day: Scott Barlow 3 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 5 K, 0-2 GO-FO, 47p/27k Augusta […]