I don’t think Brad Keller is or should win Rookie of the Year, but when you look at his body of work it’s not hard to see where the well-spring of support comes from. Shohei Ohtani gets the headlines, and if his arm had cooperated this wouldn’t even be a discussion. Gleyber Torres and Miguel […]
Tag: Adalberto Mondesi
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 […]
RECAP: Who Is Heath Fillmyer?
Is Heath Fillmyer good? Well, that’s a complicated question. He was really good against the Pirates on Wednesday night. He was pretty good against Baltimore back on Sept. 1, but put a huge asterisk there—my one-year old could pitch short relief against Baltimore if we could figure out which hand is his dominant hand yet. […]
Speed thrills: Mondesi’s thievery accelerates second half breakthrough
The stolen base just isn’t sexy anymore. As the launch angle revolution has taken root and baseball has evolved into a game more about hitting dingers and less about keeping the line moving, larceny on the bases has seemingly fallen out of favor. That doesn’t mean the steal still doesn’t have it’s place in the […]
RECAP: Jakob Junis is not a happy birthday boy
Typically, surrendering five runs and 11 hits are not a winning recipe for a starting pitcher. Usually, those same starters also don’t get to ply their wares deep into the seventh inning as well. But those starters are not usually facing the Kansas City Royals who, recent successes aside, have made a habit of gifting […]
RECAP: BERTO’s big day wasted
While Minnesota Twins pitcher Jake Odorizzi was busy carrying a no-hitter into the eighth inning on Wednesday, the Royals and White Sox were locked in their own version of a pitcher’s duel, wherein neither team hit particularly well and the pitching looks better as a result. Should we take that as gospel given that the […]
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 […]
Free Your Mind
A great many times this season, I’ve sat down to try to come up with an angle about the Kansas City Royals that might be considered fun or interesting or anything other than an attempt at click-baiting my way to a semi-interesting take that even I only half-believed in. Occasionally, I’ve been able to grit […]
RECAP: The Jakob Junis Game
If Jakob Junis could only face the Tigers, there’s an outside chance we might consider him one of the game’s finest pitchers. Unfortunately, there are 28 other teams and Junis seems not to fare as well against any of them. Fortunately, the Tigers were his opponent Tuesday and Junis did what Junis does in mowing […]