Those chairs keep shuffling around on the deck. In another trade, on Monday night the Royals shipped Brandon Moss and Ryan Buchter to the East Bay in exchange for Jesse Hahn and Heath Fillmyer. The Royals are also sending $3.25 million in cash to offset some of the $8.25 million due to Moss this year […]
Tag: Alcides Escobar
Subtraction by Retention
If I had been asked around Nov. 15 what my offseason wishlist would look like for the Kansas City Royals in terms of in-house free-agents and other concerns, it probably would’ve been something like this: Re-sign Lorenzo Cain Re-sign Mike Moustakas Re-sign Eric Hosmer Donate an eye to Rusty Kuntz so he could keep coaching […]
Royals Bring Back Alcides Escobar
Yep. They did it. Why did they do it? I don’t know. Veteran leadership or something silly? But I guess when you have a shortstop who has lost a step and has only had an OBP above .300 once in the last five years, you sort of have to do whatever you can to bring […]
Qualified to be Free
Monday, the Royals extended qualifying offers to their top three free agents, Lorenzo Cain, Eric Hosmer and Mike Moustakas. That means those three have the opportunity to accept and sign a one year deal with the team for 2018 for $17.4 million. If they turn it down, they could still come back to the Royals, […]
Memories (BP Kansas City Episode 73)
http://www.blogtalkradio.com/kansascitybaseballvault/2017/10/04/memories-bp-kansas-city-episode-73.mp3 This week was pretty simple. In this episode, we say goodbye to the foursome of Alcides Escobar, Mike Moustakas, Lorenzo Cain, and Eric Hosmer, sharing our memories of their play, key moments, and what they meant to the last era of Royals baseball. Subscribe to the podcast via iTunes and BlogTalkRadio. You can also […]
Fin.
I’ve literally nothing to add when it comes to the outcome of Sunday’s season finale—a drubbing which guaranteed the Kansas City Royals a losing record for the first time since 2012. The Arizona Diamondbacks, who are a very, very good baseball team and legitimate threat to bring a World Series back to the desert, soundly […]
Friday Notes
I imagine Royals fans will be blaring some Sarah McLachlan in the coming months as we watch the core of the championship club begin to sign elsewhere. This upcoming weekend, for me at least and probably many others, is about getting to see these guys in Royals blue one last time if they do indeed […]
One Final Time Around The Bases
The Royals return home Tuesday for their final home stand of the 2017 season. We’re about a week away from the depressing reality that baseball will take it’s annual leave from us. Another October without baseball. Blah. It’s not just any final set of games at The K. With a number of players likely leaving […]
The Dynasty That Wasn’t?
Here we are, at the end of the Royals’ championship window for this group of players. I know, the Royals have made some noise about re-signing their impending free agents, but I’ll believe that when I see it. Odds are, the key players are going to be too expensive, and at any rate there is […]
Shutout, Shutout, Shutout, Shutout
With so much focus on some sort of consecutive inning scoreless streak, let’s breakdown the latest Royals loss by the numbers. 0 Runs scored by the Royals. You already knew that. 1 Strikeout recorded by Ian Kennedy. This is notable because he has now run his consecutive start streak with at least one strikeout to […]