Let’s get one thing out of the way right up front. Alex Gordon was one of the 10 best players in baseball from 2011 to 2014. This is not hyperbole. This is fact. Standard Batting Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ […]
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Friday Notes
It’s hard to believe this is the last Friday Notes of 2017. We’ve been through a lot this year with the Royals. Just during the season, we followed a team that was almost eliminated by May but somehow ended up in a playoff position by the trade deadline. Then, well, we know what happened next. […]
A Boni To Pick With the Royals
It’s now more than five years since the Royals made the incredibly controversial trade of Wil Myers (and some others) to the Tampa Bay Rays. At the time the trade was made, Myers was basically big league ready and the Royals were also about big league ready, so the deal was one that was a […]
Friday Notes
Dayton Moore didn’t say much during his year-end press conference that was delayed a couple weeks because of travel, but my question is what should we have expected to hear? At this point in the offseason, I don’t think the Royals even know what direction they’re going, which is both problematic and vaguely fascinating. I’ve […]
Friday Notes
For two years, we didn’t have to worry about what the offseason was like when nothing was going to happen. Your favorite team not making the playoffs is no fun in October. Sure, the postseason is actually fun to watch and you don’t go gray because you aren’t as into the outcome, but there just […]
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 […]
We Will Never Understand This Team
See if this sentence looks familiar. “When Dayton Moore went out and got Melky Cabrera and a trio of arms before the start of August, the proverbial push of the chips to the middle of the table, it signaled a point of no return for the Kansas City Royals. The bell cannot be un-rung.” If […]
Friday Notes
No team is ever as good as they look when they’re in the middle of a long winning streak and no team is ever as bad as they look when they’re in the middle of a long losing streak. Okay, maybe that’s not true. The Dodgers might be every bit as good as they look […]
Mood Swings (BP Kansas City Episode 66)
http://www.blogtalkradio.com/kansascitybaseballvault/2017/08/10/mood-swings-bp-kansas-city-episode-66.mp3 The Royals have been on the Royalcoaster in the second half and while they’re still in the playoff hunt, there’s a lot going on to toy with all of our emotions. We got caught up and discussed the two trades the Royals made to bulk up their roster, as well as the other roster […]
Salvage Work
Doubleheaders are tricky business. With the eight (or nine) man bullpen being the norm, it can still be difficult to navigate the staff around 18 guaranteed innings in one day. Factor in stretches where days off are far in the horizon, and it’s damned essential for teams to get depth from at least one starter […]