Now we get to figure out if the Royals recent nine-game winning streak (or 10-1 stretch if you like to extend it more) was nothing more than a dead cat bounce or if their recent stretch of less than stellar play is just part of the ebbs and flows of a long baseball season. At […]
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Homecoming
With the current nucleus assembled and ready for one last shot at glory, Dayton Moore set to add another complimentary piece by acquiring Melky Cabrera from Chicago on Sunday afternoon. It’s a sort of homecoming for Cabrera, who hit .305/.339/.470 for the Royals in 2011. He was an important part of a strong offensive team […]
Royals Of The Road
When a baseball team is in the thick of a pennant race and the trade deadline is approaching, everything seems to get all Bachelor-like as the importance of each game grows exponentially. Everything hinges on the upcoming series against Team X! This is the most important road trip of all-time! The most amazing rose ceremony […]
Trouble At The Top
The Royals slide into the All-Star Break with a 44-43 record and have positioned themselves for a fight for a playoff spot. It sure didn’t seem like this was possible. On May 7, the Royals dropped a 1-0 game to Cleveland to drop their record to 10-20. At that moment, the offense was averaging 2.7 […]
Friday Notes
It’s only been one week since the last edition of Friday Notes, but the Royals have gone from sub-.500 to four games over and have vaulted into playoff position in the American League. Life really does come at you fast, I guess. Now comes a very tough series to round out the first half, but […]
Trade Winds
With general manager Dayton Moore on the brief road trip to Detroit, he’s making the rounds speaking to the media. Naturally, the hot topic du jour is the trade deadline looming about a month from now. Will the Royals sell? Is it possible they’ll buy? You know what they say about making trade deadline assumptions […]
Speed Thrills
If you’ve been following along with the data revolution that is Statcast, you’re aware that they released a new metric on Tuesday. Sprint Speed is a measurement in terms of “feet per second in a player’s fastest one-second window.” A full explanation can be found here, but the ft/sec calculation makes sense, given that baseball […]
Boni Joins Exclusive Club
A milestone home run was hit in last night’s 8-3 loss to the Red Sox, but it’s not getting the attention it deserves. It was hit by a player who has helped to stabilize an offense that struggled early and who has a chance to break a team home run record that has lasted for […]
The Juice From The Kansas City Power Company
On Wednesday in San Francisco, the Royals went 1-14 with runners in scoring position. If you didn’t know anything from the game other than that tidbit, you’d probably assume there weren’t a lot of runs provided by the Kansas City nine. Except it didn’t quite work that way. The Royals plated seven runs total. The […]
Swingers
Wednesday saw the Royals win their second game in their last three, with the offense breaking out in a big way. Well, big for the Royals. Still, it felt cathartic. That’s what happens when the team carries the worst record in baseball – along with the lowest run total. According to Statcast, the Royals hit […]