Now with charts and small sample sizes! Alex Gordon struck out for the 14th straight game last night. Yes, he got his first home run of the year, added a single and yes, that was Jordan Zimmerman pitching who simply is not letting anyone have any fun with baseball bat this year. A notorious slow […]
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RECAP: Royals 2, Tigers 3; Furious Home Run Rally Falls Short
Sometimes, you hang to the bitter end because that’s baseball. The Royals lost 3-2 on Wednesday in a game that featured eight innings of torpid offense. If you stuck around you were treated to a home run infused comeback that, on this night, fell just short. Back to Back Alex Gordon has whiffed a lot. He […]
All The Strikeouts
Alex Gordon has not exactly fired out of the gates this season. Twelve games in, that is hardly an ‘Oh My God’ situation, especially given that Gordon is a rather notorious slow starter. For that matter, that a guy who has struck out 21% of the time for his career has fanned in 40% of […]
Friday Notes
As the Kansas City Royals prepare to head to the West Coast for the first time in 2016 (and strangely the second to last time), they do so on the heels of a really fantastic start to the season. I was listening to Buster Olney on The Border Patrol on 810 in Kansas City yesterday […]
Friday Notes
I like to use various editions of Friday Notes as landmarks throughout the year. And this edition is one of my favorites because it’s the last one before the regular season begins. It’s always a joy to write about the upcoming spring and then to write about what happened in a random week in June, […]
Let’s Get This Show On The Road
I don’t know about you, but I was ready for this season to officially start about three weeks ago. I can’t remember a spring training I’ve cared less about. I suspect the Royals players, coaches, and front office people feel that even more strongly. As far as I’m concerned, this spring was about avoiding injuries. […]
Kendrys Morales, Linchpin
When Billy Butler departed as a free agent after the 2014 season, the Kansas City Royals had some options. They had talked openly about preferring to utilize the designated hitter role to be more of a rotation for position players to get a half-day off, so that seemed likely. There were also some free agents […]
Looking Into My Royals Crystal Ball
We are now less than a week from the Kansas City Royals opening up their championship defense. I know we all love baseball and will watch the season unfold, but there’s no need. I’ve taken a look into my crystal ball to determine what will happen during the 2016 season. I won’t give you the […]