The Royals remain home, but get to return to facing American League teams as the team they defeated in the 2015 ALCS comes to town. That’s right, friends. It’s Blue Jays week, which doesn’t really mean anything, but it could have if both teams had stayed good a little longer. The Blue Jays were a […]
Tag: Brad Keller
RECAP: Nooooooooooooope
Earlier today, our very own David Lesky proffered some very interesting explanations for the Royals lack of success when it comes to the bullpen and where that leaves them for the future. I encourage you to read it, because: It’s very good Gettin’ dem clicks The upshot, if I understand it (Lesky tends to write […]
Royals Could Use Some Relief
I apologize if this is the first you’ve heard of this issue, but the Royals bullpen is not what you’d call good. It probably actually isn’t even as bad as you’d expect. If I asked 10 people to guess what the collective ERA of the bullpen was, I’m guessing they’d be about a run higher […]
Series Preview: Royals vs. Chicago Cubs, August 6-8
After a long road trip, the Royals come home and hope to find some wins against…the best team in the National League, the Chicago Cubs. Even with the best record in the National League, you might be able to make an argument they’ve underachieved a bit as they have a fantastic lineup from top to […]
RECAP: Two Jasons, One Blown Lead
Cannons. This game featured lots of cannons. Brett Phillips. Salvador Perez. Brad Keller humming darts. Leather. Also a considerable amount of leather, from Phillips and Adalberto Mondesi. And there was plenty of was bad bullpen work by the Royals in a 6-3 loss in the finale on the South Side. As one of the wickedly […]
Series Preview: Royals at Chicago White Sox, July 31-August 2
The Royals head to Chicago to take on their basement buddies in the White Sox. In a way, the White Sox are lucky the Royals exist because they’d be the worst team in the Central by a longshot if not for Kansas City, but in another way, they’re barely even in play for the number […]
Series Preview: Royals at New York Yankees, July 26-29
When you have powers like the Kansas City Royals and New York Yankees squaring off, the whole baseball world will take notice. The Yankees, of course, are one of baseball’s best teams, owning the second best record in the whole sport. It’s unfortunate for them that the best record belongs to the team ahead of […]
Series Preview: Royals vs. Minnesota Twins, July 20-22
Even though the Royals play like a minor league team, they don’t get the benefit of the rules of some minor leagues where the second half is a clean slate. That means they bring a horrific record into the first series of the “second half” against the Minnesota Twins, a team that has plenty of […]
Friday Notes
The second half of the season, which is really the second 40 percent or so gets underway tonight, and with four days to reflect on the atrocity that has been the Royals season to this point, it feels a little different. Yes, the season was over sometime in mid-April, but being able to take a […]
Series Preview: Royals at Chicago White Sox, July 13-15
The scorching hot Royals, winners of one of two, take their show to Chicago to take on the White Sox on the road for the first time this season. As you know the White Sox had their way with the Royals early in the year before the Royals were able to salvage the final two […]