Hot stove? Forget about it. Tepid stove is more like it these days. Since teams are sitting around twiddling their collective free agent signing thumbs, we’re left to mark time by the mandated deadlines as they pertain to roster construction. Last week, it was adding players to the 40-man roster to protect them from the […]
Tag: Brandon Maurer
What Went Wrong – The Padres Trade
This is the second in a series of postmortem articles on the 2017 Royals. The first – a look at Melky Cabrera’s return to the Royals – can be found here. On Sunday, July 23, the Royals rallied against the White Sox. Down 4-3 in the eighth, Whit Merrifield homered to leadoff the inning and […]
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 […]
Deep Royals Bullpen Is Built For October
The Royals made it to the World Series in back-to-back seasons pretty recently. You may not remember this, but 2014 and 2015 were very special seasons in Kansas City. The Royals rode a ridiculous defense along with an unreal back of the bullpen to two straight American League pennants and a World Series trophy. It […]
Maurer Can Become Much More
The Royals made a pretty fascinating trade yesterday, bringing three pitchers into the fold for their stretch run to the playoffs. David Lesky has that full trade breakdown for you here, so make sure you familiarize yourselves with all the players involved. While Trevor Cahill is likely the biggest chip coming to Kansas City, there […]
Royals Acquire Cahill, Maurer and Buchter for Strahm, Wood and Ruiz
The Royals were on the lookout for a starting pitcher and one or two bullpen arms to help round out their pitching staff at the trade deadline. They handled it all in one move, acquiring starting pitcher Trevor Cahill and relievers Brandon Maurer and Ryan Buchter from the Padres in exchange for Travis Wood, Matt […]