If you took my postseason predictions that I posted on Twitter and went to place bets, I sincerely hope you chose to completely ignore me and do the opposite. Otherwise, please don’t charge me for your losses because I’ve pretty much whiffed the playoffs. Which, of course, leads me back to the Royals and just […]
Tag: Brett Phillips
Free Your Mind
A great many times this season, I’ve sat down to try to come up with an angle about the Kansas City Royals that might be considered fun or interesting or anything other than an attempt at click-baiting my way to a semi-interesting take that even I only half-believed in. Occasionally, I’ve been able to grit […]
10 Things That Have Gone Right For The Royals in 2018
The 2018 Royals are a train wreck. Or perhaps, a dumpster fire occurring on top of a train wreck. This is no secret. But let’s ignore all the many, many negative things that have happened this year and focus on some positives. Yes, there are some. I promise. In no particular order, here are 10 […]
Introducing Your 2021 Kansas City Royals
Hey why not? The season is boring and 2021 seems to be what the front office is pushing for, so let’s have a little fun and see who could be on that roster when the team expects to be contending for division titles again. That’s an interesting year because the White Sox should theoretically be […]
RECAP: Nothing happened but we wrote about it anyway
Jorge Lopez! The Rays Opener! It’s alleged Major League Baseball in central Florida, played in front of dozens! I know Florida is where the elderly go to await death’s sweet embrace, but it seems like more of them could make it out to Tropicana Field on a semi-regular basis. When even the reported attendance numbers […]
RECAP: We’ve fallen into a parallel universe where the Royals beat the Cubs
Heath Fillmyer hasn’t been up long enough for me to not still be regularly calling him “Hunter Fillmyer” (who Hunter Fillmyer is has been the subject of great consternation for me; I know that name from somewhere, dang it!) but for seven innings his relative anonymity didn’t seem to matter. The Cubs—World Series champions as […]
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 […]
The New Guys (BP Kansas City Episode 110)
http://www.blogtalkradio.com/kansascitybaseballvault/2018/08/02/the-new-guys-bp-kansas-city-episode-110.mp3 Mike Moustakas has been traded, but the world keeps turning. While we say goodbye to Moose, we say hello to Brett Phillips and Jorge Lopez, two former top-100 prospects who are ready for the big leagues right now. Is it the right move? Should the Royals have gotten younger prospects? And anyway, how does […]
RECAP: Royal beating administered in Chicago
Dannnnnnng y’all. The White Sox are really bad now. I’m not saying this as a good development, although the Royals won a game (and the series!) by defeating the White Sox 10-5. But for the grander scheme—bottoming out, securing draft position, the hallmarks of rebuilding baseball teams—it’s a bad development. The Royals have six more […]
Moose Crossing – Royals trade Mike Moustakas to the Brewers for a pair of players
According to Ned Yost, the Royals weren’t going to just give away Mike Moustakas and with the return they received that seems to be the case with two prospects who have seen Major League difficulties but have been on the radar for a bit. Brett Phillips – Ranked the No. 10 […]