In rapid fire succession on Thursday, the Royals announced they had come to terms with their three players still on the roster eligible for arbitration. And just like that, the offseason became a little more drab. Not that there was much drama to be had anyway. All three: Cheslor Cuthbert, Brian Flynn and Jesse Hahn […]
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Minor matters
Buried somewhere between a turkey carcass and whatever grandma does with those sweet potatoes, the Royals made a couple of moves Thanksgiving weekend. Even amateurs know you use the Friday after the holiday to bury the bad news, so it wasn’t exactly surprising that the Royals chose that day to announce Mike Matheny would be […]
Estimating the arbitration eligibles
We’ve reached our first milestone of the offseason. MLB Trade Rumors released their arbitration estimates on Tuesday. With the first year of a rebuild in the books, and contention seemingly far in the future, it’s not a surprise the Royals list is thin and relatively uninspiring. All told, they have six arbitration eligible players on […]
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 […]
RECAP: Break up the Royals
The difference between a game like what we get to observe when the Royals and non-Cleveland American League Central opponents get together and when Kansas City tries (and usually fails) to go toe-to-toe with the Tribe is that there is some actual fun to be had. Oh, I’ll grant you that Cleveland’s run as (ironically?) […]
RECAP: Soler hits ball to Saturn, Royals lose anyway
It’s Friday, which means roughly three-quarters of the 18 of you who read this on Saturday morning will be doing so through the lens of the previous night’s mistakes. Speaking of mistakes, they were made against Jorge Soler and Mike Moustakas by the Texas Rangers on Friday night, but those mistakes ultimately didn’t matter in […]
Building a better bullpen
It seems especially futile to project any kind of Opening Day bullpen, even at this point. Not so much because it doesn’t matter. More because it seems like this is the Royals version of a revolving door. The group they break camp with for the opener on Thursday will most assuredly look different by the […]
Friday Notes
When the month of June began, I believed the Royals needed to either have a ridiculously dominant month or fall flat on their face. Nothing about a 14-12 month was good for the franchise. Even with a stretch of nine road games against middling to bad teams, things figured to be difficult, starting off with […]
Diamonds in the Rough 5-29-17
A 2-1 Memorial Day for the affiliates with a day off at Double-A. HR Roll Call: Gabe Cancel (4) BPKC Hitter of the Day: Ramon Torres 2-4, 2b, 4 RBI BPKC Pitcher of the Day: Jace Vines 6 IP, 6 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 0 BB, 4 K, 7-5 GO-FO, 98p/64k Omaha Storm […]
Friday Notes
What a gut wrenching way to end a series and head into an off day, huh? It sure feels like there’s been a lot of those lately, and it’s mostly because there have been. The Royals have gone 5-5 in their last 10 with literally every single one of the five losses winnable games. That’s […]