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 […]
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RECAP: BERTO’s big day wasted
While Minnesota Twins pitcher Jake Odorizzi was busy carrying a no-hitter into the eighth inning on Wednesday, the Royals and White Sox were locked in their own version of a pitcher’s duel, wherein neither team hit particularly well and the pitching looks better as a result. Should we take that as gospel given that the […]
RECAP: Salvy swats, bullpen shoves… doesn’t matter
I don’t think we’re making enough of a big deal about Salvador Perez’s second half. I’m going to do something I love to do, and that’s link back to something I wrote that was actually correct. And then I’m going to explain why I was wrong, which you should all be more accustomed to. I […]
Series Preview: Royals vs. Toronto Blue Jays, August 13-16
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 […]
Series Preview: Royals vs. St. Louis Cardinals, August 10-12
The Royals welcome in their neighbors from the east, the St. Louis Cardinals in a much needed respite from their city. It hasn’t been a great season for the Cardinals, but they’re still within striking distance of the wild card in the National League, albeit bunched up with a handful of teams. They made some […]
Series Preview: Royals at Minnesota Twins, August 3-5
The Royals forge on and head to Minneapolis to take on the Twins, who decided to throw in the towel a bit at the deadline by trading away a couple infielders who really enjoyed facing the Royals in Brian Dozier and Eduardo Escobar as well as Lance Lynn and a couple relievers. But that doesn’t […]
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. Detroit Tigers, July 23-25
Break up the Royals, everyone. Winners of three straight and owners of their first series sweep of the season, they welcome the Detroit Tigers to town. The Tigers are sort of interesting in that they way overperformed for the first two and a half months and got to just one game under .500 after a […]
Series Preview: Royals at Minnesota Twins, July 9-11
Next up on the list of teams benefitting from facing the Royals is the Minnesota Twins, who were expected to be a playoff contender but have been well under .500 this season. They had lost eight of nine before the Orioles came to town and they swept them and now have a chance to face […]
Friday Notes
As All-Star balloting opens today, it’s fair to start to think about who the Royals representative for the game could be. And yes, it seems likely we’re back to the days of having no need to put an “s” on the end of that. The obvious answer is Kelvin Herrera, who has made 23 appearances […]