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 […]
2018 Royals Offensive Statcast Leaders
We took a look at this at the break, so let’s dig in to the final numbers now that the season has been put to bed long enough for us to not hate the team quite as much as we once did before the trade deadline. All numbers come from the insanely awesome Baseball Savant. If […]
Let’s Talk 40-Man
With the World Series now in the books, we’re on to the offseason and that means the Royals have some massaging to do in order to make the 40-man roster one with, well, 40 or fewer players. There are currently 44 players on that roster including players on the 60-day disabled list and two free […]
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 […]
Diamonds in the Rough 7-2-18
HR Roll Call: Ryan O’Hearn (11), Humberto Arteaga (4), Nicky Lopez (4), Cheslor Cuthbert (1), Brewer Hicklen (9), Sebastian Rivero (5), Cal Jones (5), Juan Carlos Negret (2), Brady Cox (1) BPKC Hitter of the Day: Sebastian Rivero 3-3 4R, 2b, HR, 4 RBI, 2 BB BPKC Pitcher of the Day: Jake Kalish 7 IP […]
Royals Progress Report
The 2018 season for the big league Royals was never meant to be a championship season. It was never meant to provide thrilling moments in August and September. It was never meant to provide even a glimmer of hope that the team could even be in contention at the one-third mark. Sure nobody in the […]
Hitting is Hard
Maybe the Royals offense is bad. It’s not hard to assume that, given what you’ve seen so far in 2018. But what if I told you it didn’t have to be that way? In fact, what if I told you the Royals were (gasp) underachieving? Actually, you’d probably believe that. But what if it could […]
Friday Notes
Ned Yost was pretty jazzed up about a 3-7 start after Wednesday’s game, and I get it. The team had basically been horrible offensively and the bullpen was a disaster at times and the ace of the staff hadn’t completed six innings in any of his three starts. With that combination, three wins in 10 […]
Recap: Jake Junis is Good!
Holy cow, what a difference a competent pitching performance makes. Fundamentally, the Kansas City Royals were no different offensively in game two of their series against the Detroit Tigers than they were in Monday’s matinee. The offense sputtered, and that’s probably an insult to sputtering offenses. They eked out a meager run against noted human […]