Four American League teams entered Friday with 10 wins in this young season. Two of them faced off at Kauffman Stadium as Baltimore came to town to face the Royals. The boys in blue (and gold) got things off to a good start in the series with a 4-2 win. I’m not gonna hurt ya. […]
Tag: Chris Young
Location, Location, Location: True in Real Estate and for Chris Young
When the Royals signed Chris Young during spring training in 2015, I think they expected him to contribute, but not in nearly the way he did during the magical 2015 season. He appeared in 34 games for the champs, including 18 starts. In those games, he had a 3.06 ERA and gave up just 6.6 […]
Series Preview: Royals at Oakland Athletics, April 15-17
The Kansas City Royals head to the West Coast for the first time in 2016 to take on the Oakland Athletics in a three-game set over the weekend. The A’s have put together kind of a weird team in 2016 with a few important pieces from their impressive three-year run from 2012 to 2014, but […]
The Royals’ Rotation is Racking Up Strikeouts
For the last several years, the Royals run prevention has been centered around their defense. They have Gold Glove-caliber defenders basically all over the diamond, with eleven awards among them. The 2016 squad appears to be another excellent defensive club, but the first few games have revealed another potential way this team can prevent opponents from […]
We Still Know Nothing
Baseball is back, and I would highly doubt that anyone reading this would argue that it is not a good thing. After some wonky opening week schedules for everyone, teams will be settling in to the typical grind of the regular season, so we can even get back to just regular, nearly daily baseball. The […]
What’s In A Number?
By now you may have noticed that the Kansas City Royals haven’t exactly gotten stellar starting pitching during spring training. Say what you want about spring training statistics not mattering (and they don’t), but there’s something comforting in seeing your team perform well in the spring. Yes, the Royals record is still 0-0 and their […]
Early Season Roster Manipulation – Part One
The casual fan and, to some extent, the hardcore fans and even writers often gloss over the early season schedule with a ‘they can probably go without a fifth starter for a while if they wanted to’ and move along. To be fair, that approach is not without merit as the Kansas City Royals have […]
Royals Roster Coming Into Focus
One thing I like to do at the beginning of spring training is take a look at the whole spring roster and pick out my 25-man roster. It’s sort of like an NCAA tournament bracket, though, because slowly but surely the real thing begins to look very different than what I predicted. This year was […]