This week’s player hasn’t been linked to the Royals in any mock drafts, but as you have seen but what we’ve seen and I’ve written about, the Royals aren’t afraid to get creative like they did in the ’09 and ’13 drafts. One strategy that could produce a nice get in the 1st round and […]
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Series Preview Royals vs. Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim, April 14-16
This season began looking like the Royals had a nice little early stretch where they got to face the Twins, A’s and Angels. We know how the Twins and A’s portion of the schedule have gone and the Angels have gotten off to a much better than expected start, especially given the injury to Garrett […]
Series Preview: Royals at Houston Astros, April 7-9
What the Royals did in Minneapolis is certainly not how you want to start a season. The good news is that there’s still plenty of baseball left to play, so hopefully that’s out of their system. Of course, the task gets tougher as they go from facing the worst team in baseball last season to […]
When the Twins Beat Your Team Up (BP Kansas City Episode 51)
http://www.blogtalkradio.com/kansascitybaseballvault/2017/04/07/when-the-twins-beat-your-team-up-bp-kansas-city-episode-51.mp3 Hey! The Royals opened their season in Minnesota, ready to start their last year in The Window and get back to the playoffs! Then the Twins – the Twins! – mopped the floor with them. We did our best to pick out a couple of bright spots, but we did have to cover the […]
Friday Notes
The Royals pitching staff just walked you. And me. And the guy who was picking his nose in the car next to you yesterday on your drive home. Yes, that’s right, the Royals are giving out walks in a nightmarish fashion. And that’s what’s helped contribute to a putrid 0-3 start at the hand of […]
Duffy’s Changeup Could Lead to Big Things
The Royals haven’t had an especially strong start to the 2017 season, getting drubbed by the Twins in both of their first two games. Luckily, they count the same and they’re just two losses and this is baseball where you can be one of the best teams in your league and still lose more times than […]
Speed Bump
With the transition from PITCHF/x to Trackman on collecting pitching data at all 30 ballparks, the early returns are the velocities are up a tick across the board. This is largely due to the method (meaning the timing of when the ball is picked up by the radar gun out of the hand of the […]
Royals’ Rotation Should Pile Up The Strikeouts
If you’ve paid any attention at all to the Royals’ spring training games, you’ve probably noticed that this team appears to have more power hitters than any recent edition we’ve seen here in Kansas City. Our own Craig Brown discussed that even before the start of spring training, and the numbers so far bear it out. […]
Spring Training Questions: How Good Are The Royals?
By now you’ve probably noticed that the regular season is starting in less than a week. And because of that, there will be no more spring training questions to be asked and for me to attempt to answer. As you know, there will be plenty more questions to be asked during the season, but I […]
Friday Notes
If you’re counting down days until the season, we’re down to 10 days left before the Royals and Twins are scheduled to start their respective 2017 seasons. I say scheduled because it’s Minneapolis in April and they built an outdoor stadium with no dome. I still don’t get that. But anyway, we’re finally getting close […]