This game will serve as the epitaph of the Royals 2016 season. At this point, with the Royals on the periphery of the Wild Card chase, all games are huge. It’s truly impossible to understate the importance of each of the 19 remaining games. That’s why, try as I might, it is impossible to comprehend […]
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RECAP: Royals 5, Twins 6; Gut Punched
The news rolled in throughout the afternoon. The Baltimore Orioles lost. Then the Tigers went down in the ninth. This was a rare opportunity for the Royals to pick up a whole game on two (or more) teams positioned in front of them in the Wild Card race. Before the first pitch was thrown in […]
I Want To Believe (BP Kansas City Episode 22)
http://www.blogtalkradio.com/kansascitybaseballvault/2016/08/18/i-want-to-believe-bp-kansas-city-episode-22.mp3 Just when it seemed the Royals were settling into a disappointing finish, they woke up. Behind strong pitching and some offensive performers starting to warm up, the Royals are possibly, maybe, kind of back in the playoff picture. It’s still a tall hill to climb up, and they’ll need some help, but we looked […]
RECAP: Royals 6, Tigers 1; Royals Dial Long Distance Behind Duff Swag
The Summer of Duff rolls along. Tuesday’s latest victims, the Tigers were futile in their efforts. Overpowered by heat, flummoxed by offspeed, a lineup already decimated by injury stood little hope. Their fears were realized. A complete game last time out, Duffy was good for eight this time around. Through the first four, he allowed […]
The Royals’ Fifth Starter Problem
It’s never too early to look ahead to the offseason, at least not when your team is below .500 in mid-August. The Royals have lots of things to fix this winter: a popgun offense, a suddenly leaky bullpen, and a subpar rotation. I do think that some of the offensive problems will fix themselves; I […]
Friday Notes
Don’t look now, but the Royals have won two straight series and are 6-4 in their last 10 games. If they keep that pace the rest of the year, they’ll finish with about 84 wins. That shows you how far they have to climb out of if they want to get to the postseason. My […]
RECAP: Royals 2, White Sox 1; DuffMan To The Rescue
Ohhhhhhhh, yeah. The 2016 season hasn’t been a happy one. There are some negative vibes around the team. But you have to be delusional to deny the emergence of Danny Duffy at the front of the rotation hasn’t been a wonderful development. Summer Of Duffy Duffy threw 98 pitches in his first career complete game. […]
The Rotation Has Been Better, But It Hasn’t Really Mattered
For much of the 2016 season, it’s been difficult to watch Royals starting pitchers. They’ve allowed home runs at a ridiculous rate, and overall, they have a 4.80 ERA, which is good enough for 12th in the league. That ranking would look much better if the league had 45 teams, but because there are 15 […]
Cy Duffy? It’s Not As Crazy as You Might Think
What if I told you there was a pitcher who ranks in the top five in the AL in ERA, strikeouts per nine innings, strikeout to walk ratio, FIP, WARP and DRA and was top 20 in wins? Is that something you might be interested in? Now what if I told you, he pitches for […]
Royals By The Numbers
An off day in a lost season means it’s time to scramble for something interesting to write. The 2016 edition of the Royals has been sometimes thrilling, often frustrating and overall just kind of vanilla. The K is still packed and there is a buzz on nights when the Royals are performing. So maybe this […]