We’ve reached the point where every edition of Friday Notes is one edition closer to putting this season behind us and never talking about it again. I mean what more can you say? After a year where so much went right, it’s almost difficult at times to pick out the good things from the 2016 […]
Tag: Danny Duffy
The Deadline and Duffy Had a Good Day (BP Kansas City Episode 20)
http://www.blogtalkradio.com/kansascitybaseballvault/2016/08/04/the-deadline-and-a-good-day-bp-kansas-city-episode-20.mp3 Two weeks ago, we talked about who the Royals might acquire at the trade deadline. Last week, we talked about who they might sell at the deadline. Turns out, after injuries to Luke Hochevar and Wade Davis, the Royals ended up with a pretty quiet deadline. We talked about the factors that lead to […]
How Danny Duffy Turned a Weakness into a Strength
Coming into the 2016 season, Danny Duffy was a man without a changeup. That’s not completely accurate, as Duffy did possess a changeup, but as I wrote several months ago, it’s been terribly inconsistent at best, and downright terrible at worst. In that article, I suggested the lefty’s time in the bullpen could give him […]
A Fans’ Guide To Playing Out The String
And now we enter the toughest part of the season. For Royals fans, the trade deadline was a dud. Heck, the whole month of July was a dud. Now that we’re into August, there are only two months left in the season. No one* could have imagined the Royals’ season turning out this way, but […]
RECAP: Royals 3, Rays 0; Fur Shure! Duffy Strikes Out 16
The Royals may be out of the playoff hunt. They may have stood pat at the trade deadline, when it seemed they had something to gain by selling. They may have suffered through a seriously frustrating month of July. Yet on an August night in Tampa, Danny Duffy reminded us why we are fans of this […]
A Little Help? (BP Kansas City Episode 18)
http://www.blogtalkradio.com/kansascitybaseballvault/2016/07/21/a-little-help-bp-kansas-city-episode-18.mp3 The Royals have opened the second half with a stumble, losing two winnable games in Detroit, then getting hammered in two losses back home against Cleveland. They sit at .500 as of this recording and are nine games out of first. There’s still time, but the Royals are going to have to find some pitching […]
It’s Time to Reward Danny Duffy
Where would the Royals be without Danny Duffy? I imagine they’d be farther out of first place than they are right now and not hovering around .500. Rather, they’d probably be in the midst of their worst season since 2012 without any hope for the postseason. You may think they don’t have much hope as is, […]
Handle With Care (BP Kansas City Episode 16)
http://www.blogtalkradio.com/kansascitybaseballvault/2016/07/07/handle-with-care-bp-kansas-city-episode-16.mp3 Right now the Royals are fighting through injuries and inconsistency and it’s got everything feeling pretty fragile. The Royals title defense isn’t going as planned but what is there to be done about it? Who will the Royals turn to in close games while Wade Davis is on the DL? Will they go make […]
Recap: Royals 6, Phillies 2; Duff-a-licious and Morales-tastic
Baseball is so simple and easy when your starting pitcher shoves for 8 2/3 innings and your right fielder belts two home runs. Sit back and enjoy, just like Ned Yost was able to. #GNAR The transformation of Danny Duffy into a very good starting pitcher has been something to behold. Sure, he had the […]
Lorenzo Cain’s Injury and Projecting Rookies (BP Kansas City Episode 15)
http://www.blogtalkradio.com/kansascitybaseballvault/2016/06/30/lorenzo-cains-injury-and-projecting-rookies-bp-kansas-city-episode-15.mp3 This week, we talked about the injury to Lorenzo Cain and what it means if he’s out for longer than expected. The Royals have faced some injuries, and Cain is another big name to get hurt this year. We also looked at how the Indians are shaping up against the Royals this year and […]