http://www.blogtalkradio.com/kansascitybaseballvault/2018/05/25/bright-spots-and-a-draft-preview-with-clint-scoles-bp-kansas-city-101.mp3 After a week off, we got caught up and despite a poor record, we sought out some bright spots through the first two months of the season, including a few emerging bullpen arms, some developing trade value, “hacking” baseball strategy, and the optimism of baseball’s annual draft. To help prepare for this year’s draft, we […]
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Friday Notes
Don’t look now, but the Royals have won a second series this year and it was even on the road. Can anyone stop this team? Yes. The answer is yes. Everyone can. But wins are still fun, so it’s nice to get a chance to see them a little bit. As we’ve discussed, this season […]
Series Preview: Royals at Texas Rangers, May 24-27
It’s now on to Texas for the Royals where they’ll take on the worst team in the AL West in a four-game battle that could have major ramifications on the 2019 MLB Draft. The Rangers are one of the worst hitting teams in the league but have sequenced well enough that they’ve scored a few […]
What’s the Plan?
On Tuesday, May 8, the Royals offense erupted for 10 runs in the first inning against the Baltimore Orioles. Since then, they are 2-9. In the just completed six game homestand against the Rays and Yankees, the Royals held the lead just once. On Friday, they jumped out to a 1-0 lead in their half […]
RECAP: Please, no more
The end of “Danny Duffy, top-end starter” has arrived. The latest in a long series of less-than-good starts came Saturday night in a 9-3 loss to the New York Yankees. Again, Duffy didn’t manage to make it out of the fifth inning, the fourth time this season that’s happened. Again, he was erratic (three walks, […]
Series Preview: Royals vs. New York Yankees, May 18-20
Stop me if you’ve heard this before. The New York Yankees are very good at baseball. Wait. Don’t stop me. This preview isn’t over. As you know, the Yankees had a bit of a surprise season last year, almost making the World Series, so they added to their already impressive team and may now be […]
That’s Entertainment
The Royals played their 43rd game of the season on Wednesday afternoon. It was another loss. The fifth consecutive game they have dropped and the seventh of their last eight. We knew this season would be a struggle. We knew it was going to, at times, be difficult to watch. Yet here we are, over […]
Series Preview: Royals at Cleveland Indians, May 11-13
The Cleveland Indians should count themselves lucky they get to play in the American League Central, where a .500 record is good for first place at this point in the season. That’s not to say they might not have to play better as the season progresses, but it’s not exactly a division of heavyweights, so […]
Series Preview: Royals at Baltimore Orioles
Four years ago, the Royals and Baltimore Orioles played a series to determine who would go to the World Series. Now, both are fighting for the number one pick in the 2019 draft. Life comes at you fast, I guess. The two teams got to this point in slightly different ways, but here we are […]
RECAP: Nope, not this one either
Y’all thought this was gonna be the one. I’ll admit it, I did too. When the Kansas City Royals took that early lead, Danny Duffy was showing faint traces of old Danny Duffy and the Red Sox looked unable to cope with whatever was going on during the first three or so innings, it seemed […]