The Red Sox just ended the eight-game winning streak against the Rays and now have to take on the red-hot (for them) Royals who are the winners of a whopping two in a row. The Red Sox can score with the best of them and they can pitch with the best of them. It’s no […]
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Series Preview: Royals vs. Chicago White Sox, April 26-29
The Royals welcome the White Sox back to town for a slightly warmer set than what they encountered during the first series of the year in late March. As expected, the two teams are jockeying for draft position and both are sitting with an embarrassingly low number of wins. The White Sox offense has really […]
Abraham Almonte was the bright spot, so yep that was a loss
What would you expect to get out of Danny Duffy on three day’s rest? Historically, the answer had been pretty good, depending on your perspective. In two career starts on less than four days of rest he’d pitched seven innings and allowed three hits, one earned run and struck out seven. The problem is that […]
Series Preview: Royals at Detroit Tigers, April 20-22
The Royals get to take on one of their fellow basement dwellers this weekend in what’s become a four-game set due to the postponement from a couple weeks ago. Of course, the Royals will really have to do some winning this series in order to actually be on the same level as the Tigers, who […]
Losing Games, Building Value
It could be worse. Yes, it’s been more than a week since the Royals last won a game. In the eight games since their 10-0 drubbing of the Mariners, they have been blown out, blown leads, blown ties, been postponed in a dome and even missed the chance to see Shohei Ohtani pitch. It’s been […]
Series Preview: Royals at Toronto Blue Jays, April 16-18
This is a bit of a transition year for the Blue Jays as they no longer have their middle of the order stalwart, Jose Bautista, and have already lost Edwin Encarnacion while preparing to lose Josh Donaldson. One thing that hurt them last year was a lack of depth, and them addressing that has allowed […]
RECAP: The Grimm Reaper Strikes Again
A semi-troubling Danny Duffy start was beset by another Justin Grimm implosion, costing the Kansas City Royals a 4-2 loss in the Wednesday series finale against the Seattle Mariners. Let’s start with Duffy. Something is not right. I don’t know what it is, I don’t know how to fix it and I won’t deign to […]
The end of Danny Duffy as the Royals top starter
When Danny Duffy takes the mound on Wednesday against the Seattle Mariners, he will be looking for his mojo. It’s been a rough couple of weeks for the Royals’ number one. He sports a 7.45 ERA in 9.2 innings of work. His walks are up and strikeouts are down. Yes, you can call the Small Sample […]
Series Preview: Royals vs. Seattle Mariners, April 9-11
The Mariners hold a title that the Royals once held. They now have the longest playoff drought of any team in North American sports. They haven’t been the postseason since the 2001 season when they won 116 games but lost in the ALCS, so they’re itching to get back and they do have some talent […]
Series Preview: Royals at Cleveland Indians, April 6-8
The Royals, fresh off a real-life win and two days off head to Cleveland to take on the best team in the division. The Indians have had a bit of a tough go to start the year, but it’s just six games. Last year’s sensation, Jose Ramirez, has just one hit in 23 at bats […]