I can very much appreciate consistency and the consistency with which people argue with the lineups the Royals put out is pretty fantastic. The fact that people still have that kind of passion for a team on the fast track to 110-plus losses is really pretty impressive and I do think speaks to how much […]
Tag: Drew Butera
You’ve Been Framed
Over the past few seasons as catching metrics continue to grow, one thing we’ve seen become more and more prevalent is the framing metrics. On Baseball Prospectus, you can see framing metrics presented as the number of runs catchers either gain or lose their team throughout the course of the season. Now here’s a controversial […]
For the weekend, everything was coming up Royals
Sure, it’s a three game winning streak, but when the Royals have only won three consecutive games one other time the entire season, it’s a cause for celebration. And when it’s the first three games to open the season’s de facto second half, maybe it seems like rock bottom is in the rear view mirror. […]
Friday Notes
Welcome to your baseball sorbet. That’s what I think the 2018 season will be for Royals fans. Don’t get me wrong, it’d be a lot more fun if the Royals were poised to take the American League by storm again this year, but after five seasons of every single game being so important, the silver […]
Player Profile: Drew Butera
Drew Butera is something of a Royals folk hero. As far as I can tell, there are three reasons for this. They are, in order of importance: Hair flips Mop-up relief pitching Backup catching Let’s begin. Hair Flips Scouting is an inexact science, but there is no disputing Butera is blessed with 80 grade hair. […]
Friday Notes
No team is ever as good as they look when they’re in the middle of a long winning streak and no team is ever as bad as they look when they’re in the middle of a long losing streak. Okay, maybe that’s not true. The Dodgers might be every bit as good as they look […]
Friday Notes
During that terrible A’s series, I think a lot of people realized that the end of the run had come and the Royals really weren’t going to do it again this season. That led to almost a eulogy of sorts for the Royals recent run of success. I didn’t join in, but it wasn’t because […]
RECAP: Royals 10, Twins 3; Patience – And The Twins Bullpen – Rewards The Royals
This was your 2016 Royals in a nutshell. First, jump out to a quick lead. Yes, it was a home run which isn’t very Royal, but that’s neither here nor there. The important part of my narrative I’m desperately attempting to manufacture is that the Royals scored a couple of quick runs. Then, they shelved […]
Royals’ New Kids Have the Right Stuff (BP Kansas City Episode 11)
http://www.blogtalkradio.com/kansascitybaseballvault/2016/06/03/royals-new-kids-have-the-right-stuff-bp-kansas-city-episode-11.mp3 The Royals were getting the magic back and then – boom – went on a tear. Eric Hosmer and Lorenzo Cain started hitting like we think they can. The Royals made three improbably comebacks against Chicago, then ran over Tampa Bay. Now they’re in first place. But the performances of the guys called up […]
Royals Roster Coming Into Focus
One thing I like to do at the beginning of spring training is take a look at the whole spring roster and pick out my 25-man roster. It’s sort of like an NCAA tournament bracket, though, because slowly but surely the real thing begins to look very different than what I predicted. This year was […]