After a frustrating road trip to Cleveland and New York, the Royals got some wins against Atlanta and Boston and started to hit the ball a bit. The starting rotation changed a bit but it was an effective change, as Danny Duffy and Dillon Gee threw good innings. So when the bats wake up and […]
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Recap: Royals 3, Red Sox 2; A Fire I Can’t Put Out
Last night was beautiful; the Royals did all the things we expect them to, all the things they did in 2014 and 2015. But Royals fans everywhere had to wonder if it was a one-time exception, or perhaps a sign the team was finally getting back to Royals baseball. As they say, momentum is tomorrow’s […]
RECAP: Royals 3, Yankees 7; Bombed In The Bronx
Ian Kennedy struggled, the offense couldn’t find the sequence and the result was a thunderous crashing of a 2-5 road trip. The Royals limp home to Kauffman Stadium to play the Braves this weekend. Lest we get ahead of ourselves, we need to review the latest disaster. Bombs Away Thursday was the 10th time in […]
The Royals Positivity Ladder – (BP Kansas City Episode 8)
The Royals have not played well. The hitting is only starting to wake up, the defense has lagged at times, but mostly, the starting rotation has been a problem. The bad things were our focus this week, including the Raul Mondesi PED suspension. Lorenzo Cain and Alex Gordon are heating up and Eric Hosmer’s been […]
RECAP: Indians 5, Royals 4; Your Joy Will Turn To Ashes
Buoyed by a win behind Ian Kennedy on Saturday, the Royals sought to win a series for the first time in two weeks and sent Steady Eddie Volquez to the mound against the Cleveland Indians. However, on Sunday, Volquez wobbled. The damage started early, as Carlos Santana led off the game with a home run on […]
RECAP: Royals 7, Nationals 6; Walkoff Bliss
It wasn’t the fifth game of the World Series, or even a high-stakes October ballgame. Yet, it kind of felt the same. The Royals needed a win. Badly. They jumped out to an early lead, saw the Nationals chip away, put their bats away for the middle innings, and finally broke out in the later innings. […]
Futility
On Thursday, April 14, the Royals beat the Houston Astros 6-4 at Minute Maid Park. It was their third consecutive win, pushing their overall record to 7-2. A great follow-up to their championship season. Over their next 16 games, they won just six, scoring a total of 43 runs. Yikes. That’s an average of 2.7 […]
Eric Hosmer And The Chase For 3,000 Hits
Last Sunday, Eric Hosmer yanked a curveball into the right-field seats at Kauffman Stadium, tucking it neatly between the foul pole and the visitors’ bullpen. Not only did the home run give the Royals the lead for good, it was the 800th hit of Hosmer’s career. Baseball loves it some round numbers. Heck, people in […]
RECAP: Royals 1, Angels 6; Jet Lagged
West Coast baseball games can be brutal on the sleep schedule. They can, like all baseball games at times, be brutal to watch. Monday’s game could fall into both categories. The Angels scored early. The Royals were lifeless. They play another one tomorrow. WPA Play Of The Game Let’s get straight to business. Recall, if […]
Ryan O’Hearn Adjustment Changes His Prospect Rating
When you’re an amateur scout like myself often times, actually more often than not, you have to admit you may have been wrong in an assessment or too conservative. Thus is the case with Ryan O’Hearn of the Wilmington Blue Rocks and Kansas City Royals organization. Coming into the year, I ranked O’Hearn extremely conservative […]