I know the Cleveland Indians played Francisco Lindor, Jose Ramirez and a bunch of dudes they found hanging around the team hotel prior to the game, but still—the Royals played them to a draw for nine innings, with what’s likely to be a great many of the guys who will be counted on to populate […]
Tag: Glenn Sparkman
Series Preview: Royals vs. Cleveland Indians, September 27-30
This is it. The final four games of the 2018 season are at Kauffman Stadium for the Royals as they welcome in the division champion Cleveland Indians for a season-ending tryst. In spite of their third straight division title, the Indians have to be considered underwhelming this year as they are pretty much living off […]
Friday Notes
On the list of things I expected to see this season, a Royals starter taking a perfect game into the ninth inning was not anywhere to be found. So Jorge Lopez’s flirt with perfection was possibly the highlight of a horrible season, and if it’s not the highlight, it’s somewhere in the top five for […]
Diamonds in the Rough 8-31-18
HR Roll Call Brewer Hicklen (18), Bubba Starling (5) BPKC Hitter of the Day Rubendy Jacquez 4-5 2b, BB, RBI BPKC Pitcher of the Day Glenn Sparkman 7 IP 6 H 0 R 0 ER 0 BB 8 K 7-3 GO-FO 88p/62k Lexington Legends 5 Greenville Drive 4 Starter Marcelo Martinez made his debut for […]
Series Preview: Royals at Tampa Bay Rays, August 20-23
If nothing else, the Royals next opponent, the Tampa Bays, are interesting. Because of the American League and the American League East specifically, they have no chance to compete for a playoff spot, so they were pretty significant sellers at the deadline, and even before, having made a relatively big trade before anyone. But even […]
Friday Notes
The Royals roster currently has five players who are over the age of 30. Four of them are free agents at the end of the year (with one, Ian Kennedy, coming off the DL to add back to the 30+ group). The point here is that the youth has arrived, and while the results aren’t […]
RECAP: Royals beat weather, Jays to earn split
A two-hour, 14-minute rain delay for these two teams to continue their inexorable march toward 162 games seems downright silly to me. I get it, every effort should be made to always play all 162 unless there are extenuating circumstances. Players deserve the opportunity to stat-pad for contract purposes. Fans bought tickets. If you have […]
Diamonds in the Rough 6-27-18
HR Roll Call – Ryan O’Hearn (9), Donnie Dewees (4), David Hollie (1) BPKC Hitter of the Day – Jose Caraballo 2-4 R, 2-2b, RBI BPKC Pitcher of the Day – J.C. Cloney 7 IP 4 H 0 R 0 ER 1 BB 5 K 9-3 GO-FO 79p/54k Transactions – Khalil Lee promoted to NW […]
Diamonds in the Rough 5-19-18
HR Roll Call Chris DeVito (1) BPKC Hitter of the Day Frank Schwindel 3-4 R, 2b, 2 RBI, BB BPKC Pitcher of the Day Glenn Sparkman 7 IP 4 H 1 R 0 ER 1 BB 2 K 11-4 GO-FO 105p/74k Transactions LHP Dan Tillo promoted to Wilmington, LHP Cristian Castillo put on DL. Salem […]
Diamonds in the Rough 5-13-18
HR Roll Call: Erick Mejia 2 (2, 3), Anderson Miller (3), Emmanuel Rivera (3), Nick Pratto (6), Dennicher Carrasco (4) BPKC Hitter of the Day: Erick Mejia 4-5 2R, 2b, 2 HR, 4 RBI BPKC Pitcher of the Day: Garrett Davila 7 IP 4 H 1 R 1 ER 1 BB 5 K 10-6 GO-FO […]