The Royals remain home, but get to return to facing American League teams as the team they defeated in the 2015 ALCS comes to town. That’s right, friends. It’s Blue Jays week, which doesn’t really mean anything, but it could have if both teams had stayed good a little longer. The Blue Jays were a […]
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Friday Notes
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 […]
RECAP: We’ve fallen into a parallel universe where the Royals beat the Cubs
Heath Fillmyer hasn’t been up long enough for me to not still be regularly calling him “Hunter Fillmyer” (who Hunter Fillmyer is has been the subject of great consternation for me; I know that name from somewhere, dang it!) but for seven innings his relative anonymity didn’t seem to matter. The Cubs—World Series champions as […]
Series Preview: Royals vs. Chicago Cubs, August 6-8
After a long road trip, the Royals come home and hope to find some wins against…the best team in the National League, the Chicago Cubs. Even with the best record in the National League, you might be able to make an argument they’ve underachieved a bit as they have a fantastic lineup from top to […]
Series Preview: Royals at Minnesota Twins, August 3-5
The Royals forge on and head to Minneapolis to take on the Twins, who decided to throw in the towel a bit at the deadline by trading away a couple infielders who really enjoyed facing the Royals in Brian Dozier and Eduardo Escobar as well as Lance Lynn and a couple relievers. But that doesn’t […]
Series Preview: Royals at New York Yankees, July 26-29
When you have powers like the Kansas City Royals and New York Yankees squaring off, the whole baseball world will take notice. The Yankees, of course, are one of baseball’s best teams, owning the second best record in the whole sport. It’s unfortunate for them that the best record belongs to the team ahead of […]
Series Preview: Royals vs. Detroit Tigers, July 23-25
Break up the Royals, everyone. Winners of three straight and owners of their first series sweep of the season, they welcome the Detroit Tigers to town. The Tigers are sort of interesting in that they way overperformed for the first two and a half months and got to just one game under .500 after a […]
Friday Notes
What more is there to say about this season? It’s actually interesting because when the Royals got good, I made a point that it was easier to write about a bad team than a good team because there were more areas to critique. I think I’ve learned this season that there is a limit to […]
Diamonds in the Rough 5-22-18
HR Roll Call: Alex Liddi (4), Gabe Cancel (2) BPKC Hitter of the Day: Gabe Cancel 3-5, HR, 3 RBI BPKC Pitcher of the Day: Franco Terrero 3 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 3 K, 3-1 GO-FO, 32p/24k Rome Braves 10, Lexington Legends 5 As the 2018 draft nears, the struggles of […]
Diamonds in the Rough 4-20-18
HR Roll Call Dennicher Carrasco (3), Vance Vizcaino (1) BPKC Hitter of the Day Dennicher Carrasco 2-3 2R, HR, 2 RBI, SB (2) BPKC Pitcher of the Day Heath Fillmyer 6 IP 3 H 0 R 0 ER 1 BB 6 K 4-5 GO-FO 87p/58k Hagerstown Suns 9 Lexington Legends 7 The Legends received six […]