Yes, it’s May 4. As an enormous nerd, baseball and otherwise, I am well aware of the significance. I’ll try to keep the #MayThe4thBeWithYou references to a minimum. No promises. A long time ago, at a baseball stadium not all that far away… the Royals won another baseball game! Invaders from the north assaulted Kauffman […]
Tag: Ian Kennedy
Series Preview: Royals vs. Detroit Tigers, May 3-6
The Tigers are multiple games under .500, multiple games out of first place and aren’t very good. And they’re still overachieving to start this season. They were expected to occupy the basement of the American League Central with the Royals and White Sox, and so far haven’t really been that bad, which does kind of […]
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 […]
Series Preview: Royals vs. Milwaukee Brewers, April 24-25
The Brewers are hot, having won six in a row, so that’s great for the Royals. There’ll be a very familiar face at the top of the order in Lorenzo Cain, but he’s just setting the table for some prolific run producers to drive him home and he’s thriving so far in his first season […]
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 […]
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 […]
Series Preview: Royals vs. Chicago White Sox, March 29-April 1
Ready or not, here comes the 2018 season, and it begins for the Royals with a visit from their division rivals, the Chicago White Sox. The White Sox are an interesting team after they started their rebuild in earnest last season and are in the midst of seeing some of their highly regarded prospects ascend […]
For Starters, the Royals Might Be Okay
In one week, Royals pitchers and catchers will report to spring training in Surprise to begin the 2018 season. There are an inordinate number of questions left to be asked and answered, but one area where I think the Royals may be surprisingly sound is in their starting rotation, at least as of this particular […]
Player Profile: Ian Kennedy
Ian Kennedy was rolling. Through his first five starts and 31 innings of 2017, Kennedy owned a 2.30 ERA and had limited the opposition to .159/.256/.262. A year after surrendering 1.5 HR/9, he was keeping the ball in the yard (0.9 HR/9) while striking out 28 against 14 walks. His average Game Score was a […]