With so much focus on some sort of consecutive inning scoreless streak, let’s breakdown the latest Royals loss by the numbers. 0 Runs scored by the Royals. You already knew that. 1 Strikeout recorded by Ian Kennedy. This is notable because he has now run his consecutive start streak with at least one strikeout to […]
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Series Preview: Royals vs. Tampa Bay Rays, August 28-30
The punchless Royals have to hope to find their punch back at home against the Tampa Bay Rays, another team once believed to be a top Wild Card contender but now stuck in the middle of the abyss. The Rays actually have some similar attributes to the Royals, at least offensively, in that they looked […]
Friday Notes
The Royals currently sit at 64-62. They are six games away from the division lead, and we’ll get to that. They are right in the thick of a Wild Card race that includes 41 teams, give or take a couple. All things considered, things could be worse. They definitely could be better, but they’ve now […]
Series Preview: Royals vs. Colorado Rockies, August 22-24
After losing two of three over the weekend, the Colorado Rockies come to town. They’re currently holding on to the top spot in the Wild Card standings in the National League and have been one of the top NL teams really since the start of the season. They’re a ridiculous amount of games out of […]
Royals dispatched in disappointing fashion in opener against Cleveland
Friday night’s contest was hard to watch. That’s why I’m posting it at 2 a.m. Frankly, it seems unfair to even recap the events that transpired, because all it served to do was emphasize the gulf—nay, the chasm—separating the Kansas City Royals from the Cleveland Professional Baseball Team. Four Cleveland homers were more than enough—especially […]
Series Preview: Royals vs. Cleveland Indians, August 18-20
Things haven’t been ideal for the Royals over the last few weeks, but now is their time to fix all of that if they are so inclined. They welcome the first place Cleveland Indians to town for a three-game set this weekend that, without hyperbole, has a chance to define the rest of the Royals season. […]
Melky’s late blast propels Royals to much-needed win
Streak finally snapped. They tried to give it away, but the Kansas City Royals five-game losing streak was snapped thanks to timely home runs and a bullpen that was able to avoid becoming a complete sieve against the Quad-A White Sox. The win got the Royals back to .500 and within a half-game of the […]
Series Preview: Royals at Chicago White Sox, August 11-13
The Royals will try to turn things around against one of the worst teams out there, the Chicago White Sox. Even after just sweeping a series against the best team in the American League, the Astros, they’re just 6-19 since the break and have traded off the vast majority of their big league players. Of course, now […]
Series Preview: Royals vs. St. Louis Cardinals, August 7-8
The Royals wrap up their homestand with a brief two-game set against the St. Louis Cardinals. They’ll begin the next trip with two against the Cardinals in St. Louis to complete the four-game home and home, but we’ll preview those two games ahead of those games on the road. Things haven’t gone especially well for […]
Series Preview: Royals vs. Seattle Mariners, August 3-6
After a week and a half in the Eastern time zone, the Royals return home to face Jarrod Dyson and the Seattle Mariners. The Mariners are right in the thick of the Wild Card race, so even though the Royals are hoping for a division title in 2017, this is a big series to be […]