If you’ve paid any attention at all to the Royals’ spring training games, you’ve probably noticed that this team appears to have more power hitters than any recent edition we’ve seen here in Kansas City. Our own Craig Brown discussed that even before the start of spring training, and the numbers so far bear it out. […]
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Friday Notes
Don’t look now, but all around baseball, there are baseball activities happening. Pitchers and catchers are stretching. Catches are being had. Even some cracks of the bat can be heard in Arizona and Florida where position players have reported early. In fact, a lot of the Royals seem to have reported early, which seems par […]
Rotation Depth Bodes Well For Royals
While this has been a quiet offseason for the Royals, I feel good about the rotation headed into the 2017 season. This is no small feat, because as we chronicled plenty here last season, the rotation was a big reason the 2016 Royals missed the playoffs and limped home with a .500 record. That excitement […]
Friday Notes
During that terrible A’s series, I think a lot of people realized that the end of the run had come and the Royals really weren’t going to do it again this season. That led to almost a eulogy of sorts for the Royals recent run of success. I didn’t join in, but it wasn’t because […]
RECAP: Royals 3, Indians 4; Eliminated
This was an elimination game for the Royals. I know, I know. The Central hasn’t been in play since mid-June. Yes, June. As wretched as July was, the Royals gave up five and a half games in the standings from June 21 to June 28, a period where they went from a half game behind […]
RECAP: Royals 4, Yankees 5; Out Of Reach
It was a carbon copy of the previous evening, except the opposite. And, oh yeah, the ending? That was kind of the same. On Tuesday, the Yankees jumped out to a 4-0 lead. On Wednesday, it was the Royals with the early 4-0 lead. And on Wednesday, like Tuesday, the team down in the run […]
I Want To Believe (BP Kansas City Episode 22)
http://www.blogtalkradio.com/kansascitybaseballvault/2016/08/18/i-want-to-believe-bp-kansas-city-episode-22.mp3 Just when it seemed the Royals were settling into a disappointing finish, they woke up. Behind strong pitching and some offensive performers starting to warm up, the Royals are possibly, maybe, kind of back in the playoff picture. It’s still a tall hill to climb up, and they’ll need some help, but we looked […]
RECAP: Royals 3, Tigers 1; The Ian Kennedy Show
It’s not about the Royals offense. These days, it’s never about the Royals offense. On Monday in Motown it was about Ian Kennedy and his continued evolution moving him closer to the front of the Royals starting rotation. With six-plus innings on one run ball, here are Kennedy’s numbers over his last four starts: 26 […]
Ian Kennedy: Pretty Good
Ian Kennedy is pretty good. No, he’s not great. He’s not the best pitcher the Royals have. If he was, they’d be in bigger trouble than they already are. But he’s pretty good. And at this point, I’m sure you’re already tired of me telling you he’s pretty good. But he is, so what can […]
The Rotation Has Been Better, But It Hasn’t Really Mattered
For much of the 2016 season, it’s been difficult to watch Royals starting pitchers. They’ve allowed home runs at a ridiculous rate, and overall, they have a 4.80 ERA, which is good enough for 12th in the league. That ranking would look much better if the league had 45 teams, but because there are 15 […]