Heading into 2009, things were looking up for the Royals most thought. They had just come off a 75-87 record, the best since 2003’s fluky season and following an impressive 2008 draft haul, they were already seeing returns by prospect outlets, being rated as having the #11 farm system by Baseball America. Things don’t look […]
Tag: Jackson Kowar
The Academy – Comparing Champion Squads Ten Years Apart
On the arrival of Dayton Moore in 2006, the new general manager told fans and media alike that the Royals would build through the draft and the signing of international players. Adding talent to the minor league system would produce winning at the minor league level during what became known as “The Process” and that […]
Lexington Rebounds, Takes Game Two of Championship, 5-2
After a bitter defeat at the hands of the visiting Lakewood BlueClaws on Monday, a loss that saw their bullpen falter to the tune of five runs in the ninth inning, the Lexington Legends took back their house in a 5-2 win on Tuesday in Game Two of the SAL Championship. We saw another dominant […]
Friday Notes
Turns out winning is actually pretty fun. You’re forgiven if you had forgotten that because before this week, the last winning streak longer than three games for the Royals came back in spring training. In the final win of a seven-game Cactus League winning streak, Ryan Goins started at shortstop. I have somehow forgotten the […]
Lexington Takes On Rome In First Round of Sally League Playoffs
Today, for the first time in twelve years, the Lexington Legends are playing postseason baseball. They face off against the Rome Braves (71-62 overall, 40-29 in the first half), the first-half champion of the Southern Division in the South Atlantic League. The Legends (76-60 overall, 39-29 in the second half) finished the year as the […]
Diamonds in the Rough 8-28-18
HR Roll Call: Frank Schwindel (24), Donnie Dewees (8), MJ Melendez 2 (18,19), Brewer Hicklen (16), Chase Vallot (13) BPKC Hitter of the Day: MJ Melendez 2-4 2 HR, 2 RBI BPKC Pitcher of the Day: Stephen Greenlees 3.2 IP 2 H 0 R 0 ER 1 BB 6 K 0-4 GO-FO 50p/34k Augusta GreenJackets […]
Friday Notes
It’s been a long time since we’ve counted down the days to the end of the season, but here we are, 37 more days of this misery before they can revert to 0-0 and we can know they’re terrible but without a record to show it. The question now is if they can get to […]
Diamonds in the Rough 8-23-18
HR Roll Call: Nicky Lopez (8), Reed Rohlman (6), Ismaldo Rodriguez AZL 2(3) Nicky Lopez HR Video BPKC Hitter of the Day: Ismaldo Rodriguez 2-4 2 HR BPKC Pitcher of the Day: Jackson Kowar 3 IP 0 H 0 R 0 ER 0 BB 6 K 0-3 GO-FO 41p/26k Hagerstown Suns 3 Lexington Legends 2 […]
Introducing Your 2021 Kansas City Royals
Hey why not? The season is boring and 2021 seems to be what the front office is pushing for, so let’s have a little fun and see who could be on that roster when the team expects to be contending for division titles again. That’s an interesting year because the White Sox should theoretically be […]
Diamonds in the Rough 8-17-18
HR Roll Call Alfredo Escalera (3), Call Brewer Hicklen (15), Kyle Isbel (7), Marten Gasparini (4), Chris Hudgins 2(5), Jose Marquez (5) BPKC Hitter of the Day Chris Hudgins 3-4 3R, 2b, 2-HR, 4 RBI BPKC Pitcher of the Day Jackson Kowar 4 IP 3 H 0 R 0 ER 0 BB 5 K 5-0 […]