You know how I know the Royals are just going through a rough patch and haven’t suddenly completely forgotten how to play baseball? It’s because Jarrod Dyson is still starting, and when Dyson starts, the Royals win. Now you may be looking at your screen quizzically. But Darin, you say, Dyson isn’t a super-important piece […]
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Futility
On Thursday, April 14, the Royals beat the Houston Astros 6-4 at Minute Maid Park. It was their third consecutive win, pushing their overall record to 7-2. A great follow-up to their championship season. Over their next 16 games, they won just six, scoring a total of 43 runs. Yikes. That’s an average of 2.7 […]
How Jarrod Dyson’s Speed Can Help Alcides Escobar Improve
With Jarrod Dyson rejoining the Royals’ big league roster, the lineup finally looks like the one the organization had in mind before Spring Training began. Neither Paulo Orlando nor Reymond Fuentes did much to wrest the right field job away from Dyson while he was rehabbing, so he strolled right through the clubhouse into the […]
RECAP: Royals 8, Tigers 6; The Return of Dyson
In their first contest against their division rival, the Royals emerge with a win. Except it may not feel like a win. The headline perhaps ignores the storyline in that the Royals bullpen did their best Dave Dombrowski era Tiger bullpen impersonation. Salvador Perez was your offensive star of the game, driving home five runs […]
Diamonds in the Rough 4-17-16
A 2-2 day on the day for the minor leaguers despite plenty of offense. HR Roll Call – Samir Duenez (1), Ryan O’Hearn (3), Bubba Starling (3), Hunter Dozier, (3), Cheslor Cuthbert (2) BP KC Hitter of the Day – Samir Duenez 4-4 HR (1), 2b (5), 3 RBI (12) SB (5) BP KC Pitcher […]
Diamonds in the Rough 4-16-15
1-3 for the affiliates with just an Omaha win to show for the day. HR Log Xavier Fernandez (1) BP KC Hitter of the Day – Ryan O’Hearn 2-3 2b, 2BB, R BP KC Pitcher of the Day – Brooks Pounders 5 IP 6 H 1 ER 1 Bb 2k Omaha Storm Chasers 6 […]
Diamonds in the Rough 4-15-16
A split 2-2 night by the affiliates. HR Roll Call Raul Mondesi (3), Ryan O’Hearn 1,2, Corey Toups (1), Chaser Vallot (2) BP KC – Hitter of the Day Ryan O’Hearn 2-4 2 HR, 3 RBI BP KC – Pitcher of the Day Jon Dziedzic 7 IP 3 H 0 R 0 BB 6 K […]
Friday Notes
As the Kansas City Royals prepare to head to the West Coast for the first time in 2016 (and strangely the second to last time), they do so on the heels of a really fantastic start to the season. I was listening to Buster Olney on The Border Patrol on 810 in Kansas City yesterday […]
Three Things
Life is good for the Royals at the moment. Five wins in their first seven games. First place in the Central. Joakim Soria survived the eighth inning on Tuesday. Yes, things are going well. Here are three things that have caught my attention as the Royals are continuing on their first road trip of the […]
Friday Notes
I like to use various editions of Friday Notes as landmarks throughout the year. And this edition is one of my favorites because it’s the last one before the regular season begins. It’s always a joy to write about the upcoming spring and then to write about what happened in a random week in June, […]