This offseason, the Royals face plenty of big decisions in terms of trading some key players on the 25-man roster or attempting to re-sign free agents once on their roster. These decisions will surely lead to the front office examining their current Triple-A and Double-A rosters to decide who is worthy of major league consideration. […]
Tag: Jason Hammel
If Royals Keep Hosmer, They Can’t Subtract
It’s going to be weird to see any of the longtime Royals players in a different uniform next season, just like it’s been weird to see guys like Jarrod Dyson, Wade Davis and Billy Butler in different digs. The reality is that at least some of them will be on the visiting team next year […]
Series Preview: Royals vs. Detroit Tigers, September 26-28
The final homestand begins with the Detroit Tigers, which is kind of sort of fitting as an end to this run for the core of the championship club seeing as they ended the Tigers division title run in 2015. The Tigers don’t much resemble that team that had a stranglehold on the division for a […]
Series Preview: Royals at Chicago White Sox, September 22-24
The Royals final road series of the year takes them to Chicago. They still have one more road game after that in New York, but the last series is against the White Sox, a team that has had some bright spots in the final few weeks of the season now that they have so much […]
Series Preview: Royals at Cleveland Indians, September 14-17
The Royals get to play one of the hottest teams in baseball history this weekend, the Cleveland Indians. The good news is that it sure seems unlikely they’ll keep winning forever, but the bad news is that I can’t prove they will lose again. As a four-game set, if they can’t halt the Indians momentum, […]
Series Preview: Royals vs. Chicago White Sox, September 11-13
With 20 games to play, the Royals have very little margin for error. In a way, they’re fortunate they get the opportunity to host the Chicago White Sox, a rebuilding team that should be good soon, but they aren’t there yet. These are the games the Royals need to take complete advantage of and sweep […]
Series Preview: Royals at Detroit Tigers, September 4-6
This is the portion of the schedule where the Royals have to clean up. They take on a Tigers team that is a shell of what it once was. They’ve dealt J.D. Martinez, Justin Upton, Justin Wilson and Justin Verlander. Maybe it’s something about guys whose names start with “J” or maybe they’re just finally […]
Series Preview: Royals at Minnesota Twins, September 1-3
The Royals now have an opportunity to make things right. After a terrible stretch of baseball has left them way on the outside looking in, they get the opportunity to face the team currently leading the Wild Card chase in the Minnesota Twins. A big series here could help propel them back into legitimate contention. […]
Hammel’s perfecto blown up by Cleveland
We went from “Jason Hammel is throwing a perfect game” to “Jason Hammel should be removed after five innings, marched to the clubhouse and duct-taped to a radiator, no questions asked” in a matter of about 15 pitches. The latest in a long line of disappointments dropped the Royals to .500 and brought into question […]
Series Preview: Royals at Cleveland Indians, August 25-27
The good news is the Royals still have a shot at the American League Central. It’s not a great shot, but with seven games remaining against the Cleveland Indians, it’s a shot nonetheless. Three of those seven games are this weekend. Since these teams faced off just a few days ago, the standings haven’t really […]