Throughout the course of a baseball season, there are a few points that people like to look at to determine what exactly a team is. The end of April is the point when it’s still too soon to make judgments but enough baseball was played to start to get an idea. Memorial Day is the […]
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Series Preview: Royals at Seattle Mariners, July 3-5
The Seattle Mariners have scored 403 runs and allowed 403 runs this year. There’s something pretty amazing about that actually. If MLB awarded half wins, they’d likely be 41.5-41.5 instead of being a game under .500. They hit pretty well with a deep lineup that mixes some pop with some speed. The good news for […]
Series Preview: Royals vs. Minnesota Twins, June 30-July 2
The Royals welcome the thorn in their side, the Minnesota Twins, to town for a four-game set with all four games being played over three days. This series is just ridiculously important for the Royals if they want to make up ground in both the Wild Card race and the American League Central as the […]
Series Preview: Royals vs. Toronto Blue Jays, June 23-25
Here come the Blue Jays. Tell me if this sounds familiar. After a terribly disappointing start, a team with playoff aspirations has played well enough to get themselves back into the AL Wild Card race because of a truly mediocre middle class in the American League this season. The Blue Jays were 2-11 through 13 […]
Series Preview: Royals at Los Angeles Angels, June 15-18
The Royals conclude their West Coast road swing with a four-game set against the Angels, who have survived surprisingly well without Mike Trout but are probably realistically not more than an average team even with him in the lineup. Still, their record is better than that of the Royals, so this has to be seen […]
Series Preview: Royals vs. Cleveland Indians, June 2-4
After a disappointing series against Detroit, the Royals welcome the Cleveland Indians to town for the second time this season. They’ll be seeing them for the second straight weekend. You may recall last weekend went well with a series win, but there was a bad taste left in the Royals collective mouths after getting drubbed in […]
Series Preview: Royals at Cleveland Indians, May 26-28
The Royals finish up their long road trip with their first visit of the season to Cleveland to take on the defending AL champs. The Indians have been an average team to start the season, but I don’t think anyone doubts that the talent is there. Besides, it sure seems that Edwin Encarnacion is beginning to find […]
Series Preview: Royals at New York Yankees, May 22-25
When the Royals began their series with the Yankees in Kansas City last week, they likely needed to pull an 8-5 record at worst over their next 13 games. So far they’re 2-4, so this trip to New York for a four-game set is nearly a must-sweep if they want to try to climb back […]
Friday Notes
If the Royals want people to take their 2017 season seriously, they’re just about out of time to really get going. Winning six of seven last week was great and it certainly helps that the American League Central has been mediocre at best, but they need to do some winning and they need to do […]
Friday Notes
If the Royals are going to make a move, it sure seems like now is the time. The offense is looking like it might be starting to awaken from its slumber after winning three of four from the Rays this past week. The question, of course, is whether it’s already too late and given that […]