If you’ve been following along with the data revolution that is Statcast, you’re aware that they released a new metric on Tuesday. Sprint Speed is a measurement in terms of “feet per second in a player’s fastest one-second window.” A full explanation can be found here, but the ft/sec calculation makes sense, given that baseball […]
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Friday Notes
When the month of June began, I believed the Royals needed to either have a ridiculously dominant month or fall flat on their face. Nothing about a 14-12 month was good for the franchise. Even with a stretch of nine road games against middling to bad teams, things figured to be difficult, starting off with […]
Crazy Eighth
In every season, a successful team will have a handful of signature wins. These aren’t wins that kick off a winning streak or jumpstart a successful patch of baseball. Rather, these are wins that are larger than that. They are moments that define a season. We witnessed one of those moments yesterday afternoon at The […]
Boni Joins Exclusive Club
A milestone home run was hit in last night’s 8-3 loss to the Red Sox, but it’s not getting the attention it deserves. It was hit by a player who has helped to stabilize an offense that struggled early and who has a chance to break a team home run record that has lasted for […]
The Juice From The Kansas City Power Company
On Wednesday in San Francisco, the Royals went 1-14 with runners in scoring position. If you didn’t know anything from the game other than that tidbit, you’d probably assume there weren’t a lot of runs provided by the Kansas City nine. Except it didn’t quite work that way. The Royals plated seven runs total. The […]
Friday Notes
In almost any other division, the Royals would be toast. There are teams that have raced out to fast starts in both East divisions and both West divisions. Then there’s the two Centrals where nobody has run away. So if you’re looking for the Royals to stay close to a pennant race, that’s a great […]
Fidgeting Into Summer (BP Kansas City Episode 58)
http://www.blogtalkradio.com/kansascitybaseballvault/2017/06/01/fidgeting-into-summer-bp-kansas-city-episode-58.mp3 Danny Duffy went on the DL. He’s unlikely to return until near the trade deadline. This team may look quite different when he returns. We discussed Duffy’s injury and what it means, especially for this point in the season and where the Royals sit in the standings. A tough hill to climb just got […]
Rough Waves Ahead (BP Kansas City Episode 57)
http://www.blogtalkradio.com/kansascitybaseballvault/2017/05/25/rough-waves-ahead-bp-kansas-city-episode-57.mp3 The Royals passed the quarter pole of the 2017 season and so far have been consistently inconsistent. The rough patches have them looking up at the rest of the American League and there’s a lot of work to do to turn it around. Can they? It’s going to take some help but that help […]
Bring On The Kids
It’s time for a painful reckoning. Even discussing this is not fun. But yes, it is time to prepare ourselves to say goodbye to many of our favorite Royals. Sure, they’ll come back to Kansas City from time to time, wearing different colors, and some people will boo them while others give them ovations for […]
Friday Notes
Hello darkness, my old friend. The Royals are seven games under .500 and even after an extended run of success, it almost feels right. That doesn’t mean I like it, but it feels like we’re back home again rooting for a bad team. Is this really a bad team? I don’t know. Maybe? They’re definitely […]