A 2-2 day with trouble getting any offense going at Single-A. HR Roll Call: Jorge Soler (2), Frank Schwindel (2), Humberto Arteaga (1) BPKC Hitter of the Day: Frank Schwindel 2-4, HR, 2b, 2 RBI BPKC Pitcher of the Day: Miguel Almonte 5.2 IP, 3 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 3 BB, 7 K, 2-2 […]
Tag: Jorge Soler
Play Ball
The Royals set their Opening Day roster with a flurry of moves that played like a version of connect the dots. First, they placed newcomer Jorge Soler to the 10-day DL with a strained oblique. The move is retroactive to March 30, so if Soler is ready, the first day he can return would be […]
Spring Training Questions: How Good Are The Royals?
By now you’ve probably noticed that the regular season is starting in less than a week. And because of that, there will be no more spring training questions to be asked and for me to attempt to answer. As you know, there will be plenty more questions to be asked during the season, but I […]
Friday Notes
If you’re counting down days until the season, we’re down to 10 days left before the Royals and Twins are scheduled to start their respective 2017 seasons. I say scheduled because it’s Minneapolis in April and they built an outdoor stadium with no dome. I still don’t get that. But anyway, we’re finally getting close […]
Spring Training Diaries: Vargas, Roster Spots and Soler Power
I’ve said a few times that spring training doesn’t mean much until it maybe means a little bit more than nothing. As we embark on the final couple weeks of games, this is when it starts to mean a little bit more. It’s still not that vital, but the games begin to resemble real baseball games a […]
Spring Training Questions: How Do the Royals Stay Healthy?
The Royals don’t have a ton of questions this spring, but there are a few. So far, I’ve looked at what the Royals are going to do with Cheslor Cuthbert and how a healthy Kyle Zimmer fits into this team’s plans for 2017. On the former, we still don’t know the answer. On the latter, […]
Friday Notes
Don’t look now, but all around baseball, there are baseball activities happening. Pitchers and catchers are stretching. Catches are being had. Even some cracks of the bat can be heard in Arizona and Florida where position players have reported early. In fact, a lot of the Royals seem to have reported early, which seems par […]
Three Royals are Keys to a Playoff Push
With the Royals offseason shopping now seemingly close to complete (I think they’ll still pick up a bullpen arm), the question now becomes whether or not this Royals team is a playoff team. My short answer is that they certainly could be. I’ll give you a few minutes to recover from the heat on that […]
Friday Notes
We’ve almost made it, everyone. In just 11 long days, Royals pitchers and catchers will arrive in Surprise ready to stretch like there’s no tomorrow. In just 22 days, the Royals will play an actual game, or at least as actual a game as a charity spring training game can be. And then in just […]
Kansas City Power Company
“Defense, speed, going first to third, that’s all still there. But we play a lot of games on the road, too. We’re going to need to score more runs. I’m looking forward to more home runs. It’s going to be a fun year.” — Dayton Moore As the Royals formally announced the Brandon Moss signing […]