Watching the Royals game on Tuesday night, it was as if the 2015 championship version melded with the dreadful 2018 club. A bizarre night, indeed. The Royals channeled the 2015 vintage as they kept the line moving with six doubles and four steals. The 2018 Royals manifested in a pair of double plays and, as […]
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Duffy’s 2018 journey takes detour to the DL
Since a disaster start against the Yankees at The K on May 19 where his ERA reached the nadir of 6.88, Danny Duffy has been slowly chipping away at that number. There have been a few speed bumps along the way, to be sure, but for the most part he’s made steady progress. From his […]
RECAP: Keller shoves, O’Hearn swats in series-opening win
[extremely ‘Boomhauer from King of the Hill’ voice] Dangol’ baseball funnyol’ game, man. Dangol’ Royals beatin’ the Blue Jays, manya just don’ know what you’ll see on any given night man. The Royals had won three series openers since June 1, all started by Danny Duffy. The last non-Duffy series-opening win came May 18. The […]
RECAP: Royals bullpen gives up late runs to complete the sweep
Driving back from an impromptu end-of-summer trip for the second anniversary of my 29th birthday (do the math, kids) I realized something: The Royals hadn’t disappointed me once this weekend. In fact, I had no idea what had happened. I’d been completely off the grid and it was liberating, particularly after zooming through the recaps […]
RECAP: We’ve fallen into a parallel universe where the Royals beat the Cubs
Heath Fillmyer hasn’t been up long enough for me to not still be regularly calling him “Hunter Fillmyer” (who Hunter Fillmyer is has been the subject of great consternation for me; I know that name from somewhere, dang it!) but for seven innings his relative anonymity didn’t seem to matter. The Cubs—World Series champions as […]
RECAP: Nooooooooooooope
Earlier today, our very own David Lesky proffered some very interesting explanations for the Royals lack of success when it comes to the bullpen and where that leaves them for the future. I encourage you to read it, because: It’s very good Gettin’ dem clicks The upshot, if I understand it (Lesky tends to write […]
RECAP: Abandon hope, ye who enter
Aside from losing again (of course they lost, do grow up), there were some real positives for the Kansas City Royals in Monday’s game against the Chicago Cubs. ……… Okay, so I can’t think of anything off the top of my head. For the 40th time this season, the Royals managed less than three runs. […]
RECAP: Weather, Twins defeat Royals in late one
You have to admire the commitment. Apropos of more or less nothing, the Twins and Royals sat around until the wee small hours of Saturday morning, enduring two rain delays and fighting apathy to finish a 6-4 contest in front of dozens of fans in Minneapolis. Why? I don’t know. This game was official when […]
RECAP: Two Jasons, One Blown Lead
Cannons. This game featured lots of cannons. Brett Phillips. Salvador Perez. Brad Keller humming darts. Leather. Also a considerable amount of leather, from Phillips and Adalberto Mondesi. And there was plenty of was bad bullpen work by the Royals in a 6-3 loss in the finale on the South Side. As one of the wickedly […]
The New Guys (BP Kansas City Episode 110)
http://www.blogtalkradio.com/kansascitybaseballvault/2018/08/02/the-new-guys-bp-kansas-city-episode-110.mp3 Mike Moustakas has been traded, but the world keeps turning. While we say goodbye to Moose, we say hello to Brett Phillips and Jorge Lopez, two former top-100 prospects who are ready for the big leagues right now. Is it the right move? Should the Royals have gotten younger prospects? And anyway, how does […]