I apologize if this is the first you’ve heard of this issue, but the Royals bullpen is not what you’d call good. It probably actually isn’t even as bad as you’d expect. If I asked 10 people to guess what the collective ERA of the bullpen was, I’m guessing they’d be about a run higher […]
Tag: Kelvin Herrera
Friday Notes
Yesterday was a good day for the Royals because they didn’t lose. Those days are few and far between in 2018, which is somewhat expected, but also surprising at how prolific it has been. When I predicted 73 wins, I think I was probably somewhere around the median for this team. Now, in order to […]
Kickstarting the rebuild
It’s on. Let’s be honest. It’s been “on” since spring training. “On” being the rebuild. The Royals stocked the farm with the draft earlier this month and the deal that sent Jon Jay to Arizona. They sold again on Monday, sending Kelvin Herrera to Washington in exchange for three prospects. I saw someone refer to […]
Royals Trade Kelvin Herrera for Three Nationals Prospects
After a 22-49 start to the season, the Royals are in sell-off mode, flipping Jon Jay two weeks ago and today moving the last remaining HDH member for three Washington Nationals prospects. The three players acquired are 23-year-old third baseman Kelvin Gutierrez, 21-year-old centerfielder Blake Perkins and 17-year-old right-handed pitcher Yohanse Morel. In Gutierrez, the Royals […]
The Royals and the Other K
Think about the era baseball is currently enjoying. The three true outcomes (walks, strikeouts, home runs) have never represented a larger portion of the game itself. Strikeouts are at an all-time high, walks have held steady above 8.0 percent since 2016 and while home runs are not at the 5.0 percent of non-pitcher at-bats from […]
RECAP: Hip-Hip! Jorge’s blast lifts Royals late
By virtue of not surrendering seven runs in an inning even once, let alone twice, in Saturday’s matinee, the Kansas City Royals were already in higher cotton than they were after Friday’s game. Being able to fend off the A’s and even the series at one game apiece was just a sweetener. Despite tying the […]
RECAP: It’s never easy, even in victory
This was supposed to be so easy. The Royals jumped to a nine-run lead. Nine runs. Nine. In two innings! And it (almost) didn’t matter. Last night’s 14-inning affair was as thrilling a moment as the Royals have provided all season. Surrendering a nine-run lead a day later would not have fit into the plan […]
Royals Progress Report
The 2018 season for the big league Royals was never meant to be a championship season. It was never meant to provide thrilling moments in August and September. It was never meant to provide even a glimmer of hope that the team could even be in contention at the one-third mark. Sure nobody in the […]
Friday Notes
Don’t look now, but the Royals have won a second series this year and it was even on the road. Can anyone stop this team? Yes. The answer is yes. Everyone can. But wins are still fun, so it’s nice to get a chance to see them a little bit. As we’ve discussed, this season […]
Friday Notes
We’ve now passed the magical 40-game mark that Dayton Moore has mentioned so many times, so hopefully now we can start to see some moves to turn this team into a lean, mean contender. I kid, of course, but I do think we’ll start to see even more movement over the next few weeks. We’ve […]