When things are going poorly, teams find ways to lose. The Royals have been working on their formula for a couple of weeks now, but tonight they added a new wrinkle: actually scoring runs, but still finding a way to drop a game. Kris Medlen Makes Me Sad A constant over this rough patch has […]
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Recap: Royals 4, Orioles 2; As Good As It Gets
Four American League teams entered Friday with 10 wins in this young season. Two of them faced off at Kauffman Stadium as Baltimore came to town to face the Royals. The boys in blue (and gold) got things off to a good start in the series with a 4-2 win. I’m not gonna hurt ya. […]
Friday Notes
After that weird first week of the season, we’ve gotten almost daily baseball for two weeks now, and that makes it feel like we’re in the thick of the baseball season. We’re still a couple weeks away from not having those wild swings in stats from game to game, so we’ll still talk about how […]
Know Your Role (BP Kansas City Episode 5)
This week, our first segment covered some of the ways the Royals aren’t performing quite like we’ve grown accustomed to seeing and how it’s making the fanbase slightly cranky. Or apoplectic. Depends on who you ask. And that’s for a 9-4 (at the time of recording) team! What a country! Our second segment veered a […]
RECAP: Royals 8, Tigers 6; The Return of Dyson
In their first contest against their division rival, the Royals emerge with a win. Except it may not feel like a win. The headline perhaps ignores the storyline in that the Royals bullpen did their best Dave Dombrowski era Tiger bullpen impersonation. Salvador Perez was your offensive star of the game, driving home five runs […]
Friday Notes
As the Kansas City Royals prepare to head to the West Coast for the first time in 2016 (and strangely the second to last time), they do so on the heels of a really fantastic start to the season. I was listening to Buster Olney on The Border Patrol on 810 in Kansas City yesterday […]
Looking Into My Royals Crystal Ball
We are now less than a week from the Kansas City Royals opening up their championship defense. I know we all love baseball and will watch the season unfold, but there’s no need. I’ve taken a look into my crystal ball to determine what will happen during the 2016 season. I won’t give you the […]
What Can The Royals Expect From Joakim Soria In 2016?
It’s no secret that a large part of the Royals’ success over the last few seasons has been a monster bullpen. While Greg Holland, Wade Davis, and Kelvin Herrera have been the foundation of that group, the Royals have thrived by adding complementary pieces to the three-headed monster. Frequently, these pieces (Tim Collins, Luke Hochevar, […]
Kelvin Herrera’s Electric Slider
Heat. Smoke. Gas. Pick your favorite baseball adjective for an amped-up fastball and it applies to Kelvin Herrera’s heater. Over the last three seasons, Herrera’s fastball has averaged a tick over 98 mph. That’s convection oven hot. Of the 532 pitches he threw that PitchF/X classified as a four-seam fastball, 143 – or over a […]