We’re roughly midway through the latest critical stretch of the Royals 2016 season. This was determined to be critical due to the fact the Royals have, as you are well aware, scuffled to get back into position for postseason play. It was also determined to be critical because the teams on the schedule – the […]
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Friday Notes
What a gut wrenching way to end a series and head into an off day, huh? It sure feels like there’s been a lot of those lately, and it’s mostly because there have been. The Royals have gone 5-5 in their last 10 with literally every single one of the five losses winnable games. That’s […]
RECAP: Royals 5, Twins 6; Gut Punched
The news rolled in throughout the afternoon. The Baltimore Orioles lost. Then the Tigers went down in the ninth. This was a rare opportunity for the Royals to pick up a whole game on two (or more) teams positioned in front of them in the Wild Card race. Before the first pitch was thrown in […]
RECAP: Royals 10, Twins 3; Patience – And The Twins Bullpen – Rewards The Royals
This was your 2016 Royals in a nutshell. First, jump out to a quick lead. Yes, it was a home run which isn’t very Royal, but that’s neither here nor there. The important part of my narrative I’m desperately attempting to manufacture is that the Royals scored a couple of quick runs. Then, they shelved […]
RECAP: Royals 4, Yankees 5; Out Of Reach
It was a carbon copy of the previous evening, except the opposite. And, oh yeah, the ending? That was kind of the same. On Tuesday, the Yankees jumped out to a 4-0 lead. On Wednesday, it was the Royals with the early 4-0 lead. And on Wednesday, like Tuesday, the team down in the run […]
Royals Can Make the Most of Dim Opportunity
I’m sure there are some dreamers out there who think the Royals can put it all together and make a crazy run to a Wild Card or even a division title this season. As of this date, with the Royals under .500 with less than two months to go and so far out of either […]
Who Might Stay and Who Might Go Now? (BP Kansas City Episode 19)
http://www.blogtalkradio.com/kansascitybaseballvault/2016/07/28/who-might-stay-and-who-might-go-now-bp-kansas-city-episode-19.mp3 The Royals have not started the second half well. While the 2014 season saw them make a comeback with a similar record, the odds are against another trip to the playoffs. The sensible thing is to explore some trades and try to bolster the farm system. But we aren’t talking about trading anyone just […]
Regroup, Not Rebuild
There is just over 40 percent of the season remaining. The Royals currently have 48 wins against 49 losses. There are nine teams in the American League with more wins. They are currently in third place in the AL Central, closer to fourth place than to second. To grab the second Wild Card spot, they […]
Recap: Royals 6, Phillies 2; Duff-a-licious and Morales-tastic
Baseball is so simple and easy when your starting pitcher shoves for 8 2/3 innings and your right fielder belts two home runs. Sit back and enjoy, just like Ned Yost was able to. #GNAR The transformation of Danny Duffy into a very good starting pitcher has been something to behold. Sure, he had the […]
RECAP: Royals 3, Cardinals 2; Salvation
Blown saves? Yeah, those happen. Despite having the best bullpen in the history of relief pitching (or whatever) even the Royals aren’t immune. Two blown saves in the same game? Yeah, I wasn’t sure what we were watching. The Royals withstand a pair of late Cardinal rallies before they turn to Chien-Ming Wang to close […]