We looked at the offensive players yesterday, but now we turn to the pitching staff. Cover your eyes. It’s actually not all bad. Some guys were actually pretty good. You’ll see why Brad Keller was as successful as he was last year and why Brandon Maurer, well, wasn’t. Let’s just get to it. All these […]
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Evaluating Eldred
After the 2017 season, the Royals were poised to lose a good chunk of their core, but they also made the decision to change up the coaching staff a bit. As we know, they moved on from Don Wakamatsu as bench coach and Dave Eiland as pitching coach, both well respected, and hired Terry Bradshaw […]
Friday Notes
On the list of things I expected to see this season, a Royals starter taking a perfect game into the ninth inning was not anywhere to be found. So Jorge Lopez’s flirt with perfection was possibly the highlight of a horrible season, and if it’s not the highlight, it’s somewhere in the top five for […]
Royals Could Use Some Relief
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 […]
Prospecting the Royals, Tier 2 (kinda)
Checking out a few of the next group of Royals prospects in the organization that maybe on the cusp of the bigs or moving into the upper levels of the organization. A few of these guys are liked by other prospect writers more than I and a few others have tools that if morphed could […]
Diamonds in the Rough 7-19-16
A 4-3 record for the affiliates with a few Latin signees with big days at Triple-A and rookie level Idaho Falls. HR Roll Call: Hunter Dozier (18), Raul Mondesi (8), Meibrys Viloris (5), David Edwards (4), Gabriel Cancel (2), Seuly Matias (5), Jose Carabello (3) BP KC Hitter of the Day – Raul Mondesi 3-5, […]
Diamonds in the Rough 6-18-16
Affiliates went 3-4 with a walkoff loss at Triple-A HR Roll Call Brandon Dulin (2) BP KC Hitter of the Day Jorge Bonifacio 2-4 R, 2b, 3 RBI, BB BP KC Pitcher of the Day Eric Skoglund 6 IP 6 H 1 ER 1 BB 5 K 9-1 GO-FO 90p/61k Colorado Springs Sky Sox […]