Monday, the Royals extended qualifying offers to their top three free agents, Lorenzo Cain, Eric Hosmer and Mike Moustakas. That means those three have the opportunity to accept and sign a one year deal with the team for 2018 for $17.4 million. If they turn it down, they could still come back to the Royals, […]
Tag: Melky Cabrera
What Went Wrong – Sour Melky
At the trade deadline, the Royals were in the thick of the pennant race. Entering August the Royals trailed Cleveland by two games. They had a firm grasp on the second AL Wild Card, checking in two and a half games ahead of Tampa. Then, it went to shit. The Royals went 25-33 the last two […]
The Doctor is in for the Royals in Toronto
So the big run barrage that happened Wednesday night? The Royals might’ve been better served hanging on to one or two of those for Thursday’s affair. Fortunately, the Jason Vargas of April and May returned to stifle the Toronto bats in a 1-0 win to keep Kansas City’s Wild Card hopes, however faintly, alive. A […]
Melky’s late blast propels Royals to much-needed win
Streak finally snapped. They tried to give it away, but the Kansas City Royals five-game losing streak was snapped thanks to timely home runs and a bullpen that was able to avoid becoming a complete sieve against the Quad-A White Sox. The win got the Royals back to .500 and within a half-game of the […]
Salvage Work
Doubleheaders are tricky business. With the eight (or nine) man bullpen being the norm, it can still be difficult to navigate the staff around 18 guaranteed innings in one day. Factor in stretches where days off are far in the horizon, and it’s damned essential for teams to get depth from at least one starter […]
Friday Notes
Now we get to figure out if the Royals recent nine-game winning streak (or 10-1 stretch if you like to extend it more) was nothing more than a dead cat bounce or if their recent stretch of less than stellar play is just part of the ebbs and flows of a long baseball season. At […]
Homecoming
With the current nucleus assembled and ready for one last shot at glory, Dayton Moore set to add another complimentary piece by acquiring Melky Cabrera from Chicago on Sunday afternoon. It’s a sort of homecoming for Cabrera, who hit .305/.339/.470 for the Royals in 2011. He was an important part of a strong offensive team […]
Royals Of The Road
When a baseball team is in the thick of a pennant race and the trade deadline is approaching, everything seems to get all Bachelor-like as the importance of each game grows exponentially. Everything hinges on the upcoming series against Team X! This is the most important road trip of all-time! The most amazing rose ceremony […]
Royals Acquire Melky Cabrera for A.J. Puckett and Andre Davis
The Royals made a move to lengthen their lineup by acquiring Melky Cabrera from the Chicago White Sox in exchange for minor league pitchers A.J. Puckett and Andre Davis. Additionally, the Royals designated pitcher Andrew Edwards for assignment to make room on the 40-man roster for Cabrera. Cabrera is having a solid offensive season for […]
2017 Royals Trade Targets: Position Players
As we continue our look at Royals trade targets, I move from the pitching side to the position player side. The Royals are pretty well set at just about every position with the exception of designated hitter. They obviously signed Brandon Moss to mostly fill that hole, but he’s struggled mightily. Jorge Soler has been […]