I bet you thought you wouldn’t get your regular dose of Friday Notes, huh? Well you’re wrong. With BP Kansas City still up and running for at least a couple more weeks (we’re actually done at the end of the month), I’m going to make like the orchestra on the Titanic and continue to write […]
Tag: Ned Yost
And now Mike Matheny is here
It is probably important to remember that Mike Matheny has nothing in the way of real power for the Kansas City Royals right now. As I have it from the Royals press release, Matheny will be a special advisor for player development, which I know has many who observed his Cardinals tenure in stitches. He […]
Tracking Yost’s tendencies
Baseball Reference unveiled a neat addition to their managerial stat pages with what they call managerial tendencies. The tendencies break down how often a manager calls for steals, intentional walks and substitutions. It also measures successful sacrifice bunt attempts. It breaks those numbers down into what they call Rate+, which is a metric that determines […]
Building a Non-Contender
The Royals are actually, from a practical standpoint, in good position heading into the offseason. For a team that blew past 100 losses, they have actual big-league caliber ballplayers in many spots. I know that probably sounds pretty snarky and mean-spirited, but it’s true: if the Royals took the team that finished the season, lock […]
Shifting on the shift
It was obvious almost from the first game of the 2018 season: The Royals were employing the shift more than they ever had in the past. Indeed, they were shifting a lot, ranking second among teams using this particular alignment through the first month of the season. Then, they decided to pull back as they […]
Friday Notes
I miss the playoffs. I know they’re happening right now, but what I mean is that I miss the Royals being in them. I miss writing series previews. I miss the graying process of my hair speeding up by years. I miss the nerves. I miss the relief. Maybe we’ll get to experience that again […]
He’s back! Yost to return for 2019
Just ahead of Game 162, the Royals removed all the drama from their October. Ned Yost will return as manager for the 2019 season. Despite protestations from the manager that he hadn’t thought about or discussed his future with the Royals, it was clear the two sides wouldn’t let this drag out beyond the final […]
RECAP: Fin.
Ned Yost wanted to get Eric Skoglund another start to end the season, and he wanted him to do it against a quality opponent. Not a bad little idea Ned had. That’s actually the kind of Nedism that probably earned him at least one more year at the helm, as his extension was announced prior […]
Decision to return for another season is up to Yost
What is Ned Yost going to do? One of the more underreported subplots as the 2018 season draws to a close has to be Yost and his contract situation. He’s in the final year of a two year extension signed after the Royals won the 2015 World Series. Jon Heyman from Fancred reported a couple […]
Duffy’s 2018 journey takes detour to the DL
Since a disaster start against the Yankees at The K on May 19 where his ERA reached the nadir of 6.88, Danny Duffy has been slowly chipping away at that number. There have been a few speed bumps along the way, to be sure, but for the most part he’s made steady progress. From his […]