You know spring training is already in full swing when Ned Yost is giving out snarky quips to reporters like it’s candy on Halloween. It sort of seems like it’s going to be a fun year of listening to Ned snap at questions that he doesn’t deem are worth his time. Maybe it’s because he […]
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PECOTA and You!
Hi kids. Let’s talk about predictive analytics and the 2018 Royals! First things first. Hide all the sharp objects. If you have brown liquor in your house, lock it up and give your spouse/dog/neighbor/priest your key. Plan to go on a brisk stroll and enjoy a soothing shower after this is over with. Craig and […]
Baseball Buscemi
One of the things that goes unnoticed in so many great movies is the supporting cast. The stars get all the fanfare, but so often, one of the supporting actors finds a way to steal the show. These character actors can carve out quite a career while staying relatively unknown. One of the most prolific […]
Shedding Salary At A Cost
Those chairs keep shuffling around on the deck. In another trade, on Monday night the Royals shipped Brandon Moss and Ryan Buchter to the East Bay in exchange for Jesse Hahn and Heath Fillmyer. The Royals are also sending $3.25 million in cash to offset some of the $8.25 million due to Moss this year […]
Subtraction by Retention
If I had been asked around Nov. 15 what my offseason wishlist would look like for the Kansas City Royals in terms of in-house free-agents and other concerns, it probably would’ve been something like this: Re-sign Lorenzo Cain Re-sign Mike Moustakas Re-sign Eric Hosmer Donate an eye to Rusty Kuntz so he could keep coaching […]
Player Profile: Alex Gordon
Let’s get one thing out of the way right up front. Alex Gordon was one of the 10 best players in baseball from 2011 to 2014. This is not hyperbole. This is fact. Standard Batting Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ […]
Two Jorges Remain
No matter how this Eric Hosmer saga plays out—I’m personally of the opinion that he has no contract offers whatsoever and Scott Boras is just stringing us along, no different than George RR Martin continually claiming, “I have pages!” for the next Game of Thrones installment—the balance of power is shifting at Kauffman Stadium. Not […]
What are the Royals doing?
Among the more fascinating aspects of an offseason best described as “a wistful stroll to nowhere” is not the deafening silence or endless speculation, although I’ll admit both those aspects have merit. It’s that nobody, not the most well-connected beat guy or highly-placed Ken Rosenthal source, seems to have an inkling as to what the […]
The Hosmer Diaries
The Boston Red Sox signed Mitch Moreland to a two-year deal yesterday. That, in itself, is relatively meaningless for Royals fans. But it does eliminate yet another contender for the services of one Eric Hosmer. Before the 2017 season began, I believed there could be as many as 12 or 13 teams in the market […]
A Boni To Pick With the Royals
It’s now more than five years since the Royals made the incredibly controversial trade of Wil Myers (and some others) to the Tampa Bay Rays. At the time the trade was made, Myers was basically big league ready and the Royals were also about big league ready, so the deal was one that was a […]