[30 for 30 voiceover narration guy starts talking] What if I told you… the Kansas City Royals could lose all five of their “important” free agents and still be in good position right now… and much better position in the future? As hooks go, it’s probably not Requiem for the Big East or any of […]
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Friday Notes
If this was a few years ago, I think there would be a new Royals blog called Ned Yost’s Broken Pelvis already up somewhere on the internet. Instead, the Royals manager just had to recover from a terribly painful sounding injury. Thankfully, the word is he’s going to be just fine, but man, that doesn’t […]
A Brief History of Why Lavish Spending on First Basemen is Bad
I’d like to talk to you today about why it’s a bad idea to give a first baseman a lot of money for a long period of time. Obviously, this has a lot to do with Eric Hosmer, but before we talk about him, I’d like to talk about Ryan Howard. In 2010, Ryan Howard […]
Friday Notes
Dayton Moore didn’t say much during his year-end press conference that was delayed a couple weeks because of travel, but my question is what should we have expected to hear? At this point in the offseason, I don’t think the Royals even know what direction they’re going, which is both problematic and vaguely fascinating. I’ve […]
Major Need for Minor
The Royals signed Mike Minor as a starter with shoulder issues. He now approaches free agency as a reliever with a “proven” ability to close games. I think it’s safe to say the Royals didn’t get what they expected from him on his two-year deal but they probably got more value than they were banking […]
#Yosted
Ned Yost is many things—World Series-winning manager, possessing a sub-.500 career record, even after presiding over the best stretch seen by the Kansas City Royals in 30 years, whose unconventional ways often bamboozle the casual observer. But, as the key phrase there indicates, he has won a World Series. And he has presided over a […]
Friday Notes
For two years, we didn’t have to worry about what the offseason was like when nothing was going to happen. Your favorite team not making the playoffs is no fun in October. Sure, the postseason is actually fun to watch and you don’t go gray because you aren’t as into the outcome, but there just […]
Fin.
I’ve literally nothing to add when it comes to the outcome of Sunday’s season finale—a drubbing which guaranteed the Kansas City Royals a losing record for the first time since 2012. The Arizona Diamondbacks, who are a very, very good baseball team and legitimate threat to bring a World Series back to the desert, soundly […]
Royals topple Greinke, D’Backs to kick off final series
Kismet would’ve meant Zack Greinke toeing the slab for Arizona on Sunday afternoon instead of Friday night, but a win will have to do for the Kansas City Royals. That’s what they got against an old friend in a tightly contested game that meant nothing for either one of these teams, despite Rex Hudler’s voice […]
Wednesday May Have Shown What’s Next
For a team playing out the string and facing a substantial rebuild, the Kansas City Royals have paid more than lip service to making sure fans see their favorites a final time. Mike Moustakas, Eric Hosmer, Alcides Escobar, Melky Cabrera and Lorenzo Cain—some or all of whom may be gone by the time spring training […]