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 […]
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What Went Wrong – The Padres Trade
This is the second in a series of postmortem articles on the 2017 Royals. The first – a look at Melky Cabrera’s return to the Royals – can be found here. On Sunday, July 23, the Royals rallied against the White Sox. Down 4-3 in the eighth, Whit Merrifield homered to leadoff the inning and […]
Friday Notes
I imagine Royals fans will be blaring some Sarah McLachlan in the coming months as we watch the core of the championship club begin to sign elsewhere. This upcoming weekend, for me at least and probably many others, is about getting to see these guys in Royals blue one last time if they do indeed […]
Friday Notes
No team is ever as good as they look when they’re in the middle of a long winning streak and no team is ever as bad as they look when they’re in the middle of a long losing streak. Okay, maybe that’s not true. The Dodgers might be every bit as good as they look […]
Royals Acquire Cahill, Maurer and Buchter for Strahm, Wood and Ruiz
The Royals were on the lookout for a starting pitcher and one or two bullpen arms to help round out their pitching staff at the trade deadline. They handled it all in one move, acquiring starting pitcher Trevor Cahill and relievers Brandon Maurer and Ryan Buchter from the Padres in exchange for Travis Wood, Matt […]