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 […]
Tag: Scott Barlow
Diamonds in the Rough 8-29-18
HR Roll Call: Alex Liddi (23), Samir Duenez (10), Brewer Hicklen (17), Nathan Eaton (4), Matt Morales (2) BPKC Hitter of the Day: Nathan Eaton 3-5, 2R, 3b, HR, 2 RBI, SB (16) BPKC Pitcher of the Day: Scott Barlow 3 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 5 K, 0-2 GO-FO, 47p/27k Augusta […]
Friday Notes
The second half of the season, which is really the second 40 percent or so gets underway tonight, and with four days to reflect on the atrocity that has been the Royals season to this point, it feels a little different. Yes, the season was over sometime in mid-April, but being able to take a […]
If The Royals Can’t Be Good, They Could At Least Be Entertaining
Even with the extremely low expectations I had for this Royals season (my preseason prediction of a 72-90 record looks ridiculous now), this has been a bummer of a year. The boys in blue are on pace for 114 losses. In my defense, even the mothership’s PECOTA preseason projections had them at 66-96. They really […]
Diamonds in the Rough 5-23-18
HR Roll Call: None BPKC Hitter of the Day: Nicky Lopez 4-5, 2R, 2b, RBI, BB BPKC Pitcher of the Day: Yunior Marte 3 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 4 K, 2-3 GO-FO, 40p/30k Rome Braves 4, Lexington Legends 1 Lexington starter Carlos Hernandez gave his teammates a quality start, tying a career […]
Diamonds in the Rough 5-7-18
HR Roll Call: Samir Duenez (5), Kort Peterson (4) BPKC Hitter of the Day: Kort Peterson 3-4 2R, HR, SB (1), CS (1) BPKC Pitcher of the Day: Scott Barlow 4.2 IP 3 H 1 R 1 ER 1 BB 5 K 5-2 GO-FO 63p/45k Charleston RiverDogs 3 Lexington Legends 2 The Legends offensive struggles […]
Diamonds in the Rough 4-7
HR Roll Call Nick Dini (1), Anderson Miller (1) BPKC Hitter of the Day Nick Dini 2-4 HR, RBI BPKC Pitcher of the Day Bryan Brickhouse 1 IP 0 H 0 R 0 ER 0 BB 2 K 1 FO Notes from J.J. Picollo Assistant GM of Player Personnel To finish off this series of […]