3-3 day for the affiliates on Wednesday. HR Roll Call: Balbino Fuenmayor 2 (6), Corey Toups (6), Chris DeVito (6) BP KC Hitter of the Day – Balbino Fuenmayor 3-4, 2 HR, 3 RBI, 3 RBI BP KC Pitcher of the Day – Jon Dziedzic 5 IP, 3 H, 1 ER, 2 BB, 5 K, […]
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RECAP: Royals 7, Nationals 6; Walkoff Bliss
It wasn’t the fifth game of the World Series, or even a high-stakes October ballgame. Yet, it kind of felt the same. The Royals needed a win. Badly. They jumped out to an early lead, saw the Nationals chip away, put their bats away for the middle innings, and finally broke out in the later innings. […]
The Wisdom Of Giving Terrance Gore A Roster Spot
The beauty of a 25-man roster is that it gives you some flexibility, yet also leads to some critical decisions. It used to be that teams would carry only 10 or even nine pitchers. That made sense back when pitchers both batted (increasing the need for pinch-hitters) and pitched longer in games (decreasing the need […]
Friday Notes
As the Kansas City Royals prepare to head to the West Coast for the first time in 2016 (and strangely the second to last time), they do so on the heels of a really fantastic start to the season. I was listening to Buster Olney on The Border Patrol on 810 in Kansas City yesterday […]
Three Things
Life is good for the Royals at the moment. Five wins in their first seven games. First place in the Central. Joakim Soria survived the eighth inning on Tuesday. Yes, things are going well. Here are three things that have caught my attention as the Royals are continuing on their first road trip of the […]
Imagining a Full Season of Terrance Gore
There is a real chance that pinch-runner – and let’s not kid ourselves that is his position – Terrance Gore might break camp with the major league squad. The likely scenario is that Gore lasts in the big leagues only for the first two games, maybe even up to a full week before the Royals […]
Royals Prospects to Watch: High Minors
Next week is a great one for baseball. Obviously Opening Night is the headliner, but the minor leagues will be making their 2016 debuts later next week as well, which is always fun and exciting. It’s like Christmas morning, except it’s spread out over a week, and instead of unwrapping presents, you get to watch a bunch […]
Friday Notes
I like to use various editions of Friday Notes as landmarks throughout the year. And this edition is one of my favorites because it’s the last one before the regular season begins. It’s always a joy to write about the upcoming spring and then to write about what happened in a random week in June, […]
Part 2 – Early Season Roster Manipulation
If you are of the mindset that games in April are not as important as games in September, this may not be the exercise for you. Personally, while the importance of a September contest might be more apparent, a win on April 3rd counts just the same as a win on September 30th. It is […]