I’m not sure if he’s getting weirder or if I’m just appreciating it more, but Scott Boras time is just awesome. I’m sure it’s at least partially intentional, but some of the things he says absolutely crack me up. I’m not sure if Boras is good or bad for baseball, but his beginning of the […]
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2018 Royals Pitching Statcast Leaders
We looked at the offensive players yesterday, but now we turn to the pitching staff. Cover your eyes. It’s actually not all bad. Some guys were actually pretty good. You’ll see why Brad Keller was as successful as he was last year and why Brandon Maurer, well, wasn’t. Let’s just get to it. All these […]
Building a Non-Contender
The Royals are actually, from a practical standpoint, in good position heading into the offseason. For a team that blew past 100 losses, they have actual big-league caliber ballplayers in many spots. I know that probably sounds pretty snarky and mean-spirited, but it’s true: if the Royals took the team that finished the season, lock […]
Evaluating Eldred
After the 2017 season, the Royals were poised to lose a good chunk of their core, but they also made the decision to change up the coaching staff a bit. As we know, they moved on from Don Wakamatsu as bench coach and Dave Eiland as pitching coach, both well respected, and hired Terry Bradshaw […]
Building a better bullpen
It seems especially futile to project any kind of Opening Day bullpen, even at this point. Not so much because it doesn’t matter. More because it seems like this is the Royals version of a revolving door. The group they break camp with for the opener on Thursday will most assuredly look different by the […]
Roster Math At The Deadline
Monday was all about spring training caps, spring training schedules and some Rule 5 draft news. God help us all. As Major League Baseball is trying to get their house in order with regards to the Shohei Ohtani posting/free agency situation, it’s created something of a mid-November malaise. Nothing is happening, other than the self-imposed negotiating […]
Diamonds in the Rough – Season Ends in Midland
Midland RockHounds 4 NW Arkansas Naturals 1 Midland wins series 3-1 The Naturals season came to an end in the face of Texas League history Friday night. After a rain delay of over three hours Friday night the two teams got started after 10:00 pm with Midland in pursuit of a third straight Texas League […]