The Oakland Athletics missed the Royals so much after their weekend stay in Kansas City that they’re inviting the boys in blue to the bay for a four-game set to hang out some more. We just learned about the A’s last weekend, so there’s nothing I can tell you here that you didn’t read six […]
Tag: Trevor Cahill
Series Preview: Royals vs. Oakland Athletics, June 1-3
The Royals are red-hot (for them) and welcome in the Oakland Athletics for a three-game weekend set. The A’s are on the upswing, but not quite there yet, though they do have a talented roster with an offense that should honestly be better than it has been, a rotation featuring some promising young arms and […]
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 […]
Qualified to be Free
Monday, the Royals extended qualifying offers to their top three free agents, Lorenzo Cain, Eric Hosmer and Mike Moustakas. That means those three have the opportunity to accept and sign a one year deal with the team for 2018 for $17.4 million. If they turn it down, they could still come back to the Royals, […]
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 […]
Series Preview: Royals at St. Louis Cardinals, August 9-10
After two in Kansas City, the Royals and Cardinals take their series about 241 miles east on I-70 to St. Louis for the final two games. The return of Dexter Fowler seemed to invigorate the Cardinals as they were able to get the offense rolling in Kansas City, so now Royals pitching will be faced […]
Series Preview: Royals at Boston Red Sox, July 28-30
After opening the season’s second half with 13 games against sub-.500 teams, the Royals face their first real test since the break when they head to Boston to take on the division-leading Red Sox. To sum the Red Sox up in a sentence, they’re riding a lot of lefty starters with a contact oriented offense […]
Deep Royals Bullpen Is Built For October
The Royals made it to the World Series in back-to-back seasons pretty recently. You may not remember this, but 2014 and 2015 were very special seasons in Kansas City. The Royals rode a ridiculous defense along with an unreal back of the bullpen to two straight American League pennants and a World Series trophy. It […]
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 […]
2017 Royals Trade Targets: Starting Pitchers
Yes, folks, the Royals are 44-43 and right in the thick of the playoff race. Instead of digging through other team’s farm systems, it looks like we’ll be digging through other team’s big league rosters to see where the Royals can improve. By my count, I see three places the Royals are targeting to upgrade. One […]