http://www.blogtalkradio.com/kansascitybaseballvault/2016/07/07/handle-with-care-bp-kansas-city-episode-16.mp3 Right now the Royals are fighting through injuries and inconsistency and it’s got everything feeling pretty fragile. The Royals title defense isn’t going as planned but what is there to be done about it? Who will the Royals turn to in close games while Wade Davis is on the DL? Will they go make […]
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Wade Davis: Human Cyborg
Wade Davis is not a robot. Sorry to start this out with something so controversial, but it’s the truth. If you ask Wade Davis if he’s a robot, he will tell you that he is not. Of course, a robot masquerading as a human would tell you no so you’d believe he wasn’t. Maybe my […]
RECAP: Royals 2, Indians 1; Whit’s World
Whit Merrifield supplied the offense. Edinson Volquez brought the sexy. The bullpen slammed the door. And the Royals won their third consecutive game. Party Time, It’s Excellent In Merrifield’s at bat leading off the bottom of the first he saw six consecutive fastballs from Carlos Carrasco. The heaters clocked in between 94 and 96 mph. […]
RECAP: Royals 10, Rays 5; Big Hits and Small Ball
Let’s quickly review some collateral numbers from the Royals 10-4 victory over the Tampa Bay Rays: — The Royals have now won six consecutive series. The last time they won six in a row was back in 2014. — They now have a five game winning streak for the first time in 2016. — The […]
Friday Notes
The baseball season is really long. I know that we say that all the time. You hear the clichés that it’s a marathon and not a sprint and all that good stuff, but sometimes, even with all that, you lose track of just how long the baseball season is. And I think sometimes you lose […]
RECAP: Royals 4, Braves 2; Worth The Wait
What happens when two inept offenses match up on a Sunday afternoon? If you’re really interested in the answer, you may need professional help. I mean, a low scoring affair was always possible. Even with the Royals going with a starter on a low pitch limit. But when the home nine gets to the ninth […]
Recap: Royals 4, Orioles 2; As Good As It Gets
Four American League teams entered Friday with 10 wins in this young season. Two of them faced off at Kauffman Stadium as Baltimore came to town to face the Royals. The boys in blue (and gold) got things off to a good start in the series with a 4-2 win. I’m not gonna hurt ya. […]
Friday Notes
After that weird first week of the season, we’ve gotten almost daily baseball for two weeks now, and that makes it feel like we’re in the thick of the baseball season. We’re still a couple weeks away from not having those wild swings in stats from game to game, so we’ll still talk about how […]
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 […]
Wait to Worry About Wade
The last thing anybody thinks to do when examining the Kansas City Royals is to worry about Wade Davis. Over the last two seasons, he has a 0.97 regular season ERA in 139.1 innings. He’s allowed 71 hits, walked 43 and struck out a whopping 187. So he’s just your run of the mill unhittable […]