Allow yourself to dream a little with me to a time at this time next week when the Winter Meetings are over and we have all sorts of moves around baseball to talk about and maybe a Rule 5 pick or two to be way too hasty to judge for the Royals. It’s a better […]
Tag: Wily Peralta
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 […]
Friday Notes
I had the opportunity yesterday to hit for my seats at Kauffman Stadium. And while I used to be a pretty good hitter, that was a long time ago. Long story short, I do not get my season tickets for free. But hey, I did get to hit a few balls at Kauffman Stadium, so […]
Royals make a flurry of roster moves
With a full 40-man and a plethora of players on the 60-day disabled list, the Royals entered this off season needing to shed some roster weight. The subtractions of Alcides Escobar and Jason Hammel lessened the burden, but there was still work to be done before they could reinstate the injured. With that in mind, […]
Estimating the arbitration eligibles
We’ve reached our first milestone of the offseason. MLB Trade Rumors released their arbitration estimates on Tuesday. With the first year of a rebuild in the books, and contention seemingly far in the future, it’s not a surprise the Royals list is thin and relatively uninspiring. All told, they have six arbitration eligible players on […]
RECAP: Royals bullpen gives up late runs to complete the sweep
Driving back from an impromptu end-of-summer trip for the second anniversary of my 29th birthday (do the math, kids) I realized something: The Royals hadn’t disappointed me once this weekend. In fact, I had no idea what had happened. I’d been completely off the grid and it was liberating, particularly after zooming through the recaps […]
Royals Could Use Some Relief
I apologize if this is the first you’ve heard of this issue, but the Royals bullpen is not what you’d call good. It probably actually isn’t even as bad as you’d expect. If I asked 10 people to guess what the collective ERA of the bullpen was, I’m guessing they’d be about a run higher […]
The Other Guys
You may not be aware of this, but the Royals aren’t very good. In order to avoid 100 losses, they need to finish the season 37-34. That’s the pace of an 84-win season over 162 games. This team has only won three in a row once this year, so it seems unlikely they’ll play three […]
Friday Notes
Now that the Royals finally have Jorge Bonifacio back, they can prepare for their second half push to the pennant. Stop laughing. Seriously, stop. Okay fine, so getting him back won’t change anything, but it will make the team a little easier to watch and maybe a little more fun. I keep thinking back to […]
Diamonds in the Rough 5-17-18
HR Roll Call: Paulo Orlando (3), Anderson Miller (3), John Brontsema (1), Nick Heath (1) BPKC Hitter of the Day: John Brontsema 4-4 2R, HR, 2b, 2 RBI BPKC Pitcher of the Day: Wily Peralta 4 IP 1 H 0 R 0 ER 0 BB 5 K 5-0 GO-FO 47p/33k West Virginia Power 3 Lexington […]