http://www.blogtalkradio.com/kansascitybaseballvault/2016/08/18/i-want-to-believe-bp-kansas-city-episode-22.mp3 Just when it seemed the Royals were settling into a disappointing finish, they woke up. Behind strong pitching and some offensive performers starting to warm up, the Royals are possibly, maybe, kind of back in the playoff picture. It’s still a tall hill to climb up, and they’ll need some help, but we looked […]
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RECAP: Royals 4, Tigers1; Hosmer The Heroic
This was shaping up to being one of those games. Anibal Sanchez has been one of worst pitchers in the American League this year. He entered the game with a 6.31 ERA. He allows over 10 hits per 9 innings. So naturally he was perfect through four innings. Of course he no-hit the Royals through […]
The Royals’ Fifth Starter Problem
It’s never too early to look ahead to the offseason, at least not when your team is below .500 in mid-August. The Royals have lots of things to fix this winter: a popgun offense, a suddenly leaky bullpen, and a subpar rotation. I do think that some of the offensive problems will fix themselves; I […]
The Rotation Has Been Better, But It Hasn’t Really Mattered
For much of the 2016 season, it’s been difficult to watch Royals starting pitchers. They’ve allowed home runs at a ridiculous rate, and overall, they have a 4.80 ERA, which is good enough for 12th in the league. That ranking would look much better if the league had 45 teams, but because there are 15 […]
RECAP: Royals 3, Rays 2; Salvador Salvation
Death, taxes and wins against the Rays. The Royals came from behind with a two-run Salvador Perez bomb to win their second consecutive game for the first time in a month. It was the Royals 12th victory in the last 13 games against Tampa. After the dreadful July, this series has come at exactly the […]
A Fans’ Guide To Playing Out The String
And now we enter the toughest part of the season. For Royals fans, the trade deadline was a dud. Heck, the whole month of July was a dud. Now that we’re into August, there are only two months left in the season. No one* could have imagined the Royals’ season turning out this way, but […]
Bringing the Heat – Staumont’s Stock is Rising
On a hot and steamy evening in front of 4,915 Naturals fans, Josh Staumont flashed the pitcher he could be. Staumont showed solid body control and a repeatable delivery throughout the night, with a slow pace and a ridiculously fast arm. The motion lacks deception in its pace, but the ball explodes from his hand […]
RECAP: Royals 2, Tigers 4; Blasted
All losses are not created equal. Some are quick and merciless. A five-run first inning when your team is going up against an ace pitcher comes to mind. Others are slow and painful. Like watching your team boot the ball around the infield as your opponent scratches out random runs across multiple innings. Yet others […]
First Half Impressions and Keeping Us Honest About Predictions (BP Kansas City Episode 17)
http://www.blogtalkradio.com/kansascitybaseballvault/2016/07/14/first-half-impressions-and-keeping-us-honest-about-predictions-bpkc-episode-17.mp3 The Royals managed to limp to the end of the first half and then dominated the All Star Game. We covered a lot this week, including: Dayton Moore’s resume, Hosmer and Salvy in San Diego, the state of the AL Central, and general impressions about the first half. In our second segment, we revisited […]
The Two Most Important Royals in the Second Half
If the playoffs started today, the Royals would be sitting at home. Granted, the playoffs don’t start today, and most of the Royals are still sitting at home. Also, if the playoffs started today, several teams would not be able to field a full squad of players, because a bunch of them are hanging out […]