Many of you who follow this blog know that I am not just a Royals fan who “reports” on the Royals through this website. I am also a Royals Season Ticket Member who has had a Royals ticket package for the last three seasons (it would’ve been four, had it not been for COVID). Therefore,… Read More Three Fan Takeaways From the Royals’ 2023 Season
MLB Trade Rumors published their annual “projected arbitration salaries” this week, a much-anticipated projection each year for hardcore baseball fans. The Royals currently have eight players who will be arbitration-eligible this offseason. According to MLB Trade Rumors, that is down from the 11 they had last October. Below is the list of Royals players who… Read More Predicting the Royals’ Arbitration-Eligible Cases This Winter
In part one of my “predictions” recap, I analyzed the preseason predictions I made back in March. Surprisingly, I got more right than I thought, though it was mainly of the pessimistic variety (such as Vinnie Pasquantino having a slightly disappointing season). In part of this predictions recap, I look at the bold Royals predictions… Read More Reviewing My Royals 2023 Predictions (Part 2)
The great thing about baseball in Spring Training (Royals baseball especially) is that hope always runs high in the desert air of Surprise, Arizona. Like many Royals fans starved for success, I had high hopes for the season. Granted, did I think this team was a playoff-caliber squad? Absolutely not. They were too young and… Read More Reviewing My Royals 2023 Predictions (Part 1)
On Friday night, Bobby Witt, Jr. made Royals history, as he hit his 30th home run of the season, a 423-foot bomb off of the Yankees’ Kenyan Middleton. The home run made Witt the first 30 HR-30 SB player in Royals franchise history (and consequently the first 30 HR-40 SB player and possibly 30 HR-50… Read More Bobby Witt, Jr. Makes Royals History…And He Needs to Be Their Priority This Offseason
The Royals were officially swept in their final road series of the year in Detroit, as they dropped the conclusion of their suspended game from Wednesday 8-0, and then blew a three-run lead to lose 7-3. It was a difficult season for the Royals overall against the Tigers, a club they were supposedly “rebuilding with”… Read More Nick Pratto Presents a Difficult Fit for the Royals Next Year
At 39 years old, it seems likely that Zack Greinke will make 2023 his final season in Kansas City and professional baseball as well. Despite returning for the 2023 season on an incentive-laden deal, it hasn’t exactly been a season to remember for the likely Royals and Cooperstown Hall of Famer. As of Wednesday, Greinke… Read More Appreciating the Final Days of Zack Greinke With the Royals (Despite The Rough Season)
On Sunday, the Royals swept the Houston Astros at Minute Maid Park. On one end, it was a meaningless game for a team that has been out of the postseason hunt since the year pretty much started. As of Monday, the Royals are 54-102 and will need to win two games in their last six… Read More This Royals September Feels Different (Even If the Rebuild is Still In Progress)
Back in July, it seemed like reliever Carlos Hernandez and his outlook was a difficult dilemma for JJ Picollo and the Royals front office. At the end of July, Hernandez was posting a 3.57 ERA, 0.98 WHIP, and looking like the heir-apparent for the Royals’ closer position once Scott Barlow was traded away (he ended… Read More How Should Royals Fans View Carlos Hernandez’s Rough Second Half?
When the Royals acquired James McArthur from the Phillies back in early May, some Royals fans were wondering what JJ Picollo and the Royals front office were doing. To acquire McArthur, the Royals gave up Junior Marin, a promising young outfield prospect who still had years of projection to go (though he had yet to… Read More James McArthur May Be a Key Piece to This Royals Bullpen