On Friday afternoon, the Royals selected the contract of Minor League reliever Evan Sisk. Sisk has pitched the last two seasons in Omaha and was acquired from the Twins, along with Steven Cruz, in the Michael A. Taylor trade after the 2022 season. Sisk had a solid season last year in Omaha after a subpar… Read More Royals Select Sisk; What Other Arms Could Be Added?
The Royals bullpen has been a source of frustration all season for fans. It makes sense, of course, when one looks at the relief pitching numbers. The Royals bullpen currently ranks 19th in reliever ERA, 26th in WHIP, and 30th in K/9. Royals GM JJ Picollo invested a lot of resources into veterans such as… Read More Is Will Smith Ready for High Leverage Opportunities Again?
Yikes. What a rough end to what was a fantastic game for seven innings. The Royals lost 4-3 on a walk-off to the Orioles on Thursday night. The game was delayed by five hours because Major League Baseball hates rescheduling games (but loves policing uniforms and promoting baseball in Las Vegas). Despite the long and… Read More “KC Chase to the Pennant”: Recapping the First Two Royals Series of the 2024 Season
On Thursday, I attended my fourth-straight Opening Day at Kauffman Stadium. It was a beautiful day at the Truman Sports Complex, packed to capacity. (The image above was the parking lot just over three hours before the first pitch.) Despite all the hoopla about the stadium vote on April 2nd and the tension between KC… Read More Royals Fall on Opening Day…What Are Some Takeaways We Can Have?
After the acquisitions of free-agent starting pitchers Michael Wacha and Seth Lugo, the Royals rotation for 2024 looks pretty set in terms of the No. 1 to No. 4 spots. In addition to Wacha and Lugo, the Royals will have Cole Ragans, the Royals’ 2023 Pitcher of the Year, and Brady Singer, the Royals’ 2022… Read More Exploring the Royals’ No. 5 Starting Pitcher Options by PLV
The Royals pitching staff has been an adventure this season, and that’s putting it lightly. While we know about the Royals’ starting pitching struggles this season beyond Cole Ragans, the bullpen has arguably been just as bad if not worse in 2023. This is disappointing considering the flashes of promise Dylan Coleman and Taylor Clarke… Read More Three Royals Pitchers (And Their Pitches) To Be Optimistic About
We are starting to see a bit of regression from the Royals as Opening Day nears. The Royals have lost three straight games after starting 14-2 in Cactus League play, which includes back-to-back walk-off losses against the Reds and Rangers, respectively. Furthermore, Royals fans are starting to see the final Opening Day roster shape up,… Read More Three Takeaways From the Royals’ Latest String of Roster Moves
I have already released my first analysis post of the “Top 50 Prospects to Watch” rankings, as I looked at the Tier One prospects in the Royals system (which included the No. 1 through No. 6 prospects). As one noticed in the post, no pitchers were included in the Tier One rankings. That is a… Read More Looking at the Tier Two Prospects (Royals 2023 “Top 50 Prospects to Watch” Rankings)
While watching the Phillies’ 7-0 win, one player primarily stuck out to me amidst the Phillies’ barrage of home runs against Houston’s Lance McCullers, Jr. (a fan favorite of Royals fans when it comes to “hate-ability”). And surprisingly enough, that one player wasn’t a Philadelphia hitter. Rather, it was Phillies starting pitcher Ranger Suárez, who… Read More Can Angel Zerpa Be Ranger Suárez-Esque for the Royals?
After a solid outing from starting pitcher Kris Bubic, and another solid team performance at the plate that resulted in 14 hits, the Royals beat the Tampa Bay Rays 4-2 to clinch the first series win of the second half. The series win over the Rays was also a long-time coming, as Kansas City has… Read More After a Series Win Over the Rays, the Royals Are Back in Fourth in the Central…But Will It Last?