This will be a brief post, but I wanted to share a couple of items I’ve produced, including my latest post on Just Baseball and my Sleeper MLB picks for tonight’s games. Just Baseball: Breaking Down Vinnie’s Hot Second Half and Future in Kansas City Today, my second post for Just Baseball dropped this morning,… Read More Just Baseball: Do the Royals Think Extension With Vinnie? (Plus: Sleeper MLB Picks)
The Royals completed the weekend sweep of the Oakland Athletics, winning Sunday’s game 8-4. The Sunday victory improved the Royals’ record to 29-19, the first time they have been 10 games over .500 in a season since 2015. Royals fans are riding high after the team took care of business during a weekend celebrating the… Read More Three Things for Royals Fans to Focus On In This Series With the Tigers
Of the current AL Central teams, the Minnesota Twins have been the first division foe to demonstrate that they will be “sellers” in the trade market as MLB approaches the July 30th Trade Deadline. On Thursday, the Twins traded designated hitter Nelson Cruz, who has been an offensive force for the Twins the past few… Read More Moves are happening in the Central…but does it mean the Royals will compete in 2022?
It was not a great road trip for the Royals offense, as they only scored 19 runs over a seven-game span that included stops in Anaheim and Oakland. While the Royals pitching staff and defense allowed 44 runs, the fact that the Royals were outscored by 25 runs on the West Coast trip also reflects… Read More Can the Royals’ offense rebound against the Tigers’ top of the rotation?
With Opening Day less than a week away, I felt that some kind of general AL Central preview was in store on this blog. Thus, I wanted to do short preview posts of the different outlooks for the teams in the AL Central (with culminating one being the Royals shortly before Opening Day). Because of… Read More Three Half-Baked Predictions: Detroit Tigers