On January 18th, JJ Picollo and the Royals made a surprising move, announcing another non-roster invitee to their Spring Training roster in Surprise. If Harold Castro sounds like a familiar name to Royals fans, he should. Castro played five seasons with the Detroit Tigers from 2018 to 2022 before playing one season with the Rockies… Read More Can Harold Castro Be a Sleeper for the Royals in Spring Training?
It’s December 23rd, officially the holiday of “Festivus ” for Seinfeld fans. For those unaware of the holiday (or those who watched “Friends” instead of “Seinfeld”), “Festivus” was a holiday made up by George’s dad, Frank, to be a secular “alternative” to Christmas. Of course, the “spirit” of “Festivus” is much different from Christmas or… Read More Celebrating a Royals-Themed “Festivus”
It’s been a quiet December for the Royals, which explains the lack of posts this month, especially over the past week. Furthermore, the end of the semester is always a busy one for me professionally, but now that I am officially on Winter Break, I will try to do some smaller posts over the next… Read More Way-Too-Early AL Central Predictions for 2025 (Version 1.0)
The Royals dropped game one of the ALDS to the Yankees on Saturday night, losing 6-5 in a game with five lead changes. It is the first postseason game in MLB history where that number of lead changes occurred. Unfortunately, Kansas City came up on the losing end of MLB Postseason history in this one… Read More “Reporter Jottings:” Game 1 A Sign of A Competitive Series? Or Did the Royals Give Momentum Away?
The Royals made positive ground in the Nation’s Capital this week in their second-to-last series of the 2024 season. Kansas City completed a sweep of the Nationals by the score of 7-4, the most runs the Royals have scored in a game since Friday the 13th against the Pirates in Pittsburgh. This recent series was… Read More The Royals Are So Close to Completing the Turnaround
The Royals will begin the second game of their series with the Nationals in an hour. It will be another important game in the most important five-game stretch of the 2024 season. Kansas City got a huge win in extra innings on Tuesday, beating Washington 1-0. The win snapped a 7-game losing streak that included… Read More “Reporter Jottings”: Three Important Royals Questions for the Next Five Games
The Royals lost the series finale against the Pirates on Sunday, 4-3, in a game in which the Kansas City pitching staff walked six batters. It was a disappointing end to what was an encouraging weekend in Pittsburgh. The Royals won the first two games by a combined score of 13-4. On Sunday, they had… Read More “Reporter Jottings”: Royals Finish Road Trip, Can They Seal Things Against Detroit? (Also, McArthur)
After blowing a 4-3 lead on Monday, the Royals returned to Yankee Stadium and shut out the Bronx Bombers on Tuesday in a 5-0 win. Seth Lugo was the main star of this Royals squad on Tuesday night, as he put up one of the best performances of this season and perhaps his career. Lugo… Read More Seth Lugo is Solidifying His AL Cy Young Case
The Royals had one of their most successful road trips of the season, winning six of seven against the White Sox and Tigers over the past week. Their sixth win came on a go-ahead, pinch-hit three-run home run by MJ Melendez in the top of the ninth on Sunday afternoon at Comerica Park. As of… Read More “Reporter Jottings”: McArthur’s Struggles; Royals Hitter Contact Rates; Big Homestand Looming
This week, Pitcher List Director of Data Analytics and Research Kyle Bland revealed a new PLV rolling chart called “Process+.” It is the latest form of data that can help baseball fans and hardcore fantasy baseball players better understand the performance and outlook of their favorite players. PLV data tries to quantify and measure specific… Read More Examining Five Royals Hitters by Process+