The Royals’ three-game winning streak ended on Friday, as Kansas City lost 3-0 to the Orioles in Baltimore. Royals fans are pretty aware of the club’s struggles on the hitting end this season (they had only four hits against Dean Kremer and the rest of the Orioles bullpen yesterday). However, the Royals are 17-16 despite… Read More The Three Best Royals Pitches (From the First Month of Play)
The Royals had an off day on Monday as they traveled to Tampa for this week’s three-game series against the Rays, marking the start of their road trip, which also includes a visit to Baltimore this weekend. With no Royals game on TV (no Minor League affiliates either), Jared and I recorded on Monday night… Read More Crown Talk’s Royals Three-Star Awards: April 25th-27th (Houston)
The Royals snapped a six-game losing streak on Easter Sunday, beating the Tigers 4-3 in extra innings in the series finale. The win improved their overall record to 9-14 for the season. It was a “gutty” win in every sense, something Royals fans didn’t see much in the Yankees series or the three previous games… Read More Crown Talk’s Royals Three-Star Awards: April 17th-20th (Detroit)
We are 75 days away from Opening Day, so it’s probably time for me to shift from hockey “mode” to baseball “mode” regarding my fan and writing focus. With pitchers and catchers reporting next month, I wanted to focus on one Royals starting pitcher who’s mainly stuck out from the past two seasons: Cole Ragans.… Read More Should the Royals Explore An Extension for Cole Ragans?
The Steamer Projections for 2025 just dropped on Fangraphs, and that’s usually a sign that baseball “projection season” is upon us. Typically, Steamer drops their projections the earliest, with PECOTA dropping the latest. Dan Szymborski’s ZiPS comes out after Steamer, but they do it on a team-by-team basis on Fangraphs, so it takes longer to… Read More Analyzing the Royals’ 2025 Steamer Projections: Starting Pitchers
On Sunday afternoon, the Royals announced on Twitter that they would be re-signing Michael Wacha to a three-year deal with a club option for the 2028 season. According to MLB.com Royals beat writer Anne Rogers, Kansas City will pay Wacha roughly $51 million over the first three years with a $14 million club option in… Read More Three Takeaways from the Michael Wacha Extension With the Royals
The World Series picture is getting a bit clearer, as the Yankees hold a 3-1 advantage over the Guardians in the ALCS, and the Dodgers are up 3-2 on the Mets in the NLCS. The Yankees can clinch the series in Cleveland tonight, while the Dodgers missed an opportunity on Friday and are looking to… Read More Analyzing the Royals With Player Options This Offseason
On Tuesday, Rawlings announced the finalists for the Gold Glove Awards at each position. The Royals fared pretty well, earning four nominations: two for pitcher, one for catcher, and one for shortstop. Based on most metrics, the Royals were one of the best defensive clubs in baseball, so it’s unsurprising that Kansas City was well-represented… Read More Royals Net Four Gold Glove Nominations, Cap Stellar Year Defensively
The Kansas City Royals fell short in the American League Division Series, losing 3-1 on Thursday night at Kauffman Stadium. The loss helped the Yankees clinch the best-of-five-game series three to one, officially ending the Royals’ surprising and magical 2024 season. As much as Royals fans wanted the magic to continue this October, this Yankees… Read More Three Things We Learned About the Royals This Postseason
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?