I have a busy day today, but I wanted to write a quick post recapping the Royals’ opening homestand against the Minnesota Twins. The Royals lost the series two games to one over the Easter weekend. The Royals did outscore the Twins 13-9 over the three-game set. So, if one is looking at the aggregate,… Read More Three Royals Players Who Stuck Out from the Twins Series
Sorry for the lack of posts and Tweets over the past two days. I am on Spring Break, and I spent the last two days watching Big 12 basketball all day at the T-Mobile Center (and fared pretty unsuccessfully betting-wise, too). Now that I am no longer in conference tournament basketball mode, I can focus… Read More Royals Opening Day Lineup and Bench Predictions (Volume 1)
In my post yesterday, I looked at four Royals non-roster invitees who have gotten off to encouraging starts in Spring Training. In today’s post, I will look at four Royals players on the 40-man roster who have started off slow in the Cactus League as of Sunday, March 3rd. Granted, Cactus League performance must always… Read More Four Royals Players Off to Slow Starts in Cactus League Play (Should We Be Worried?)
Earlier last week, I looked at the pitch quality of three pitches from three Royals pitchers trying to earn spots on the Opening Day roster this spring. In this post, I wanted to switch the focus to a hitting end, this time focusing on the batted ball profile of three Royals hitters trying to earn… Read More Three Batted Ball Profiles to Watch From Royals Hitters this Spring
The Royals made the Adam Frazier signing official on Monday afternoon, announcing that they signed him to a one-year deal with a mutual option for 2025. Frazier spoke to the media for the first time on Tuesday and it seems clear that he will have to compete for playing time in 2024 with the Royals.… Read More Samad Taylor And the Challenges of His Roster Situation With the Royals
The Rule 5 Draft is still roughly a month away. That said, over the next 30 days, the Royals will need to make some roster moves to protect certain players in their farm system from the December draft that occurs during the Winter Meetings. Sometimes it can be difficult to gauge who is worth protecting… Read More Six Rule 5-Eligible Royals Position Players Worth Watching This Winter
Like many Major League teams, we are seeing the Royals make a lot of purges to their 40-man roster. Over the last week, the following Royals players have been released from the 40-man roster. Honestly, none of the losses are major ones for the Royals and in fact, they were to be expected. Davidson and… Read More Five Players Whose Spot on the Royals Roster Looks Hazier for Next Season
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
We’re less than two weeks away from the MLB Trade Deadline, which is August 1st at 6 p.m. Last season, the Royals made a splash roster-wise leading up to the Trade Deadline. They not only traded away Andrew Benintendi and Whit Merrifield for a cadre of prospects from the Yankees and Blue Jays, respectively, but… Read More Three Reasons Why This Trade Deadline May Be a Tame One for the Royals
The Royals are 26-65, dead last in the AL Central, and 19.5 games behind the first-place Cleveland Guardians. Safe to say, it’s been a disappointing first half for the Royals and this Kansas City fanbase in nearly every aspect, and that is putting it lightly. Josh Vernier of 610 AM Radio pointed out that the… Read More Royals Midseason Report: Seven Hitter PLV Charts to Pay Attention to From the First Half (Part 1)