The Royals are 27-19 going into Saturday’s evening game against the Athletics (the game is tied 2-2 at the start of this post). While the starting pitching staff has carried the Royals through the first two months of play, it has been a different story for the Royals offense. As of Saturday, the Royals hitters… Read More Breaking Down Three Struggling Royals Hitters By Their PLV Heatmaps
Even though the Royals did not have a game on Thursday, they made some serious news as they announced their first roster Major League roster move of the year. Even though a corresponding move hasn’t been announced, Michael Massey will likely be called up from his rehab assignment in Omaha. Massey is mashing in Omaha,… Read More Why Did the Royals Option Nick Loftin? Here Are Three Quick Reasons
The full Royals Spring Training roster has officially reported to Surprise, Arizona. Thanks to the work of the Royals beat reporters and team media folks, we’re seeing a lot of early content of pitchers and position players working out at the Royals Spring Training complex over the past week. It’s exciting to see the new… Read More Three Pitches to Watch This Spring From Royals Pitchers Trying to Make the Opening Day Roster
The MLB Winter Meetings begin today and it is expected that the moves will heat up once all the MLB front executives converge in Nashville. While the Royals have made a couple of minor acquisitions with the Atlanta Braves (acquiring reliever Nick Anderson and starter Kyle Wright) and signed utility player Garrett Hampson to a… Read More Three Developments to Watch From the Royals at the Winter Meetings
MLB Free Agency officially begins on Monday and it should be an interesting offseason for the Kansas City Royals. After finishing 56-106, tied for the worst record in Royals history, it is likely that JJ Picollo and the Royals front office will want to make some moves this offseason. Already, the Royals have trimmed their… Read More Five Free Agent Starting Pitchers the Royals Should Target
Many of you who follow this blog know that I am not just a Royals fan who “reports” on the Royals through this website. I am also a Royals Season Ticket Member who has had a Royals ticket package for the last three seasons (it would’ve been four, had it not been for COVID). Therefore,… Read More Three Fan Takeaways From the Royals’ 2023 Season
After a winless road trip in Miami and Baltimore, the Royals return to Kauffman Stadium on Monday for a weeklong homestand that includes games against the surging Reds and Angels. On Monday, the Royals organization made a big move by promoting Dairon Blanco from Omaha and designating Jackie Bradley, Jr. for assignment to make room… Read More Three Things Royals Fans Should Pay Attention to With Dairon Blanco
The Royals are 4-16, which is good for last place in the AL Central by a considerable margin (surprisingly, the Pedro Grifol-managed Chicago White Sox are in second-to-last place). As of Saturday, not only are the Royals last in the division but are tied for last in all of baseball with the Oakland Athletics. Yep,… Read More What Will the Royals Do With the Veteran Hitters They Acquired This Offseason?
I am just going to do a quick post tonight. That being said, there have been a couple of developments that have been released by Pitcher List that I have gotten excited about and wanted to share with Royals baseball fans who aren’t familiar with Pitcher List and the features that they have on their… Read More An Intro to Royals “PLV” Pitcher Deep Dives
As many of you who follow this blog know, I am a partial Royals season ticket holder. In 2022, I attended 26 games at Kauffman Stadium, the most I have attended in a single season since moving to Kansas City in 2013. While the Royals went 65-97 a year ago, I actually had some surprising… Read More The Five Best Royals Games I Attended at the K in 2022