There’s no question that Vinnie Pasquantino has been one of the Royals’ key hitters this season. Of his 510 plate appearances this season, 506 have come in the No. 3 spot in the batting order between Bobby Witt, Jr. and Salvador Perez. In that crucial spot in the batting order, Pasquantino has produced. Vinnie leads… Read More The Royals’ Peculiar Long-Term Case With Vinnie Pasquantino
As you may have seen, I have not been able to write much in the past month. My last post was on July 27th, and I talked primarily about the Royals’ performance on the basepaths via Statcast data. Since then, I missed out on covering the Trade Deadline, Bobby’s rise to stardom, and Cole Ragans… Read More Some Updates on the Royals Reporter (It’s Not Going Away!)
The Royals earned another impressive victory on Sunday, as they defeated the Detroit Tigers 4-0 to not only earn their 13th win of the season, but also clinch another series win in 2021: As of now, it seems to difficult for those outside of Kansas City to figure out what the Royals are and what… Read More Will the AL Central crown be a fight between the White Sox and Royals?
The American League Central appeared to be one of the stronger divisions in the American League in 2020, as they had three teams represented in the new expanded postseason format: the division champion Minnesota Twins (36-24); the Cleveland Indians (35-25); and the Chicago White Sox (35-25), who were appearing in their first postseason since 2008.… Read More Should the AL Central’s lackluster showing in the postseason give hope to (or worry) Royals fans?
The Royals may not be in the playoffs for the fifth-straight season since winning the 2015 World Series, but that does not mean that the postseason should be ignored by Royals fans. In addition to a new format which includes an increase in teams (16 now total) and rounds, there are some former Royals with… Read More Five former Royals to pay attention to this postseason
This post will now be found in the Royals “Hall of Not Forgotten” page. In the 2011 Baseball America Prospect Handbook, Jarrod Dyson was ranked as the Royals’ 20th best prospect in their system. Considering the Royals had the No.1 ranked farm system in baseball, according to Baseball America at the time, this was no… Read More Royals “Hall of Not Forgotten”: Jarrod Dyson, OF
September 30th marked the fifth-anniversary of the Royals’ wild 9-8 extra inning marathon win over the Oakland Athletics in the AL Wild Card game. And as expected, I poured over Twitter today, getting nostalgic as people shared fond memories of one of the most enjoyable moments in the history of Kansas City Royals baseball. And… Read More Three underrated moments from the 2014 Royals-Athletics Wild Card game