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Wade Davis’ Struggles
Last year Wade Davis was pushed into the bullpen by Tampa Bay, and then sent to Kansas City over the summer. His career arc is an interesting one. In 2009 Davis came up and had six really good starts,…Read More
Feast or Famine: Scoring Runs
If you look at the Royals offense strictly on runs scored they are not doing all that badly. At 4.36 runs per game they are 14th in baseball, and 9th in the American League. That puts them as a pretty…Read More
James Shields and the Short End of the Stick
5-1 (ERA 3.52) 48 SO and 17 walks That’s the record James Shields had after his first 8 games started in 2012. We talk all the time on here about how overvalued the “W’ is as a statistic,…Read More
2013 Losing Streaks
Jeremy Guthrie played stopper last night with the help of three home runs, two of which came from Eric Hosmer and Mike Moustakas! I am assuming that James Shields is rather jealous. What that means…Read More
Hot Streak
I’ve written about this before, but it seems even more important due the current state of affairs. Baseball is a game of super-weird superstition. When you’re throwing a no-no, everyone avoids…Read More
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Early Offensive Struggles
The overall offense numbers for the Royals thus far are eerily similar to last year’s incarnation of…Read More
Early Team Rankings
The following is trying to look at the Royals’ team stats to see if there is anything unusual going…Read More
Mendoza Decision Hints At Change In Perspective
I was surprised. No doubt, Bob Dutton was shocked. And I’m sure many of you were a little taken aback…Read More
Positional Power Rankings Reaction
I highly recommend going over to Fangraphs and checking out this piece, and all of the individual articles…Read More
Thoughts On The Royals-White Sox Game Today
I happened to watch the Spring Training game against the Chicago White Sox earlier today, and found…Read More
I’m Not Dead Yet
After signing Cheslor Cuthbert in 2009 Baseball America put him as the 17th ranked Royals’ prospect…Read More
Decision Makers Haven’t Turned The Corner Just Yet
About a week ago, I wrote a post vilifying the Royals for their flippant use of the term “competition”.…Read More
Can Alcides Escobar do it again?
Alcides Escobar took a big step forward in his batting production last season, but no one actually believes…Read More
Why The Royals Can Beat Detroit
Just like last year, everyone expects Detroit to waltz to an AL central victory. It was far from easy…Read More
Salvador Perez and Expectations
Since showing up in the big leagues, Salvador Perez has done nothing wrong. Over and over you will…Read More
My Top 20 Blue Rocks Moments: #8 The 1998 All-Star Game
My number eight top Wilmington Blue Rocks moment is… The 1998 All-Star Game Normally,…Read More
2013 Royals Record? 90-72. What, Too High?
About a week ago, I promised to provide my prediction for this season. I also indicated that it would…Read More
Taming Tigers Will Be Tough
The Detroit Tigers may not be the super-human juggernaut that many analysts believe they are … but…Read More
Perez: The Royal Lynchpin
Salvador Perez is to the 2013 Royals as procreation is to mankind—necessary for survival. It gets…Read More
Royal Investments
So you’ve got a Royals fan in your life and you are desperately searching for that delightful gift…Read More
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