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Billy Butler Leads Royals Hit Parade. Meanwhile, Danny Duffy Tweets

There have been questions all year about the Royals offense. Where is Eric Hosmer‘s power? What does Mike Moustakas have to fix? And recently – surprisingly – what’s wrong with…Read More

What’s Wrong With Billy Butler?

Billy Butler looked like he was getting pitched around early in the year, and his first month numbers looked fine.  The last two weeks have not gone so well though, and now his overall production looks…Read More

A Look At Royals Home Runs in April

In a press conference after the 2012 season ended, Ned Yost suggested that he wanted to see more power from the Royals in 2013. With Billy Butler, Alex Gordon and company, there seemed to be enough talent…Read More

Observations After the Royals Road Trip

There was a lot of concern about how the Royals would handle a tough road trip. So they went out and won four out of seven games. Take away one misplaced Kelvin Herrera pitch to Daniel Nava and a 5-2…Read More

Royals Sweep Double Header Behind Homers, Late Rally

The Royals capped a solid day of Sunday baseball by winning their first double header in Boston since 1971 after Greg Holland struck out the side in the bottom of the tenth to secure a 5-4 victory. That…Read More

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Positional Power Rankings Reaction

I highly recommend going over to Fangraphs and checking out this piece, and all of the individual articles…Read More

The Offensive Achilles’ Heel

The Royals offense was 20th in runs scored last year, and in the American League they were 10th out of…Read More

Billy Butler – Royals Hall of Famer?

Since he first debuted as a big leaguer in 2007, Billy Butler has been a very productive player for…Read More

Alex Gordon Vs. Billy Butler

From what I have been hearing and reading this spring, my feeling is that Royals fans believe that Alex…Read More

The Lineup – Out of Order?

Piggybacking off a great Marcus Meade article regarding flawed logic and proper use of talent…I thought…Read More

I’ve got the power?

Am I the only one anxious to see how Billy Butler’s power numbers hold up in 2013?  I like to think…Read More

The Monday Rant: Addressing The Rumors

Rumors. That’s what they all are, maybe. Rumors are fun; rumors are exciting. Rumors are an enjoyable…Read More

Year Six Series: The Hitters

A couple weeks ago I looked at individual starting pitching performances during the Dayton Moore era…Read More

Butler for Shields: It Makes Too Much Sense

So many trade rumors swirling around. So much trade talk flying everywhere. It’s hard to keep track…Read More

Rumor Mill – Will KC Go Big?

  Look at all these rumors, surrounding me everyday. This is a fun time of year, but right now…Read More

Royals Hand Out Hardware For 2012

The Royals have handed out a few team awards, most notably giving their Player and Pitcher of the Year…Read More

My Matt Moore Pipe Dream

Pitching, pitching, the Royals need starting pitching! Anyone who takes the time to read this blog,…Read More

Billy Butler’s Trucking Along

Major League Baseball is well ahead of the other major sports in utilizing the internet and social media…Read More

The Top Age 26 Seasons In Royals History

In Royals history age 26 appears to be the sweet spot. Seasons of an OPS+ at or greater than 120 have…Read More

Who is most valuable?

Another season of Royals baseball has ended short of the playoffs. All the talk will now be about the…Read More