Royals Review

Jayne Kamin-Oncea-USA TODAY Sports It’s go time! Tyler Glasnow vs. Clayton Kershaw. Rays in 6! … [Read more...] about World Series Game 1 Thread

Denny Medley-USA TODAY Sports How many years of “bad luck” before we take luck out of it? Your grandkids may not believe it, but there was a time when Ryan O’Hearn looked like a potential cornerstone for the next winning Royals team. No no, it’s true. He came up in 2018 and hit 12 homers in 44 games and slugged almost .600. He worked walks. He even hit two triples. But alas, … [Read more...] about 2020 Season in Review: Ryan O’Hearn

MFW there are tacos | Minda Haas Kuhlmann Free tacos! At Kings of Kauffman, Shawn Bauman assesses the Royals’ overall hitting and it is not pretty: Hitting coach Terry Bradshaw has been with the organization for two decades and is well-respected. Since being named to his current role, however, he has overseen the worst three-year stretch of traditional statistics in … [Read more...] about Royals Rumblings – News for October 21, 2020

Robert Hanashiro-USA TODAY Sports Fans also predict the Rays to win it in six. Welcome to SB Nation Reacts (formerly known as SB Nation Fanpulse), a survey of fans across MLB. Each week, we send 30 polls to plugged in fans from each team. Royals fans, sign up HERE to join SBN Reacts. The World Series is here, and we asked SB Nation Reacts fans who they thought would win the … [Read more...] about SBN Reacts: Fans are rooting for the Rays to win the World Series

Bryce Harper #3 and Alec Bohm #28 of the Philadelphia Phillies celebrate after Bohm hit a walk off sacrifice fly in the bottom of the tenth inning against the Washington Nationals at Citizens Bank Park on September 3, 2020 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The Phillies defeated the Nationals 6-5 in extra innings. | Photo by Mitchell Leff/Getty Images Fewer long extra innings … [Read more...] about The extra innings rule is good, actually

Jay Biggerstaff-USA TODAY Sports What can Brad Keller expect to get in a contract extension right now and should the Royals even offer it? The Royals have a pitcher who is about to enter his age-25 season who has pitched three full seasons and has been above average (at least by ERA) in all three of them. He’s actually been at least 40 percent above league average in that … [Read more...] about Evaluating and Extending Brad Keller

Kevin Jairaj-USA TODAY Sports Are you ready for a series? Of the World? Royals Rumblings - News for October 20, 2020 Alec Lewis writes about the progress prospect Nick Pratto made this year. Stepping into the box, Pratto started to trust his mechanics. He no longer labored over his leg position or elbow drop or hand pressure. To focus on matching angles from an approach … [Read more...] about Royals Rumblings – News for October 20, 2020

Photo by John McCoy/Getty Images Root for chaos. The World Series begins tonight with the top two seeds facing off, the Tampa Bay Rays and the Los Angeles Dodgers. Royals fans haven’t had a vested interest in the outcome of the Fall Classic in a few seasons, but that doesn’t mean we can’t root for one side to win. But which side? Let’s examine the reasons why Royals fans … [Read more...] about Who should Royals fans root for in the World Series?

Braves vs Dodgers | Photo by Tom Pennington/Getty Images This one’s for all the marbles! I’m sure someone could wax poetic about Game 7s being awesome and stuff. But there’s like 15 minutes before game time and I don’t see a thread so I hastily threw one together because I wanted somewhere to talk about the game. This one’s for all the marbles! There’s no … [Read more...] about Sunday NLCS Game 7 Thread