Royals Review

Jay Biggerstaff-USA TODAY Sports A Tuesday night at the K. It’s Tuesday night in Kansas City! The Royals look to even the series behind Danny Duffy. Here’s how the 4-4 Royals will line up: Merrifield 2B, Benintendi LF, Perez C, Santana 1B, Soler DH, Taylor CF, Dozier 3B, Dyson RF, Lopez SS. Jarrod Dyson returns to the K! … [Read more...] about Tuesday Thread: Angels at Royals

Denny Medley-USA TODAY Sports A lucky bounce off of somebody’s cup is a very 2015-way to win a game. The Royals put on a tribute to the 2015 team on Tuesday night. They manufactured early runs and rode the bullpen to a narrow win. Oh, and remember how exciting 2015 felt? That’s exactly what tonight was all about. Carlos Santana provided the offense early, coming through … [Read more...] about Bullpen magic lifts Royals to 2015-like win vs. Angels

Photo by Quinn Harris/Getty Images Enough with the off days and rain, we want baseball! Royals Rumblings - News for April 12, 2021 Seeing the Royals come back on Sunday has manager Mike Matheny pumped, writes Anne Rogers. “It fires me up,” manager Mike Matheny said. “When you watch a team go down twice to a good team and the resiliency and the belief they have in … [Read more...] about Royals Rumblings – News for April 12, 2021

Photo by Jonathan Daniel/Getty Images Number 10 through 6. Last week we looked at five honorable mention moments that fell just below the top ten cut off for worst moments of all time for the Royals. They really weren’t that bad. Kansas City hasn’t thrown any World Series games. If they had a player test positive for steroids, I haven’t heard about it. For the most … [Read more...] about The worst plays and moments in Royals history, part two

Photo by Justin K. Aller/Getty Images The Royals have had a mini-reunion of their championship days this season with Jarrod Dyson and Wade Davis rejoining a team that already had Greg Holland, Salvador Perez, and Danny Duffy. Alex Gordon and Kelvin Herrera retired this off-season, but you can find other members of that team around the league with Eric Hosmer playing for … [Read more...] about Old friend alert: Where you can find former Royals around baseball in 2021

Jay Biggerstaff-USA TODAY Sports Jake Newberry gets the call up. The Royals placed reliever Jesse Hahn on the 10-day Injured List today with right shoulder impingement syndrome, according to Alec Lewis of The Athletic. Right-hander Jake Newberry was promoted to replace him on the roster. Hahn was nearly unhittable in 17 1⁄3 innings in 2020, allowing just four hits, and … [Read more...] about Jesse Hahn lands on Injured List

Kim Klement-USA TODAY Sports The Angels are better, but are they good enough? It’s been nearly two years since the Los Angeles Angels came to Kansas City, and they’re returning a much better team than the last one the Royals saw. They, of course, have the best player on the planet in Mike Trout, but they have added some balance around him in the lineup and look like … [Read more...] about Los Angeles Angels Series Preview: Mike Trout returns to the scene of his only postseason hit

Starting pitcher Brady Singer #51 of the Kansas City Royals throws in the fist inning against the Texas Rangers at Kauffman Stadium on April 4, 2020 in Kansas City, Missouri. | Photo by Ed Zurga/Getty Images Brady Singer gets his second start One of the things that sounds really weird in hindsight but didn’t seem all that weird at the time because of pandemic-warped … [Read more...] about Game 8 Thread: Angels vs. Royals

Jay Biggerstaff-USA TODAY Sports Salvy is starting to hit some big career milestones. Salvador Perez has already won accolades as an All-Star, Gold Glove winner, Silver Slugger winner, and World Series MVP. Now that he is 30, we can start seeing him pass impressive career milestones. Salvy was off to a slow start this year, hitting just .185 going into tonight’s game … [Read more...] about Salvador Perez reaches 1,000 hits for his career