Royals Review

David Banks-Imagn Images A chance to take the series on the road, against one of the best teams in baseball The Kansas City Royals will play another rubber match to conclude their first series of a 9-game road trip. Seth Lugo will get the start against one of the best teams in the league and the team with the best home record in all of baseball in the Toronto Blue Jays. … [Read more...] about Gamethread 112: Royals at Blue Jays

Photo by Mark Blinch/Getty Images Both the Royals and Blue Jays were active at the trade deadline The Royals added four new players to the roster at the trade deadline - outfielder Mike Yastrzemski, and pitchers Ryan Bergert, Bailey Falter, and Stephen Kolek (who will likely head to the minors), in addition to the acquisitions of Randal Grichuk and Adam Frazier earlier … [Read more...] about Blue Jays series preview: New-look Royals head north of the border

Photo by Jeff Dean/Getty Images MJ Melendez is shipped out. A day after adding three pitchers and an outfielder, the Royals made corresponding roster moves for their game tonight against the Blue Jays. MJ Melendez was optioned to Triple-A Omaha and outfielder Joey Wiemer was designated for assignment. The Royals also moved pitcher Kris Bubic to the 60-day Injured List. … [Read more...] about MJ Melendez sent down among roster moves to accommodate trade acquisitions

Photo by Steph Chambers/Getty Images The Royals are affected by what all the other American League teams did too If you were only paying attention to the moves the Royals made at the trade deadline, I wanted to give you a rundown of the competition. It is not only about your team getting better, but how the competition approached the trading frenzy that we saw as July … [Read more...] about A breakdown of all AL Wildcard contender trades

Michael Wacha gets the start tonight. | Jim Rassol-Imagn Images The Royals will take their newly-acquired dudes north of the border in their quest to get back to .500. After a whirlwind trade deadline day yesterday, the 54-55 Royals will start the rest of the season with a new look. Randal Grichuk and Mike Yastrzemski will both be in the lineup for tonight’s matchup … [Read more...] about Royals vs Blue Jays Game 110 Gamethread