Photo by Kelsey Grant/Arizona Diamondbacks/Getty Images The Diamondbacks are an inverse of the Royals. The Diamondbacks followed up their unexpected 2023 pennant by falling just short of a playoff spot, tying the Mets for a Wild Card spot with 89 wins but losing the tie-breaker. This year they have been around .500 for much of the year, rebounding from a tough May with … [Read more...] about Diamondbacks series preview: They can mash, but can they pitch?
Royals vs Diamondbacks Game 89 Gamethread
The Royals’ best starter pitches tonight. | Peter Aiken-Imagn Images The west coast trip continues in the desert. The 41-47 Royals split a four-game series with the Seattle Mariners leading up to a weekend series against the 43-44 Diamondbacks in Arizona. This is not related to baseball, but I continue to be astounded that anyone can live in Phoenix. As I type this, the … [Read more...] about Royals vs Diamondbacks Game 89 Gamethread
Royals crush Diamondbacks under weight of home runs 9-3
Vinnie had two homers. | Joe Camporeale-Imagn Images Three homers, six runs off them. That’ll do. Leave it to Arizona to light off fireworks inside a domed stadium before they opened the roof...except it was actually the Royals with the fireworks. They did not even wait until later in the game to light them off. Right there in the first inning, Jonathan India was grazed … [Read more...] about Royals crush Diamondbacks under weight of home runs 9-3
Better know a draft prospect: Cam Cannarella
Photo by John Byrum/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images The undersized dynamo can flat out get it in center field. With the draft just a couple weeks away, we continue looking at players that the Royals could target with the 23rd pick. Today we will evaluate a dynamic outfield prospect with a high floor: Clemson’s Cam Cannarella. Cannarella hails from Hartsville, South … [Read more...] about Better know a draft prospect: Cam Cannarella
Bobby Witt Jr. snubbed for All-Star starter nod
Photo by Ezra Shaw/Getty Images Jacob Wilson gets the AL start at shortstop. Maybe Bobby Witt Jr. shouldn’t have set expectation so high last year? In 2024, Witt put together one of the best non-MVP seasons in recent history. This year he is merely “very good”, and yet that wasn’t enough to gain the support of All-Star voters at shortstop, who went with Athletics rookie … [Read more...] about Bobby Witt Jr. snubbed for All-Star starter nod