After a series win against the Cardinals in St. Louis, things were looking good for the Royals on their weeklong, six game road trip. Already 2-1 on the trip, a winning road trip felt guaranteed as they were on their way to the southside of Chicago to take on the worst team in the American … Read more
Yesterday, the Royals played their first game in Chicago against the White Sox in a three-game series, coming away with a disappointing 7-2 loss. Today felt no different as missed opportunities on offense and some early struggles for Michael Wacha resulted in a 4-1 loss. Today’s loss ensured a series loss for the Royals against … Read more
For the third game in a row, the game got off to a hot start with another first-inning home run for the Royals. Bobby Witt Jr was able to hammer a 115 mph one-out single, and then was followed up by a line drive opposite field home run by Maikel Garcia. The offense once again … Read more
Welcome to SB Nation Reacts, a survey of fans across the MLB. Throughout the year we ask questions of the most plugged-in Kansas City Royals fans and fans across the country. Sign up here to participate in the weekly emailed surveys. Jac Caglianone has finally been selected to the Royals roster and made his Major … Read more
You heard it here folks: Jac Caglianone made his big league debut, and the Royals scored 10 runs. Was he the catalyst? Not really—he was the only player on the team not to get on base, actually, going 0 for 5 with multiple hard hit balls. But maybe his presence inspired the Kansas City bats, … Read more
It’s happening, everyone: per Jeff Passan, the Kansas City Royals are calling up top prospect Jac Caglianone to Kansas City. As Passan notes, Caglianone, 22, has spent the year destroying Minor League pitching. He spent 38 games in Double-A Northwest Arkansas. In his first 11 games at Triple-A Omaha, he hit .326/.380/.767 with six home … Read more
For most of the year I’ve harped on the Royals’ inability to hit for any kind of power. In case you’ve missed it, they’re actually doing quite well in terms of batting average. They could do better in OBP, but the real problem is that almost all of their hits are singles. Today both teams … Read more
Well, for two finesse/control pitchers, sometimes they just don’t have it. When they don’t have it, the hits come in bunches. Tonight, neither starting pitcher had it. Both Seth Lugo and Casey Mize were chased early from the game as the scoring started early and often. A shame because it was a beautiful Friday night … Read more
Noah Cameron has had a historic start to his career: In four starts, Cameron has posted a 1.05 ERA. He hasn’t allowed more than one run in any of his four starts. He has gone at least 6 1/3 innings in each of them, too. That makes Cameron just the second pitcher since 1893 with … Read more
Former Royals pitcher Brady Singer held his old club to just two runs on seven hits over seven innings, earning the win in a 7-2 victory in his return to Kauffman Stadium on Tuesday night. It was a bullpen game for the Royas with Daniel Lynch IV getting the start. After a 1-2-3 first inning, … Read more