One of the beauties of today’s advanced baseball stats is it gives nerds like me a chance to go back in time and argue about how badly baseball writers mangled MVP and Cy Young votes in years past. I’ve always been in favor of making ballots public, if for no other reason than to shame … Read more
Today, the thing Royals fans have been begging for – some since before the season even began – happened. The Royals demoted MJ Melendez in a corresponding move to returning Mark Canha from the injured list. Canha served the minimum 10-day stint from a left abductor strain. Even without Melendez, there’s a game to be … Read more
MJ Melendez, as it turns out, was not the sole cause of the Royals’ early-season offensive ineptitude. First, let’s highlight a couple of good days we saw at the plate today. Remember, we’re judging on a bit of a curve. Winners Jonathan India had a three-hit game, including a lead-off double in the eighth inning. … Read more
The Royals enter the final series of their road trip as they take on the Tigers for the first time this year after a disappointing series in New York. The Royals offense has gotten off to a slow start, and despite having the best ERA in the American League, come into the game 8-11. They … Read more
At The Star, Jaylon Thompson talked to various members of the organization about Lucas Erceg’s fireman role: The Royals dove deeply into Erceg’s analytics before acquiring him. They researched his trends and then decided the best approach for deploying him, if they were to get him. “We’re looking for guys with not just power and … Read more
Kansas City Royals star Bobby Witt Jr. and manager Matt Quatraro talk about a rough series opening against the New York Yankees. “You like to swing the bats a little bit better. Sometimes, you have to give credit to the opposing pitcher, too,” Royals manager Matt Quatraro said. “We had a couple of walks in … Read more
Hey, Royals – where are the home runs indeed? In the bottom of the fourth, Kris Bubic walked Kyle Manzardo to lead off the inning. Jhonkensy Noel reached on a fielder’s choice (throwing error by Jonathan India, playing third base), and Manzardo was safe at second because of the throwing error. Sadly I was cooking … Read more
Happy Saturday folks. I think this may be my first time putting together a Rumblings…I honestly cannot remember if I did it during my previous stint as a writer here in the mid-2010s. I apologize if I forget something important or do something wrong. Vahe Gregorian writes about Lucas Erceg in his “fireman” role. Pete … Read more
The Royals beat the Twins 3-2 Thursday to win the four-game series. Michae Wacha took the mound for the Royals to face Bailey Ober on a windy day game at the K. Drew Waters also made his first start of the year in center field for the Royals after being called up yesterday when Mark … Read more
The Royals take on the Twins with a chance to at least secure a sweep. But they’ll face Twins ace Pablo Lopez tonight. In six career starts against the Royals, he is 5-1 with a 2.50 ERA. Cole Ragans goes for the Royals with Mark Canha replacing Hunter Renfroe in the lineup. You can watch … Read more