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Royals Fighting to Stay Out of Cellar As Season Winds Down

by @ Wednesday, September 26th, 2007. Filed under 2007 Royals

It’s safe to sa that I never did get the hang of this blogging thing, but with a little counseling, I’m hoping to get back into the fold here soon.  Not that Royals fans have much to be excited about.  Sure they didn’t lose a 100, and they might not even finish in last place.  […]

Royals Look to Get Out of Cellar In Second Half

by @ Thursday, July 19th, 2007. Filed under 2007 Royals

It’s sad when all your team really has to play for is the chance to get out of the cellar.  Still, to push a team that’s two years removed from a World Series win into last place at your expense is worth something.  Okay, maybe little.  Still, sixteen games back, the Royals have pretty much no […]

Royals Sweep Angels to Push Winning Streak to Four Games

by @ Wednesday, June 27th, 2007. Filed under 2007 Royals

Wow, things are definitely interesting at the bottom of the AL Central.  With the White Sox looking to unload most of their team, the Royals could actually get out of the cellar here soon if they continue this nice stretch.  They have two more wins then the White Sox but they have four more losses […]

Still Plenty of Questions With Royals

by @ Saturday, June 23rd, 2007. Filed under 2007 Royals

I really tought we’d look back at the 2007 Royals as kind of a turning point in the franchise.  Yeah, I figured they’d loss a 100, but I figured they’d finally know what they had and then plan accordingly.  But it looks like I was wrong and the Royals have as many questions as they […]

John Buck Profile

by @ Wednesday, May 23rd, 2007. Filed under 2007 Royals

Baseball Prospectus profiled John Buck today.  If you ever wanted to know where the catcher came from, this is a great read.

Royals Bullpen Worst In Baseball

by @ Monday, May 21st, 2007. Filed under 2007 Royals

I know, it’s hard to believe that the Royals are bad at something but according to this story, the Royals have by far the worst bullpen in baseball.  The column does mention how Joakim Soria has done a nice job in the closer role but that doesn’t even come close to offsetting the damage that […]

What Did I Miss?

by @ Wednesday, May 16th, 2007. Filed under 2007 Royals

It’s been a few weeks and it looks like I didn’t miss too much.  The Baseball Historians HQ had some problems that prevented me from posting and it looks like it would have just been more losses.  The Royals site at an unspectacular 13-27 and they have the very worst record in baseball.
And it’s not […]

Royals Settle For Split With Twins

by @ Thursday, April 26th, 2007. Filed under 2007 Royals

For a team that’s supposed to be a favorite in the AL Central, the Twins just can’t seem to get it done against the Royals. I mean the Royals winning three of five against the Twins in a weeklong span isn’t what I’d call awesome, but wins are wins.
Things went well enough last night with […]

Poor Pitching Costs Royals in Sweep to White Sox

by @ Wednesday, April 25th, 2007. Filed under 2007 Royals

Royals pitching gave up sixteen runs in their two game series with the White Sox and as you’ve probably guessed, the end result was two losses.  Neither of these games were pretty, although the ugliness took different forms in both.
On Monday, Gil Meche had a good enough start but the pen game up four runs […]

Royals Win First Series of the Season

by @ Monday, April 23rd, 2007. Filed under 2007 Royals

Huh, this one definitely took me by surprise.  The Royals hosted the first place Twins and took two of three in a pretty solid series.  And there was a little bit of everything from a high scoring game to a pitcher’s duel.  I’m not sure it means too much but it’s encouraging that the Royals […]

Royals Steal Final Game in Detroit to Avoid Sweep

by @ Wednesday, April 18th, 2007. Filed under 2007 Royals

The Royals finally ended their six game winning streak in the series finale with the Tigers and they needed extra frames to do it.  Gil Meche gave up three six inning runs and Mike Sweeney shaved that lead to two with an RBI single in the seventh.  Then in the ninth, Mark Teehen doubled home […]

Royals Lose Fourth Straight Game, Swept by Orioles in Three Game Series

by @ Monday, April 16th, 2007. Filed under 2007 Royals

The bad weather came and put an early end to what turned out to be a three game series between the Royals and the Orioles.  It’s just as well because the Royals didn’t do all that well in the first three games.
On Thursday, the Royals got six shutout innings from Gil Meche but they didn’t get any […]

Royals Pitching Hit Hard in Series Loss to Blue Jays

by @ Thursday, April 12th, 2007. Filed under 2007 Royals

The pitching staff, outside of Zach Greinke, took it on the chin in the Royals three game series against the Jays.  If your pitching gives up 19 runs in the three games, you’re not going to do very well.
Monday’s loss was the worst in a 9-1 pounding.  Odalis Perez didn’t even finish up the second […]

Royals Drop Second Straight Series

by @ Monday, April 9th, 2007. Filed under 2007 Royals

I’m not sure what it is about the series opener, but the Royals have won both of them so far.  It’s the other four games they’ve had a hard time with.  With the AL champ Tigers in town, the Royals put together some nice pitching and some timely hitting to walk away with Friday’s game.  […]

Royals Shut Down by Dice-K

by @ Thursday, April 5th, 2007. Filed under 2007 Royals

Well, the Royals know Daisuke Matsuzaka is for real.  He held the Royals to a single run on just six hits.  It’s kind of a bummer because Zach Greinke had a nice start.  He gave up just two runs (one earned) on eight hits and a walk with seven strikeouts in seven innings of work.  […]

Royals Held to Three Hits in Loss to Red Sox

by @ Thursday, April 5th, 2007. Filed under 2007 Royals

The Red Sox returned the favor last night in a blow out win over the Royals.  The only run for the Royals came on a Jason LaRue sac. fly.  Ross Gload had two of the three hits in the 7-1 loss.
Odalis Perez was knocked around for four runs on five hits and three walks with […]

David DeJesus Crystal Ball

by @ Tuesday, April 3rd, 2007. Filed under 2007 Royals

I’ve been a big fan of David DeJesus since he came up through the minors and I always thought he had a batting title in him at some point.  He’s a great patient hitter and while he hasn’t shown a lot of pop, he makes a solid top of the lineup tablesetter.  At least that’s […]

Gil Meche Sharp in Royals Season Opener

by @ Monday, April 2nd, 2007. Filed under 2007 Royals

Maybe Gil Meche isn’t as bad as people think.  He made a tough Red Sox lineup look pretty foolish as he gave up just a single run on six hits and just one walk with six strikeouts in 7 1/3 innings of work.  Then Joel Peralta struck out four of the five outs he made […]

Octavio Dotel Could Hit the DL

by @ Monday, April 2nd, 2007. Filed under 2007 Royals

It looks like Octavio Dotel’s debut as the Royals closer might be delayed for a couple of weeks because he’s injured his left oblique.  It looks like according to this Rotoworld report that they’ll make a decision on Wednesday and that in the meantime, David Riske is probably the next best option.  It wouldn’t surprise me […]

Royals Minor League News

by @ Thursday, March 29th, 2007. Filed under 2007 Royals

Baseball America took one last look at the Royals spring camp from a minor league perspective on the prospect blog.    There’s a focus on Alex Gordon but Billy Butler and Joakim Soria also gets some love.  They close with some bad news on Justin Huber (no where for him to go) and also talk about […]

Royals Hope and Faith

by @ Wednesday, March 28th, 2007. Filed under 2007 Royals

For Royals fans, there hasn’t been a lot of faith and there’s been even less hope for the team.  Now Rany Jazayerli tries to paint as rosy of a picture as he can about the Royals upcoming season.  At the very least, I think this will be one of the more fun seasons the Royals […]

Zach Greinke Wins Rotation Spot

by @ Monday, March 26th, 2007. Filed under 2007 Royals

We’re still not 100% sure what happened to Zach Greinke last year, but it sure is nice to have him back.  The right hander won a spot in the rotation after he spent most of 2006 in the minors.  At one point, he almost retired but it looks like the Royals worked with him and […]

Royals Minor League Preview

by @ Sunday, March 25th, 2007. Filed under 2007 Royals

MiLB.com previewed the Royals minor league system yesterday.  In the preview, there’s profiles for players at each stop in the Royals minor league system including the high end guys like Billy Butler and Luke Hochevar.  There’s also a recap of the 2006 draft as well as a few players who are under the radar.  It […]

Alex Gordon Crystal Ball

by @ Thursday, March 22nd, 2007. Filed under 2007 Royals

Prospect guru John Sickels recently showed us what he thinks Royals fans have in store for us with Alex Gordan becoming the Royals starting thirdbaseman in a crystal ball column.  If he does what’s projected, you’re talking about a Hall of Fame career which would put him into the top five (if not number one) […]

Alex Gordon to Start at Third Base for Royals

by @ Thursday, March 22nd, 2007. Filed under 2007 Royals

This shouldn’t be a huge surprise but it was finally made official yesterday.  Everyone’s favorite to win the AL Rookie of the Year, Alex Gordon, will get the starting third base job without playing a single major league game.  There’s no doubt that the kid is talented and just having him in there makes the […]

Zach Greinke Works His Way Back to Form

by @ Wednesday, March 21st, 2007. Filed under 2007 Royals

There’s no doubt that Zack Greinke has had a bizarre career.  He broke out at the age of 20 back in 2004 but he was in the minors in 2006 as he dealt with some personal issues.  Regardless, if the Royals are ever going to turn a corner, one of the guys who could help […]

Royals Five Questions

by @ Friday, March 16th, 2007. Filed under 2007 Royals

Bradford Doolittle recently answered the five key questions the Royals have going into the 2007 over at the Hardball Times.  He touches on everything from the Gil Meche signing to the emergence of Alex Gordon to Buddy Bell’s managerial style.  He closes with some choice comments on Angel Berroa.  Good stuff.

Billy Butler Hot in Spring Season

by @ Monday, March 12th, 2007. Filed under 2007 Royals

With all of the eyes on Alex Gordan, it’s Billy Butler who’s turning some heads this spring for the Royals.   Butler was recently highlighted in a recent Kevin Goldstein column regarding his red hot spring and while there’s no doubt Butler could probably hit at the big league level, he has no spot on the […]

The Options Game

by @ Thursday, March 8th, 2007. Filed under 2007 Royals

In one of the best summaries on option years I’ve read in a while, this KC Star column talks about how the players who end up on the Royals team may be the best, but may be the ones who are the best and no longer have options.  Jorge de la Rosa is out of […]

Royals Good at Something

by @ Wednesday, March 7th, 2007. Filed under 2007 Royals

The spring season is in full swing and so far, the Royals are 3-3.    Brian Bannister has looked solid in two starts and while Alex Gordon hasn’t done all that much, he hasn’t done poorly either.  Probably the one guy to keep an eye on is David DeJesus, one of my favorite players on the […]

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