I wrote an article back in October regarding the “top-6” priorities for the Royals this offseason. They were as follows: The only thing I regret not adding to that list is adding another bat. I know they have a lot of young bats coming up but it would’ve been nice to sign a guy like…
The Royals current 40-man roster situation is perhaps the most unclear it’s been in years in terms of who will be on the 26-man big league roster on Opening Day. There are 37 players on the roster who, in my opinion, have a legitimate shot to break camp with the big league team. The only…
I don’t quite have the same time I used to have to take a deep dive into this, so you’ll have to bear with me as I paraphrase most of this into useful information. The main point of this is to analyze whether or not the Royals are capable of stacking up a top-10 offense…
Hey hey. Welcome back. As I’m sure anyone reading this is aware, we have kind of come to a #content halt over here at RFR but I promised we’d still put out rankings and the occasional article or two. I’m back enrolled in classes but kiddo number two isn’t due until April, so I’ll try…
Jake Eisenberg and David Lesky join Alex and Josh to recap the Omaha Storm Chasers’ season, discuss the managerial search, and preview the offseason. Enjoy! Apple Podcasts Spotify
The month of March is here, the sun is shining, and the players have arrived in hot and steamy Surprise, Arizona, for Spring Training to get back into the swing of things this upcoming 2023 MLB baseball season. While the young guns are trying to push hard for a potential roster spot, the Kansas City…
I decided to round up the available Royals prospect lists that are out and combine them to get a composite top-30. Here’s whose lists appear so far: Here’s the composite ranking: Rank Composite Points 1 Gavin Cross 8 2 Maikel Garcia 20 3 Tyler Gentry 26 4 Drew Waters 30 5 Cayden Wallace 33 6…
The PECOTA projections came out today, signaling the beginning of baseball season for most of America (not in Kansas City, though, we still have a parade to attend). The Royals, unsurprisingly, have some of the worst projections in Major League Baseball. The 62-win (100-loss…) projection for KC this summer is three fewer wins than they…
For the purposes of this list, I’m going to exclude our top-14 prospects on our preseason list. Those 14 are: Picking any of those 14 feels a bit like cheating so we’ll use any combination of other prospects for “breakout” candidates. Players on our list of breakout candidates are prospects that I feel could jump…
This probably could’ve been a Twitter thread but I didn’t want it to ramble on for too long, so we’ll just do it all here. There are a couple of position “battles” the Royals face entering Spring Training that I think are completely ridiculous. Barring some unforeseen injury or a totally unpredictable collapse during Spring…
Well, if that was true, the Royals would be shit out of luck next year. Luckily it’s *probably* not true so the Royals have a chance. A slim chance, perhaps, but a chance nonetheless. I’ve been thinking way too much lately about the Royals pitching staff headed into 2023 and so I sent out a…
Alright so I’ve been thinking about this for a while and just found some time to get it all on paper. I was sifting through the Royals offensive core heading into 2023 and trying to figure out what it could look like next year. I don’t really know how to organize these thoughts effectively so…
It’s a MEGA show! The guys were joined by a super team of Royals content creators for a #Royals season recap episode that you don’t want to miss, featuring:@joshkeiser40@jtpenfield@JMilTheHam@footenoted@RoyalsWeekly@maxrieper@RoyalReportKev Apple Podcasts Spotify
I just really want Zac Gallen to pitch for Kansas City next year. You probably can’t get him without MJ Melendez at this point because he decided to compete for the Cy Young Award this year, posting a 2.54 ERA in 184 IP for Arizona, but gosh dammit is he good. Like, really really good.…
I tweeted this out the other day, figured I’d go ahead and expand on it at some point. Priority #1: Someone’s got to go to prison, Ben I want to start off by saying that I legitimately do not have any inherent issues with either Mike Matheny nor Cal Eldred. It feels like any time…
The Arizona Fall League kicks off today as the Surprise Saguaros will begin their 2022 campaign with seven Royals prospects on the Opening Day roster (the fall league rosters are easily manipulated so it’s possible some others join in at a later date). With all due respect to one prospect I’m leaving off, I want…
The guys sat down with Nicholas Badders, the voice of the NWA Naturals, to breakdown the 2022 Naturals season. Stick around until the end for a quick conversation about the worst beats the guys have ever been a part of. Apple Podcasts Spotify
Welcome to part four of I don’t know how many. Here are the links to the ones I’ve written already: Let’s get right down to it, I was not the biggest fan of the decision to draft Gavin Cross on draft night this past July. Cam Collier inexplicably fell to the Royals pick at #9,…
Welcome to part four of I don’t know how many. Here are the links to the ones I’ve written already: I’ve got to be honest with you all, as excited as we all were for Michael Massey by the end of last season, I may have somehow been the low man on him when he…
Welcome to part three of I don’t know how many. Here are the links to the ones I’ve written already: I’ve gotta be completely honest with you guys, I was stunned that Melendez won this poll. I don’t even disagree with him winning! I was just surprised to see how many people picked an individual’s…
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