I said something on Twitter the other day about believing in the coaching staff the Royals have in place. I was rightfully asked why I believed that and I didn’t have a ton of concrete evidence to give y’all. So, here we are. I don’t have the time I used to have but I am…
The Kansas City Royals finished the month of April with the second worst record in Major League Baseball. Only the Oakland A’s, who are actively tanking, had a worse record, just one game back of the Royals. Luckily for Kansas City the A’s come to town for a three-game set this weekend and then the…
I apologize for the lack of coverage this year. Been a wild time. I won’t have the normal coverage you’d expect from us as it relates to the draft, but once the calendar rolls over to June I should be able to get enough out to keep you covered for the draft. Be sure to…
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
Royals Fans! As baseball in the month of April has come to a fast conclusion, it is very easy to get down on your Kansas City Royals. Safe to say it has not been the start most Royals fans were hoping for. With a plethora of young talent, young arms, and tons of veteran leadership…
Let’s pretend that Major League Baseball decides to add a couple of expansion teams to the league for the 2024 season. As part of the expansion draft, every MLB team gets to protect a 26-man roster from the two expansion teams. You don’t get to protect your usual 40-man roster, only enough to fill out…
I was going to tweet this out but the thread looked like it was going to get unnecessarily long so here it goes: #1: Vinnie Pasquantino’s .238 ISO In the 10 MLB seasons before 2023, there were 1,396 qualified hitters. Only 40 of them had a BB/K ratio of at least 1.00 and only 17…
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…
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 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…
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…
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…
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