Important offseason dates for the Royals

With the offseason getting started, we’ve seen the Royals decline Alex Gordon’s $23 million mutual option for 2020. Of course there’s still plenty of decisions for Dayton Moore and the Royals to make this off season. Free agency has already started but listed below are important dates for the rest of the off season. November…

Minor League Minutes: 9/12/19

Interviewing Charlie Neuweiler Q: Your fastball velo has reportedly been around 90-92 mph. Do you know what your spin rate is like? How has the development of your fastball velocity been coming along? “I’m not exactly sure what my fastball spin rate is but I believe it’s around average or a little above average. Between…

Thursday Morning Roll Call: 9/12/19

Team Record Time Starting Pitcher Wilmington Blue Rocks 1-1 (CAR Championship Game 3) 5:00 PM TBD Lexington Legends 2-0 (SAL Championship Game 3) 6:05 PM TBD Idaho Falls Chukars (Completion of Sept. 10 suspended game) 1-1 (PIO First Round Game 3) 2:00 PM Who’s Hot? Austin Cox has been really good for High-A Wilmington. In…

Minor League Minutes: 9/10/19

A few weeks ago, Alex had the pleasure of interviewing Royals assistant GM JJ Picollo and Brad Keller: Interviewing Royals Assistant GM JJ Picollo Brad Keller Interview #2 Q: Favorite BBQ restaurant in KC?“Joes BBQ in the gas station is absolutely the best.”

Saturday Morning Roll Call: 9/7/19

Team Record Time Starting Pitcher Wilmington Blue Rocks 1-2 (CAR Semifinals) 5:05 PM TBD Idaho Falls Chukars 33-41 8:15 PM Bryar Johnson Who’s Hot? Kris Bubic in his last 10 starts spanning 64.2 innings, has a 1.53 ERA and a 0.841 WHIP. While punching out 72 batters to only 13 walks. Bubic came in clutch…

Minor League Minutes: 9/7/19

As the minor league season wraps up, check out the Royals minor league players that are headed to the Arizona Fall League The Royals will be sending six players and a coach to play for the Surprise Saguaros starting September 17th. Here are the players that will represent the Royals in Arizona: Brewer Hicklen, OFHicklen…

Friday Morning Roll Call: 9/6/19

Team Record Time Starting Pitcher DSL Royals1 2-2 (Championship Series) 9:30 AM TBD Lexington Legends 1-0 (SAL Semifinals) 6:05 PM Zach Haake Wilmington Blue Rocks 0-2 (CAR Semifinals) 6:05 PM TBD Idaho Falls Chukars 33-40 8:15 PM Bryar Johnson Who’s Hot? Lefty reliever Josh Dye has a 1.23 ERA, and a 0.986 WHIP over 14.2…

Minor League Minutes: 9/6/19

MLB Debut: Ryan McBroom McBroom made his MLB Debut on September 3 against the Detroit Tigers in Kansas City.  The first pitcher he faced was Tigers LHP Daniel Norris.  The first pitch McBroom saw was a 93 mph fastball down the middle which he took for a strike. One year ago, Joel looked at how…

Minor League Minutes: 8/31/19

Royals Owner David Glass has agreed to sell the franchise to John Sherman Now just a few short days later the sale of the club has been made official, John Sherman and a local group of investors have purchased the club from the Glass family for approximately $1 billion dollars. The sale of the club…

Royals owner David Glass agrees to sell team

A few days ago it was reported by Ken Rosenthal, Jayson Stark and Jeff Passan, that Royals owner David Glass was in discussions to sell the Kansas City Royals franchise to local businessman John Sherman.  The original report was that the purchase price was to exceed $1 billion dollars, and the purchase to be finalized…

Monday Morning Roll Call: 8/26/19

Team Record Time Starting Pitcher DSL Royals1 41-29 9:30 AM TBD AZL Royals 32-23 12:30 PM TBD Burlington Royals 37-28 5:30 PM TBD Wilmington Blue Rocks 78-53 5:30 PM TBD Lexington Legends 63-68 6:05 PM TBD Omaha Storm Chasers 55-76 7:05 PM TBD Northwest Arkansas Naturals 53-76 7:05 PM Brady Singer Who’s Hot?

Minor League Minutes: 8/26/19

ICYMI: Source: Ownership may have halted Ian Kennedy trade. According to a source, Royals ownership may have shot down a trade that would have sent Ian Kennedy to Atlanta in exchange for LHP Joey Wentz, a KC native. One month to the day the “Royals Trade Diekman to A’s for Two [Prospects]” Saturday afternoon brought…

Minor League Minutes: 8/24/19

2019 Shadow Draft: Part Two First of all, let’s take a look at my signings.  In real life, 4 of the 16 guys I drafted did not sign.  Bryce Osmond, Jake Rice, Ross Carver, and Spencer Jones did not sign.  Rice was dealing with an injury and didn’t even get drafted.  I drafted Jones in…

Minor League Minutes: 8/22/19

Alex Duvall takes a look deeper into Vinnie Pasquantino’s hot start. Pasquantino has not slowed down one iota since switching to a wood bat upon entering professional baseball. After a 5-5 day yesterday in which he hit a pair of doubles and a pair of triples in an 8-1 victory for Burlington, Pasquantino is now…