The fifth Royal to make his MLB debut this year, Bubic was called up to start the Royals home opener on July 31. Bubic is a LHP from Stanford who was drafted 40th overall in the 2018 Royals college pitcher draft. Bubic’s teammates rave about how hard he works and how awesome of a teammate…
Royals speedster Nick Heath was called up a few days ago but didn’t get into a game until today. Tonight, against the Tigers in Detroit, manager Mike Matheny called Heath’s number 0 to get in the game. Heath entered into a 5-3 game after Jorge Soler singled and advanced to second on an error in…
My apologies to Griffin for not being able to post this yesterday when he actually debuted. Griffin came into the Royals game down 5-4 to start the third inning in Detroit. The first batter he faced was Tiger CJ Cron. The first pitch Griffin threw registered at 92.9 mph and was swung on and missed. …
As most of you know, we have a partial season ticket plan to the Northwest Arkansas Naturals games. I try to go as often as I can but coaching in the spring makes it tough so I usually don’t get to go until summer. That’s the only reason we don’t have a full season package. …
The Royals first selection from the 2018 MLB Draft, Brady Singer, was called up to start the game in Cleveland on Saturday. Singer was the first of five pitchers the Royals selected with their first five selections that year. He is the third player from the 2018 MLB Draft class to make his MLB debut…
The Royals wasted no time getting Tyler Zuber some MLB experience putting him into the Season Opener on July 24, 2020. The Royals were behind 2-0 going into the bottom of the 7th. Zuber wore number 83 on his back. The first pitch he threw was a curve ball to Cesar Hernandez. Hernandez decided he…
The Royals announced their 30-man roster yesterday. Let’s take a look at all the guys who have less than one year of service time. The Royals have three 0.000 guys on this roster. The first number refers to the year of service and the second three numbers are how many days they have. So guys…
Today is July 23rd. In other years, we would be past the halfway point in the season. However, the year is 2020 and we have the ongoing COVID-19 outbreak, so that means that today is Opening Day. The 2020 MLB season will be the shortest since 1878 with just 60 games being played. A 60-game…
Last week, the Royals traded LHP Tim Hill to the Padres for RHP Ronald Bolanos and OF Franchy Cordero. Bolanos was the Padres 13th ranked prospect and actually made his major league debut last season rising all the way from high-A ball to the majors. I saw Bolanos make a start in Northwest Arkansas last…
The Royals decided not to keep Rule 5 pick Stephen Woods, Jr. on their active roster. Because he was a Rule 5 selection, the Royals had to place him on waivers and then after he was unclaimed, offer him back to the Rays. However, the Royals and the Rays were able to work out a…
The Royals traded LHP Tim Hill to the Padres for RHP prospect Ronald Bolaños and OF Franchy Cordero tonight. Cordero has played 79 games in the majors over the past three seasons so I won’t dig too deep into his prospect status. Cordero has a lot of potential if he can stay healthy and in…
On Day Two of the MLB Draft, I got the chance to have a conversation with Chris Hall. Hall is the head baseball coach for De La Salle Institute in Chicago. Royals second round pick, Ben Hernandez, went to De La Salle Institute and played for Hall. It’s every head coach’s dream to have a…
I got the idea to do a shadow draft from John Sickels. He always did a shadow draft over at Minor League Ball which was part of SBNation focusing on the minors. The goal is to pick along with your team and follow the guys you “bring” to your system. You have to pick real…
So far, the Royals have signed six players to free agent contracts following the 2020 MLB Draft. Players are allowed to sign for up to $20,000. There will be more signings to come for the Royals. These guys all ranked high enough to basically be extra draft picks for the Royals. They all have some…
The Royals made four selections to go with the Day One picks Asa Lacy and Nick Loftin. The Royals did not disappoint immediately making a splash with the selection of RHP Ben Hernandez from De La Salle HS in Chicago. Hernandez pitched very well on the showcase circuit and on national television in the Under…
