To be clear, most people are wrong about Jackson Kowar. They try to fit him into a well-worn narrative about pitcher development that contradicts every bit of information we have on him. As is the narrative for so many young pitchers, the conventional wisdom on Kowar holds that an underdeveloped breaking ball is all that…
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…
Make sure to check out our interview with Brad Keller. Joes BBQ in the gas station is absolutely the best. https://twitter.com/RoyalsFarm/status/1162870730335367170?s=20 Kowar’s last 5 starts have been rather interesting. In those 5 starts, he’s thrown… 29.1 IP4.60 ERA3.39 FIP26.5% K%5.8% BB%0.92 HR/93.46 BABIP Getting hit around a bit, but the ball isn’t leaving the yard…
Film Study: Kris Bubic 8/8/19 Kris Bubic tore it up Thursday night striking out 11 Woodpeckers in a complete game victory for the Blue Rocks. Bubic set a career high in pitches thrown and innings worked in the dominate performance. With 1 out in the bottom of the 9th and a runner on third,…
An update on the struggling Blue Rocks offense I would assume that, if you’re reading this, you’re probably familiar with the fact that the Royals core of offensive prospects at High-A Wilmington have struggled mightily in 2019. Here is the current team stats leaderboard in the Carolina League Final line on Brady Singer: 5 IP,…
DSL Royals1 (30-21) @ 9:30 AM DSL Royals2 (25-27) @ 9:30 AM Burlington Royals (24-18) @ 5:30 PM Idaho Falls Chukars (22-21) @ 5:30 PM (Doubleheader Game 1) (MiLB.TV) Starting Pitcher: Cole Watts Idaho Falls Chukars (Game 2) @ Approximately 30 minutes after game 1 (MiLB.TV) Starting Pitcher: Nathan Webb Lexington Legends (53-55) @ 6:05…
Royals Trade Diekman to A’s for Two Saturday afternoon brought a flurry of moves from the Royals. Jake Diekman was traded to the Oakland A’s for OF Dairon Blanco and RHP Ismael Aquino, Ryan O’Hearn recalled and Lucas Duda released, Nick Heath promoted to Omaha, and Kyle Zimmer recalled to KC. I may have missed…
DSL Royals1 (27-20) @ 9:00 am DSL Royals2 (22-25) @ 9:00 am Wilmington Blue Rocks (62-42) @ 5:00 pm Starting Pitcher: Kris Bubic (ERA 3.13) Who’s Hot: At the end of three, the Blue Rocks trail it 4-1. Perkins getting the Rocks on the board with an RBI single in the 3rd to score Schultz,…
Ryan O’Hearn is on fire in Omaha To say that Ryan O’Hearn has been struggling in Kansas City this season would be an understatement. Remember July 31, 2018 when he was called up to make is MLB debut? In his second MLB at bat, O’Hearn hit his first home run, and didn’t seem to slow…
I watched Jackson Kowar’s first start in Double-A the night it happened, but I went back and re-watched it taking a second set of notes and charting just to see what else I could see. I was very happy with this outing from Kowar. I think we see a lot of his plan of attack…
Homer Bailey trade scenarios (yeah, I’m doin’ this) I can’t believe I’m saying this, but I think someone is going to trade for Homer Bailey. It seems crazy to say since he was a train wreck of injury and ineffectiveness for four years, but he’s found some glimmer of his old self in Kansas City.…
Alex is currently crushing on Brady Singer. Drake is infatuated (and has been for some time) with Daniel Lynch. Jackson Kowar is the forgotten man right now. And to follow up that theme, I “forgot” about Kowar on Valentine’s Day. Jackson Kowar is the guy you aren’t hearing about right now when people talk about…
I wrote a piece yesterday about how Kowar was one of the three Gators being looked at as a first round selection. Kowar slipped to the second round, but only after the Royals had already drafted his rotation partner, Brady Singer. Here is a look at what Kowar will bring to the Kansas City Royals.…
This is the first piece in our “Early Draft Preview” series. To get things kicked off, we’ll take a look at some of our favorite college pitching prospects in this year’s player pool. Early 2018 MLB Draft Preview Series Top Prospects Brady Singer, RHP, Florida 6’5″ 200 lbs DOB: 08/04/1996 B/T: R/R I know I…
This is the first piece in our “Early Draft Preview” series. To get things kicked off, I’ll take a look at some of my favorite prospects in this year’s player pool. Most of these players figure unlikely to fall to the Royals, barring any major changes, but it’s still convenient to get a feel of…
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