Eight Was Enough The Royals finally got back into the win column with a game defined by resiliency.

Finally, a win to write about for the #Royals! Will it start something new or be an aberration? That we don't know, but it was a victory wrapped in a whole lot of resiliency, so I wrote all about that today on Inside the Crown. You know the drill - read, enjoy, subscribe.

Inexcusable, Unforgivable, Totally Expected A game that should have been a blowout win for the Royals was close until the ninth and they blew it again before it fell apart in the 12th.

I wrote about last night’s #Royals debacle the only way I know how - at length. I hope you’ll read it, enjoy it as much as one can enjoy reading about a game like that, and then become a paid subscriber if you’re not already because this season is…rough.

I’m in studio with Soren Petro , Kurtis Seaboldt and @kylecollier810.bsky.social on Sports Radio 810 because misery loves company and the #Royals are pure misery right now.

Ryan Weathers had allowed a .530 OPS to lefties. Jensen and Caglianone have a combined .194/.269/.324 line against lefties in their careers.

You can agree or disagree with the idea of keeping them out against certain pitchers, but that's why.

Weekend in Review: Royals Eaten Alive An abysmal weekend wrapped up an abysmal road trip in an abysmal start to the season.

The Weekend in Review is always free to everyone. I wrote a little about the games, but dove in deeper on the Salvy stuff from the weekend too. I even begrudgingly gave a #Royals player of the week.

Lane Thomas has a .458 OBP since April 4.

Royals Still Can't Put It All Together When the offense works, the pitching doesn't. Such is life in a bad stretch of baseball.

They #Royals lost a game they should have won, but probably had no business winning. That's the most frustrating kind of loss. The offense wasn't to blame for this one. Instead, it's the other usual suspect - the bullpen. I wrote all about it today.

Somehow That Was Actually a Different Royals Game Than the Night Before It's not February 2, but the Royals are stuck in a loop.

While it may have seemed like the #Royals just played a reply of Tuesday night, it was actually a different game. I did focus quite a bit on Jac Caglianone's great night as well as Seth Lugo's continued early-season success.

Batter/pitcher matchups are rarely predictive. And Valdez only loosely has reverse splits. He’s basically equal righties vs. lefties.

Shouldn’t be theoretically. Thomas has a track record against them. So does Marte. They just actually need to hit.

He had one on April 2.

#Royals lineup vs. Framber Valdez:

Garcia 3B
Witt Jr. SS
Thomas CF
Perez C
Pasquantino 1B
Marte RF
India 2B
Jensen DH
Collins LF
Ragans P

Why the Royals Offense Will Be Okay But also, why it might not.

You can't sugarcoat the #Royals offense so far. It's been bad. But it's different than previous bad, so today on the newsletter I wrote about why I think the offense will be okay in the end, including a look at similar offenses over the past few years.

It's that time for me to hang out with Soren Petro , Kurtis Seaboldt and @kylecollier810.bsky.social and talk some #Royals on Sports Radio 810. Won't you join us?

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- Where are the big bats?
- Move Maikel Garcia down?
- Is Salvy done?
- Can the pitching stay this good?
- Expectations for this week.

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Weekend in Review: A Winning Weekend Gone Wrong The Royals took two of three against the White Sox this weekend and split the series overall. That's not good enough.

It's the first winning weekend of the year (yes, I know they split the series, but Mondays are about Fri-Sun) and it still felt not great for the #Royals. The offense didn't get going like we'd hoped. And the pitching faltered a bit yesterday. I wrote all about it.

Kauffman Corner Podcast streaming at 9P Central tonight. @dblesky.bsky.social and I discuss the Royals inability to hit, where to bat Maikel Garcia and their amazing starting pitching.

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Well, 2 for 3 anyway.

The #Royals are 1 for their last 1 with RISP after that screamer.

#Royals lineup vs. Grant Taylor (Jonathan Cannon for bulk innings):

Garcia 3B
Witt Jr. SS
Pasquantino 1B
Perez DH
Jensen C
Massey 2B
Caglianone RF
Collins LF
Isbel CF
Cameron P

A FIRST INNING RUN!

#Royals lineup vs. Erick Fedde:

Garcia 3B
Witt Jr. SS
Pasquantino 1B
Perez C
Jensen DH
India 2B
Caglianone RF
Massey LF
Isbel CF
Wacha P

#Royals lineup vs. Davis Martin:

Garcia 3B
Witt Jr. SS
Pasquantino 1B
Perez C
Jensen DH
Massey 2B
Caglianone RF
Collins LF
Isbel CF
Bubic P

Agreed but with Garcia at the top, it limits options against lefties.

I asked the question on 810 Wednesday. Is this a team in a bad stretch or is this who they are? We don’t know yet, but if this is a team in a bad stretch, it bodes quite well for them that they’ve mostly treaded water.

Sure. They can’t really hit anyone right now though.

They had their middle of the order bat all along.

It is WILD how different it is.

And the biggest concern I had about the offense was against lefty starters. A lefty starter shut them down. Lather, rinse, repeat.

More than any issue, though, is the 2-3-4 needs to figure it out. Bobby’s metrics are good, but he, Vinnie and Salvy have combined for 53 of the team’s 120 RISP PA & they’re hitting a combined .133/.226/.133 with RISP.

The rest: .267/.313/.367.

Easy to see the biggest problem.