Kevin Appier: The Next Royals Hall Of Famer?
Can you name the starting pitcher who put up the following numbers with the Royals? Most strikeouts in club history, fourth most innings pitched, most win probability added, and most...
View Article2010 I-70 Hall Of Legends Inductee: Danny Jackson
Continuing the look at the men who have played for both Missouri franchises, we examine the career of Danny Jackson. The Kansas City Royals drafted Jackson with the number one pick in the January...
View ArticleA Baseball Professor Passes On
As Aaron Stilley wrote on this site a couple days ago, many amazing words have already been written about the life and death of Paul Splittorff, the former Royals pitcher who passed away this week. I...
View ArticleRoyals Five Year Bests: Pitchers
I recently looked at the top Royals position players by Baseball Reference’s Wins Above Replacement (WAR) for rolling five-year periods in club history. Here is the same for the twirlers: 1969-73 13.9...
View ArticleParty crashers
The Kansas City Royals and the Los Angles Angels will be the last two teams in Major League Baseball to begin their season. The Oakland Athletics and Seattle Mariners have already started theirs. The...
View Article20 Years after Mark Davis, Royals look to spend again
All the talk since the All Star break has been how the Kansas City Royals may actually be ready to hit the free agent market for some starting pitching. Well, July 21st marks the 20th anniversary of...
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