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At The Star, Jaylon Thompson writes that the Royals could have 4 infield Gold Glove finalists: This season, the Royals have four infielders with a top-3 SDI rating — according to the latest August update. Vinnie Pasquantino (3.7 SDI rating) is third among AL first basemen. He sits behind Vladimir Guerrero Jr. (4.6) and Christian […]
It’s a testament to the Toronto Blue Jays’ resiliency that despite being a bit of a selling ballclub at the trade deadline, they remain in the periphery of the AL Wild Card race. Even after suffering a 13-2 beatdown against the Kansas City Royals on Thursday, they stand just 3.5 games back of the third […] The post Blue Jays could get pivotal Josh Smith boost soon appeared first on ClutchPoints .
The Royals pounced on the Blue Jays Thursday evening, beginning the game with a home from Carter Jensen and finishing it with a 13-2 victory. One day after the nine-game winning streak ended, the Royals looked no worse for wear. Noah Cameron started the game and looked like his second-half self. He pitched six innings, […]
Royals A Lot Blue Jays Not Much That was bad right from the start. Spencer Arrighetti gave up two runs in the first (one in a game opening home run) and two runs in the second. He ended up going four innings, with four runs (three earned, Arrighetti made the error), five hits, two walks […]
The Kansas City Royals’ nine-game winning streak came to an end with a 3-0 loss to Toronto, but Jacob Milham and Jeremy Greco frame it as a strong stretch rather than any kind of collapse. Bobby Witt Jr. stays in the AL MVP conversation, though the offensive edge right now still points toward Yordan Alvarez. […]
Game three with the Royals. A win would be nice. I spent part of the morning buying some fish. I have two good sized fish tanks, but they have been sitting empty for a year. We went on holiday for a month last year and our son watched the house, but he didn’t notice that […]
Chins up, everyone. Unless the Royals winning streak had hit 25 games, they weren’t going to make the playoffs. And so they fell 16 games short of it. So what? That was quite the enjoyable stretch of baseball, and despite losing last night, I’m looking forward to tonight’s game. Noah Cameron is back on the […]
The Royals will be without second baseman Michael Massey for at least another week, as they placed him on the 7-day Injured List with a concussion. Massey hit his head on the turf after losing his balance on a play on Tuesday. The Royals recalled infielder Josh Rojas to replace him on the roster, and […]
The Royals announced Thursday that they’ve selected the contract of lefty Anthony Gose from Triple-A Omaha. Kansas City also recalled infielder Josh Rojas. Fellow infielder Michael Massey heads to the seven-day concussion list, while righty Mason Black was optioned to Omaha. Gose, 36, hasn’t pitched in the majors since a brief run with the 2024 […]
The Kansas City Royals may have a slim chance of reaching the postseason at this point, but their new concession menu items give fans a reason to continue showing up to games late in the year.
We are closing in on September call-up season, and to be honest, it snuck up on me. On September 1, rosters expand from 26 players to 28, meaning the Kansas City Royals can add two more guys to the Major League roster. Last September was an exciting time; the Royals called up then-#2 prospect Carter […]
A Nathan Lukes 3-run homer in the 4th inning, snapped the Royals 9-game winning streak last night, as the Royals were blanked by the Toronto bullpen game. Jac Caglianone returned last night (and struggled) but he has become a feared power hitter this season. In 2025, Jac Caglianone was searching. For results, for answers, for […]
Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about takeaways from ESPN’s 30 for 30 podcast on Shohei Ohtani and Ippei Mizuhara, disappointing parity (46:41), the latest public-funding ballpark boondoggles in Kansas City and Tampa (52:22), and which AL wild card contender most deserves to squeak into October (1:12:58). Audio intro: El Warren, “Effectively Wild Theme” Audio outro: Josh […]
Royals 0 Blue Jays 3 I don’t like bullpen days, but teams are very successful on bullpen days. And the Jays have been especially successful on bullpen days. I don’t like them because we go through so many pitchers. It messes up the pen for the next few days. Today we used seven pitchers. Seven: […]
Kansas City had only a few opportunities to score and did not manage to cash in on any of them while the Blue Jays got one ball over the wall. It was enough to get a 3-0 victory and tie the series. The Royals 9-game win streak is at an end. The Toronto bullpen took […]
Game Two of Three with the Royals, who are now on a 9 game win streak. Ending it would be a good idea. Also it would be nice if we were make fewer mistakes. Vlad throwing wide of first (he leads first basemen with eight errors, for a .990 fielding average). And Lukes….well, we’ve talked […]
Game two in Toronto has the lineups set. The Royals will be going for their 10th win in a row while the Blue Jays continue clinging to hope of sneaking into the wildcard. It will be Randy Dobnak on the mound for the Royals. He has thus far put up a sparkling ERA despite mediocre […]
After four months of underwhelming baseball, the Royals have inexplicably gone on a run, winning nine in a row. They’re just the fourth team in MLB history to be at least 24 games under .500 and go on a nine-game winning streak. In other words, this is not normal. And tonight, the Royals have a […]
The Toronto Blue Jays had a chance to make things interesting against the Kansas City Royals in their latest game, but it got worse before it could get even better. With the score 2-1 at one point, the Blue Jays just needed to get a tying run, but the offense struggled to get anything going […] The post John Schneider fed up with Blue Jays playing stupid baseball after latest dumb loss appeared first on ClutchPoints .
“Can we just play baseball? We’re humans. Can we just be judged by humans? Do we really need to disrupt the game? I think humans are defined by humans,” Max Scherzer said after his first appearance on the mound in Major League Baseball’s automated ball-strike system era back in February last year. Yet, when Royals’ […] The post “F–king S–t I’m Dealing With”: Max Scherzer Erupts Over Umpire’s Missed Call That Blue Jays Had to Challenge appeared first on EssentiallySports .
Royals 5 Blue Jays 3 Well, that was a frustrating game. As I said in the thread, we weren’t going to run the table. If they had to win every game left to get into the playoffs, it wasn’t going to happen. They need to win most of their games, but not all of them. […]
The wins keep on rolling: tonight, the Kansas City Royals walked into the home of the Toronto Blue Jays and won 5-3 with a wild ninth inning that featured a pair of crucial defensive masterpieces. In the first inning, both the Royals and Jays traded blows. Carter Jensen immediately singled against Blue Jays starter Max […]
“You either die a hero or you live long enough to become the villain.” That’s one of the most famous quotes from 2008’s superhero film The Dark Knight. It’s also a quote that describes one Max Scherzer. Mad Max’s multi-color gaze has witnessed a lot of batters doing damage to his pitches recently, and he […]
The first of three against the Royals. Game #133. The Royals are on an eight-game win streak and are still last in the AL Central. And the Jays are down another starting pitcher. Thankfully Jameson Taillon should be back next week. But, this week, relievers are going to throw a lot of innings. Guys like […]
The Jays have been bit by the injury bug all season long.