The Royals started the 2021 season in upbeat fashion having clinched the best record in the Cactus League, thanks to standout campaigns from Jorge Soler and Hunter Dozier. New signings Andrew Benintendi and Carlos Santana looked like key new pieces
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Foolishly, I thought Dua Lipa had the most singles since the start of 2020, but I was wrong. It is Isiah Kiner-Falefa. The 2021 season is now about as long as the one in 2020, so we have enough data
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What happened in 2019? What was set to be a tough season got off to a terrible start in spring training when the Kansas City Royals lost their workaholic catcher, Salvador Perez, for the season after Tommy John surgery. The
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Picture the scene. Kansas City Royals owner David Glass summons GM Dayton Moore and team manager Ned Yost into his plush, top floor office in Kauffman Stadium. He asks what they need in 2019 in order to accomplish the rebuild.
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This is the second piece in a series on the effects of analytics on baseball, the first on the bunt can be found here. This time I will be looking at the decline of the stolen base, the involvement of
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Back again for a second week, it’s Blake Finney… Hopefully after a few of you were able to grab some of the players I mentioned last week (even if two of them are now Day-to-Day *facepalm*), After another week of
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