The Omaha Royals are mired in kind of a rough patch these days. That’ll happen when two of your hot pitching prospects (Carlos Rosa and Dusty Hughes) are hurting and held to pitch counts, your outfield is depleted by injuries and callups, and Josh Labandeira plays every day. Yeah, losses will happen when the bullpen …
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Aug 12
A lot of a lot. Mostly bad news.
Good news: Dusty Hughes is back(ish) The lefty pitcher made his first appearance since July 29 (an ugly game, for sure) after some shoulder soreness has kept him on the bench. His pitch count for tonight was 40-45, which lasted him two innings. I suppose it’s not surprising for a guy who hasn’t thrown in …
Aug 11
Off-day thoughts
I’m still numb from the notion that Tony Pena Jr.’s batting average as a designated hitter is 1.000. ********** Mark Nassar just reported on 1420 KOTK that the Omaha Royals are no longer last in the PCL in drawing walks; that honor now belongs to Round Rock. Sounds revolutionary. Meanwhile, Omaha is ahead of Nashville …
Aug 09
OK this is getting ridiculous…
…but I LOVE it. Kila Kaaihue hit a homer last night, and has yet another one tonight. (But Omaha still trails the Sounds, 5-3, at this writing.) KILA NOW! I have nothing to say about the Kansas City game, because I was outdoors and came inside just in time to hear things get really ugly …
Aug 06
Brief update
Yesterday, I wrote: – It seems like Shealy has been walking a lot more lately. I don’t know if he has changed his approach or if pitchers are being more careful in the wake of his torrid late-June and July, but I will ask him when I get the chance. I did get the chance …
Aug 05
1B/DH drama continues in Omaha!
Kila Kaaihue hit yet another home run in Omaha tonight, but so did Ryan Shealy. What to do? I say they do an American Gladiator-style duel to decide who is the First Baseman of The Future, because I can’t keep rooting for them both to dominate here and get (back) to the Majors, can I? …
Aug 05
Suspended!
Before I begin, I need to share that I love Dragonforce, and I don’t care who knows it. Their forthcoming album, Ultra Beatdown, is just ridiculous; my Guilty Pleasure #1. All right, with that out of the way, let’s take a peek at some of the suspensions handed down after the fracas the other day. …
Aug 03
Fracas fracas fracas fracas
Word of the day: Fracas. It was used in two headlines on the Royals.com front page…FRACAS! (AP Photo/Ed Zurga) Sad thing is, I missed the KC game entirely, but heard score updates (and news of the…fracas) via some fans* at the Omaha game. Today was a damn good day to be a hater of the …
Aug 01
Hacking.
So, Kila Kaaihue hit another home run last night. That makes two of those in his long-awaited first two games at AAA. But for some reason, I was more pleased to see that at-bat in which Kaaihue walked. I’ve heard all about how he hits for power, but this season he also had about twice …
Jul 30
So much to ponder at first base
So, Kila Kaaihue made his AAA debut, going 1-4 with a homerun, 3 fly ball outs, and a strikeout looking to end the game. (Also, a note about my links…lately I’ve been linking to the fanshots at Royals Review instead of directly to the stories at their source. I do this because I