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The Mets Have Turned It Around 360 Degrees

The crud-ass New York Mets were able to manage a series split on the road against division-leading Atlanta during the long weekend, overcoming severe bullpen issues for 10-9 and 7-6 victories on Sunday and Monday. But before any fan could even begin to think about letting their guard down or their hopes up, New York returned home to kick off a series with the Royals and deliver another entry in this year's contest for "Most Frustrating Loss." Again, the Mets offense did their part, but Kansas ...

Royals Reacts Survey – Should the Royals perform a fire sale?

Welcome to SB Nation Reacts, a survey of fans across the MLB. Throughout the year we ask questions of the most plugged-in Royals fans and fans across the country. Sign up here to participate in the weekly emailed surveys. We are now more than halfway through the season, the draft is this weekend, and the […]

Trea Turner’s future at shortstop may be short

Trea Turner’s issues at shortstop have officially become too troubling to put off any longer. In Monday’s get-away game in Kansas City, another Turner error, his 12th of the season, opened the floodgates to a 6-run Royals outburst in the first inning of what would eventually become a 15-1 boat-racing of the Phillies. To be […]

Mets Morning News: Not-so-sweet 16

Meet the Mets The Mets lost a long, painful slugfest to the Royals 16-12. Matt Seelinger had a rough major league debut, giving up seven runs and getting the loss.  Choose your recap: Amazin’ Avenue, Faith and Fear in Flushing, MLB.com, New York Daily News, New York Post While 2026 might be hard to stomach, […]

Kansas City Royals news: MLB draft still coming into focus

MLB.com’s Anne Rogers provided some insight into the Kansas City Royals’ draft approach for later this week, including speaking with scouting director Brian Bridges. The Royals have been linked to shortstop Jacob Lombard out of Gulliver Prep (Fla.) — if he makes it that far — left-hander Gio Rojas out of Stoneman Douglas (Fla.) HS, […]

Mets score 12 runs…and lose!

Never in franchise history had the Mets scored 12 runs in a home game and lost. Well, there’s a first time for everything. And this 16-12 loss to the Royals at Citi Field had a lot of events never seen before. I attempt to describe them in the roughly 2,500 words below, but quite frankly, […]

MLB Fans in Disbelief as Royals’ Bizarre On-field Blunder Hands Little League Home Run to Mets

The average number of errors per game in MLB is around 0.51 to 0.53. That means baseball rarely produces a sequence in which a routine grounder spirals into a series of defensive mistakes. But Tuesday’s game between the Kansas City Royals and the New York Mets featured exactly that, leaving players, broadcasters, and fans stunned. […] The post MLB Fans in Disbelief as Royals’ Bizarre On-field Blunder Hands Little League Home Run to Mets appeared first on EssentiallySports .

Royals vs. Mets July 7 game discussion

For how bad the Kansas City Royals have been, for how disappointing they have been, they have nothing on the New York Mets. Not only have the Mets been equally as bad as the Royals, but the Mets have done so with a whopping $354 million Opening Day payroll—more than double the Royals’ payroll. Yikes! […]

Royals Sign Justin Topa To Minor League Deal

The Royals have signed right-hander Justin Topa to a minor league deal, according to his transactions tracker at MLB.com. He has been assigned to Triple-A Omaha. The Blue Jays released him from a minor league deal a couple of days ago. Topa, 35, has some major league success but is not having a good year. […]

Mets series preview: An expensive, catastrophic season

The New York Mets will play host to the Royals the next games as both teams look to salvage what’s been a disappointing first half of the season. For the Mets, though, it’s even worse, as the team entered the year with quite a lofty payroll to go with those World Series aspirations. Instead, heading […]

How to watch this week’s Phillies vs. Reds series

The Phillies continue their tour of the midwest this week, as they travel to Cincinnati to take on the Reds in the penultimate series of the first half of the season. Philadelphia enters this series with a 50-41 record, fresh off a series loss against the Kansas City Royals. They are 2-3 so far in […]

Royals’ Trade Deadline Pressure, Injury Woes Overshadow All-Star Honors

The trade deadline is approaching, and the Kansas City Royals have decisions to make. Jacob Milham and Jeremy Greco use this episode of the Royals Rundown Podcast to work through every angle of what should be one of the most consequential stretches in the organization’s near-term future. The episode opens with a look at the […]

Mets welcome Royals to Citi Field for 2015 World Series rematch

The New York Mets (38-53) are back home for one final series before the All-Star break as they host the Kansas City Royals (37-54) for three games at Citi Field. The Mets took two out of three from the Royals in Kansas City last year, and took two out of three the last time these […]

Kansas City Royals News: Royals outburst yesterday was historic

Anne Rogers wrote about yesterday’s offensive outburst. Against one of the best pitchers in baseball this season in Cristopher Sánchez, the Royals scored six in the first inning and forced the Phillies’ ace out of the game after 3 1/3 innings, not letting up in their 15-1 rout to earn a series victory. Monday’s 15 runs were […]

Giants Claim Eric Cerantola, Outright Gregory Santos

The Giants have claimed right-hander Eric Cerantola off waivers from the Royals, according to his transactions tracker at MLB.com. The Royals designated him for assignment last week. Cerantola has been assigned to Triple-A Sacramento, so they don’t need a corresponding move to open an active roster spot. San Francisco also outrighted reliever Gregory Santos off the […]

Royals unleash barrage of hits in series-clinching win over Phillies

You dolt. You idiot. You rube. You fool. You know nothing. This guy said it looked bad for the Royals in today’s game thread. Who is that guy? He sucks. *Getting a message in my earpiece* Oh, well, uh. I’m being told that the Royals put together 22 hits in a 15-1 complete drubbing of […]

Call him Mark: Royals 15, Phillies 1

Due to the unusual Saturday-Monday scheduling, you might have forgotten that the Phillies would be wrapping up the series against the Kansas City Royals with an afternoon game today. If so, don’t feel bad. You didn’t miss anything worth seeing (if you’re a Phillies fan, that is. Royals fans probably greatly enjoyed the game). Heck, […]

Royals vs Phillies, July 6 Game Discussion

This afternoon the 36-54 Royals will play their last home game against the 50-40 Phillies before the All-Star break next week. After this game, the Royals will travel to New York and then Baltimore to finish out this disappointing first half of a season. Noah Cameron takes the bump for the Royals. He was last […]