Matthew LaMar

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Deputy Manager at Royals Review

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Royals fend off Astros comeback, win 7-5

2 days ago | royalsreview.com | Matthew LaMar

Photo by Tim Warner/Getty Images Michael Massey had a big game, Michael Wacha was once again solid, and the top third of the lineup accrued a combined seven hits to send the Astros back to earth in a 7-5 Royals victory down in Houston. Kansas City improves to 25-18, with the Astros slipping back to a .500 record at 20-20. The Royals threatened in the first inning when Bobby Witt Jr. singled and Vinnie Pasquantino reached on a fielder’s-choice-but-everyone-was-safe situation.
Game 43 Thread: Royals vs. Astros

2 days ago | royalsreview.com | Matthew LaMar

Photo by G Fiume/Getty Images After the Royals went crazy in Baltimore with all the home runs, it was a hopeful sign that, hey, maybe the team was going to break out of its offensive slump. And then the Royals scored four combined runs against the Red Sox in the previous series. Not ideal. Hopefully the Royals can summon a little more of that big dong energy at Minute Maid Park—er, Daikin Park, I guess—which is easier than the average stadium to hit a home run in.
Player of the Week: Maikel Garcia

6 days ago | royalsreview.com | Matthew LaMar

Peter Aiken-Imagn Images Maikel Garcia has always looked the part of a potential future star. He broke into the big leagues as a 22-year-old and showed off an impressive array of athletic tools, but putting them together has been a journey. This year, the proverbial LEGO set has clicked into place, and Garcia again wins Player of the Week honors.
Bobby Witt Jr. is on track to do something no Royals player has done in nearly 50 years

6 days ago | royalsreview.com | Matthew LaMar

Jay Biggerstaff-Imagn Images Hitting a baseball is arguably the hardest thing to do in professional sports, which is why a hit itself is perhaps the most iconic part about baseball. There’s just some inherent aesthetic beauty to a line drive that falls into the outfield grass or a ground ball that scoots past a diving infielder. But getting a hit is harder and harder to do. Pitchers are throwing the ball harder than ever and uncorking the nastiest breaking balls we’ve ever seen.
What’s it like hitting and pitching at Kauffman Stadium?

1 week ago | royalsreview.com | Matthew LaMar

Photo by William Purnell/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images A funny thing about Camden Yards in Baltimore: it keeps changing sizes. The original ballpark was a home run hitters’ dream, with a short, seven-foot tall left field wall and distance of only 364 feet at the left-center field marker. In 2001, the Orioles kept the outfield dimensions but moved home plate back seven feet.
Cole Ragans and the pitching staff dominates as Royals win 3-0 shutout over White Sox

1 week ago | royalsreview.com | Matthew LaMar

Peter Aiken-Imagn Images In their first game against the Chicago White Sox, the Kansas City Royals handed them their 25th loss in a 3-0 victory. The big story of the game was the return of Cole Ragans to the mound after a one-start absence due to a groin injury. Would he be good? Would he be effective? What about his breaking pitches? Well, Ragans immediately put all doubts out of mind. Yes, the White Sox are not a good big league team.
Game 36 Thread: White Sox vs. Royals

1 week ago | royalsreview.com | Matthew LaMar

Peter Aiken-Imagn Images After missing one start due to a groin strain, Cole Ragans is back on the mound for the first game against the hapless Chicago White Sox, who are 10-24 and already 11.5 games back from first place. One would expect the Royals to handily defeat the White Sox with this setup, but you know baseball—the White Sox could crush the Royals because it do be like that sometimes. That is, as they say, why they play the game. In any case, Ragans should be good to go.
Player of the Week: Seth Lugo

1 week ago | royalsreview.com | Matthew LaMar

Photo by Kyle Rivas/Getty Images While the Royals offense has been slow to start this year, the pitching has been phenomenal. Kansas City has won 9 of its last 10 games, and has done so on the back of top-to-bottom excellent pitching performances. I thought about awarding the entire pitching staff But for the last week of April, I’ve got to award it to one pitcher in particular: Seth Lugo.
Nick Loftin should get another chance

2 weeks ago | royalsreview.com | Matthew LaMar

Photo by Jeff Dean/Getty Images Over the weekend, Royals speedster and superutility man Tyler Tolbert went on bereavement leave. To take the open active roster spot, Kansas City recalled Nick Loftin from Triple-A Omaha. This move generally went under the radar, as Loftin hasn’t appeared in a game and Tolbert’s role meant that he sometimes didn’t appear for big chunks of a week.
You’re not crazy: the Royals have been popping up at a prodigious rate

2 weeks ago | royalsreview.com | Matthew LaMar

Jay Biggerstaff-Imagn Images In the first few weeks of the season, it seemed that every single out the Royals made was an infield popup or a ball that further went up in the air than it went out from home plate. In the weeks since, the Royals have made some other kinds of outs. But it sure seems like the Royals are hitting an unusual number of outs in the air. I have good news (or bad news, depending on your point of view): the trend is not in your head.