Royals Rumblings - News for January 29, 2021
Share this story
Well, no new Royals news yesterday.
Fastest pitch: Josh Staumont, 102.2 mph Staumont didn’t touch 100 mph once in 2019, but in ‘20, the 27-year-old reliever hit triple digits 36 times. None were faster than his 102.2 mph pitch on Aug. 19, 2020 the fastest pitch in Royals’ Statcast history and tied with Jacob deGrom as the fastest pitch in baseball that season. The pitch was a four-seam fastball that landed inside for a ball against the Reds’ Phillip Ervin, but keep reading to find out what Staumont’s next pitch to Ervin that day did.
Keith Law with his top 100 prospects (sub required):
Royals Rumblings - News for January 8, 2021
Share this story
John Sleezer/Kansas City Star/Tribune News Service via Getty Images
I was kindof tempted to just leave the year as “2020” up above since it feels like this is all just one big continuation of it.
“Well, we planted for the first time a bunch of tomatoes,” Yost said. “We planted okra, we planted cucumbers, we planted bell peppers. We planted jalapeno peppers. We planted corn in the garden. We planted squash. You know, I didn’t know, I was like, ‘Why are we planting squash,’ and then you figure out how to make the squash casserole and you figure it out. It was great.
Royals Rumblings - News for December 31, 2020
Share this story
Royals Rumblings - News for December 31, 2020
First come the eyes someone like Mariano Rivera, where you simply don’t need to think.
Then comes the brain statistics, comparisons, invaluable resources like the work done by Jay Jaffe and others.
Then comes the gut this part is aided by conversations with people who live this stuff, like scouts and former players and executives and writers.
Which is where this year’s process took a thousand different turns.
I voted for the maximum of 10 players Barry Bonds, Roger Clemens, Curt Schilling, Scott Rolen, Billy Wagner, Gary Sheffield, Todd Helton, Jeff Kent, Andruw Jones and Sammy Sosa.
Royals Rumblings - News for December 29, 2020
Share this story
Royals Rumblings - News for December 29, 2020
Royals:
, SS
Over his final 22 games in 2020, Mondesi showed what a dangerous player he can be when his full skill set is on display. In that span, he hit .376 with a 1.130 OPS and had six doubles, two triples, six home runs and 19 RBIs. Mondesi also stole 16 bases and played elite-level defense.
This is the player the Royals have been touting for years, and if he can put it all together for an entire season, the 25-year-old Mondesi will emerge as one of the best players in the Majors.