Royal de Lux: A Kansas City Royals podcast

Guys, did you know that the Royals pitching is bad?  Wow.  If only I was told about this by literally every media outlet in existence including this one.  . . . . . OK this sounds mean-spirited towards those guys even though they're doing the Lord's work.  I just mean to say The Athletic put out a scathing article on how truly horrible the Royals pitching development is in 2022 and it's both satis...

Breaking format a bit because, well, nihilism will do that to you.  The Royals have been producing some utterly atrocious results on the field recently by getting blown up by the Tigers twice and coming very close to being no-hit by the Twins yesterday.  But, the good news for everyone is that it will all be over soon.  Oh, and apparently our pitching coordinator is leaving/fired so maybe that wil...

The Royals had a day off on Thursday, which means we only get one game to talk about -- but it was a win!  The Royals come from behind to win 2-1 against the Cleveland Guardians, avoiding a sweep in an otherwise mediocre series.  Of course, these things matter little in a dead season, but we can look ahead with what we have now -- what's to become of Zack Greinke?  Should the Royals extend Nick Pr...

The Royals played a couple of games against the Cleveland Guardians and lost both of them despite competent starting pitching.  Some mistakes here and there added up and ultimately made for some disappointing games, but it's not all bad.  I mention how great MJ Melendez has been for the Royals this season, and how not great Hunter Dozier has been for the Royals this past few years. New episodes ev...

After a weekend of labor, we find the Royals victorious from their 3-game series against the all-threatening Detroit Tigers.  One of these games featured a MASSIVE offensive outburst from the whole lineup, most notably a 4-hit game from "fourth outfielder" Nate Eaton, and a three-run home run from Bobby Witt Jr., who now finds himself comfortably within the 20-20 club.  That's 20 stolen bases and...

I AWAKEN FROM MY SLUMBER.  After a hiatus that went three times longer than expected, your local basement-dwelling weirdo is back to talk about baseball.  I'm sorry that you have to listen to me again, how will you ever recover? Unfortunately it's not entirely good news as catching up with the Royals will reveal some unfortunate things with this team, such as uncertain futures with several key pla...

The Kansas City Royals finish up their four-game series with the Chicago White Sox by bullying their bullpen repeatedly to win three out of four.  The Royals are now 6-2 on the longest homestand of the season, which means there's nothing the Dodgers can do to hurt us.  You know, the Los Angeles Dodgers.  The, uh, winningest team in baseball history, apparently.  Like I care!!!!!!!!!!! New episodes...

The Royals had a lengthy day full of mostly fun baseball, as they played two games against the Chicago White Sox.  Brady Singer was absolutely dominant, a thing that is becoming increasingly common for him, and Vinnie Pasquantino homered in BOTH games!  Not much to complain about today, so I have some extra time to shout out the Quad Cities River Bandits with their huge W in the Minor League Field...

With all expectations and necessitations (a word I made up) out of the way, the Royals are finally letting the kids play.  And the result?  A 3-1 series win against the Boston Red Sox, and a much-energized Royals roster that is not only playing impressive baseball, but having a blast while doing so.  In this SPECIAL TOP 10 ANIME CROSSOVER episode, Jacob and I talk about one of the most fun Royals...

Through one of the most bizarre chain reactions in baseball, Eric Hosmer is back in KC after five years!  Yep, since becoming a free agent after 2017, Hos has never stepped into Kauffman Stadium again until now.  KC fans gave him a warm welcome,  which he fully deserves, and that was only some of the good that happened in that game.  After a few slow games, the Royals bats came to life to defeat t...

I'm sure no one else is going to use this title for their own articles, podcasts, videos or whatever!  Very original!  Only the best here at Royal de Lux.  Anyway, Royals made some trades, which is somewhat hard to believe.  But then you realize it's only the trades they were more-or-less forced to make, in other words they got rid of the guys that were pretty much one foot out the door, and held...

Andrew Benintendi was traded to the New York Yankees just as the Royals play a four-game series against them--a series that continues a long scoreless stretch from KC.  As I talk about the trade, I also express a fear that Brady Singer might not like us so much.  I mean, could you blame him? New episodes every Monday, Wednesday and Friday! Twitter: @royaldeluxpodE-mail: royaldeluxpodcast@gmail.com...

The Royals are going to begin the second half of the season tonight, so I talk about what I want to see from the team going forward.  This involves trading a few players and then trading a couple more, so we've gotta talk about that as well.  I mean, come on, when was the last time I was wrong about predicting trades with the Royals, huh? New episodes every Monday, Wednesday and Friday! Twitter: @...

Back at the beginning of the season, I predicted what every team's win-loss record would be, who would make the playoffs and win the World Series, and who would win the big awards of the sport.  Now that we're about halfway through the season, let's see how they've held up!  Or haven't............... New episodes every Monday, Wednesday and Friday! Twitter: @royaldeluxpodE-mail: royaldeluxpodcast@...

After one of the darkest days in Royals history came one of the brightest.  A truck full of rookies stormed into Toronto and beat the Blue Jays 3-1.  Who woulda thunk, huh?  It turns out when you give a bunch of people everything to prove and nothing to lose, they do some really amazing things.  Now, the Royals went winless for the following three games, but that's not the point.  We now have some...

Whit Merrifield, Andrew Benintendi, Hunter Dozier, Cam Gallagher, MJ Melendez, Brady Singer, Brad Keller, Kyle Isbel, Michael A. Taylor and Dylan Coleman. The Royals have 10 players who are willingly absent from the upcoming four games in Toronto.  You can have your opinion on what people can or should do I guess, but the point is, we've lost almost half of our roster and that's a problem. IDK wha...

There's a lot of talk of the New York Yankees valuing Royals left fielder Andrew Benintendi as their most-wanted player at the trade deadline.  They may also want Michael A. Taylor as well!  So, with that in mind, we should look at some Yankees prospects and see who might fit the Royals in a potential trade. New episodes every Monday, Wednesday and Friday! Twitter: @royaldeluxpodE-mail: royaldelux...

The Royals made one of the strangest trades we've ever seen!  Not only is it not something we could have expected, but it brought back some really interesting players that have a chance of impacting the Royals greatly down the line!  It's Tuesday, but I had to do an emergency podcast to talk about this because it's really big news, and I'm excited!  This is what we want!! . . . It is what we wante...

While discussing the latest Royals games against the Astros, I talk about Andrew Benintendi's trade value, which only seems to be getting higher as the season goes on.  As one of the top targets in baseball, it makes me wonder if he could be gone before we even get to the All-Star Break.  And if so, who goes in his stead?  Does anyone really deserve to? New episodes every Monday, Wednesday and Fri...

The Royals have had a few interesting games lately, some of which they've even won!  The bats are getting scary while the pitching still shows occasional flashes of brilliance even against super good teams, but some things still hold them back.  I rant about Amir Garrett in this episode a little bit. New episodes every Monday, Wednesday and Friday! Twitter: @royaldeluxpodE-mail: royaldeluxpodcast@...

Zack Greinke is one of the most storied pitchers in baseball.  He is within the final years of a Hall of Fame career.  The question is, will this be his last year?  Does he get traded?  What happens at the end of 2022?  Are we even supposed to know?  I ask ponder such things about Greinke in today's episode, because I just like the guy. New episodes every Monday, Wednesday and Friday! Twitter: @ro...

The Royals did a couple of things that have been demanded for weeks and months.  Carlos Santana was traded to some team for no one cares, and Vinnie Pasquantino is FINALLY IN THE MLB!!  HE IS HERE!!!  Also the Royals lost but no one cares VINNIE IS HERE!!!!!!!!!!!! Other things to talk about are other potential trade candidates from the Royals, as well as recent struggles with Kyle Isbel and Nicky...

The Royals aren't winning a lot of baseball games with Whit Merrifield, Andrew Benintendi, Michael A Taylor, Hunter Dozier, Cam Gallagher, Josh Staumont and Scott Barlow.  But I think these guys can fetch a pretty prospect (or player?) at the trade deadline.  What can I do to get the best possible return?  In this episode, I speculate these trades, maybe reach a little bit... New episodes every Mo...

As usual, things haven't gone well for the Kansas City Royals.  In this episode, I talk about someone who became a fan-favorite but has fallen onto a dark path we've all seen before.  Hopefully it doesn't continue this way, but if it does.... New episodes every Monday, Wednesday and Friday! Twitter: @royaldeluxpodE-mail: royaldeluxpodcast@gmail.comShout out to r/KCRoyals Learn more about your ad c...

OK I promise I'm going somewhere with this.  There's a chicken sandwich at Arby's that has been a token of improvement in my life.  It's not an amazing sandwich and I'm not shilling for Arby's or anything.  That's just the way it is.  Since proclaiming my need to spend time away from the team, the Royals finally win baseball games, and their supposed least valuable player has started to show progr...