Tag Archives: Kansas City Royals
New podcast: Royals GM Dayton Moore on analytics, leadership, breaking into baseball
On the state of the Royals rebuild, what an MLB manager should know about analytics, knowing whether shifts work, and much more.
Who were the top performing defensive rookies in 2018?
Harrison Bader was among those who led the way, but there are a couple of names here you probably didn’t expect or know.
Stat of the Week: Who were June’s top defensive players?
The race for Defensive Player of the Month was a tight battle and, in the end, a pair of players tied for the top spot in our voting. So let’s salute Washington Nationals shortstop Trea Turner and Kansas City Royals left fielder Alex Gordon as June’s top defenders. Turner is one of the most improved defensive players in baseball. He […]
Alex Gordon had a great defensive week
By MARK SIMON The 22-49 Kansas City Royals don’t have much to be happy about these days, but the defensive play of Alex Gordon provided at least one positive this weekend. Gordon had four Good Fielding Plays in the three-game series against the Astros this weekend (Good Fielding Plays are Web Gem-type plays and other […]
The Best Team Defense Improvements of 2015
On the heels of Kansas City’s improbable postseason run in 2014 and now successful start to 2015, baseball has been further exposed to the importance of team defense. With an electrifying outfield headlined by 2014 Fielding Bible Award winners Lorenzo Cain and Alex Gordon, the Royals have owned the American League’s best defense since the beginning of 2014 by BIS’s […]
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