KC Royals News: Royals Out-Royaled

The KC Royals were drubbed yesterday in a 13-2 beating that’s got fans inching ever closer to the edge of that bandwagon.

Okay, that’s a bit of an overreaction on my part. It’s unfair to assume that so many people will hop off the Royals’ train after this slow start, or is it?

I’ve been taken aback at some of the gross overreaction from the fans in the early goings. I’ve written about this at length already but it continues to astound me.

A page I follow had one fan calling himself “a true fan” and “forever Royal” one day, and yesterday the tune changed to “im out when the royals are doing well call me up. otherwise im not gonna watch an day to day slaughter”.

Grammatical errors aside, this is the unfortunate state of Royals’ nation at this time. No longer are we a fan base that sees the Forrest through the trees, but rather one of instant gratification. I’m obviously not calling out everyone here. Just those that continue to refuse things like logic or rationale.

Forget the fact that September of 2015 saw the Royals go 11-17. Also forget the fact that they only scored 1.65 runs per game in those losses. None of that matters, because this early slide obviously means they can’t win the whole thing again this year.

Alright, rant over. For now.

The Washington Nationals did their very best to ensure the Royals couldn’t come from behind this time around.

It all started when Daniel Murphy was giving fielding lessons to Mike Moustakas and Omar Infante before the game (I jest).

No, Medlen didn’t get any help from his defense in the early going and gave up some bloop hits that gave the Nationals an early six run lead.

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When the Royals scored two runs off a shaky Stephen Strasburg, the Nationals responded by scoring four in their next turn at bat.

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The Nationals were 8-15 on the day with runners in scoring position. They kept the line moving, the way the Royals have done in the past, and ran up the score on the Royals. While five of their hits went for extra bases, they essentially singled their way to victory.

The bullpen was taxed for a second straight game as Chris Young and Kris Medlen have been unable to last very long in their outings. Perhaps the off-day today can help Ned Yost shuffle the rotation in such a way that Medlen and Young don’t pitch back to back.

This one was ugly from start to finish. There’s no way to sugar coat it. It was flat out ugly.

Eric Hosmer was ejected for arguing balls and strikes. It was the first ejection of his career. Lorenzo Cain, who played the hero the night before, whiffed three times which basically eliminates the notion that he’s out of his slump.

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The defense made errors, the hitting got cold, it was the kind of performance that has led many fans to believe that the Royals “don’t care anymore”.

The Royals get an off-day today to determine what their problems are and they’ll take up with division rival, the Cleveland Indians. Yordano Ventura will square off against Danny Salazar in an episode of the Young and the Unpredictable.

The Royals had ten games last season that saw them give up at least ten runs. So far this season they are on pace for six of these affairs. It’s all about perspective folks.

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