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Billy Stonick has over 20 years of fantasy baseball experience starting at the ripe old age of 11. Outside of the stats world, Billy tours sports stadiums and national parks throughout the country and is an adventure junkie.
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Jorge Lopez Loses Again
Kansas City Royals starting pitcher Jorge Lopez is stuck in a bad way after getting shelled by the Astros on Wednesday. Lopez surrendered six earned runs in 2 1/3 innings while allowing three home runs to Houston. It's Lopez's worst outing of the season, and it makes his fifth straight turn where he's allowed four... Read More
Martin Maldonado Ejected In Blowout
Kansas City Royals catcher Martin Maldonado was one of a host of Royals who couldn't find his way at the dish on Wednesday, but he hit poorly for less innings than any of his teammates. With KC trailing 9-0 in the top of the seventh inning, Maldonado struck out looking on a pitch that was... Read More
Adalberto Mondesi Blasts Mammoth Homer
Kansas City Royals shortstop Adalberto Mondesi was at it again in Monday's losing effort to the Astros. With the Royals trailing by one in the top of the fifth inning, Mondesi took a Gerrit Cole fastball out to the deepest part of the park for a two-run shot. The 443-foot blast put KC in the... Read More
Glenn Sparkman Recalled, Placed In Bullpen
Last week, the Kansas City Royals leaned on pitcher Glenn Sparkman to make a spot start for them, and he looked great as he tossed seven shutout innings against the Rays. He was quickly sent back down, but now he's back for a while. Unfortunately, manager Ned Yost has decided to send him to the... Read More
Jakob Junis Struggles Against Astros
Kansas City Royals starting pitcher Jakob Junis labored through 5 1/3 tough innings against the Astros on Monday before he was lifted from the game. Houston scored in four of the six innings in which Junis took the hill, and he allowed three home runs in the game. There was some early hype that Junis... Read More
Ryan O'Hearn Feasts On Tiger Pitching
Kansas City Royals first baseman Ryan O'Hearn is finally getting his shot in the bigs, but he's struggled so far. O'Hearn has blasted a couple homers to show off his prodigious power, but for the most part, he's been pretty quiet. This weekend against the Tiger though, O'Hearn was a happy camper. O'Hearn went 6-for-10... Read More
Kelvin Gutierrez Continues To Hit
Kansas City Royals third baseman Kelvin Gutierrez continues to see regular playing time because he continues to find a way to get it done at the plate. Gutierrez went 1-for-4 on Sunday and drove in another run, giving him 10 RBI in his first nine MLB games. Gutierrez particularly enjoyed the series in Detroit as... Read More
Ian Kennedy Walked Off By Detroit
Kansas City Royals relief pitcher Ian Kennedy has been surprisingly effective in a short-term relief role this season, but his old problems came back to haunt him on Sunday. Brought on to pitch in the 10th inning of a tie game, Kennedy scattered two singles amongst two outs to start the inning. However, with two... Read More
Raimel Tapia Leads Comeback Effort
Colorado Rockies outfielder Raimel Tapia took care of the comeback on Sunday by drilling a bases-clearing triple in the eighth inning to tie it up. He'd score on a go-ahead single by Ryan McMahon, acting as the winning run as well. Tapia is theoretically the team's fourth outfielder behind Charlie Blackmon, David Dahl, and Ian... Read More
German Marquez Struggles Against Arizona
Colorado Rockies starting pitcher German Marquez labored through an ugly outing on Sunday that saw him surrender five earned runs in six innings of work. Marquez hasn't been as sharp over the last few outings, allowing three or more earned runs in three straight trips to the mound, but his offense bailed him out on... Read More
Wade Davis Locks Down Fifth Save
Colorado Rockies closer Wade Davis threw a scoreless ninth inning against the Diamondbacks on Sunday to put his fifth save in the books. Davis worked around an error he committed, and got the heart of Arizona's lineup out to finish the job. Davis hasn't had nearly as good of stuff as he has the last... Read More
Kyle Freeland Lit Up By Arizona
Colorado Rockies starter Kyle Freeland was expected to suffer from some correction this season, but Saturday's debacle against Arizona was a little harsh. The Diamondbacks hung eight earned on Freeland in six innings of work, including smacking three home runs off the lefty. This made two straight bad outings for Freeland, and he's now surrendered... Read More
Tyler Anderson Optioned To Triple-A
One day after he got shelled once again, the Colorado Rockies have demoted lefty Tyler Anderson to Triple-A to work on his issues. Anderson has been absolutely dreadful so far this year, and per Elias Sports, Anderson is the first pitcher ever to allow five or more earned runs in his first five starts in... Read More
Billy Hamilton Continues To Flail
The Kansas City Royals lineup certainly isn't devoid of speed, but one of the fastest members, outfielder Billy Hamilton, just still can't figure out how to get to first base regularly. This isn't a new problem for Hamilton, but it's gotten worse over the last week as he is now just 2-for-21 over his last... Read More
Alex Gordon Records Five RBI In Blowout
Kansas City Royals outfielder and recent Fountain of Youth imbiber Alex Gordon blew up the Tigers on Saturday as he drilled his sixth home run of the year and drove in five runs. The 35-year-old, who credits his complete turnaround to a mechanical change in his stance made late last season, is now hitting .299... Read More
Jorge Soler Knocks In Two Runs Again
Kansas City Royals slugger Jorge Soler played his part in the rout of the Tigers on Saturday by driving in a pair of runs on a couple of hits. Soler is only hitting .254 on the season and is striking out a whopping 34% of the time, but he's made improvements to both in the... Read More
Whit Merrifield Knocks Fifth Home Run
Kansas City Royals second baseman/outfielder Whit Merrifield set the tone for the team's destruction of Detroit on Saturday when he led the game off with a double. He'd later add a home run in the fifth inning, giving him six extra-base hits in his last five games. Merrifield was coming off an empty performance on... Read More
Tyler Anderson May Be Leaving Rotation Soon
Colorado Rockies lefty Tyler Anderson has been getting lit up all across the country so far this season, and his return to Coors Field on Friday was no different. Anderson was battered for six earned runs in four innings, including two home runs and five total extra-base hits. That brings Anderson's season-long ERA to 11.76,... Read More
Ryan McMahon Hits Pinch-Hit Home Run
Colorado Rockies second baseman Ryan McMahon had the day off on Friday, but manager Bud Black decided to use him as a pinch hitter for reliever Bryan Shaw when his turn came up in the sixth inning. It turned out to be the right move. McMahon hammered a 1-2 offering from T.J. McFarland over the... Read More
Charlie Blackmon Drills Fourth Homer
Colorado Rockies outfielder Charlie Blackmon led a failed comeback attempt on Friday by knocking out his fourth home run of the season, a two-run shot in the bottom of the ninth. Unfortunately, the team fell a run short anyway. Blackmon has been hitting at a torrid pace since recovering from his slow start, and he's... Read More
Chris Iannetta Recovering Well
Colorado Rockies catcher Chris Iannetta is recovering well from the lat strain that landed him on the injured list on April 15, but there's no timetable for his return because Colorado still doesn't really know what to do about their catchers. The team struggled with finding time for all three catchers last season (Iannetta, Tony... Read More
Bryan Shaw Finds Ugly Success
Colorado Rockies relief pitcher Bryan Shaw was signed to be the critical guy who got the big outs in tight situations, but that hasn't worked out, so he's instead been moved to a much less stressful role that gives him big leads or losing scores. That's kind of worked. Shaw has posted a phenomenal 0.95... Read More
Tony Wolters Continues To Hit Well
Colorado Rockies catcher Tony Wolters is known as a glove-first kind of guy, and he's not going to suddenly hit a bunch of homers or anything. With that said, he is hitting for a respectable batting average so far this season and he'll pile up a few counting stats along the way. Entering the game... Read More
Nolan Arenado Smashes Two Homers
Colorado Rockies third baseman Nolan Arenado went yard twice against the Brewers on Wednesday, knocking in four runs in the rout. Arenado's blasts book ended the ball game as his three-run shot came in the first and his solo drive came in the top of the ninth. Arenado is well on his way to another... Read More
Ian Kennedy Knocks Down Second Save
Kansas City Royals relief pitcher Ian Kennedy may have finally found his calling. Though he's making a ridiculous $14 million a year, Kennedy's work in the bullpen has at least finally returned a little value. Kennedy's velocity is up, and his ERA is way down at 1.15 after the first month of the season. Kennedy... Read More
Jakob Junis Posts Second Straight Good Outing
Kansas City Royals starting pitcher Jakob Junis may be coming around now. Seven days after holding the Rays to one run in five innings in Tampa, Junis held them to two runs in 6 1/3 innings in KC on Wednesday. Junis only struck out two this time around while allowing two walks and six hits,... Read More
Bubba Starling Injures Hand In Triple-A
Kansas City Royals prospect Bubba Starling was lifted early from Wednesday's game with Triple-A Omaha after taking a pitch to the hand during a bunt attempt. X-rays after the game were negative, but the oft-injured outfielder is still considered day-to-day for now. Starling was once the pride and joy of KC's minor league system, but... Read More
Kelvin Gutierrez Hits First MLB Home Run
Kansas City Royals third baseman Kelvin Gutierrez opened the flood gates against Tampa Bay Rays star pitcher Blake Snell when he drilled one off the right field foul pole for his first big league home run. Gutierrez was called up as a temporary defensive replacement for Hunter Dozier while Dozier lets his back heal up... Read More
Hunter Dozier's OPS Is Down To Just 1.104
Kansas City Royals third baseman Hunter Dozier had a quiet day at the plate during Wednesday's doubleheader with the Rays, as he only smacked one single in six at-bats, but he still made plenty of contributions. Dozier still walked two more times and even stole his first base of the season. At this point, Dozier... Read More
Adalberto Mondesi Lights Up Scoreboard
The Kansas City Royals played a doubleheader on Wednesday and shortstop Adalberto Mondesi took the opportunity to light up the scoreboard across the two games. Mondesi drilled a two-run shot in the first game to help the Royals beat the Rays 3-2, and he stole a pair of bases from Blake Snell in the second... Read More
