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 satisfying and terrifying to know that it's not new information if you've been paying attention. But it comes from more deep-rooted sources than your average fan-made podcast, which makes it particularly eye-opening. For the Royals faithful, it's another day of worry, of panicking in slow-motion as we wonder if this team will ever be okay. New episodes every Monday, Wednesday and Friday! Twitter: @royaldeluxpodE-mail: [email protected] out to r/KCRoyals Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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 will be fixed, finally. New episodes every Monday, Wednesday and Friday! Twitter: @royaldeluxpodE-mail: [email protected] out to r/KCRoyals Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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 Pratto? Many questions asked and answered on another special dual podcast! With Royals Rundown!https://anchor.fm/royals-rundown/https://twitter.com/JMilTheHamhttps://www.si.com/mlb/royals/ New episodes every Monday, Wednesday and Friday! Twitter: @royaldeluxpodE-mail: [email protected] out to r/KCRoyals Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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 every Monday, Wednesday and Friday! Twitter: @royaldeluxpodE-mail: [email protected] out to r/KCRoyals Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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 20 home runs on the season, and get this... it doesn't look like it was that hard for him to do. Today I'm gonna talk about BWJ at length and what his season has been like (and what it could have been like) for the Royals. New episodes every Monday, Wednesday and Friday! Twitter: @royaldeluxpodE-mail: [email protected] out to r/KCRoyals Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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 players that we once had high expectations for. But maybe this will lead to new beginnings? New episodes every Monday, Wednesday and Friday! Twitter: @royaldeluxpodE-mail: [email protected] out to r/KCRoyals Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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 every Monday, Wednesday and Friday! Twitter: @royaldeluxpodE-mail: [email protected] out to r/KCRoyals Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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 of Dreams game yesterday. How cool is that?! New episodes every Monday, Wednesday and Friday! Twitter: @royaldeluxpodE-mail: [email protected] out to r/KCRoyals Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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 weekends in recent years, ask questions about the future of MJ Melendez, Brad Keller and Michael A. Taylor with the team, and bring up the possibility of a move out of Kauffman. With Royals Rundown!https://anchor.fm/royals-rundown/https://twitter.com/JMilTheHamhttps://www.si.com/mlb/royals/ New episodes every Monday, Wednesday and Friday! Twitter: @royaldeluxpodE-mail: [email protected] out to r/KCRoyals Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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 the Boston Red Sox 7-3, also thanks to some decent pitching by Kris Bubic. New episodes every Monday, Wednesday and Friday! Twitter: @royaldeluxpodE-mail: [email protected] out to r/KCRoyals Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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 on to the actually valuable pieces that would've fetched a good return. Royals! New episodes every Monday, Wednesday and Friday! Twitter: @royaldeluxpodE-mail: [email protected] out to r/KCRoyals Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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: [email protected] out to r/KCRoyals Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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: @royaldeluxpodE-mail: [email protected] out to r/KCRoyals Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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: [email protected] out to r/KCRoyals Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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 something to look forward to, a clear vision of what needs to happen with this team. Along with the weekend recap, the Royals drafted two players on the first day of the MLB Draft. They're some interesting guys that are worth talking about, so why don't we do just that? New episodes every Monday, Wednesday and Friday! Twitter: @royaldeluxpodE-mail: [email protected] out to r/KCRoyals Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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 what else to put in the description. I'm just not in the mood anymore. @royaldeluxpod [email protected] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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: [email protected] out to r/KCRoyals Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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 wanted them to do, right? New episodes every Monday, Wednesday and Friday! Twitter: @royaldeluxpodE-mail: [email protected] out to r/KCRoyals Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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 Friday! Twitter: @royaldeluxpodE-mail: [email protected] out to r/KCRoyals Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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: [email protected] out to r/KCRoyals Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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: @royaldeluxpodE-mail: [email protected] out to r/KCRoyals Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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 Lopez. New episodes every Monday, Wednesday and Friday! Twitter: @royaldeluxpodE-mail: [email protected] out to r/KCRoyals Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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 Monday, Wednesday and Friday! Twitter: @royaldeluxpodE-mail: [email protected] out to r/KCRoyals Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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: [email protected] out to r/KCRoyals Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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 progress. Because -5 + 1 is progress, right? That's what the Royals say, anyway. New episodes every Monday, Wednesday and Friday! Twitter: @royaldeluxpodE-mail: [email protected] out to r/KCRoyals Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

I want out. The Royals aren't giving me what I want, so I'm done. Now, whenever they play baseball, I'm going to do something good for myself. This is now a self-help podcast, because there's nothing new to talk about with the Royals, and even if there is it certainly isn't any good news that would be fun to talk about. Be the change you want to see. New episodes every Monday, Wednesday and Friday! Twitter: @royaldeluxpodE-mail: [email protected] out to r/KCRoyals Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Royals had a pretty OK weekend with one good game, one bad game, and one OK game that reveals a couple of things, but nothing new. Mostly, it just reminds everyone that Cal Eldred is not qualified to be a pitching coach at any level, as Kris Bubic takes lessons learned elsewhere to find success like Jakob Junis did. Meanwhile, Salvador Perez begins heating up in what could be a fun summer for one of the most exciting hitters in baseball! New episodes every Monday, Wednesday and Friday! Twitter: @royaldeluxpodE-mail: [email protected] out to r/KCRoyals Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

As I type this description, having the episode already completed and ready to go, I realize I could have done something goofy like make this episode into a Survivor parody or something. Because what I'm doing here is evaluating the Royals' front office and management, looking at five guys individually and deciding whether or not they need to leave. Because SOMETHING has to change in that way, or else the Royals might be a last-place team forever. New episodes every Monday, Wednesday and Friday! Twitter: @royaldeluxpodE-mail: [email protected] out to r/KCRoyals Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA It's not funny. New episodes every Monday, Wednesday and Friday! Twitter: @royaldeluxpodE-mail: [email protected] out to r/KCRoyals Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Nothing's been good for Lux, but at least some things have been good for the Royals! The offense is hitting well and Brady Singer has taken a legitimate step forward as the future of Royals pitching. Unfortunately, the people in charge want to have it their way, which means not letting the kids play and taking the high road, salving as many wins as possible to get that 0.3% playoff chance up WOOOOOOOO!!!! New episodes every Monday, Wednesday and Friday! Twitter: @royaldeluxpodE-mail: [email protected] out to r/KCRoyals Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Royals began the night with a stress-free ballgame, which is all I can ask for at this point even if they lose. So be it! Who cares if the Royals lose more games at this point! Might as well!! But then, as the night grows darker, the bullpen comes in and the tides change! The fates of this game is about to change...!! Okay, enough of that. The bullpens came in and did some interesting stuff and it somehow led to a Royals win! We'll take those. Also, the Royals call up RHP Dylan Coleman and OF Brewer Hicklen in place of LHP Amir Garrett and OF Kyle Isbel, who are probably out with COVID for a bit. It's not the call fans want to hear, but it's the right one for the occasion. New episodes every Monday, Wednesday and Friday! Twitter: @royaldeluxpodE-mail: [email protected] out to r/KCRoyals Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Royals have lost like infinity games in a row for the eight thousandth time this season or whatever. Who's even keeping track anymore. Let's talk about where it all went wrong, how did the Royals get here? Can they get out of it? Is this even an original talking point? I AM BECOMING ALL OF US AT THE SAME TIME!! I guess that makes sense, given that I just went to see Everything Everywhere All At Once yesterday. Pretty cool movie. You know what's not cool? THE ROYALS LOL New episodes every Monday, Wednesday and Friday! Twitter: @royaldeluxpodE-mail: [email protected] out to r/KCRoyals Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This podcast is double-length for the absolutely LOADED day of baseball we got yesterday; it started with one of the worst games the Royals have played in 2022 (which says a lot given that we've had some baaaaaaaad games this year), and was followed up with a pivotal game for this team and organization. Has Brady Singer truly evolved and will he finally reach his potential? Also, how about MJ Melendez being an absolute workhorse yesterday? Unfortunately, these things won't save an offense that cannot score to save their lives--which they often throw away on the base paths out of utter desperation. Twitter: @royaldeluxpodE-mail: [email protected] out to r/KCRoyals Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Although I planned on only doing series recaps for a little while, an emergency podcast had to be made because HOLY HECK. THE ROYALS DID A THING. Terry Bradshaw was fired as the Royals' hitting coach yesterday and was replaced by Alec Zumwalt and Mike Tosar, who have previously worked with both major and minor leaguers in the Royals organization. I talk about what this could possibly mean for the Royals moving forward and speculate as to whether or not this is the end of the managerial shuffling. Twitter: @royaldeluxpodE-mail: [email protected] out to r/KCRoyals Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

What do you MEAN the Royals scored 14 runs in a game?! What do you MEAN Hunter Dozier is hitting .280?! What do you MEAN Zack Greinke gave up 7 runs?! Who ARE these guys?!?!?!?! Oh, they blew a 6-run lead after leaving in a pitcher for too long and they have a starting pitcher whose ERA is above 9? Yep, that's the Royals all right... Twitter: @royaldeluxpodE-mail: [email protected] out to r/KCRoyals Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Some good things kinda happened; Kris Bubic has been optioned to AAA and Jonathan Heasley gets to take his spot in the rotation. But this move comes at least a day late, as the Royals take a huge risk by throwing a bullpen game in a grueling stretch of the season with no off days in sight. And it's time for more Cal Eldred complaining. Twitter: @royaldeluxpodE-mail: [email protected] out to r/KCRoyals Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Royals have lost again, and it seems like the boiling point has been reached among fans and even players. This organization is incompetent. And although they would like us to believe it will get better soon, no one is convinced it will mean anything. At this point, the only thing that seems left for the Royals is a full-blown revolution. Twitter: @royaldeluxpodE-mail: [email protected] out to r/KCRoyals Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This is an episode I really did not want to do, which is kind of why I've been away for a little bit. I didn't want to have to rant about Ryan O'Hearn for the 300th time in my life, I've already spewed my opinions on this organization's commitment to play everywhere on the internet, but now that I have a podcast it too has been exposed to the Ryan O'demic. But that's not the only thing concerning me with the Royals, today I'm going to air it all out and express my confusion and frustration as to what this team is doing in such a frustrating season, while offering solutions as to what can be done to make things right so that everything can (hopefully) get back on track. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Oh hey, did you enjoy Tuesday's game? Well, TOO BAD! We're back to terrible starting pitching and non-existent offense! WOOOOOOOO! Kris Bubic melted down for the third or fourth or idk I lost counteth time this season, leading to an immediately disappointing game that probably made everyone in attendance regret buying a $20 parking pass. OK, I'm being like really mean about this, but it's not like there's a whole lot to talk about today. Hopefully reinforcements continue to arrive to Kansas City to get the season back on track. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Royals let the kids play for a change, and it had an immediate, immense payoff. Edward Olivares slaps four hits around the field and Bobby Witt Jr. golfs his first home run of the year. They and MJ Melendez in his MLB debut contribute to a big offensive outburst from the Royals, one that has been desperately needed for this struggling team. Twitter: @royaldeluxpodE-mail: [email protected] out to r/KCRoyals Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Did something happen last weekend? Oh, many things that I saw up close and personal... but who cares about that. MJ MELENDEZ IS HERE!! One of the most hyped catching prospects in the MLB and the likely successor to Salvador Perez, MJ Melendez is making his much-anticipated debut either today or tomorrow as the Royals take on the Cardinals. Twitter: @royaldeluxpodE-mail: [email protected] out to r/KCRoyals Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Royals take two of three from the championship-hopeful White Sox, which is a great sign after getting swept in Seattle and makes the upcoming weekend a little less daunting. Now we have to deal with the Super Hot Yankees this weekend, but before we get into any of that, we have to talk about Adalberto Mondesi, because it might be the last time we do so for a very long time. Twitter: @royaldeluxpodE-mail: [email protected] out to r/KCRoyals Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Royals take a rare L from the bullpen after scratching and clawing their way into a tie. Is it thanks to Matheny's try-harding, or is it just a normal accident we should see every now and then? Also, Whit Merrifield actually did something nice. Twitter: @royaldeluxpodE-mail: [email protected] out to r/KCRoyals Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Oh, hi! It's been a few days since we talked Royals Baseball, and things haven't been so great in that time. Let's catch up by talking about what's so wrong about that series against the Future 2022 American League Champions Seattle Mariners and what can be done to somewhat rectify it. Then we talk about what was so good about the first White Sox game and why I'm looking forward to the rest. Twitter: @royaldeluxpodE-mail: [email protected] out to r/KCRoyals Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

I WATCHED A CHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAANGE The Royals may or may not have played a baseball game yesterday, it's honestly really hard to tell. More importantly, we got some long-awaited payoffs I've been asking for: an answer to what's going on with Kyle Isbel (and a solution), and the first true overhaul of the Royals lineup (which still can't score any runs). Twitter: @royaldeluxpodE-mail: [email protected] out to r/KCRoyals Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

After another low-scoring game, it's clear what kind of team the Kansas City Royals are in 2022: a team that doesn't score many runs, but prevents runs from scoring thanks to an invincible defense and a shutdown bullpen, both of which have already been shown, statistically, that they are among the best in MLB. The Royals have fully recovered from their 5-game losing streak by winning three straight, evening out their record to a perfectly balanced .500 after ten games, which is not a bad sight to see at all. Twitter: @royaldeluxpodE-mail: [email protected] out to r/KCRoyals Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Royals come back from a 2-day break to win a second consecutive game--gosh, I feel so spoiled!! This is largely thanks to MASSIVE power coming from Salvador Perez and Hunter Dozier--sorry, who is that? I think I meant to say ALEX MF GORDON BACK FROM RETIREMENT hitting a game-winner. That's right, HE'S BACK!!!!! Also Bobby Witt Jr. cost us three runs lmao. Twitter: @royaldeluxpodE-mail: [email protected] out to r/KCRoyals Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

WE'RE FINALLY FREE. The Royals break their 5-game losing streak in a game with the lowest expectations possible. Kris Bubic makes a dramatic improvement over his season debuting disaster, and Hunter Dozier continues his revenge tour despite some mistakes. Even with a highly imperfect game, it looks like things are getting a little better for the Royals. Twitter: @royaldeluxpodE-mail: [email protected] out to r/KCRoyals Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Royals have lost their fifth straight game, thanks to yet another low-scoring offense. Brad Keller gets an undeserved loss as he continues his great start, but it's besides the point today. It's time to talk about Bobby Witt Jr. and his lack of success at the Major League level, and it's time to discuss what can and should be done about it. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

TENTATIVE! That's the 10 pun that you're getting for today, in the 10th episode of the Royal de Lux Podcast. The Royals lose a low-scoring game at home to a Tigers team that will probably end up being better than you think, but that's for another time. Today, we discuss the problems this Royals team is having right now and how it could possibly, hopefully change as we try to break out of a four-game losing streak. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices