Friday’s game was rained out, to be made up as a doubleheader on Saturday. Anne Rogers has details.
Saturday’s originally scheduled game will be moved up to 1:10 p.m. CT, with Friday’s makeup game scheduled for 6:10 p.m. CT.
Both games will be available on Royals.TV and Brewers.TV,
Friday’s tickets will be honored for the rescheduled game Saturday at 6:10 p.m. CT. Fans do not have to exchange their original tickets if they elect to attend the rescheduled game.
Craig Brown reacts to the news that Carter
Jensen overslept for Thursday’s game.
First, it happens. Second, while it does happen, it’s not a great look, especially at this point in the season. It has an impact on the team. After catching a marathon game on Wednesday, Salvador Perez was due for a day off behind the plate and was in the initial lineup as the DH. Those plans were scuttled when the Royals decided to remove Jensen from the starting lineup. Then, once Perez was out of the DH spot, the Royals moved Jac Caglianone there from his spot in right to DH and inserted Lane Thomas into the lineup. That’s not the kind of matchup you want against the right-hander Taj Bradley. Thomas went 0-4.
Kevin O’Brien at Royals Keep focuses on Jensen’s slow hitting start.
In 18 plate appearances, Jensen is hitting .125 with a .480 OPS. He has a home run, but he is also striking out 44.4% of the time and only walking 5.6% of the time. Furthermore, his wOBA is only .207, and his xwOBA is even worse at .188. For context, the Royals rookie catcher posted a .403 wOBA and .447 xwOBA in 69 plate appearances last season.
A microcosm of Jensen’s struggles this year can be seen in this plate appearance against Minnesota reliever Kody Funderburk on Opening Day at Kauffman Stadium on March 30th. On a 3-2 count, Funderburk serves him up a fastball right down the middle. It’s a pitch Jensen would’ve mashed a season ago. Unfortunately, Jensen, obviously pressing, watches it for strike three.
Pete Grathoff wonders why MLB won’t allow games on Apple to be simulcast locally.
The Royals will play the Milwaukee Brewers on Friday night and the game will only be available to watch on Apple TV. It’s one of four games this season that will be shown exclusively on Apple TV. Four more will be on Peacock. Ten Royals games that will be simulcast on KCTV (Ch. 5) or KSMO (Ch. 62) this season.
It begs the question: Why can’t (or won’t) Major League Baseball and the Royals simulcast those Peacock and Apple TV games on local TV, whether it’s KCTV or another channel?
The Kansas City Business Journal writes that site control and public financing are the issues with a downtown stadium. [$]
Meanwhile, Kansas City leaders for almost a year have publicly floated available stadium incentives worth hundreds of millions of dollars using tools such as tax increment financing, a sales tax exemption on construction materials and tax-free bonds.
Officials also have suggested that Washington Square Park would be simple in terms of land assembly, at least when it comes to the two main properties containing a stadium. But the Royals also aim to build a mixed-use ballpark district, and it’s not clear whether the team or potential partners have locked down any nearby parcels.
Baseball America updates their top 100 prospect list with Carter Jensen at #9 and Kendry Chourio at #75.
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The Twins home opener is delayed by a power outage.
How the Yankees got off to a hot start.
Masyn Winn is safe after being involved in a one-car accident after a game.
“This Week in Baseball” returns.
The Blue Jays sign pitcher Patrick Corbin.
Ranking the accessibility of each team’s TV broadcasts.
The White Sox will retire Ozzie Guillen’s number.
Baseball America writes about how much minor league ballplayers make. [$]
Almost half of all clubs saw increased TV viewership for Opening Day.
Washington State researchers find that “torpedo bats” fare no different than normal bats.
The NCAA is expected to approve expanding the basketball tournaments to 76 teams.
The NFL approves the Jacksonville Jaguars moving to Orlando for a year during stadium renovations.
How the United States is divided into regions based on commuters.
Chicken tenders over rice has gone viral in France, driving fast food sales.
An Italian court rules Netflix must refund years of price hikes.
Your song of the day is The Beatles with I’ve Just Seen a Face.
