Royals POSTCAST: ATROCIOUS Offensive Performance From Kansas City Royals In Loss To Miami Marlins

Royals POSTCAST: ATROCIOUS Offensive Performance From Kansas City Royals In Loss To Miami Marlins

This is the Royals Post Cast, your instant game reaction for the Kansas City Royals, part of the Locked on Podcast Network, your team every day. Welcome in to the Royals post here on the Locked On Network. Your team every day. I’m your host, Chance Lebo, and I’m here to bring you reaction to every single Royals game the rest of the way. You can follow me on Twitter or XC Chance Lebo. That is right by my name tag here on the live stream. And if you cannot make a show live, if you’re not here live, you’re listening after the fact or watching after the fact, you can catch these episodes live on or uh you can catch these episodes on demand wherever you get your podcast, whether that’s uh Apple Music, Spotify, all of those things. You can always catch us on demand after the fact. Want to say thank you guys for making Locked on Royals podcast or the Royals postcast your first listen of the day. Before we get started, remember to subscribe to the channel, turn on our notifications so that you get an alert whenever we go live. We appreciate you guys for joining the show live. Feel free to join the live chat and let me know your thoughts on the game and I’ll do my best to respond to your comments. Uh if you guys are in the chat and you guys are listening right now, um I am in a non uh I’m in a odd location right now. Um I’m in my grandma’s office of a of a family reunion right now. Um because Zach is out doing his personal life and uh I’ve got stuff going on in my personal life. So, wanted to at least attempt um if the audio is bad or if there’s buffering or anything on my end, please let me know in the comments so I can uh make an adjustment if there’s one necessary. But, uh yeah, this is uh obviously not the way we wanted to come to you guys today after a dreadful Royals win or dreadful Royals loss as they fall today 3 to one. Looked really bad for a long time. The Royals managed just three hits in the entire game, six base runners in total. just not enough today from the uh from the offense. So, um just uh just not enough from the offense today. Um but let’s get into it. Um this will probably be a shorter edition because I’ve obviously got some stuff going on uh here with my family. So, um we’ll just get right into it. Here is what you’ll be talking about. This is what you’ll be talking about. I mean, this was probably the game that the Royals and I’ve already seen uh some people in the comments. Uh Brent coming in and saying not too convincing for the front office. I’m guessing uh this is probably the loss that solidifies them as selling off their rental pieces. Guys like Seth Lugo and Michael Lorenzan. I know that Lorenzan’s on the injured list right now, but they’ve at least hinted towards an August return. So that means his season is not over. So a team could at least buy uh buy low. kind of like the Danny Duffy trade um late in excuse me late in his Royals career. I think the Royals could get, you know, a a quadruple a guy. I mean, they could What did they get? They got Nelson Velasquez a couple years ago for um pretty much nothing. Uh pennies on the dollar. Jose Quas got netted them Nelson Velasquez, who was solid for uh one second half and then a month of the first half or first month of the first half of 2024. But I think that this loss probably solidifies them as sellers. It solidifies them as not Seth Lugo is probably not going to be on the team on August 1st. Um I’d be surprised if Rorenzen was. Um and those are the probably the two that I would say definitely get moved off of and then they try to add pieces as hitters. You know, Jack and I have talked about it ad nauseium. This team probably adds pieces for the second half and beyond like adds pieces for a 2026 run. So, I would assume that’s going to be the case um with uh I would assume that’s going to beaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa be the case with this team. Um that this was just a really bad loss. I mean, I I’m not not going to crap on Cal Quantrol, but came into today with really no numbers whatsoever. I mean, he was he was not great this season. He has an RA of 524 after six shutty. I mean, he he was uh he was not great coming in. And we’ve seen it multiple times this season on guys that are not playing well, pitching well, coming in and doing really well against the Royals. And today, that just seemed to happen with Cal Quantrol, who obviously has some familiarity with the Royals, and some Royals have familiarity with him with his time from Cleveland. So, obviously, there’s that. But, I just was the at bats were uncompetitive. Lots of popups today. Um, ground out flyyous. Um, uh, Quantrol got nine grind, uh, ground outs, four flyyous. The Royals had, uh, six outs in the air all game. And that’s not And they, uh, they had five strikeouts. So, of your 27 outs in the game, only six of them were in the air. I mean, balls that are I I just think that’s kind of what you have to look for. If you’re a team that wants to hit well, put the ball in the air. Put the ball up for for something good to happen. Not very much can good can happen when the ball’s in the ground. Um, so the Royals just offensively did not have a very good game plan. I get it. Quantrol’s a bowling ball sinker guy. He’s going to get weak contact. He’s going to get guys out early in counts. Going to get pop-ups, going to get ground outs. That’s who he is as a pitcher. The Royals have to adjust their approach a little bit. And I’m not saying that they had a bad approach, but this is time and time again that we’ve seen it from Royals players and Royals hitters where they just don’t do enough at the dish against guys that, you know, just throw bowling balls, throw throw sinkers. I mean, this is this was a really, really bad day today for the Royals offense. Saved by Salvi getting grooved like 96 right down Main Street. um that made the game at least, you know, you kind of had the inkling that the Royals might get a win, but that definitely wasn’t going to happen after what we saw from them, you know, in the in the eighth inning. Um but man, just bad offense from the Royals. Three hits, six base runners in total. They only got three base runners in total against Kyle Quantrol or sorry, maybe they got two. Um I think they got two base runners against Quantrol. Yeah, two base runners, no walks. I mean, he only threw 69 pitches in six innings and was in the zone for a lot of them. So, just a bad outing for the Royals offense and a a tale of a team that has done that continuously this this season. They just can’t seem to get out of their own way at the plate. The approaches weren’t good. They get Tolbert picked off early. I mean, I I I’ve said it time and time and again, I’m not a huge Tyler Tolbert fan. He’s not a good base runner. I get it. He’s fast. the base running, you kind of feel that he’s going to put you in a better position because he’s fast, but he’s just not a good base runner. He’s not a smart base runner. Um, I’m kind of tired of seeing him in the lineup. I I I don’t know. I I I’m tired of seeing a lot of the guys in the lineup. And a guy that hit two homers yesterday is one of those guys. So, I think maybe I should keep my mouth shut, but just another bad day for the offense. I don’t think the lineup was very competitive today. The the nine that they threw out there. I mean, you throw out Tolbert in center field, and I get it. went one for two, but he’s non-competitive. John Rave 0 for two, Freddy went 0 for three. He’s kind of scuffling. Um, but just a non-competitive lineup when you don’t have a guy like Jack Kaggleon in there who, you know, can and while he’s struggling right now, definitely a batting average under 200. At least he’s, you know, striking some fear into the opposing pitchers because at least a bat that can challenge you and take you deep. But, um, bad day for the offense today. I there’s no other way to slice it. This was the this was the the game that I think that pushed them to be sellers at the deadline. Pushed them to say, “Okay, this team as currently constructed is not a playoff team or a team that can even win in the postseason.” Um, compete with playoff teams. And I get it. Somebody brought it up on Twitter and I think in the live chat yesterday, the Marlins are playing really good baseball right now. Understandable. Um, but I I don’t think, you know, not everybody plays good or plays well for the entire season. they’re going to have that come to a close. The Royals know that more than anybody. They went 15 and two and have been dog water since. So, um, just a bad day offensively once again. Um, you know, I was with my family and they were like, “Oh, don’t you have to do this Royals post cast?” And I was, you know, watching the game on my iPad out there. And I was like, I mean, what do I need to watch for? It’s the same story with every game. Um, and that was joking, of course, but it it really feels like the offense underperforms. They don’t do well against sinker ballers. And the result came from today. Uh, Walker was fine. Um, but just not enough from the offense as as usual for the Royals. All right, we’re going to hit our first break and then when we come back, I’ll talk about Lucas Ersig’s outing. Um, and just kind of the bullpen as a whole because I was not impressed by the bullpen and I’ll tell you why when we come back on the Royals Postcast. 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Understandable after he’s had a couple bad outings, but Lucas Ersk was bad today. Um, there’s no other way you could say it. He was not good. The command was awful. Three walks, two hits allowed. And even John Shriber was bad today. I mean, this was a really bad outing for the Royals bullpen as a whole. Two high leverage guys the Royals use in those kind of spots. And they just didn’t do enough for the Royals to win. Um just really bad outings for the bullpen in back-to-back games. Honestly, since the uh since the road trip, the bullpen hasn’t been great at all. Um and say what you want, but I mean Lucas Ersig is not perfect. He’s not weighed Davis. He is probably the closest thing the Royals have had to Davis since him. Um but yeah, just not just a bad outing. Um command was way off. Um giving up hard contact. um stuff we don’t usually see from Lucas Erskig happened today and uh that led them to you know fall when the offense doesn’t provide enough when the offense is unable to really do anything a bullpen guy giving up too earned in the eighth is going to hurt you um even even against a Marlins team that hasn’t really pitched that well this season and I I mean that in a bad way I mean they’ve pitched horribly this season and the Royals have not really done anything of note offensively outside of John Ray and Adam Frasier two guys that are borderline if not below replacement level players. So, um just a really bad day for the bullpen after an awful day yesterday by Carlos Estz. Um I I I think that this is this is it. I think Royals, while they did go out and get Adam Frasier, um they’re 47 and 52. Um five games under. I just don’t see them keeping Seth Lugo, I don’t see them keeping Michael Lorenzan. Maybe they keep Lorenzan just to have some rotational depth um going into the the month of August because we don’t know when Cole Reagan is going to be back. That’s still an unknown. So I uh I would I would imagine that Seth Lugo gets traded. Um I I would encourage it because he’s far and away their best trade piece. Um and I think he could net them something that um any of the other guys on the roster really can’t. The Royals don’t have very many positive trade pieces on the roster. Seth Luga is the most valuable guy for them and I think they should trade him because you give yourself kind of like the Tigers did with Jack Flity last year. I know the Tigers made the playoffs, but even if the Tigers didn’t make the playoffs, I’m more of a process over results guy. Um because process breeds consistency, results be uh breed complacency. That’s my that’s my opinion. I’m, you know, it’s kind of my uh my thesis statement in life. Process is most important. While the Tigers made the playoffs last year and then resigned Jack Flity, who they traded away, the results are great. The results are eye popping, but the process is where it was located. That’s was that was what was most important was the process. They were able to trade a guy and resign him. The process was smart. They didn’t know they were going to make the playoffs. They didn’t have that in their cards. I’m not sure anybody in the Tigers organization could have seen that second half run coming. Maybe the Royals can do that. I don’t think so, especially not with this lineup. What the Royals can do is trade Seth Lugo for, you know, an impact bat for the 2026 team or, you know, a a guy that can at least be impactful at some point in 27 or 28 when the Royals need to build around the core of Bobby Jr., Mikel Garcia, and Jack Kagleon. So, my opinion is that you if you feel confident you can resign Seth Lugo, then you know, if you love if you love something, let it go and if it really was meant to be, they’ll come back to you. So, I feel like that’s the take I would have go with with Seth Lugo. I like him. I think he’s a great pitcher. I think he’s a a royal lifer, but now you’re at the point where it it makes too much sense to trade him and capitalize because the offense definitely needs a jolt and it’s not coming from AAA. We’ve seen that with guys like John Rae and Jack Kaggleon and Nick Loftton who have crushed it in AAA and just have not cut it at the major league level. um they need to at least add somebody so that they’re not going into 2026 relying on marginal improvements from guys like like the guys that I just mentioned, those AAA guys. You’re not relying on those improvements so you can have an opportunity to compete in 2026 in a year where I think the Royals should be able to compete and where they should be looking to compete. All right, let’s get to some comments before I get out of here. I appreciate you guys for joining me and battling through this uh mediocre audio and video. Um yeah, like Brent said, not too convincing for the uh the front office. Um pretty pretty rough. Um DJ saying, “If we’re five games under at the deadline, we need to sell. It would be stupid to buy, not capitalize on return you get for Lugo, India, Fine, etc.” Um I’d draw the line at India and Fine. Who are you replacing those guys with? Um you can say Luke Mey all you want. You’re a liar. You can say Carter Jensen all you want. It’s too soon. Um, and Jonathan India is a guy that everybody in this pos everybody that listens to this postcast knows I’m a big Jonathan India fan. Um, and I I would not move him for anything. I mean, not anything. I mean, there would have to be a significant package that I don’t think he he would get because you’re selling him at his worst value of his entire career. Um, but yeah, uh, this is uh, Waka was not bad. Thank you, uh, Cam for the well-wishes. Um, thank you Arjunice for the well wishes. Um, uh, Chris saying count dominated his entire career over five. How do we not scratch across? I mean, honestly, it’s kind of like the Ty France thing. Ty France kills the Royals, but can’t hit against anybody else. It’s just one of those things. Um, yeah, offense is so bad. Terrible starting pitching shuts us down. Um, yeah, I mean, JJ’s decision seems to be easier, but JJ’s also very uh very hard-headed. Um, and I think that he’s going to feel like he can compete and I, you know, maybe that’s a good thing or a bad thing. Um, yeah, DJ saying, “I was optimistic about this team on Thursday after the past two days has been diminished. If we get swept, I’m looking forward to Chiefs training camp and only scoreboard watch.” Um, yeah, I mean, if that’s how you want to view it, I I still care about this team. I mean, obviously, I’m still going to be doing this. I get I get paid to do this, so I’ll be here. I I’ll care about him. Um, Lugo to the A’s for Rooker and Jin. Uh why why would the A’s make that trade? That’s stupid. Um apologies. Not a stupid comment. Just doesn’t make any sense. Um Luca Tresh is good in Triple A. For me would get good value back. Um yeah, but also Freddy Fine uh has the best glove in the organization at catcher. Salvi’s not going to catch forever. And we’ve also seen guys come up from AAA and just perform horribly. I’m not going to rely on anybody’s AAA stats to show me what their value is. But I do agree that Luca Trresh is probably the guy that would get the call if Freddy were to get traded, but I don’t see that happening. I see them waiting for the offseason to trade Freddy. You don’t see catchers get traded very often. When I was on uh Jack’s podcast talking with him on the regular show, I mentioned that kind of like quarterbacks, you don’t really see them get traded in the middle of the season. It’s hard for them to adjust with a new pitching staff, um adjust to a new game plan, new pitching coach. So, I personally don’t see Freddy getting traded in the middle of the season. I see that being more of a winter uh winter move uh after the season. So they at least get a full um half of the season with Carter Jensen before they uh um like half of the season in TripleA for Carter Jensen before they really push him into the limelight next season. All right, I’m going to wrap things up because this has run a little bit long and I got to go back to the family. Appreciate you guys for tuning in and battling with me here. Uh it’ll be back to a regular show tomorrow. Back in my casa uh doing the show from my apartment. So looking forward to being back there. Thank you guys for making the Locked on Royals podcast or the Royals Postcast your first listen of the day. Tune in tomorrow. We’ll be back with another edition of the Royals Postcast here on the Locked on Podcast Network. I’m Chance Lebo. This has been the Locked Ony Postcat.

Chance Liebau reacts to the second game of the series between the Kansas City Royals and Miami Marlins. We discuss the offensive drought for the first seven innings, Michael Wacha’s outing, and go through comments from the live chat!

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