Joe Van Winkle

Through three innings, A’s starter Aaron Civale has thrown 58 pitches, Vinnie Pasquantino has seen 33% of them. #FountainsUp

Through 16 home games, the #Royals have provided fans with free meals from @hawaiianbros 7 times (on pace for 35). Here’s how many times they provided fans with free donuts during the Krispy Kreme promo: 2003: 27x (324 🍩) 2004: 14x (168 🍩) 2005: 19x (228 🍩) 2006: 20x (240 🍩)

My only guess is that Hawaiian Bros made a phone call after the last two games. #FountainsUp

@Gabe_Harrington Nine thousand parking spots on the 85 acre plot! They did it, Gabe!

You will be automatically be muted/blocked if you utter the phrase “what about parking?”

Per @stathead, the Royals have only scored one run while leaving 13 or more men on base for the 13th time in franchise history. They lost the previous 12 such occurrences. #FountainsUp

@royalsminors I think it’s simply that they’re planning to give him a fake 10 day IL stint to rest and he doesn’t want that.

@RoyalsWeekly Why would they do that? It’s not like they led all of MLB in getting picked off last season. Oh wait… Also egregious considering 16 teams in MLB replaced their first base coaches this season signaling a big change in how important that facet was going to be.

Remember when the Royals didn’t fire Damon Hollins? I do.

In this afternoon’s matchup with Cleveland, the Royals could only muster 1 run despite receiving 8 free passes from Guardians pitching. Per @Stathead, it was the seventh time in Royals history in which they scored 1 or fewer despite being walked 8 times. #FountainsUp

Every infielder touched the ball 😅 This is the first 5-6-4-3 double play since 1995! (h/t @EliasSports, @SlangsOnSports)

@Greg_Schaum Stats from that time in history are imperfect, so we don’t know how each strikeout ended, but @Stathead shows: 14 total bases loaded Ks 2 looking 5 swinging 7 just logged as “Strikeout” Source: sports-reference.com/stathead/tiny/…

I would love to know how many times George Brett struck out looking with the bases juiced …

All THREE of Jo Adell's home run robberies from tonight ... Yes, you read that right 😮

This Week in Baseball is officially BACK! Episode 1 with @askkaitt is here ⬇️

Good morning, Kansas City! #RoyalsInFirst #FountainsUp

Isaac Collins and Kyle Isbel hit home runs out of the 8 and 9 spots in the lineup to lead the Royals to a 3-1 win today over the Twins! It’s the 1st time the 8 and 9 holes in the Royals lineup both homered in the same game since Freddy Fermin and Isbel did it on 5/4/2023.

Chris Sale has made two #OpeningDay starts against the Royals in his career, 13 years apart (2013, 2026). In those starts: 13.2 IP, 0 R, 10 H, 13 K, 4 BB #FountainsUp #BravesCountry

Find more Kansas City Royals Opening Day stats and info here: public.tableau.com/views/RoyalsOp…

Most Opening Day starts for the Kansas City Royals at each position: SP: Appier (7) C: Perez (12*) 1B: Sweeney, Hosmer, Mayberry (6) 2B: White (15) 3B: Brett (12) SS: Patek, Escobar (8) LF: Gordon (9) CF: Otis (11) RF: Tartabull (5) DH: Hal McRae (10) *includes tonight

My 2y/o made his first bracket this week based on his favorite mascots (he’s a big shark guy). His Final 4: Ohio State (s/o @Brutus_Buckeye) Nebraska (s/o @LilRed_Husker) Long Island University 🏆 (#FinsUp) Iowa State (s/o @TheMascotCy) #MarchMadness

Bobby Witt Jr. is so damn good at everything on a baseball field.