Its been a couple of weeks since weve had a weekly recap, but the results have largely been the same and disappointing at that. The Kansas City Royals went 1-5 against the Cleveland Guardians and Houston Astros this week. What are the takeaways from this past week of baseball? Lets Cory Spangenberg Jersey dive into it. Lets start out with one of the few positives. The return of Kris Bubic brought a positive result to the Royals. Bubic went five innings, giving up five hits and three walks while striking out three batters in a 6-0 shutout victory over the Astros. That was about as good as it got for the Royals this week.Jonathan Heasley had two quality starts this week, despite going 0-1 himself and the Royals being 0-2 in those games he started. Giving up three earned runs in both starts, he also went six innings in both outings. That should've been enough to get the Royals at least one win, but it wasnt meant to be this Trevor Hoffman Jersey past week. 1 / 1Outside of the impre sive outing on Saturday, the Royals' pitching staff was largely ineffective (to put it nicely). Collin Snider melted down multiple times. Ronald Bolaos got blown up after a terrible start from Brady Singer Franchy Cordero Jersey . Arodys Vizcano, who was just called up this week, could have been the exception because he had a couple of good outings, but he blew it on Sunday afternoon. It just wasnt a good week for the Royals' pitching staff, which has become a trend over time.Scroll to ContinueAfter a rough start to the season, and a stint on the Injured List, Salvador Perez started to heat up at the end of the week. He hit home runs in back-to-back games and is looking more comfortable at the plate after starting the season swinging away at virtually everything like he used to prior to finding some remnants of plate discipline in 2021. Lets hope that this is the start of Perez getting back to being the patient power hitter we saw blo som last season. Despite the terrible record and lack of consistency acro s the board this season, Bobby Witt Jr. and MJ Melendez continue to Joe Musgrove Jersey show promise. That is going to be needed going forward, as they will be the cornerstones of the next wave of talent coming up from the minor leagues. The disappointment surrounding the team cant be placed on these two, and the future does have a somewhat positive outlook with those two guys in the lineup every day. The Royals will look to get back on track this week as they host a three-game series against the Toronto Blue Jays and four-game series against the Baltimore Orioles. The next game is at 7:10 p.m. (CST) on David Bednar Jersey Monday night against the Blue Jays on ESPN+ for those outside the Kansas City area. Those in the viewing area are blacked out and will have to tune into the radio if they want to follow along.