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• Weekend Rumblings - News for May 4, 2024

Photo by Brian Davidson/Getty Images May the Fourth be with you! David Lesky writes about how Bobby Witt Jr. has stopped pulling the ball for power. My takeaway here is that there isn’t anything wrong with Witt. He’s an elite player in the game today and is putting up monster numbers right now without doing the one thing that most hitters need to do to hit for power. Whether a small sample...2024
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• Royals Rumblings - News for May 3, 2024

I don’t think we’ve used this James McArthur picture before | Photo by Ed Zurga/Getty Images It’s a beautiful day in the neighborhood Anne Rogers profiled how James McArthur got to where he is now as the Royals closer: “There’s a reason he’s on the waiver wire, but is there something we can do to help?” pitching coach Brian Sweeney said. “We saw some reliever mentality. Seeing his breakin...2024
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• Royals Rumblings - News for April 30, 2024

Photo by Sam Hodde/Getty Images The Royals are getting back to great defense. Jaylon Thompson writes about Vinnie Pasquantino’s defense and his ability to do the splits. “I mean, it’s just part of the job description,” Pasquantino said. “A lot of my offseason work goes into obviously the lifting portion, the defense portion, but some of it that isn’t really talked about is the aspect of ...2024
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• Royals Rumblings - News for April 26, 2024

Seriously - that was a lot of rain | Photo by Ed Zurga/Getty Images Yesterday’s game was just weird and I was glad the Royals stole it Let’s talk about yesterday’s game for a minute. It really was odd. I know Ryan covered it here, but I just wanted to blather on more about it. Really, to have a clean game, they would have had to start it at least an hour earlier and we just don’t do that...2024
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Kansas City Royals pitcher James McArthur (66) pitching during the ninth inning against the Chicago White Sox at Kauffman Stadium. | William Purnell-USA TODAY Sports Long live The General Every year, each team makes a variety of roster transactions involving bullpen arms and just general pitching depth. Traditionally, the result of those moves by the Royals has been less than stellar; from...2024
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• Royals Rumblings - News for April 23, 2024

Photo by Ed Zurga/Getty Images Salvy is playing some defense this year! Craig Brown was a bit worried about a long inning from Cole Ragans Saturday. I’m no sports scientist. In the discourse from earlier this month about the rash of elbow injuries among pitchers and talk about the impact of the pitch clock on those injuries, I found it interesting that there was discussion about load on t...2024
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• Royals Rumblings - News for April 23, 2024
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• Weekend Rumblings - News for April 20, 2024

Photo by Kyle Rivas/Getty Images To be blunt, the Royals are playing well! Before the game, Jaylon Thompson wrote about the return of Michael Massey. “He is still one of those players in a developmental phase in the major leagues, but we believe in his bat,” Royals general manager J.J. Picollo said. “He can provide a spark. He’s got some power. He does a good job defensively as well. ... W...2024
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• Royals Rumblings - News for April 16, 2024

Photo by Jay Biggerstaff/Getty Images Salvy is A-OK! Salvy will avoid the Injured List, writes Anne Rogers. Indeed, Perez’s MRI scan taken Monday in Chicago “was the best result we could have hoped for,” Quatraro said. Imaging showed a mild left groin strain that is not expected to require an injured list stint. Catcher Logan Porter traveled to Chicago on Monday to be a one-man taxi squad...2024
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• Weekend Rumblings - News for April 13, 2024

Photo by Adam Hunger/Getty Images Time for a new win streak. Michael Wacha talks to Anne Rogers about his first loss of the year. “I was making some quality pitches, but the [Mets] came out swinging. They were ready to rock. They were able to find holes whenever they put it in play,” Wacha said. “I felt I was close to getting out of those innings. The [RBI] hits all came on two outs. Those...2024
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• Royals Rumblings - News for April 9, 2024

Photo by Mike Lawrie/Getty Images Did the sun come back? Craig Brown recaps the weekend’s games, including Friday’s thriller. I don’t think it’s overstating things to say that this felt like a season-defining moment. Maybe that sounds ridiculous—this was just the eighth game of the season—but this is where we found the Royals. Another brutal loss—it would’ve been the third game out of fou...2024
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• Weekend Rumblings - News for April 6, 2024

Photo by Reed Hoffmann/Getty Images Be .500. The Royals were pumped after a late win to get back to .500 for the first time in nearly two years. “It feels incredible,” said Brady Singer, who tossed 6 1/3 innings of one-run ball. “Games like that are games we need to win and went out there and won. It was really good. I love these guys. It’s really fun and it’s a great team and obviously w...2024
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• Royals Rumblings - News for April 2, 2024

Photo by Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images Yes? Or No? Jaylon Thompson writes about the tough loss in the series opener in Baltimore. “It was a really good ballgame throughout,” Royals manager Matt Quatraro said. “It was exciting to get back and tie it off (Orioles closer Craig) Kimbrel. He is one of the best closers in recent history. “Obviously, to lose in that fashion is heartbreaking....2024
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• Royals Rumblings - News for March 29, 2024

Good news! There’s more Royals baseball tomorrow! | Photo by Jamie Squire/Getty Images The quest for 161-1 begins tomorrow! Ed note: I mentioned this in the comments yesterday - I could probably just write “Hey, yesterday was Opening Day - What do you think?” and we’d get 200 comments here today. I’d like to think I do a marginally better job than that, so you get 2000 characters instea...2024
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• Royals Rumblings - News for March 28, 2024

L.G. Patterson/MLB Photos during the game between the Minnesota Twins and the Kansas City Royals at Kauffman Stadium on Thursday, March 30, 2023 in Kansas City, Missouri. (Photo by LG Patterson/MLB Photos via Getty Images Happy Opening Day! Kansas City’s busy offseason set the tone for 2024, writes Anne Rogers: The small-market Royals were one of the busiest teams this winter in hopes of ...2024
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• Royals Rumblings - News for March 22, 2024

Sure, it’s not the KBO, but it’s in Korea | Photo by Gene Wang/Getty Images I tried to write as much as I could of this ahead of time, but if it descends into madness by the end, I blame basketball Max and Jeremy already covered the big stories yesterday. I guess I’ll just link to other stories below that cover the same ground. First, Max: Alec Marsh makes the rotation, Jordan Lyles to th...2024
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• Royals Rumblings - News for April 26, 2024
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• Royals Rumblings - News for April 23, 2024
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• Royals Rumblings - News for March 26, 2024

Photo by Brian Davidson/Getty Images Two more days! The Royals get some good news on Michael Wacha after he was hit in the finger by a comebacker. “We are really lucky, he is really lucky,” Quatraro said of Wacha, whose X-rays came back negative on Monday morning. “We feel fortunate that it wasn’t anything worse.” “It was a little bit of a bruise probably, but in terms of pain, we anticip...2024
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• Royals Rumblings - News for March 13, 2024

Happy Eras Tour Movie on Disney+ Eve! Two things from the team site today: Tuesday’s roster moves were options to Omaha for outfielder Tyler Gentry and RHP John McMillon. Anne Rogers took advantage of the rare opportunity to dig into Spring Training Statcast date on Cole Ragans’s game: The max 99.5 mph velocity from Cole Ragans was more of the same from the Royals starter looking to build on his ...2024
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• Weekend Rumblings - News for January 27, 2024

Photo by: Edwin Remsberg/VWPics/Universal Images Group via Getty Images One downtown stadium site may have an issue. Anne Rogers writes about the Royals’ depth at shortstop. The only question is how far Witt can go. In his second season in the Majors, the 23-year-old hit 30 home runs and stole 49 bases, becoming the first Royal in franchise history to notch a 30-30 season. He hit 28 doubl...2024
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• Royals Rumblings - News for December 22, 2023

Sorry, Santa. I hope you put coal in Noah Syndergaard’s stocking Only 4 shopping days left until CobraCy’s Christmas post will be late (please tell me he’s writing one) As talked about yesterday in other outlets, The Star’s Pete Grathoff explores the possibility of Royals games being on Amazon Prime in the future: According to the Wall Street Journal’s Lauren Thomas and Joe Flint, Amazon...2023
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• Weekend Rumblings - News for May 4, 2024
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• Royals Rumblings - News for May 3, 2024
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• Royals Rumblings - News for April 23, 2024
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• A few knee-jerk reactions from one game

Photo by Kyle Rivas/MLB Photos via Getty Images Only 161 games left to go. The Royals dropped their season opener on Thursday against the Twins, a 4-1 loss on an otherwise gorgeous (albeit windy) afternoon. The baseball season is a marathon, not a sprint, and we have 161 games left to react to, but with an off-day today, there is only one game to chew on for the next 24 hours, so why not o...2024
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• Royals Rumblings - News for April 30, 2024
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• Royals Rumblings - News for April 19, 2024

I believe this is my first Nick Loftin picture | Photo by Quinn Harris/Getty Images Early season winning makes for a busy off day No game yesterday, but there was a roster move: INF Nick Loftin has been optioned to Omaha (AAA). A corresponding move will be announced tomorrow.— Kansas City Royals (@Royals) April 18, 2024 This clears the way for Michael Massey to return from his reha...2024
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• Royals Rumblings - News for April 16, 2024
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• Weekend Rumblings - News for March 23, 2024

Photo by Aaron Doster/Getty Images The last weekend before regular season baseball. Jaylon Thompson writes about the Royals demoting Nick Pratto despite a hot spring. “Frankly you know, Vinnie (Pasquantino) is going to play first (base) most of the time,” Quatraro said. “Nick had a phenomenal spring. It was just a little bit of a logjam. He can do other things in playing the outfield. But ...2024
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• Royals Rumblings - News for March 22, 2024
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• Royals Rumblings - News for March 21, 2024

Photo by Steph Chambers/Getty Images One week until Opening Day! Several spots on the roster remain up for grabs with a week left of Spring Training: The locks right now include Will Smith, Nick Anderson, John Schreiber, Chris Stratton and James McArthur. It seems likely that Angel Zerpa is going to make the team, giving the Royals a durable multi-inning reliever. One bullpen spot should ...2024
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• Royals Rumblings - News for March 15, 2024

Salvy Splashes are not just for MLB | Photo by Gene Wang/Getty Images Asia Baseball Previews start today! Max was, of course, all over the notable news that last couple of days. On Wednesday, the big story was that Bo Jackson would be inducted into the Royals HOF. Yesterday, it was announced that former GMs Cedric Tallis and John Schuerholz would join him. Just wanting to link to some st...2024
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• Royals Rumblings - News for March 13, 2024
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• Royals Rumblings - News for March 7, 2024

Photo by Jamie Schwaberow/NCAA Photos via Getty Images Do the games count yet? Tyler Duffey, signed to a minor league deal this offseason, was hit hard by a melanoma diagnosis: Both of his parents had cancer, and hearing Duffey’s diagnosis brought a wave of grief along with it. His mom, Shanna, had breast cancer and died after complications from a blood clot in 2012, when Tyler was a juni...2024
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• Royals Rumblings - News for March 1, 2024

I got 5 images when I put in “Probably Sucking”, my new motto for the 2024 Royals. This is my favorite image | Photo by CHOO YOUN-KONG/AFP via Getty Images I hope everyone survived Leap Day If you didn’t see yesterday, a former Royal passed away: Hector Ortiz, who spent the past 18 years as a manager and coach in the Texas Rangers organization, has died after a long cancer battle.https:...2024
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• Is Bobby Witt Jr. becoming a superstar before our eyes?

Photo by Ed Zurga/Getty Images The kid is coming into his own. The expectations have been high for Bobby Witt Jr., perhaps his entire life. The son of a former big leaguer, Witt had a leg up, but he also combined his advantage with hard work to become Gatorade High School Player of the Year and the #2 overall pick in the 2019 draft. Jim Callis at MLB Pipeline called him the “second-best sh...2023
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• Reactions to the Bobby Witt Jr. signing

Photo by Ed Zurga/Getty Images It’s a lot of money! On Monday, the Royals signed Bobby Witt Jr. to an eleven-year, $288.7 million contract that includes three years of club options that could total up to $377 million over 14 years, with player opt outs after years seven, eight, nine, and ten. It is a massive deal, by far the biggest in club history and potentially the third biggest in bas...2024
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• The Royals are shutout on Opening Day, fall 2-0 to Twins
Jay Biggerstaff-USA TODAY Sports We are back, baby In the bottom of the 5th, MJ Melendez stayed in the batter’s box after the count went to 3-0. The score was 0-0, Zack Greinke was cruising on the other side, and Twins starter Pablo Lopez was on the ropes with bases loaded and just one out. With the new pitch clock, he had no time to take a breath. Three pitches later, the inning was over...2023
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• Royals dig around at rock bottom, lose seventh straight in extras
Jun 12, 2023; Kansas City, Missouri, USA; Kansas City Royals starting pitcher Zack Greinke (23) reacts after giving up a home run to Cincinnati Reds left fielder Stuart Fairchild (17) during the third inning at Kauffman Stadium. | Jay Biggerstaff-USA TODAY Sports A loss in extra innings is still a loss in extra innings The thing about rock bottom is that you can bring a pickax and make a n...2023
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• My nine bold 2024 Royals-related predictions

Photo by Denis Poroy/Getty Images Let’s see what I can get wrong! We can put 2023 to rest, and usher in a new year with some renewed hope for our Royals, who have actually spent money on players this off-season. This is the time of year for predictions and you can read prognostications from Jaylon Thompson, Anne Rogers, and David Lesky. Here are my Royals-related predictions for 2024! Salv...2024
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• How does Nick Pratto fit with this team?

Photo by Norm Hall/Getty Images The former first round pick is playing well this spring, but does he have a place on the roster? The Royals aren’t expected to have too many roster battles this spring training, but some performances may be creating unexpected competitions. Nick Pratto has been the talk of camp, turning some heads with his performance. The former first-round pick was disapp...2024
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• Weekend Rumblings - News for December 9, 2023

Stephanie Amador / The Tennessean / USA TODAY NETWORK Are the Royals on the verge of making some moves? David Lesky at Inside the Crown responds to recent trade rumors. I actually do think the trade market is what opens up over the next few weeks. I may be way off here, but it sort of feels like if a free agent doesn’t sign by the winter meetings, they hold off for a bit to re-engage. Now,...2023
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• Royals Rumblings - News for February 15, 2024

Photo by LG Patterson/MLB Photos via Getty Images Did you go to the parade yesterday? Craig Brown at Into the Fountains recaps the stadium site announcement: There are several buzzy words in just that portion of his statement that I want to point out. “A neighborhood ballpark” is one of them. Small business owners currently located on the site may disagree, but the Crossroads is doing jus...2024
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• Could the Royals be a landing spot for a free agent on a short deal?

Photo by Matt Dirksen/Getty Images What better way to get potential voters on your side? Spring training is just a few weeks ago, but many top free agents remain unsigned. The contracts signed after the start of January are typically far less than the amount observers expect, as players settle for less money in the hopes of getting into camp in time. This could provide terrific value for t...2024
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• Weekend Rumblings - News for January 20, 2024

Photo by David Berding/Getty Images Are the Royals plotting one more big move? The Royals and Chiefs respond to Jackson County Executive Frank White’s veto of the sales tax extension for the stadiums. In a letter sent late Friday to attorneys for the county legislature, obtained by The Star, the teams insist the “unresolved” issues on their projects are actually resolved. Or close to it. ...2024
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• Royals Rumblings - News for January 12, 2024

The caption says “George Brett - Kansas City Royals”. Is that a young-ish Brett pulling Santa’s beard like he was the little girl in Miracle on 34th Street? Anyone have a guess as to when it’s going to be above freezing again? Max already had the story yesterday about none of the Royals going to arbitration. Jaylon Thompson covered the news for the The Star: Singer will reportedly make $4....2024
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• Royals Rumblings - News for January 10, 2024

Sing to us the song of your people | Minda Haas Kuhlmann How about another snow day? In the latest Royals Beat newsletter, Anne Rogers looks ahead to what Bobby Witt, Jr. may have up his sleeve for 2024: So what type of numbers can we expect from Witt in 2024? “I feel like if you set a goal, then there’s no way you can keep going,” Witt said last season. “So whatever happens, happens. Jus...2024
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