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• Hok’s 2024 Royals HOF ballot

Kansas City Royals center fielder Jarrod Dyson (1) steals third base against Oakland Athletics third baseman Josh Donaldson (20) during the eighth inning of the 2014 American League Wild Card playoff baseball game at Kauffman Stadium. | Denny Medley-Imagn Images The Royals Hall of Fame is about to get MUCH bigger. The Royals have an absolutely STACKED Hall of Fame ballot, this year. Were t...2024
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• The Twelve Days of Royalsmas

JON RATHBUN / Herkimer Times Telegram / USA TODAY NETWORK Spoiler: there will be no gifting of birds. It’s the holiday season. It’s also a rather busy point in the baseball offseason. The Winter Meetings took place earlier this week. The Mets just signed a player to what will end up being the worst contract in the history of professional sports. The Red Sox picked up Garrett Crochet. The D...2024
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• Baseball is a game of numbers that’s about more than numbers

Peter G. Aiken-Imagn Images The beauty lies beyond the figures. After turning away from baseball for a while, earlier this week I returned to thinking about the game I love as there are a lot of things happening right now: Draft Lottery took place—Congratulations, Washington! St. Louis had a nice jump to No. 5. Free agency—With Juan Soto, Blake Snell, and Max Fried, among others, dominos ...2024
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• Championship Royals headline candidates on Royals Hall of Fame ballot

Photo by John Sleezer/Kansas City Star/Tribune News Service via Getty Images Will all these guys get in? There are nine candidates for the Royals Hall of Fame in 2025, most of which have ties to the 2014-15 pennant-winning clubs. Carlos Beltrán, Billy Butler, Johnny Damon, Wade Davis, Jarrod Dyson, Alex Gordon, Kelvin Herrera, Joakim Soria, and Yordano Ventura are all up for enshrinement. ...2024
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• What makes a successful MLB leadoff hitter in 2024 (and why the Royals care)

Vincent Carchietta-Imagn Images Get. On. Base. One of the oldest adages in baseball is that it’s a game of failure at the plate. Take shortstop Bobby Witt Jr., who won the batting crown this year with a .332 average. Even that means he “failed” more often than not. Yet no one would call Witt’s 2024 campaign a failure—in fact, he just succeeded more than most of his peers. Witt is just one ...2024
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• 3 sports debates you can deploy at Thanksgiving dinner if things get uncomfortable

Freddy Fermin #34 of the Kansas City Royals takes batting practice prior to the game against the New York Yankees during Game Four of the Division Series at Kauffman Stadium on October 10, 2024 in Kansas City, Missouri. | Photo by Jamie Squire/Getty Images Some lighthearted sports arguments! Thanksgiving is a holiday where we celebrate the basics in life: our family, our friends, our food,...2024
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• We have to get Witt back to the playoffs

Bobby Witt Jr. #7 of the Kansas City Royals walks through the dugout after a loss to the New York Yankees during Game Four of the Division Series at Kauffman Stadium on October 10, 2024 in Kansas City, Missouri. | Photo by Jamie Squire/Getty Images A great player deserves a stage A young superstar, not yet 25 years old, stands watching the opposing team celebrate an American League Divisio...2024
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• Royals RBI men

For just the sixth time in franchise history, two Royals have surpassed 100 RBIs in the same season. | Charles LeClaire-Imagn Images Hey, Dirty, baby I got your RBIs, don’t you worry Back in 1999, Jermaine Dye, Carlos Beltran, and Mike Sweeney accomplished something that no other trio of Kansas City Royal teammates had done in the franchise’s history: they each collected at least 100 runs ...2024
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• The postseason shirts of 2014 and 2015

Bobby Witt is “October Ready” in 2024! | Photo by Todd Kirkland/Getty Images These might all be in my closet (Ed note: I’ve been wanting to do this story for a while and just got around to it in August. It was suppose to be used as a future Friday Rumblings topic. However, as the Royals drew closer to the playoffs and I hadn’t run it yet, I asked around if it would make a good stand alon...2024
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• Vinnie Pasquantino has broken thumb, will miss 6-8 weeks

Thomas Shea-USA TODAY Sports The Royals will lose their RBI machine down the stretch. The Royals announced today that first baseman Vinnie Pasquantino has a broken thumb and will miss 6-8 weeks. He sustained the injury when a throw from Lucas Erceg led him into a collision with baserunner Yainer Diaz in last night’s game against the Astros. Pasquantino immediately fell to the ground in pai...2024
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• Past All-Star games with four or more Royals

Royalty comes to the All-Star Game. This year, the Royals will have four representatives at the 2024 All-Star Game to be played at Globe Life Field in Arlington, Texas. Salvador Perez earns All-Star honors for the ninth time while Bobby Witt Jr., Seth Lugo, and Cole Ragans are part of the 32 players going to the All-Star Game for the first time. It is just the seventh time in Royals history the te...2024
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• Royals Rumblings - News for June 20, 2024

That was a fun moment between Butler and Gordon | Photo by Jamie Squire/Getty Images Thursdays are the new Friday! Ed note: Yes, I know, it’s not Friday. But when we get down to OT, this will make sense. Greg was gracious enough to switch when I realized the game today fit with the topic. For those of you who skip Friday Rumblings... shame on you. Or not. But this is the wild and bori...2024
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• The All-Star game is coming. Are you ready to vote?

Maikel Garcia #11 and Bobby Witt Jr. #7 of the Kansas City Royals are splashed by MJ Melendez #1 after the Royals defeated the Detroit Tigers 10-3 to win the game at Kauffman Stadium on May 21, 2024 in Kansas City, Missouri. | Photo by Jamie Squire/Getty Images How many Royals will be headed to Arlington instead of on a vacation? Believe it or not, the All-Star Game is coming up fast. Voti...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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• A deeper dive into Bobby Witt Jr.’s shiny new contract

Bobby Witt Jr. #7 of the Kansas City Royals runs the bases as he heads home for an inside-the-park home run in the fifth inning against the Seattle Mariners at Kauffman Stadium on August 14, 2023 in Kansas City, Missouri. | Photo by Ed Zurga/Getty Images As the best young Royals player since Hall of Fame talent Carlos Beltran roamed Kauffman Stadium’s outfield a quarter century ago, Bobby ...2024
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• A Royals geographical lesson

Photo by © Wally McNamee/CORBIS/Corbis via Getty Images Who produces the best regional talent While snowed in recently, I got to thinking about states that seem to produce more professional athletes. Pennsylvania comes to mind immediately. Looking at the top football players who came out of Pennsylvania is like looking at a Hall of Fame roster. Same with baseball, as some of the biggest na...2024
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• Royals Rumblings - News for November 3, 2023

I searched on “Kansas City Royals” and “Disney”. Why did I get Terry Pendleton? Pitchers and Catchers report in just over 3 months Max already covered that Salvy and Witt are Silver Slugger finalists. At the Star, Pete Grathoff compares them to the competition: Silver Slugger award winners will be revealed on the MLB Network on Thursday, Nov. 9 at 5 p.m. Max also covered all you need to kn...2023
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• Royals Rumblings - News for October 13, 2023

Halloween, 8 years ago | Jeff Curry-USA TODAY Sports Hey, it’s Friday the 13th in October A headline that just hit The Star (Mike Hendricks) in the late afternoon: “Mayor asks and Royals agree to pay Kansas City’s legal fees in downtown ballpark talks” In another sign that negotiations over a possible downtown ballpark are getting serious, Kansas City Mayor Quinton Lucas said Thursday tha...2023
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• Nothing new under the sun
Photo by Presley Ann/Getty Images The Yellowstone baseball edition. The other day I was standing in my bathroom, wondering who the old man was looking at me in the mirror, when I came to the realization that the Yellowstone series is nothing more than Sons of Anarchy on horses. For some reason I get most of my ideas in the shower. My lovely wife, who is a big baseball fan, has me on a Yell...2023
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• Scott Miller's Starting 9 (+6): Who Has the Edge in Royals-Mets World Series?
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"In 2014, the Royals lost starting first baseman Eric Hosmer for the entire month of August, and the 2015 Royals lost left fielder Alex Gordon and pitcher Danny Duffy for a month, starting pitcher Jason Vargas for most of the year, and closer Greg Holland for the entire season."

2023
"Cain was reportedly open to a six-year deal with the Royals that would have run through 2021, but the Royals did not want both Cain and Alex Gordon tied up to long-term deals."

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"C Yadier Molina wins his ninth and LF Alex Gordon and 3B Nolan Arenado both win their sixth."

2020
"The Royals are “getting close” to a one-year agreement with outfielder Alex Gordon, according to Jeffrey Flanagan of MLB."

2019
"Gentry remains one of the few active players — along with perhaps Jarrod Dyson of the Diamondbacks and Alex Gordon of the Royals — to sustain elite outfield defense well into his mid-30s."

2018
"In this case, Alex Gordon and Ian Kennedy stand out as underperforming contracts."

2017
"Royals left fielder Alex Gordon and his wife, Jamie, welcomed their third child to the world Monday, a girl named Joey Lynn."

2016
"According to sources, the Royals and Alex Gordon have agreed to a multiyear deal, pending a physical."

2015
"On Thursday, Major League Baseball announced that the Yankees outfielder has made the American League's roster as a replacement for Royals outfielder Alex Gordon, who is expected to miss eight weeks after straining his left groin on Wednesday night."

2014
"We'll never know what would have happened if Kansas City third-base coach Mike Jirschele had sent Alex Gordon home with two outs in the ninth inning of Wednesday night's World Series Game 7."

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• TWitM: Award Season is upon us

Photo by Zac BonDurant/MLB Photos via Getty Images Winners will be honored at Futures Night on September 20. This Week in the Minors is our weekly look at notable performances from all over the system, from big-name prospects and less-heralded guys alike. The mission is to answer this simple question: “Who had a good week?” The 2024 minor league regular season has officially closed at all ...2024
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• Vinnie Pasquantino has broken thumb, will miss 6-8 weeks
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• Why none of us should worry about Royals home game attendance

Fans of the Kansas City Royals react during the game between the St. Louis Cardinals and the Kansas City Royals at Kauffman Stadium on Saturday, August 10, 2024 in Kansas City, Missouri. | Photo by Kyle Rivas/MLB Photos via Getty Images We’re fine On August 26, 2014, the Kansas City Royals roared back in the bottom of the ninth to walk off the Minnesota Twins. It was an extraordinarily qui...2024
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• The Royals should be aggressive buyers at the trade deadline

Photo by Ed Zurga/Getty Images You play to win the game. The Royals find themselves in the hunt for a playoff spot, but with a flawed team that Fangraphs estimates has a 44 percent chance of making the playoffs and just a 1.7 percent chance of winning a title. They could use another bat that can get on base, and a reliever or two. But trading for players to help them this season could dama...2024
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• Vinnie Pasquantino has broken thumb, will miss 6-8 weeks
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• Is Blake Mitchell becoming the next great Royals prospect?

Photo by Zac BonDurant/MLB Photos via Getty Images Alex Gordon, Wil Myers, Bobby Witt Jr., and Blake Mitchell? What a ride already for Kansas City Royals first-round pick, Blake Mitchell. The two-time Texas Gatorade Player of the Year was met with scrutiny and disdain — not praise and hype — after being selected by the team eighth overall in the 2023 draft. At the time, Mitchell was commit...2024
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• The Royals are getting back to being an elite defensive team

Photo by Ed Zurga/Getty Images Love their glove. When the Royals rose to prominence a decade ago (has it been that long already? Sheesh!), they weren’t known for hitting home runs or having elite starting pitching. Instead, they prided themselves on having a high-contact lineup, a shutdown bullpen, and an elite defense. The 2014-15 Royals had 95.6 Defensive Runs Above Average, 40 better t...2024
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• The greatest baseball game of all time was played 10 years ago

The Kansas City Royals celebrate their 9 to 8 win over the Oakland Athletics in the 12th inning of their American League Wild Card game at Kauffman Stadium on September 30, 2014 in Kansas City, Missouri. | Photo by Dilip Vishwanat/Getty Images Long live the Wild Card Game My favorite memory of the 2014 Wild Card Game between the Kansas City Royals and the Oakland Athletics is not, in fact,...2024
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• The postseason shirts of 2014 and 2015
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• You can now vote your Royals into the All-Star Game!

Photo by Daniel Shirey/MLB Photos via Getty Images Royals fans, you know what to do. The last time the Royals were competitive, fans stuffed the ballot box, eventually sending four of the boys in blue as starters - catcher Salvador Perez, shortstop Alcides Escobar, and outfielders Lorenzo Cain and Alex Gordon. The Royals have a chance to send multiple players to the Midsummer Classic, to...2024
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• The NBC World Series

Top flight baseball in Wichita. From July 25 to August 3, the National Baseball Congress will hold and celebrate the 90th anniversary of the NBC World Series. The World Series used to be held at the old Lawrence-Dumont Stadium in Wichita, Kansas, and will feature the very best amateur teams from locales across this great country of ours. The NBC World Series is now played at Eck Stadium on the cam...2024
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• Gardner subs for Gordon on AL All-Star roster
Brett Gardner's push to reach Tuesday's All-Star Game presented by T-Mobile has paid off. On Thursday, Major League Baseball announced that the Yankees outfielder has made the American League's roster as a replacement for Royals outfielder Alex Gordon, who is expected to miss eight weeks after straining his left groin on Wednesday night....2015
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• Gardner subs for Gordon on AL All-Star roster
Brett Gardner's push to reach Tuesday's All-Star Game presented by T-Mobile has paid off. On Thursday, Major League Baseball announced that the Yankees outfielder has made the American League's roster as a replacement for Royals outfielder Alex Gordon, who is expected to miss eight weeks after straining his left groin on Wednesday night....2015
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• Sources: Gordon returns to Royals
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• Three Royals homer to take opener vs. Cubs
Lorenzo Cain hit a tie-breaking RBI double in the eighth, and Alcides Escobar, Alex Gordon and Salvador Perez each smacked solo homers to power the Royals to a 8-4 victory Friday over the Cubs, who were playing their first Interleague series....2015
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• Royals ride four-run sixth for DH sweep of Rays
Royals shortstop Alcides Escobar drilled a bases-clearing double in the sixth inning that broke the game open, and Alex Gordon had four hits and four RBIs as the Royals completed a doubleheader sweep with a 7-1 victory over the Rays on Tuesday night....2015
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• Royals raise division lead by sweeping Twins
Alex Gordon clubbed a three-run homer and Edinson Volquez fired seven strong innings as the Royals rolled to a 7-2 win over the Twins on Wednesday night to complete a three-game sweep at Target Field....2015
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• Sharp Volquez, 2 Royals homers sink A's
Right-hander Edinson Volquez tossed seven strong innings, and Kendrys Morales and Alex Gordon each homered, as the Royals held off the Oakland A's 5-2 on Friday night....2015
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• Gordon, Hosmer back Ventura in win over O's
The Royals got home runs from Alex Gordon and Eric Hosmer to back the strong pitching of Yordano Ventura in the series finale against the Orioles....2016
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• Royals Review Roundtable: The 2023 season begins
Photo by Ron Schwane/Getty Images What do our writers think of the upcoming season? The Royals made some big changes in the front office and the dugout, with general manager J.J. Picollo now in charge, and Matt Quatraro coming over from the Rays to lead the field staff. But aside from that and some other coaching changes, it was a quiet off-season for the Royals. They have staked their fut...2023
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• Onus Now Heavy on Yordano Ventura, Royals' Bats to Bring Home Pivotal Game 2
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• Can Royals Become 1st Undefeated Champion in Modern MLB Postseason History?
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• Royals trade partner history: The White Sox

Photo by Duane Burleson/Getty Images Here we are now going to the south side. This is a series that looks back at their trade history with each team in baseball. So far, we have looked back at trades with the Braves, Cubs, Diamondbacks, and Orioles. Today we look at the history of deals with the Chicago White Sox. Total number of Royals/White Sox trades: 19 Dayton Moore dealt with the Whi...2024
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• Cedric Tallis belongs in the Royals Hall of Fame

Time to right a wrong Last year I made a vow to write an annual story about why the Royals’ first General Manager, Cedric Tallis, should be in the Royals Hall of Fame. Like it or not, it’s that time of year. Many of us have speculated as to why Tallis has been snubbed. His credentials are far too impressive for just a plain oversight, so there must be another underlying reason. The most common the...2024
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• Ranking 2023’s large free agent contracts

Jay Biggerstaff-USA TODAY Sports There was a lot of money spent last off-season in the MLB, how is that working out so far? Last year’s free agency period saw almost $4 billion dollars in guaranteed contracts for baseball players. This included eight contracts of more than $150 million. I just wanted to review those big contracts and see how they looked after year one. I thought we had all...2023
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