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• Royals bullpen shines in 1-0 extra inning win over Braves

Photo by Ed Zurga/Getty Images The Royals do not put a single runner into scoring position - and win! Who needs starting pitchers when you have a bullpen game like this? Faced with injuries, the Royals had to go with a “bullpen game” full of relievers today. They were more than up to the task with ten shutout innings, setting up a walk-off RBI single in the tenth by Salvador Perez to give ...2025
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• Braves at Royals GameThread: 7/30/2025

Photo by Ed Zurga/Getty Images Joey Wentz vs. Angel Zerpa/Thomas Hatch/Royals bullpen The Braves have out-xwOBAed their opponents in four of their last five games, but have won just two of them. Baseball, man....2025
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• Royals vs. Braves Wednesday game thread

Photo by Ed Zurga/Getty Images Take the series! The Royasl have a chance to take the series from the Braves this week heading into the trade deadline. It’s a bullpen day! Angel Zerpa will start, but expect him to go just one inning with Thomas Hatch likely the bulk innings guy. Jonathan India is available, but is nursing a sore shoulder. Last one of the homestand. pic.twitter.com/Bh9d9AM...2025
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• The evolution of Angel Zerpa

Photo by Megan Briggs/Getty Images A young Royals project who has not been afraid to make the necessary changes While I was putting together my piece about the best individual pitches on the Royals, I was astonished to see the changes Angel Zerpa has made to his pitch arsenal. These adjustments have proven effective, and despite some early struggles, he is now having the best season of his...2025
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• No more pieces to pick up, but the show goes on as Braves face Royals again

Photo by Ron Jenkins/Getty Images Joey Wentz gets another turn in the “rotation” The baseball schedule is unyielding. When you are blessed (as we have been, for so long) with a good season, that’s a positive thing. In 2025, it’s kind of a nightmare. The Braves are out of pieces to pick up at this point, especially on the heels (pun sorta-intended) of Ronald Acuña Jr.’s latest injury, but t...2025
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• Vinnie Pasquantino sets offensive tone in 9-6 win over the Braves

Photo by Ed Zurga/Getty Images The Pasquatach falls a triple shy of the cycle. The Royals had an offensive explosion, paced by a three-hit night for Vinnie Pasquantino in a 9-6 win over the Braves to even the series Tuesday night. Erick Fedde, making his Braves debut, showed why the Cardinals made him so expendable. Vinnie Pasquantino got the scoring going for the Royals in the first innin...2025
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• No more pieces to pick up, but the show goes on as Braves face Royals again
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• Royals bullpen blows another game; they lose to Marlins 3-1

Jim Rassol-Imagn Images The Royals are not making a good case that they should be considered fringe playoff contenders At the beginning of the season, the Royals unveiled what they hoped would be the new HDH, HEE. And things looked good at first for Hunter Harvey, Lucas Erceg, and Carlos Estévez. Unfortunately, it didn’t take long for Harvey to go down with a lower back injury; to this da...2025
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• Gamethread XCVI - Mets at Royals

Jerome Miron-Imagn Images Michael Lorenzen is too sick to pitch, and the Royals need a win Last night’s disappointing defeat is in the rearview mirror. It’s a new day, and with Michael Lorenzen coming off his best start of the season, the Royals should have an excellent shot at bouncing back. Wait, what’s that? Lorenzen is sick? Angel Zerpa will make his first start since 2023? Oh, lovely....2025
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• Royals get stepped on literally and metaphorically in 8-3 loss to Mets

The Royals got stepped on literally and metaphorically. | Denny Medley-Imagn Images The Mets’ seven runs in the 8th and 9th killed the vibe. Welp, the bullpen blew it. Michael Wacha ran into some trouble in the third inning - he had to face Juan Soto with the bases loaded and one out - but he managed to get out of the jam giving up only one run on a bases-loaded walk. It was good enough - ...2025
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• Weekend Rumblings - News for July 5, 2025

Photo by Norm Hall/Getty Images Hope you’re having a great Fourth of July weekend. Jaylon Thompson writes that the Royals brought back Luke Maile because Salvador Perez suffered some calf tightness. “He feels good and I think it was a little bit of a scare to him last night,” Royals manager Matt Quatraro told reporters in Phoenix. “His cleat got caught on that one swing and he felt his ca...2025
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• Padres walk off Royals 3-2 after getting to KC bullpen

Photo by Orlando Ramirez/Getty Images A lack of execution from the bullpen opened the door for a frustrating series loss Seth Lugo was dealing after giving up a leadoff single to Fernando Tatis Jr. in the 1st. He would retire the next 18 batters with ease. The Royals, held down by Randy Vasquez for the Padres, would miss out with an opportunity in the top of the second with the bases loade...2025
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• The Italian Stallions provide all the horsepower the Royals need to sweep the Rangers, 4-1

Jac Caglianone #14 of the Kansas City Royals celebrates in the dugout after a solo home run | Photo by Richard Rodriguez/Getty Images Jac bashed his first major league home run. And then he hit another in case you weren’t paying attention Today, the Royals took on the Rangers in Texas, hoping to come away with a sweep to get back on track after their worst week of the season. The Royals ar...2025
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• Royals Rumblings - News for June 17, 2025

Denny Medley-Imagn Images Vote for Bobby Witt Jr. for the All-Star Game! Matt Quatraro talks about why he pulled Noah Cameron on Sunday after five innings. “He was at 83 pitches and he is on regular rest,” Royals manager Matt Quatraro said. “He’s had a pretty good workload and they were right in the middle of their order, with three or four righties in a row. And we had a really rested bul...2025
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• Royals Rumblings - News for March 14, 2025

Did you think you’d see Daniel Mengden today? | Photo by Quinn Harris/Getty Images Asia baseball previews begin today with the CPBL At Royals.com, Anne Rogers writes about how Hunter Renfroe is, say it with me everyone, in the best shape of his life! Renfroe came into camp this year leaner, thanks to offseason training that included going to a physical therapist and focusing on his diet a...2025
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• Royals win ALDS game 2 with one big inning and excellent pitching

Kansas City Royals catcher Salvador Perez (13) reacts after a solo home run against the New York Yankees in the fourth inning during game two of the ALDS for the 2024 MLB Playoffs at Yankee Stadium. | Brad Penner-Imagn Images And a Salvador Perez home run! This series was supposed to be a quick and easy one for the New York Yankees. It has not been. New York barely managed to escape the fi...2024
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• Ragans rejects runs, relievers repel rallies, Royals romp 4-0
Photo by Ed Zurga/Getty Images Outstanding pitching offset many missed opportunities offensively Cole Ragans shoved and Kansas City rode early offense to a 4-0 win over the New York Mets this evening at Kauffman Stadium. Ragans got off to an inauspicious start, putting the first two batters of the game on base. However, he managed to bear down and retire the next three to snuff the threat....2023
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"Angel Zerpa entered to pitch."

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"1 scoreless innings followed by scoreless innings from Nick Anderson and Angel Zerpa before Salvador Perez made things interesting."

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"com/LBJC2uxcIC— Kansas City Royals (@Royals) August 3, 2023 Ragans gave way to Angel Zerpa to begin the seventh."

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"Also coming to the Majors are catcher Sebastian Rivero, infielder Maikel Garcia and lefty Angel Zerpa, who’ve been recalled from Double-A Arkansas."

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"The Royals announced the promotion of southpaw Angel Zerpa to start this evening’s game against the Indians."

• Royals vs. Braves Wednesday game thread
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• Vinnie Pasquantino sets offensive tone in 9-6 win over the Braves
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• Which Royals pitcher has the best individual offering?

Photo by Michael Reaves/Getty Images With one of the best pitching staffs in baseball, who has the best individual offering Over the last few years, the Royals' new management has proven that they have one of the best pitching development staffs in baseball. Brian Sweeney, Paul Gibson, and other pitching coaches have had immense success adding new pitches to a player’s arsenal while also i...2025
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• Royals bullpen blows another game; they lose to Marlins 3-1
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• Mariners magnify my melancholy, mock my misfortunes, mute Monarchs 3-2

John Froschauer-Imagn Images Zero extra-base hits and 2-9 with RISP won’t give you many runs. The Kansas City Royals put together some good rallies tonight but, much to my chagrin, couldn’t sustain any of them or come up with a big hit as they fell 3-2 to the Seattle Mariners tonight at T-Mobile Park. The Royals jumped on Logan Gilbert early. After a hard 6-3 by Jonathan India, Bobby Witt ...2025
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• Revisiting preseason Royals trade ideas as the trade season approaches

Cedric Mullins #31 of the Baltimore Orioles runs the bases after hitting a home run | Photo by Julio Aguilar/Getty Images Maybe one of these deals makes more sense now I know it seems obvious in hindsight, but the Royals badly needed some extra offense coming in to this season. Oh, wait. We knew that even before the season started? And I wrote a whole piece suggesting potential trades? Wel...2025
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• Padres walk-off Royals, win series

Jose Iglesias with Tyler Wade and Jackson Merrill | Photo by Orlando Ramirez/Getty Images Jose Iglesias drives in three runs, assists on relay to keep game tied in ninth Jose Iglesias did not get into the final game of the series between the San Diego Padres and Kansas City Royals until the bottom of the seventh inning, but the Padres would not have won the game without him. Iglesias hit a...2025
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• Royals Rumblings - News for June 17, 2025
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• The evolution of Angel Zerpa
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• Revisiting preseason Royals trade ideas as the trade season approaches
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• Padres walk-off Royals, win series
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• The Italian Stallions provide all the horsepower the Royals need to sweep the Rangers, 4-1
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• Royals lose brutal 1-0 game against the Yankees

Photo by Jay Biggerstaff/Getty Images Gut punch... Today, the Royals took a heartbreaking loss in a battle with the New York Yankees that came down to the wire but ended up resulting in a brutal 1-0 loss. The Royals had opportunities to score and cost runners on base, and allowed a run on a brutal series of events in the eighth inning. Kansas City heads into a home series with the Athletic...2025
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• Royals take crushing 5-4 loss in Minnesota

Photo by Stephen Maturen/Getty Images Walked off again... The Royals took a loss on yet another walk off hit in Minneapolis this time at the hands of Brooks Lee. Today was the first of two day games this weekend against the Twins in Minnesota and was the second game of the three game series. The Royals started the game up 4-0 but blew the lead in the 5th/6th innings and lost 5-4 in devasta...2025
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• What if this is just who the Royals are?

Freddy Fermin #34 of the Kansas City Royals is doused with water by Jonathan India #6 and Bobby Witt Jr. #7 | Photo by Jamie Squire/Getty Images The offense might never improve, but that doesn’t have to mean trouble. Much ink, digital and otherwise, has been spilled on the topic of the Royals... shall we say inconsistent offense. Methods of improvement that have been suggested include, but...2025
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• Royals mash their way to history in slugfest 11-6 win over Baltimore

Gregory Fisher-Imagn Images A great road trip ended with an offensive explosion The Kansas City Royals wrapped up their east coast road trip in a huge way, as they slugged their way to an 11-6 victory in Baltimore. The Royals took 2 of 3 in Baltimore, 4 of 6 on the season, and have won 11 of their last 13 games now to put them at 19-16 on the season. It was also a 5-1 road trip for the boy...2025
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• 2025 Royals season preview: They didn’t come this far just to come this far

Photo by Scott Winters/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images The Royals had a surprise run, but the taste of the post-season left them wanting more. A year ago, even the most optimistic Royals fans would have had a hard time envisioning the season playing out the way it did. The team was coming off its seventh consecutive losing season - three of which were 100-loss seasons, including a 2023 se...2025
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• Padres walk off Royals 3-2 after getting to KC bullpen
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• Royals Rumblings - News for June 13, 2025

Mentioned in the first story | Photo by Scott Winters/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images That series was disheartening At The Star, Jaylon Thompson writes about the Royals bullpen and their Hello Kitty backpack: “It’s just fun and games, at the end of the day,” KC reliever Jonathan Bowlan said. “It’s usually to the youngest guy in the bullpen. I wore it last year and the year before a littl...2025
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• Caglianone’s 4 hit day, clutch hitting lifts Royals to 7-5 victory over White Sox

Jeff Curry-Imagn Images A much-needed win to wrap up the road trip The Royals were in desperate need of a win to avoid being swept by the White Sox, and after Michael Lorenzen gave up a 2-run homer in the first inning, things weren’t looking great. But a Vinnie Pasquantino single and a two-run blast from Salvador Perez in the fourth tied the game at 2. The Captain ties it up! pic.twi...2025
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• Three winners and three losers as the Royals fall to the Red Sox, 10-1

Bobby Witt Jr. #7 of the Kansas City Royals fumbles the baseball | Photo by Kyle Rivas/Getty Images You’d probably expect more losers in a game like this, but even though it’s hard for one player to win a game, just one or two can lose one. File this one under, “The other guys get paid, too.” Omar Narváez and Rafael Devers were the big heroes in this one for the Red Sox. Devers, obviously,...2025
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• Six solutions to the Royals’ most annoying problem

Chris Stratton lurks in the shadows | Photo by Jamie Squire/Getty Images No, I don’t have a solution for the parking pass prices. Now that MJ Melendez has been safely demoted to terrorize Storm Chasers fans, Royals fans have turned their icy gaze upon another underperforming Royal. Chris Stratton has appeared in nine games, and though the Royals have won two of those and he still sports a ...2025
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• Royals Rumblings - News for April 9, 2025

William Purnell-Imagn Images The Kansas City Royals are cooking in Kauffman. MLB.com’s Anne Rogers catches up with Kansas City Royals starter Michael Lorenzen after crossing the coveted ten-year mark in MLB service time and picking up the win on Monday. Lorenzen allowed just one run on five hits, struck out three and didn’t walk a batter in his second start of the season, all en route to h...2025
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• Royals baserunning miscues overshadow storylines of Opening Day

Photo by Jamie Squire/Getty Images Baseball is back, including TOOTBLANS. The Royals took on the Guardians on Opening Day and lost 7-4 in extra innings. Here are some of the highlights and storylines from the game. Roster Roles Take Shape Offense The starting lineup from yesterday was mostly as expected. Vinnie Pasquantino hit DH due to his tender hamstring (didn’t seem to affect him much ...2025
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• Royals Rumblings - News for March 14, 2025
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• Royals Rumblings - News for February 21, 2025

PHOTO DAY PICTURES ARE HERE!!!!! I’ll leave the best ones for whoever is doing our Photo Day story, but I figured the “Vinnie with a Pasquatch necklace” is good for today. | Photo by Jamie Squire/Getty Images SPRING TRAINING GAMES START TODAY! THIS IS NOT A DRILL! Royals have their first Spring Training game today! The squad faces off against the Rangers at 2:05 PM Royals time. No TV t...2025
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• Royals Rumblings - News for January 31, 2025

Superb Owls indeed! | Photo by YASSER AL-ZAYYAT/AFP via Getty Images Superb Owls, one week early Like baseball and have musical talent? We are now accepting auditions for National Anthem and God Bless America performances for the 2025 season!— Kansas City Royals (@royals.com) 2025-01-30T18:00:51.567Z Raising Royals, the Royals player development account, put out two videos with highli...2025
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• Ragans rejects runs, relievers repel rallies, Royals romp 4-0
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• Waters, Massey and the Royals thump the Red Sox 9-3

Eric Canha-USA TODAY Sports Didn’t get Carapazza’d tonight! After having Monday night’s game decided by umpire Vic Carapazza, the Royals responded with a resounding 9-3 win on Tuesday night. The victory snapped a three-game skid. To halt their losing streak, Kansas City sent the red-hot Brady Singer to the bump. Going back to the beginning of the second half, the 27-year-old seemingly re...2023
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• Royals send off Wainwright in a farewell full of fireworks, win 12-8

Jay Biggerstaff-USA TODAY Sports Wainwright’s last start in Kansas City was a good one...for the Royals Adam Wainwright started his 404th game as a big league pitcher tonight, and likely his last in Kauffman Stadium. The Royals gave him the shortest start of his career. He went 1+ innings, but never recorded an out in the second leaving after giving up 8 runs, all earned. The Royals lineup...2023
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• Royals balk-off AGAIN and win 7-6

Denny Medley-USA TODAY Sports How did that happen twice? After bludgeoning Chicago on Labor Day, the Royals used their bats and luck again for a comeback win 7-6 on Tuesday. The victory marks No. 44 on the year. It was another rough start for Brady Singer on the bump. Following his six-pitch first inning, Singer was tagged for five runs — including two home runs — to give the White Sox a ...2023
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• Royals refuse to surrender, still lose 9-7

Salvador Perez #13 of the Kansas City Royals reacts after hitting a home run during the sixth inning against the Baltimore Orioles at Kauffman Stadium on April 20, 2024 in Kansas City, Missouri. | Photo by Kyle Rivas/Getty Images Anyone who turned the game off after the second inning missed a heck of a contest. Well, when I wrote in the game thread that we should all expect a good game ton...2024
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• Spencer shelled, Seth stymies ‘Stros, series secured 11-2

William Purnell-USA TODAY Sports A complete victory to win the series. The Kansas City Royals took a big lead early on over the Houston Astros tonight and did not let up as they secured a series victory with an 11-2 win. I was unable to watch most of this game as I was recording a podcast on my primary computer and my backup computer was being absurdly slow, but I tried my best to follow a...2024
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• Alec Marsh makes the rotation, Jordan Lyles to the pen

Photo by Christian Petersen/Getty Images The Royals round out their starting rotation. The Royals will have 25-year-old right-hander Alec Marsh in their starting rotation, according to manager Matt Quatraro, with veteran Jordan Lyles to pitch out of the bullpen. Marsh pitched in 17 games with 8 starts last year with the Royals, posting a 5.69 ERA and 85 strikeouts in 74 1⁄3 innings. A for...2024
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• Royals win slugfest 11-7

Bobby Witt Jr. #7 of the Kansas City Royals is doused with water by MJ Melendez #1 of the Kansas City Royals after a 13-3 win over the Houston Astros at Kauffman Stadium on April 11, 2024 in Kansas City, Missouri. | Photo by Ed Zurga/Getty Images Bobby Witt Jr. won’t stop scoring runs Despite the lopsided score, this game had a lot of ups and downs in it. Things started off well for Kansas...2024
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• No more pieces to pick up, but the show goes on as Braves face Royals again
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• Royals take series with 4-1 win over Guardians

Denny Medley-Imagn Images A series win and a good start to the homestand The Kansas City Royals used good pitching, situational hitting and a good eye at the plate to take the series from the Cleveland Guardians with a 4-1 win. They are now a half game back of the Guardians and 4-5 versus them this season. The Royals are 52-54 on the season, heading into a monumental series against the s...2025
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• Royals bullpen blows another game; they lose to Marlins 3-1
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• Gamethread XCVI - Mets at Royals
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• Revisiting preseason Royals trade ideas as the trade season approaches
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• What a difference competent leadership makes

Photo by Chris Bernacchi/Diamond Images via Getty Images Kansas City Royals pitching has gone from an expectation of bottom feeding to the top half of the MLB very quickly. Fangraphs finished their positional power rankings for 2025 last week and the one thing that really stood out to me was the opinion on the Royals pitching as a whole. Royals pitching has been bad to terrible for a very ...2025
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• Royals Opening Day roster prediction one week into Spring Training

John Rave #96 of the Kansas City Royals cannot catch a ball hit by Josh Smith #47 of the Texas Rangers in the seventh inning at Globe Life Field on March 27, 2023 | Photo by Tim Heitman/Getty Images No trade = blander projection Can you believe the Royals have already played more than a week of Spring Training? Regular season baseball will be on us in less than a month, and while many rost...2025
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• A look at this year’s starting pitching free agent class

Photo by Ezra Shaw/Getty Images Who wants some arms? The Royals will seek to improve on this year’s last place disaster, and the area they will most look to address is the pitching. The Royals got a 5.12 ERA from their starting pitchers, fourth-worst in baseball with the third-worst strikeout rate. General Manager J.J. Picollo has stated that he expects next year’s rotation to feature Cole...2023
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