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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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• 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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• Royals Win Game Two of Their Double Header 7-5

Photo by Dilip Vishwanat/Getty Images Royals split the double header and the season series with their I-70 rival For the third game in a row, the game got off to a hot start with another first-inning home run for the Royals. Bobby Witt Jr was able to hammer a 115 mph one-out single, and then was followed up by a line drive opposite field home run by Maikel Garcia. The offense once again s...2025
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• Bobby Witt Jr. leads Royals to massive 10-7 comeback win over Cardinals

Bobby Witt Jr. #7 of the Kansas City Royals runs the bases after hitting a two-run home run against the St. Louis Cardinals during the first inning at Busch Stadium on June 3, 2025 in St Louis, Missouri. | Photo by Jeff Le/Getty Images King Bob! You heard it here folks: Jac Caglianone made his big league debut, and the Royals scored 10 runs. Was he the catalyst? Not really—he was the only ...2025
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• Crimson competitors cannot clobber Cameron’s curves, Royals roll Reds 3-2

Jay Biggerstaff-Imagn Images Noah Cameron worked into the seventh inning for the fourth time in four starts. Noah Cameron was sharp once against and the offense did just enough as the Kansas City Royals took down the Cincinnati Reds 3-2 at Kauffman Stadium this evening. Little of note happened in the early innings. Kansas City made Hunter Greene work and had baserunners in each of the firs...2025
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• Brady Singer shuts down Royals bats in return to Kauffman Stadium

Denny Medley-Imagn Images The Reds win 7-2 to take the series. Former Royals pitcher Brady Singer held his old club to just two runs on seven hits over seven innings, earning the win in a 7-2 victory in his return to Kauffman Stadium on Tuesday night. It was a bullpen game for the Royas with Daniel Lynch IV getting the start. After a 1-2-3 first inning, he gave up a solo home run to Tyler ...2025
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• Royals Win Game Two of Their Double Header 7-5
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• Every bat the Royals were interested in this off-season has stunk so far

Photo by Ellen Schmidt/Getty Images Upgrading the lineup is hard. The Royals have had some early success, but it has come in spite of, and not because of the offense. Only three teams are averaging fewer than the 3.40 runs-per-game the Royals lineup is producing. As a team they are hitting .242/.300/.359, and their wRC+ of 83 is fourth-worst in baseball. It is a testament to how dominant t...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 add Taylor Clarke to the bullpen

Photo by Norm Hall/MLB Photos via Getty Images Noah Cameron is optioned down after his terrific start. The Royals announced they have added right-handed reliever Taylor Clarke to the roster and have optioned Noah Cameron back to Triple-A Omaha. To make room on the 40-man roster for Clarke, the team transferred pitcher James McArthur to the 60-day Injured List. Clarke pitched for the Royals...2025
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• Bullpens are not as simple as you think they are

Manager Matt Quatraro #33 poses for a portrait | Photo by Jamie Squire/Getty Images There’s a lot going on under the surface that you aren’t aware of There’s a constant debate around every MLB manager as to whether he’s actually good at his job. This is as true of Royals’ manager Matt Quatraro as it was about Bobby Cox in Atlanta during their 90s dominance and as it was about Mike Matheny ...2025
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• Royals offense tells familiar story in 7-3 loss to Tigers

Lucas Erceg took a ball off his foot and exited the game. | Photo by Nic Antaya/Getty Images Lucas Erceg exited the game after getting hit on the foot. This game started so promising, but it completely unraveled in all phases. Offense, pitching, health. It just was all...so...terrible. First, the promising part. The Royals used the lines to their advantage to score a run to start the game ...2025
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• Three winners and five losers as the Royals fall to the Guardians, 6-3

The Royals fall back under .500 Listen, we can be as bummed out about this one as we choose to be. Perhaps it’s damning with faint praise, but outside the offensive explosion in Milwaukee, the Royals had averaged 2.333 runs per game this season. That means with today’s action, the average goes up a tiny bit. Obviously, I’ve still got both winners and losers listed here, but I’m still going to make...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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• Freddy’s fastballs flummox feckless foes, Brewers beat boys in blue 3-2

Photo by Stacy Revere/Getty Images This was an awesome game if you love strikeouts. Cole Ragans had a strong outing, and the bullpen mostly held up, but the Kansas City Royals were unable to produce enough offense as they were defeated 3-2 this afternoon by the Milwaukee Brewers. Milwaukee drew first blood with their second batter of the game. Jackson Chourio quickly went down 0-2 against ...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."

• Every bat the Royals were interested in this off-season has stunk so far
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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 add Taylor Clarke to the bullpen
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• Royals Rumblings - News for April 9, 2025
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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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• Perfectly reasonable reactions to the Royals’ opening weekend

I know is for hype, but it looks like they’re trying to put out the tire fire his time in KC has become | Photo by Daniel Shirey/MLB Photos via Getty Images This is fine The Royals lost their opening weekend series to the Guardians two games to one. They’ve already played three games and they’ve lost more than they’ve won! Some people are telling me the season isn’t over, but, well, I see ...2025
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• Royals officially set 2025 Opening Day roster

Photo by Jamie Squire/Getty Images Here are the 26 Royals ready to do battle on Opening Day. The Royals have announced the 2025 Opening Day roster, with the final few bench spots and last starting pitcher spot falling into place over the last few weeks. The roster is as follows: Catchers (2): Freddy Fermin, Salvador Perez Infielders (6): Cavan Biggio, Jonathan India, Maikel Garcia, Michael...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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• Why the Royals could have one of the most underrated bullpens in baseball

Photo by Norm Hall/MLB Photos via Getty Images The Royals made significant changes in their bullpen over the last year. Over the last year, the Royals have put significant stock in their bullpen and this season, they hope to reap the benefits of their work. As we head into 2025, we get a look at both some new faces, and some familiar ones who are getting healthy and we hope to see bounce b...2025
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• The last(?) Royals Opening Day roster prediction of 2025 Spring Training

Jack Hurley #26 of the Arizona Diamondbacks, Gavin Cross #8 and Carson Roccaforte #3 of the Kansas City Royals interact | Photo by Aryanna Frank/MLB Photos via Getty Images For a team with a lot of locked up positions, there sure are some drastic prediction changes in this final roster prediction Lineup Let’s do this vs lefties and righties because the Royals have some interesting platoon ...2025
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• Royals lose brutal 1-0 game against the Yankees
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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?
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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
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• The Royals’ wild 2024 bullpen leverage ride

Lucas Erceg. | Photo by Jeff Dean/Getty Images Q spent the whole season figuring out whom he could trust. The story of the Royals bullpen in 2024 was pretty simple - Lucas Erceg came in mid-season and immediately was the best guy, and the rest of the bullpen jelled toward the end of the season. This change bears out in the larger team performance. The Royals bullpen was 22nd in fWAR in the...2025
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• The last(?) Royals Opening Day roster prediction of 2025 Spring Training
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• Royals Rumblings - News for March 14, 2025
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• Royals pitchers aren’t walking hitters this spring, what does that mean for the rotation?

Photo by Norm Hall/Getty Images As a team, the Royals are not walking many batter so far this spring, and a pretty large group have yet to issue a free pass. A couple of those guys are particularly interesting. For most spring training stats, I am definitely the guy to talk to about ignoring them. They mean little to nothing. I know if you are the 24th to 29th guy on the roster, it might b...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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• Caglianone’s 4 hit day, clutch hitting lifts Royals to 7-5 victory over White Sox
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• Three winners and three losers as the Royals fall to the Red Sox, 10-1
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• Six solutions to the Royals’ most annoying problem
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• Royals Rumblings - News for April 9, 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
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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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• Royals win ALDS game 2 with one big inning and excellent pitching
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• Royals lose seesaw affair, 6-5

Kansas City Royals pitcher John Schreiber (46) reacts during the fifth inning against the New York Yankees during game one of the ALDS for the 2024 MLB Playoffs at Yankee Stadium. | Brad Penner-Imagn Images Neither team’s best MVP candidate could come up with a hit in this one From the first inning it was obvious that neither team was going to be content to have one of the low-scoring affa...2024
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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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• Royals lose brutal 1-0 game against the Yankees
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• Caglianone’s 4 hit day, clutch hitting lifts Royals to 7-5 victory over White Sox
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• Royals Win Game Two of Their Double Header 7-5
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• Bobby Witt Jr. leads Royals to massive 10-7 comeback win over Cardinals
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• Crimson competitors cannot clobber Cameron’s curves, Royals roll Reds 3-2
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• Every bat the Royals were interested in this off-season has stunk so far
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• What if this is just who the Royals are?
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• Three winners and three losers as the Royals fall to the Red Sox, 10-1
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• Royals mash their way to history in slugfest 11-6 win over Baltimore
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• Royals add Taylor Clarke to the bullpen
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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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