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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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• Royals Rumblings - News for April 15, 2024

Wendell Cruz-USA TODAY Sports The first place Royals are no more. Jaylon Thompson writes that Salvador Perez joined the 250 home run club over the weekend. On Saturday, Perez added to his illustrious Royals career. He became the 12th primary catcher to hit 250 career home runs. The exclusive list includes Hall of Famers Johnny Bench, Carlton Fisk, Yogi Berra, Garry Carter and Mike Piazza....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 12, 2024

Dang it - Ryan already used the picture I wanted to use | Photo by Scott Winters/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images Sure, the Royals have a 7 game winning streak. But, more importantly, they’d have a 29 week unbeaten streak on Thursdays if they hadn’t lost Opening Day Yesterday was a day game (and what a game). That jumbles all the news up. Basically, we get a bunch of recaps, but I’m sur...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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• Royals Rumblings - News for April 8, 2024

Photo by Kyle Rivas/Getty Images Winning is fun! Anne Rogers recaps Sunday’s win to complete the sweep. “These guys are high right now when they win, and we’ve made it very clear that’s what our objective is,” manager Matt Quatraro said. “You can’t proclaim anything over 10 games, but it’s better than the alternative, that’s for sure.” “It’s huge,” Melendez added. “Showing that we can win...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 5, 2024

Monday is Eclipse Day | Set Number: X161331 TK1 Anne Rogers with a pair of stories about injuries. The first is about Frank Mozzicato’s injury last season: Frank Mozzicato’s 2023 season can be broken into two parts: Before the collision and after the collision... On June 2, a day after Mozzicato struck out 10 in five innings for the Fireflies, he was in shallow center field during battin...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 April 1, 2024

Photo by Ed Zurga/Getty Images Hey, how bout more of those wins? Anne Rogers profiles Maikel Garcia. “Watching Maikel the last few days of Spring Training, the exhibition game, batting practice during the workout, you could tell he was ready for the season,” manager Matt Quatraro said. “He was getting bored of Spring Training. He plays at such a competitive level all winter in a super com...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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• Royals Rumblings - News for February 16, 2024

Ok, that’s pretty funny | Photo by Billie Weiss/Boston Red Sox/Getty Images There are baseball players doing real baseball things in Arizona and Florida! Baseball is back (!), which means Anne Rogers newsletter is back! She looks at three storylines for this spring: Vinnie Pasquantino’s return to the lineup It’s been eight months since Pasquantino appeared in the Royals’ lineup after rig...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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• 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 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 27, 2024

Minda Haas Kuhlmann Anne Rogers contributed to this list of one big question facing each MLB team: Royals: Will the bullpen have enough power?The Royals remade their bullpen with strike-throwers who know how to pitch. Will Smith will be their closer to begin the season, but others will get opportunities, including James McArthur. To be clear, all have good stuff, and McArthur sits 94-95 mp...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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• 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

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 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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• Weekend Rumblings - News for March 9, 2024

Photo by Norm Hall/Getty Images Is Nick Pratto forcing his way onto the roster? Jaylon Thompson writes about the importance of veteran presence on the pitching staff. Schreiber also said having an older mentor is important for young pitchers as they adjust to playing at the professional level and improving their craft. “How to go about pitch sequences” was one of the most important things...2024
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• Royals Rumblings - News for March 8, 2024

We have an Alec Marsh quote below to go along with this picture | Photo by Aaron Doster/Getty Images A jam packed Rumblings Jaylon Thompson (The Star, of course) is writing about MLB and their new Spring Breakout games. The short version is that MLB is having a set of games in a couple of weeks with only prospects: The Royals prospects will play top prospects from the Milwaukee Brewers’...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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• Alec Marsh to make MLB debut on Friday
Alec Marsh on Photo Day Marsh is ranked #14 in the farm system by MLB Pipeline. The Royals will call up Alec Marsh to start Friday’s game against the Dodgers, according to MLB.com reporter Anne Rogers. The scheduled starter, Jordan Lyles, is sick and is unable to make the start. The Royals have not officially announced a move. Marsh is already on the 40-man roster. Marsh is ranked #11 in t...2023
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• Royals, Bobby Witt Jr. Agree To 11-Year Extension
The Royals announced that they have signed shortstop Bobby Witt Jr. to the largest contract in franchise history. It’s an 11-year, $288.7MM extension, per Jeff Passan of ESPN. The pact can be extend to 14 years via a three-year option, per Anne Rogers of MLB.com. Passan relays some more details in a full piece at…...2024
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• Picollo: “We have no intention of trading Salvy.”
Photo by Megan Briggs/Getty Images The Royals captain is unlikely to be traded. After an awful start to begin the year, the Royals will certainly be sellers at the trade deadline, and speculation has already begun on who they might trade. Ken Rosenthal of The Athletic wrote a piece last week where he reported that the Royals are already talking to teams about Aroldis Chapman, with the poss...2023
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• Zack Greinke named Royals Opening Day starter
Photo by Ed Zurga/Getty Images Daniel Lynch will also begin the season on the IL. Royals manager Matt Quatraro tabbed Zack Greinke to be his Opening Day starter for the season opener on March 30 against the Minnesota Twins. It will be the second year in a row that Greinke has started the opener, and third time overall that Greinke has started on Royals Opening Day. Pablo López will get the...2023
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• Royals sign Hunter Renfroe to two-year, $13 million deal

Gary A. Vasquez-USA TODAY Sports The Royals add some pop to the outfield. The Royals have agreed to terms on a two-year, $13 million deal with free agent outfielder Hunter Renfroe, according to Anne Rogers. Renfroe can opt out of the deal after next season. The #Royals have agreed to a one-year, $5.5 million deal with Hunter Renfroe with a $7.5 million player option for 2025, according t...2023
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• Royals sign outfielder Jorge Bonifacio
Photo by Hannah Foslien/Getty Images The outfielder played for the Royals from 2017-19. The Royals have signed outfielder Jorge Bonifacio, a fact fans noticed at this week’s games and confirmed by MLB.com reporter Anne Rogers. Bonifacio was originally signed by the Royals out of the Dominican Republic and played for them from 2017 to 2019. He showed some promise in his rookie campaign, hi...2023
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• Brett Cecil Leaves Game With Hamstring Injury
Cardinals reliever Brett Cecil left Wednesday’s spring training game after injuring his hamstring while covering first base, Anne Rogers of MLB reported on Twitter. Cecil will go for tests tomorrow to see what caused the “pop” he felt in his leg. The lefty said he was feeling good about how his spring was going before…...2020
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• Royals call up Maikel Garcia
Photo by David Durochik/Diamond Images via Getty Images More moves could be coming. The Royals are calling up infielder Maikel Garcia from Triple-A Omaha to replace infielder Nicky Lopez, who is going on the Injured List with appendicitis, according to MLB.com reporter Anne Rogers. Rogers also says more moves could be coming today. The #Royals are calling up Maikel Garcia, per source. Th...2023
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• Royals Rumblings - News for March 25, 2024

Photo by LG Patterson/MLB Photos via Getty Images It is baseball week. Anne Rogers previews the season and makes a bold prediction - that the Royals win the division. If the Royals manage a 20-win swing in 2024, they will still finish 10 games under .500. The Twins won 87 games last year. The AL Central is a weak division that has only gotten weaker with injuries and departures, but the Ro...2024
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• Royals Rumblings - News for February 14, 2024

Pitchers and catchers reported, which means Bark in the Park is not too far off! | Minda Haas Kuhlmann Anne Rogers provided some further details on the reasoning for the stadium site: A key factor in the Royals’ location decision was the South Loop Park Project, which would build a park over four blocks of Interstate 670 as it passes through downtown. The city is in the process of raising...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 17, 2024

We have once again arrived at Wednesday. On the team site, Anne Rogers talked to Daniel Lynch IV about what he got out of playing the Dominican Winter League: Lynch made five starts and threw 20 1/3 innings, recording a 2.66 ERA with 23 strikeouts and 13 walks. There wasn’t any specific plan for working on his pitches; his goal was simply to get outs. A different schedule and lack of routine put ...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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