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• Royals Rumblings - News for November 13, 2024

Photo by Dustin Satloff/Getty Images Could Bobby Witt Jr. lead off? Anne Rogers writes about some leadoff options from outside the organization but then considers an internal option as well. Maybe the Royals do not find the right fit for their leadoff guy this offseason, or the one they do find doesn’t pan out. The obvious internal option, then, is Witt. He’s an ideal leadoff candidate wi...2024
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• Weekend Rumblings - News for November 9, 2024

Photo by Norm Hall/MLB Photos via Getty Images Hey now, you’re a Fall Star! Anne Rogers has the latest from the GM meetings. Picollo: “We like Brady a lot. We thought he made significant strides this year. He continues to add to his repertoire to help him navigate lineups. And he’ll continue to do that. So Brady’s a lock in our rotation. When you look at our top four, Brady is in it. We’d...2024
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• Outside The Confines: Never mind

Photo by J. Conrad Williams Jr./Newsday RM via Getty Images Gerrit Cole opts out and then he doesn’t. Qualifying offers were issued. Free agents are ranked. And other news from around MLB. Good morning. You officially have my permission to call them the Sacramento A’s if you want. Or the West Sacramento A’s if you’d rather. After opting out of his contract with the Yankees, which still ha...2024
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• Royals Rumblings - News for November 6, 2024

Photo by Mary DeCicco/MLB Photos via Getty Images We’re all united as Royals fans here. Jaylon Thompson writes about why Michael Wacha stayed in Kansas City. He had five days after the World Series to decide on a $16 million player option that could’ve allowed him to test free agency. There likely would’ve been suitors, but Wacha wanted to return. “It was a great season for not only mysel...2024
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• Royals Rumblings - News for November 5, 20242

Get out and vote! Anne Rogers covers the press conference announcing the Michael Wacha deal. “Not only does it bring our starting rotation back that we’re really proud of – really, our success began with starting pitching – but it brings us clarity,” Picollo said. “There’s not a whole lot for us to worry about from a pitching perspective right now. We can move onto other things that we feel like ...2024
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• Royals Rumblings - News for November 4, 2024

Photo by Luke Hales/Getty Images Welcome back Wacha! Anne Rogers has more on the Michael Wacha contract specifics. Instead, the 33-year-old gets a multiyear extension that can be worth up to $72 million over the course of four years, sources told MLB.com. The deal includes a guaranteed three years at $51 million with a $14 million club option in 2028. Wacha will make $18 million in 2025 a...2024
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• Weekend Rumblings - News for November 9, 2024
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• Royals Rumblings - News for November 6, 2024
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• Weekend Rumblings - News for November 1, 2024

Photo by Luke Hales/Getty Images Royals players hit free agency. Craig Brown looks at the new Royals free agents and whether they could return. Maybe if you squint, you can see a reunion with a couple of these guys. Michael Lorenzen could slot into the rotation. He will be 33 next year and pitched to a 1.57 ERA once joining the Royals. Beware the small sample though as that was just 28.2 ...2024
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• Weekend Rumblings - News for October 12, 2024

Denny Medley-Imagn Images No more Royals baseball. Sam McDowell writes about why Bobby Witt Jr. stayed to watch the Yankees celebrate from the dugout. “It feels like you let a lot of people down whenever you do things like this,” Witt began. “Something that will light a torch in you and leave you a bad taste for the future. “Because, now, for Kansas City Royals baseball, this is what we ...2024
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• Royals Rumblings - News for October 9, 2024

Post-season baseball returns to Kansas City. Seth Lugo talks to Jaylon Thompson about his approach for Game 3. “Execute pitches, stay in the strike zone, but if you leave it over the middle of the plate they’re going to put a good swing on it,” Lugo said. “If it’s borderline, they’re probably going to take it. “If you get some calls you put pressure on them. That’s pitching.” Vahe Gregorian wr...2024
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• Royals Rumblings - News for October 8, 2024

Vincent Carchietta-Imagn Images The Boys come home. The vibes were great in the Royals’ clubhouse following a Game 2 victory in New York. “We’re here for a reason,” said Salvador Perez, who homered in Game 2. “Now we go home, and hopefully, we can win there, too.” The Yankees seemed unimpressed. “It still feels the same that we’re gonna win it,” Chisholm said postgame, according to Jomboy...2024
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• Royals Rumblings - News for October 7, 2024

Brad Penner-Imagn Images Jazz was out. The Royals responded to the controversial safe call on Jazz Chisholm. “I feel like you guys know me,” Massey said. “I don’t speak my mind too much on a lot of stuff, so I wanted to make sure I had the facts before I did. Like I said, if that’s something that is not going to be overturned, I’m not sure what (will) other than the obvious calls of guys o...2024
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• Royals Rumblings - News for October 2, 2024

Photo by Patrick Smith/Getty Images Game 1 victory! Maikel Garcia had a big walk and steal to score the only run of Game 1. “That was the difference,” said Royals manager Matt Quatraro. “He works a tremendous at-bat for the walk, steals second, scores on the hit. That is the difference in the game, and we know his capabilities. We know how good he is at stealing bases. Everyone does, right...2024
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• Royals Rumblings - News for October 29, 2024

Photo by Ed Zurga/Getty Images Congrats to Salvy! Anne Rogers talks to Salvador Perez about winning the Roberto Clement Award. Winning the Roberto Clemente Award means more than all of those accolades, except maybe the World Series, Perez said. “It means a lot to me,” he said. “I’ve read a lot about Roberto Clemente. I know he was an amazing player, but he was even better outside the fiel...2024
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• Weekend Rumblings - News for October 12, 2024
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• Royals Rumblings - News for October 4, 2024

One more day of celebration before the ALDS | Tommy Gilligan-Imagn Images Let’s enjoy this ride one more day before the ALDS starts Make the playoffs and suddenly everyone wants to write about the Royals. Whereas normally, I’m looking for listicles and random tangential mentions of the team, I’m probably not going to be able to get to every single story posted yesterday. There’s just too...2024
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• Royals Rumblings - News for October 2, 2024
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• Royals Rumblings - News for September 13, 2024

Bubble! | Photo by Jim McIsaac/Getty Images With The Gauntlet over, just 15 games to go Let’s check in on those playoff odds, shall we? Baseball Prospectus: 92.7% to make playoffs, 3.2% to win division, 1.9% to win World Series Fangraphs: 94.3% to make playoffs, 6.8% to win division, 2.6% to win World Series Baseball-Reference: 94.1% to make playoffs, 3.4% to win division, 6.0% to win ...2024
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• Royals Rumblings - News for July 1, 2024

Garfield is right about Mondays, lasagna, and much more | Photo by Steve Parsons - PA Images/PA Images via Getty Images Very nice series over the weekend! Ed note: I was mistaken on Friday. I guess I will be doing one day of Rumblings this month as Max is out for a few days. That said, I’m leaving on vacation this week so we’re not getting the full Friday Rumblings experience. Also, I ...2024
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• Royals Rumblings - News for June 17, 2024

Photo by Jayne Kamin-Oncea/Getty Images MJ with grand salami. Seth Lugo became the first American League pitcher to reach 10 wins, the first time he has reached that mark as a big leaguer. “It feels great,” Lugo said. “You know, I never got to 10 in the big leagues or the minors. So getting to 10 was really cool. I was waiting for that one.” MJ Melendez had an epic 12-pitch at-bat before h...2024
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• Royals Rumblings - News for June 14, 2024

Yesterday was fun. Ok, the 8th inning wasn’t. But the rest of the game was. | Photo by David Eulitt/Getty Images Yesterday was a big win in a young(-ish) season already full of nice wins Roster move yesterday: Lynch down, Veneziano up We have made the following roster moves: pic.twitter.com/gjxt4TeqDP— Kansas City Royals (@Royals) June 13, 2024 As part of his series about Kansas Ci...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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• 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 November 13, 2024
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• Weekend Rumblings - News for November 9, 2024
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• Outside The Confines: Never mind
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• Royals Rumblings - News for November 6, 2024
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• Royals Rumblings - News for November 5, 20242
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• Royals Rumblings - News for November 4, 2024
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• Outside The Confines: Let the offseason begin!

Photo by Kevork Djansezian/Getty Images Hot stove is warming! Welcome to the official offseason friends. The World Series is over, the Dodgers have had their celebratory parade (featuring none other than Decoy Ohtani), they might have begun a dynasty era, and the Yankees have started to make major changes ahead of next year. Speaking of the Yankees, Gerrit Cole has opted out of his contrac...2024
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• Royals re-sign Michael Wacha to three-year, $51 million deal

Photo by Jess Rapfogel/Getty Images The Royals retain the veteran right-hander. The Royals have re-signed right-handed pitcher Michael Wacha to a three-year, $51 million deal, according to MLB.com reporter Anne Rogers. The deal comes with a club option for a fourth year. Wacha's new contract is three years, $51 million with a $14 million club option in 2028, according to a source.$18 mi...2024
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• Weekend Rumblings - News for November 1, 2024
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• Royals Rumblings - News for October 29, 2024
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• Weekend Rumblings - News for October 12, 2024
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• Royals Rumblings - News for October 9, 2024
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• Royals Rumblings - News for October 8, 2024
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• Royals Rumblings - News for October 4, 2024
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• Royals Rumblings - News for October 2, 2024
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• Weekend Rumblings - News for September 28, 2024

Geoff Burke-Imagn Images WE’RE SO BACK! In case you missed it, the Royals are playoff-bound! All of that only one year after they won just 56 games as the second-worst team in baseball. The Royals surpassed their entire win total from 2023 with win No. 57 on July 26 at Kauffman Stadium. With it, a plea followed from manager Matt Quatraro and some players: Can we stop talking about last ye...2024
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• Royals Rumblings - News for September 27, 2024

Winning more fun than losing, news at 11 | Geoff Burke-Imagn Images Hold onto your butts! Day games sometimes make for weird Rumblings. Many official outlets use the game thread to fill up their Royals quota for the day. Also, it’s harder to sift through Tweets for stories as there are a bunch of game thread-style Tweets. The last few weeks, I’ve been updating playoff odds here. However,...2024
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• Royals Rumblings - News for September 20, 2024

DDJ modeling the number of games to go | Photo by Ron Vesely/MLB via Getty Images Nine huge games to go! Let’s look in on those playoff odds. Even though it may not seem like it, they’re still quite high as of 7pm last night: Baseball Prospectus: 86.5% to make playoffs, 0.0% to win division, 1.2% to win World Series Fangraphs: 90.0% to make playoffs, 0.1% to win division, 2.5% to win W...2024
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• Royals blow four-run lead, drop opening game to Tigers 7-6

Kansas City Royals catcher Salvador Perez (13) can’t make a play as Detroit Tigers third baseman Zach McKinstry (39) scores in the fourth inning at Kauffman Stadium. | Denny Medley-Imagn Images A Bobby Witt grand slam wasted Tonight’s game between the Detroit Tigers and the Kansas City Royals felt, in a lot of ways, like a playoff game. It was a close contest with a crowd eager to show the...2024
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• Royals Rumblings - News for September 13, 2024
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• Outside The Confines: Never mind
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• Royals Rumblings - News for November 6, 2024
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• Royals Rumblings - News for October 29, 2024
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• Weekend Rumblings - News for October 19, 2024

Photo by Creative Touch Imaging Ltd./NurPhoto via Getty Images Always October. Anne Rogers writes about the questions facing the Royals this off-season, such as what improvements can be made internally. Player development is still crucial. Picollo specifically mentioned Garcia and outfielder MJ Melendez as two players who the Royals might stick with and hope for improvement. They both hav...2024
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• Weekend Rumblings - News for October 12, 2024
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• Royals Rumblings - News for October 11, 2024

I really hope we won last night so this image is still topical | Photo by Jamie Squire/Getty Images FYI: Rumblings was done before first pitch last night because I wanted to watch the game Manager Matt Quatraro had high praise for the Kansas City Symphony: “Some of the things that have been sent to me have been, you know, pretty emotional, to be honest,” Quatraro said. “My wife and I were...2024
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• Royals Rumblings - News for October 9, 2024
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• Outside The Confines: Iconic October baseball is upon us

Photo by Orlando Ramirez/Getty Images This postseason is shaping up to be a fun one. Happy Monday everyone! We’ve already had plenty of excitement this postseason, with some unexpected winners in the Wild Card series, and some intense games to start off the Divison series. Today we’re going to look at an incredible home run robbery played off as a trick, a game-changing home run, and “pitc...2024
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• Royals Rumblings - News for October 7, 2024
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• Outside The Confines: Wild, Wild Card

Photo by Patrick McDermott/Getty Images A manager comes out of a short retirement. Pete Alonso hits a clutch home run to send the Mets to the NLDS. And other news from the Wild Card round. Part of the problem with doing a links post during the postseason is that some of your links can be out of date by the time you post them. Before we get to the games, there was breaking news last night...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 September 9, 2024

Denny Medley-Imagn Images Royals fans were ELECTRIC. Bobby Witt Jr. was impressed by good crowds in a playoff atmosphere this weekend, writes Jaylon Thompson. With chants of “Let’s go Royals” reverberating, the phenom absorbed the scene in every way. “That’s what you dream of,” he said. “That’s the moment you want to be in.” So much so that he didn’t even feel like he had to suppress hi...2024
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• Royals Rumblings - News for August 26, 2024

Photo by Christian Petersen/Getty Images Welcome to the show, Tyler Gentry! The Royals called up outfielder Tyler Gentry to fill in for injured outfielder Hunter Renfroe. That move was calling up Gentry, ranked as the Royals’ No. 15 prospect by MLB Pipeline. The 25-year-old outfielder is slashing .256/.346/.429 with 13 home runs in 105 games for the Storm Chasers this season, but he’s rea...2024
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• Royals Rumblings - News for July 8, 2024

Photo by Scott Winters/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images Four stars for the Royals! Anne Rogers talks to Bobby Witt Jr. about his first All-Star nod, which will take place in his home state of Texas. “I was going home no matter what, but now it just makes it more special,” Witt said. “I don’t really have a lot of words to describe it. It’ll be one of those moments that’s going to last a lif...2024
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• Royals re-sign Michael Wacha to three-year, $51 million deal
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• Weekend Rumblings - News for November 1, 2024
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• Weekend Rumblings - News for October 26, 2024

Photo by Ed Zurga/Getty Images Bobby Witt Jr. is a Sporting News All-Star. Anne Rogers writes about Royals prospects to keep an eye on next year. Steven Zobac, RHP (No. 17) The Royals’ fourth-round Draft pick in 2022, Zobac did not become a full-time pitcher until his junior year at Cal, so the Royals were a little more cautious with his innings last year in his first full pro season. Thi...2024
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• Royals Rumblings - News for October 15, 2024

Photo by Elsa/Getty Images How Cole Ragans became a dude. Jaylon Thompson writes about J.J. Picollo’s end-of-the-year press conference. The Royals are content with their current coaching staff. Quatraro will retain his entire staff and will not look to make any changes. The stability helps the organization chart an offseason course aimed at building upon a competitive roster. “There are ...2024
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• Royals Rumblings - News for October 11, 2024
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• Royals Rumblings - News for September 6, 2024

I think we’re required by law to use a Mahomes and Witt picture today | Photo by Jason Hanna/Getty Images Six games left in The Gauntlet (TM) Manager Matt Quatraro missed some games earlier this week due his mother’s death. At the Star, Vahe Gregorian talked to the skipper about how her lessons influenced his managerial style: The last few days away from the team, he said, were “maddenin...2024
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• Royals Rumblings - News for August 23, 2024

Salvy and Shin-Soo Choo | Denny Medley-USA TODAY Sports I’m doing my part: Royals on a 7-week Thursday unbeaten streak! I was going to jump straight into the links but I think it’s time to stop and smell the context. The Royals are about to enter their 20-game gauntlet against some of the best teams in baseball: 3v PHI, 4@ CLE, 4@ HOU, 3v CLE, 3v MIN, and 3@ NYY. After that stretch, the r...2024
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• Royals Rumblings - News for July 23, 2024

Photo by Jamie Squire/Getty Images The K introduced facial recognition technology. Anne Rogers has an update on MJ Melendez. He’s recovering in Kansas City and has already started hitting in the cages and doing some defensive drills on the field. His timeline to return could be 10 days to two weeks, putting him in line to rejoin the team by the end of July or early August. David Lesky th...2024
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