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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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• Which Royals who won’t make the Opening Day roster will have the biggest impact?

Tyler Gentry #27 of the Kansas City Royals runs and scores during the ninth inning of a Spring training game against the Los Angeles Dodgers at Camelback Ranch on February 22, 2025 in Glendale, Arizona. | Photo by Jeremy Chen/Getty Images Somebody will make their mark While Opening Day lineup discussion is all well and fun, the reality is that there are players who won’t make the 2025 Open...2025
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• Who’s trending up and who’s trending down in Royals spring training?

Photo by Brandon Sloter/Getty Images Plenty of guys are fighting for a roster spot on Opening Day, who has impressed and who has struggled? Opening Day is less than three weeks away for the Royals and their Spring Training roster is starting to thin out a bit. Some players were always going to start this year in the minor leagues, some were a lock for the big-league roster, and the remaini...2025
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• Royals top Brewers 5-2 in Sunday showdown

Photo by David Durochik/Diamond Images via Getty Images Jonathan India and Jac Caglianone went yard in win After getting swept in their first split squad games of Spring Training, the Royals muscled their way to a 5-2 victory over Milwaukee on Sunday afternoon. Jonathan India led off the bottom of the first for the Royals with a solo shot. The 355-foot dinger was the first in Kansas ...2025
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• Ranking non-roster invitees in order of their chances of making the team

Photo by Norm Hall/MLB Photos via Getty Images Will they make the cut? The Royals have 27 players in camp as non-roster invitees, players not on the 40-man roster. These players face an uphill battle to make the Opening Day roster, as the team would have to open up a spot on the 40-man roster for them. But there are still some team needs in the outfield, on the bench, and the bullpen that ...2025
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• Royals vs. Brewers Thursday spring training thread

Photo by Norm Hall/Getty Images Also, the Royals play the Rangers in a “B” game. Chandler Champlain will start against the Brewers, followed by Thomas Hatch, Ross Stripling, Steven Cruz, Anthony Simonelli, and Austin Cox. Hitting the road! pic.twitter.com/nwknwY0K20— Kansas City Royals (@Royals) February 27, 2025 The Brewers will start Aaron Civale. First TV broadcast of 2025 ❕ : @...2025
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• Give us your Royals Opening Day roster predictions!

Photo by Jamie Squire/Getty Images Who do you have on the team by the March 27 opener? Royals pitchers and catchers have begun workouts in Arizona, and hitters will report on Monday. The Royals will spend the next six weeks preparing for the season and shaping the roster that will take on the Guardians in the season opener on March 27. That gives us some time to speculate on who might be o...2025
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• Evaluating Royals relief options

Photo by Greg Fiume/Getty Images What will the bullpen look like in 2025? Two seasons ago, the Kansas City Royals had one of the worst bullpens in franchise history. Not looking to repeat that, the front office made it a point to improve the relief pitching that offseason. They signed free agents and made trades to that end. Not every move they made worked out, but the bullpen was consider...2025
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• Nate Eaton, Austin Cox head list of Royals minor league free agents

Photo by Ed Zurga/Getty Images Nate Eaton and Austin Cox headline a list of thirteen Royals minor leaguers who became free agents this week. Minor league free agency is available to any player with six years in the minors who is not on the 40-man roster. Eaton played 72 games for the Royals from 2022-23 as a utility player with good speed and a great arm, but he hit just .201/.266/.283 in...2024
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• You’re the Royals GM - what is your offseason plan?

Photo by Evan Hurd/Sygma/Corbis via Getty Images Take the Royals to contention? The Royals surprised the baseball world, improving by 30 wins and reaching the playoffs for the first time in nine seasons. But as Bobby Witt Jr. put it “they didn’t get this far just to get this far”, and the team has designs on being a true contender for a title. Getting there may prove to be more difficult ...2024
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• What to know about the MLB off-season

Photo by Ed Zurga/Getty Images Let the Hot Stove season begin. Now that the World Series is complete, the off-season can begin in earnest. Here is what you need to know about the Royals’ off-season. Which players become free agents? The Royals have seven players that automatically become free agents now - Paul DeJong, Yuli Gurriel, Garrett Hampson, Tommy Pham, Robbie Grossman, Michael Lor...2024
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• TWitM: The “Big Three” find their groove, crush dingers

Photo by Stacy Revere/Getty Images Cross, Mitchell, and Cags all go deep on the week. This Week in the Minors is our weekly look at notable performances from all over the system, from big-name prospects and less-heralded guys alike. The mission is to answer this simple question: “Who had a good week?” This Week in the Minors: Tuesday, August 13 to Sunday, August 18 AAA Omaha Storm Chasers ...2024
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• Royals Rumblings - News for July 19, 2024

Photo by Richard Rodriguez/Getty Images Back to baseball! Pete Grathoff writes the Royals are looking forward to the second half. I think we’re in striking distance of where we want to be,” said first baseman Vinnie Pasquantino. “We’re obviously happy that we’re in the race, but we’re not satisfied at this point of the year. Yes, on one hand, we’re happy that we’re in it, but on the other...2024
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"Austin Cox Cox set a MLB record by not allowing a hit to the first 39 batters he faced in the big leagues, and he looked solid with the Royals in 2023, with a 4."

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"Austin Cox did a phenomenal job as the “bulk pitcher” for the opener."

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• Royals Re-Sign Austin Cox To Minors Contract
The Royals have signed Austin Cox to another minor league contract. After electing free agency in November, the left-hander will return to the only MLB organization he’s known throughout his seven-year pro career. The team announced the signing this afternoon. Cox, who turns 28 on Opening Day, first signed with the Royals as a fifth-round…...2025
• Royals re-sign Austin Cox to a minor league contract

Photo by Ed Zurga/Getty Images The lefty once set an MLB record to start his career. The Royals announced they have signed left-handed pitcher Austin Cox to a minor league contract. The 27-year-old had been a minor league free agent after spending all of last year with Omaha. Cox came up with the Royals in 2023 and set an MLB record by not allowing a hit to the first 39 batters he faced in...2025
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• Royals add reliever Evan Sisk to 40-man roster

Photo by Ron Jenkins/Getty Images The lefty had a 1.57 ERA in Triple-A. The Royals announced they have added left-handed reliever Evan Sisk to the 40-man roster. That brings the total number of players on the 40-man roster to 33, although the team still needs to activate pitcher Kyle Wright from the 60-day Injured List. Sisk was originally acquired from the Twins before the 2023 season in...2024
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• Royals Rumblings - News for January 3, 2025

Get it? Snow? White Christmas? I don’t have much to work with today. It was either this or a picture of J.T. Snow. | John Sleezer/Kansas City Star/Tribune News Service via Getty Images I’m not taking down my Christmas decorations until at least January 6th. I’m not missing my chance to have Dave Grohl and/or zombie Neil Peart stuffed down my chimney Happy New Year, Everyone! Well, ev...2025
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• Phillies phight back, Royals lose 11-2

Kyle Schwarber #12 of the Philadelphia Phillies celebrates a double in the first inning against the Kansas City Royals at Kauffman Stadium on August 24, 2024 in Kansas City, Missouri. | Photo by Ed Zurga/Getty Images You can’t win them all and the Phillies are good, don’t let it get to you too much. We’re not going to get too deep into the details of this one. No one needs to dwell too har...2024
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• TWitM: Rave rakes, plus Kudrna’s career day

Photo by Adam Glanzman/MLB Photos via Getty Images Plus, High-A outfielders are starting to find their stride. This Week in the Minors is our weekly look at notable performances from all over the system, from big-name prospects and less-heralded guys alike. The mission is to answer this simple question: “Who had a good week?” This Week in the Minors: Tuesday, June 25 to Sunday, June 30 AAA...2024
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• TWitM: Shrum slams and starters sparkle, Scarter Sjensen shines

Photo by Norm Hall/Getty Images I’ve never seen Carter Jensen and Scarter Sjensen in the same room. ‘This Week in the Minors’ is our weekly look at notable performances from all over the system, from big-name prospects and less-heralded guys alike. The mission is to answer this simple question: “Who had a good week?” This Week in the Minors: Tuesday, April 23 to Sunday, April 28 AAA Omaha ...2024
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• Was this the worst bullpen in franchise history?

Photo by LG Patterson/MLB Photos via Getty Images The relief corps struggled tremendously. A hallmark of the last competitive Royals teams was a lockdown bullpen. Who can forget the brief but remarkable dominance of HDH, the three-headed bullpen monster of Kelvin Herrera, Wade Davis, and Greg Holland that made any lead after the sixth inning feel comfortable? The Royals even got quality re...2023
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• As Ned Yost inducted to Royals Hall of Fame, a lesson for Matt Quatraro

Former Kansas City Royals manager Ned Yost waves to the crowd before a retirement ceremony for former Kansas City outfielder Lorenzo Cainbefore an MLB game between the Oakland Athletics and the Kansas City Royals on May 06, 2023, at Kauffman Stadium, in Kansas City, MO. | Photo by Keith Gillett/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images Ned Yost wasn’t always a lock for the Royals Hall of Fame, what...2023
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• Royals Rumblings - News for January 3, 2025
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• Royals Rumblings - News for July 12, 2024

Photo by Ed Zurga/Getty Images All-Star Seth Lugo talks pitching. Jim Bowden at The Athletic reports on what each team is up to for the trade deadline. GM J.J. Picollo has been working the phones trying to improve their bullpen and corner outfield production. But a weak farm system combined with this sellers’ market will make it difficult for the Royals to accomplish their trade goals. Tha...2024
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• Royals resume unwatchable status, lose 7-3

Zack Greinke #23 of the Kansas City Royals high-fives teammates in the dugout after exiting a game in the fifth inning against the Pittsburgh Pirates at Kauffman Stadium on August 28, 2023 in Kansas City, Missouri. | Photo by Ed Zurga/Getty Images It was fun while it lasted The one thing we’ve been able to say about the Royals this season is that at least they played quick games. Of course...2023
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• For a once promising crop of Royals pitchers, it’s now or never
Jay Biggerstaff-USA TODAY Sports At least we made some friends along the way I’m not one to give up easily on a player. Player development isn’t linear across the span of a professional career. We’ve seen the Alex Gordon story unfold in Kansas City. Not long thereafter, we saw something similar with Mike Moustakas. Players with potential can struggle for quite some time before ultimately p...2023
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• Royals lose in devastating fashion, fall 13-10 after frenzied comeback
Peter Aiken-USA TODAY Sports It was an all-time comeback that turned into a blown lead It isn’t often that a team comes back from down seven runs. The biggest comeback in Royals history is nine runs. But that’s exactly what this young, win-deprived squad did. After going down 8-1 after 2.5 innings, Kansas City orchestrated a frenzied comeback, scoring eight unanswered runs and ultimately t...2023
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• Royals defeat the best team in baseball in wild 6-5 comeback victory
Jun 22, 2023; St. Petersburg, Florida, USA; Kansas City Royals relief pitcher Aroldis Chapman (54) walks off the field after pitching against the Tampa Bay Rays in the eighth inning at Tropicana Field. | Nathan Ray Seebeck-USA TODAY Sports Fun game! These two things we know very well. One, that the Tampa Bay Rays are the best team in baseball and the Kansas City Royals are just about the w...2023
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• Seven in a row! Royals top Phillies 7-5

Photo by Tim Nwachukwu/Getty Images Another Bobby blast puts him in the 20/30 club again. Bobby Witt Jr. and Michael Massey each homered to lead the Royals to their seventh win in a row, a 7-5 victory over the Phillies Friday evening. Bobby’s blast was his 20th of the year, making him the first player in MLB history to hit at least 20 home runs and steal at least 30 bases in each of his fi...2023
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• Bobby does it again! Homer lifts Royals to 4-3 win over Cubs

Photo by Quinn Harris/Getty Images Cole Ragans was sharp in Wrigley. Cody Ragans was strong for six innings but it was a Bobby Witt Jr. two-run home run gave the Royals a lead they would not relinquish in a 4-3 win over the Cubs Friday afternoon. The Royals got on the board in the third inning off Cubs starter Jameson Taillon when Drew Waters led off with a single and stole second, setting...2023
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• Bobby Witt Jr. powers the Royals past the Twins, 8-5 to take series opener
Photo by Jamie Squire/Getty Images First-place, smirst-place. These Twins ain’t Royal. Pull out the participation trophy, the Kansas City Royals avoided the losing streak this time! After dropping two of three to the Guardians earlier this week, they showed up with a strong showing tonight against the first-place Minnesota Twins. On a Friday night, heading into the final weekend before the...2023
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• Royals balk-off the Mets in extras 7-6
Denny Medley-USA TODAY Sports “We’re where you want to be!” Following their three-game sweep over the first-place Twins, the Royals kept the train moving with walk-off-win in extras, 7-6. Without a win in his last 13 starts, Zack Greinke toed the slab with the hopes of snapping a brutal skid. Though his offense didn’t provide much, the right-hander did more than enough to keep them in the...2023
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• Braves Minor League Recap: Braden Shewmake homers; McHugh continues rehab
Photo by David J. Griffin/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images The system pulled off a sweep across three games, with Shewmake, McHugh, and Owen Murphy providing the big performances We had our first really great night on the farm as all three Atlanta Braves affiliates that played their scheduled games took home runs. Up in Triple-A Braden Shewmake has been playing well as of late and the same...2023
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• Carter Jensen, Jac Caglianone homer in 4-3 Royals win

Photo by Chris Bernacchi/Diamond Images via Getty Images The prospects shine in Arizona. Royals top hitting prospects Carter Jensen and Jac Caglianone each hit their first home run of spring training as the Royals battled back to beat the White Sox 4-3 to remain undefeated. Kris Bubic made his first start of the spring training as he competes for a rotation spot. After a quick 1-2-3 inning...2025
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• Royals pitchers shine in 5-2 win in spring training opener

Photo by Jamie Squire/Getty Images Royals pitchers didn’t walk a single hitter. Pitchers are often ahead of the hitters in spring training. That looked to be the case on Friday as Royals pitchers combined for no walks in a 5-2 win over the Rangers in the spring training opener. It is hard to say if performance in spring training means much, but it is better to perform well than not. Danie...2025
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• Royals vs. Rangers Friday spring training opener thread

Photo by Jennifer Stewart/Getty Images Baseball is back, baby! Baseball is back! The Royals begin their exhibition schedule with the first of 33 games by playing their facility-mates, the Texas Rangers. Daniel Lynch IV will get the start today. Noah Cameron, Angel Zerpa, Taylor Clarke, Steven Cruz, Evan Sisk, and Austin Cox are also expected to throw. You want Bobby and Vinnie? You got Bo...2025
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• What to know about Royals’ 2025 spring training

Photo by Jennifer Stewart/Getty Images Get ready to baseball! Happy Pitchers and Catchers Report Day! The winter in Kansas City may be especially cold with several inches of snow on the ground, but in warm and sunny Arizona, Royals players are assembling to begin spring training. It is a season of renewed hope after a surprising post-season run last year, with the highest pre-season expect...2025
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