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• Jac Caglianone headlines Royals Spring Breakout roster

Photo by Chris Bernacchi/Diamond Images via Getty Images The March 14 game will showcase the future. Top Royals prospects will get their moment in the spotlight in the annual Spring Breakout game, to be held March 14 at 7:10 CT against the Arizona Diamondbacks. Jac Caglianone will show off his prodigious power on a roster that also includes former first-round picks Gavin Cross and Frank Mo...2025
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• Royals snap 4 game losing skid with 10-4 win over Padres

Photo by Matt Thomas/San Diego Padres/Getty Images 5 run second, 4 run third did the damage in Royals win After putting up just a single run the day before, and only four hits in each of the last two contests, the Royals offense exploded for a 10-4 win over the Padres on Sunday afternoon. A five-run 2nd inning, followed by a four-run 3rd inning was enough for the Royals. Maikel Garcia go...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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• Cactus League freight train rolls on, Royals stay undefeated with 15-6 romp

Photo by Chris Bernacchi/Diamond Images via Getty Images Too early to talk about magic numbers? The Royals continued to show their dominance over the Cactus League by remaining undefeated in a 15-6 rout over the Rangers on Tuesday. The Royals had 22 hits on the day, 17 of them singles, with 7 walks. The Royals played most of their starters against Rangers pitcher Kumar Rocker, a top 100 p...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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• 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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• Jac Caglianone headlines Royals Spring Breakout roster
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• Ranking non-roster invitees in order of their chances of making the team
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• Kansas City Royals: The state of the farm system

Photo by Zac BonDurant/MLB Photos via Getty Images We dive into the strengths and weaknesses of the Royals farm system Over the last few weeks, we have dove deep into the Kansas City Royals' top 15 prospects and honorable mentions who just missed the cut. Each one of the articles linked below includes an in-depth analysis of each player, including scouting grades and more. Honorable Ment...2025
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• Kansas City Royals Top 15 Prospects: #1-5

Kevin Jairaj-USA TODAY Sports We continue our dive into the Royals top 15 prospects with 1-5 We have reached the top of our Royals prospect rankings. You can read previous entries here. Honorable Mentions #11-15 #6-10 Next week I’ll give my overall thoughts on the state of the farm system. Here is the best of the best in the organization. Caglianone is by far the most talented prosp...2025
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• J.J. Picollo and the front office have their work cut out for them

Michael Wacha #52 of the Kansas City Royals reacts after being taken out of the game against the New York Yankees during the fifth inning in Game One of the Division Series at Yankee Stadium on October 05, 2024 in New York City. | Photo by Luke Hales/Getty Images What to do? Almost immediately after the New York Yankees defeated the Kansas City Royals in the American League Divisional Seri...2024
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• 2024 Season in Review: Northwest Arkansas Naturals

Mark J. Rebilas-Imagn Images The team missed the postseason but developed some key Royals prospects. The 2024 season didn’t go as well for the Double-A Northwest Arkansas Naturals as it did for some other affiliates. The team finished the first half of the season a game above .500 at 35-34. From there, they finished with a 31-37 second-half record. The result was a season-long 66-71 record...2024
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• TWitM: Jac Caglianone heats up

Photo by Ed Zurga/Getty Images Plus Spencer Nivens hits more home runs in August than anyone in the minors. 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 27 to Sunday, September 1 ...2024
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• Royals Rumblings - News for August 27, 2024

David Richard-USA TODAY Sports Two wins are better than one! The Royals were in high spirits after a doubleheader sweep of first place Cleveland, writes Jaylon Thompson. “We all know what’s the goal,” Perez said. “You know, every time you play a really good team like Cleveland, and you get the first two on the first day, it’s pretty good.” Cole Ragans left the first game with a leg cramp, ...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 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 April 23, 2024

Photo by Ed Zurga/Getty Images Salvy is playing some defense this year! Craig Brown was a bit worried about a long inning from Cole Ragans Saturday. I’m no sports scientist. In the discourse from earlier this month about the rash of elbow injuries among pitchers and talk about the impact of the pitch clock on those injuries, I found it interesting that there was discussion about load on t...2024
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"Hunter Harvey, Carlos Hernandez, and Angel Zerpa each pitched scoreless frames, and Kansas City-native Ben Kudrna worked a scoreless eighth and ninth."

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"Had the Royals not gone under slot for players like Frank Mozzicato and Blake Mitchell then they’d have never drafted Ben Kudrna or Blake Wolters."

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"The “next wave” is headlined by Frank Mozzicato, Ben Kudrna, Chandler Champlain, Noah Cameron, and David Sandlin."

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"The Royals have signed second-round draft pick Ben Kudrna for a $3MM signing bonus, reports Jim Callis of MLB."

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• Evaluators still rank Royals farm system near bottom of baseball

Photo by Zac BonDurant/MLB Photos via Getty Images Director of scouting Brian Bridges still has work to do. The Royals farm system is making slow progress, but according to organizational rankings from evaluators this month, it still ranks near the bottom of baseball. Baseball America, ESPN, and The Athletic all released farm system rankings, with the Royals finishing among the bottom ten ...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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• Kansas City Royals Top 15 Prospects: #1-5
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• J.J. Picollo and the front office have their work cut out for them
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• Good pitching development looks like Daniel Lynch

Photo by Lauren Leigh Bacho/MLB Photos via Getty Images Daniel Lynch is changing his pitch mix and has upgraded a couple of them, which is leading to success. I have had trouble holding back from writing multiple gushing articles about the development of some of the pitchers for the Royals this year. It is not quite extreme enough, nor is it a massive sample, but I finally feel like the or...2024
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• TWitM: Award Season is upon us

Photo by Zac BonDurant/MLB Photos via Getty Images Winners will be honored at Futures Night on September 20. 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?” The 2024 minor league regular season has officially closed at all ...2024
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• TWitM: Jac Caglianone heats up
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• Royals Rumblings - News for August 27, 2024
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• Ranking non-roster invitees in order of their chances of making the team
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• Royals Rumblings - News for January 31, 2025
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• 2024 Season in Review: Northwest Arkansas Naturals
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• Good pitching development looks like Daniel Lynch
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• TWitM: Jac Caglianone heats up
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• Midseason prospect ranking updates show Royals making slow, but steady progress

Photo by Zac BonDurant/MLB Photos via Getty Images The state of the farm system. Publications have updated their prospect evaluations mid-season following the draft and trade deadline, and the Royals’ farm system rankings can be framed in a positive or negative light. Viewed glass-half-full, the trade deadline did not deplete the farm system, and in fact, the system has improved slightly i...2024
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• TWitM: Jac-k number one, Mitchell number 15

Photo by Keith Gillett/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images All three top prospects — Cross, Cags, and Mitchell— go yard multiple times 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: Tuesd...2024
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• Royals Rumblings - News for August 7, 2024

Photo by Richard Rodriguez/Getty Images Bobby wants his Marriott points. Kiley McDaniel at ESPN Insider updates his farm system rankings, with the Royals still at #26 like they were before the year. (h/t Jacob Milham) Caglianone is the clear star of the draft class, but David Shields is a breakthrough candidate to track closely as he could take off if his stuff takes the jump many scouts e...2024
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• TWitM: Wyatt debuts in Low-A, Gentry stays red-hot

Photo by Christian Petersen/Getty Images Is Tyler Gentry the trade deadline addition the Royals need? 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, July 23 to Sunday, July 28 AAA Omaha St...2024
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• Jac Caglianone headlines Royals Spring Breakout roster
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• Royals Rumblings - News for January 31, 2025
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• J.J. Picollo and the front office have their work cut out for them
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• Royals Rumblings - News for July 25, 2024

Photo by Ed Zurga/Getty Images We’re off to Arizona. Jaylon Thompson writes about first-round pick Jac Caglianone as he sets off on his professional career. On Wednesday, Jac Caglianone officially signed with the Kansas City Royals. Last week, the Royals selected him sixth overall in the 2024 MLB Draft. The 6-foot-5 athlete was announced as a two-way player. He will play first base and get...2024
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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 Rumblings - News for July 1, 2024
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• Royals Rumblings - News for June 19, 2024

Photo by: Don and Melinda Crawford/UCG/Universal Images Group via Getty Images Kansas lawmakers make their move. Matt Quatraro explains why Drew Waters was sent down. “He’s going to work on his total game (in Triple-A),” Royals manager Matt Quatraro said of Waters. “He’s just like everybody as they all have room to improve. … We know his skills. It’s just a matter of getting consistent r...2024
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• TWitM: Figgy catches fire, Vaz continues to heat up

Photo by Zac BonDurant/MLB Photos via Getty Images Plus, is the farm system proving its worth? 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, May 21 to Monday, May 27 I was road-tripping ...2024
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• A trip to the Midwest League to scout Frank Mozzicato

Another look at KC’s future. We recently went down to Cedar Rapids to watch the River Bandits play the Twins High-A team, the Kernals. The River Bandits came into this six-game set with a record of 19-14, but lost all six games of the series, allowing Cedar Rapids to jump them in the standings. The purpose of this trip was to watch the Royals 2021 #1 draft pick, Frank Mozzicato, now in his second ...2024
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• Royals Rumblings - News for May 10, 2024

I have no idea what year this is from. The only caption we have is “Diablos Rojos v Tecolotes Of Nuevo Laredo” These Rumblings were completed long before last night’s game Jeremy Guthrie is still pitching! Well, sort of. A few years ago, Max documented his baseball work in Nigeria. At MLB.com, David Venn writes about his travels to Spain: “I feel passionately about it because I lived ...2024
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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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• Could the Royals make a trade for Randy Arozarena work?

Photo by Julio Aguilar/Getty Images The Rays are reportedly listening to trade offers. Winter is coming for the Royals, and by that I mean the Winter Meetings are quick on the horizon. Hopefully, for our sake, the offseason ahead for Kansas City finishes better than the final season of Game of Thrones did. The organization made a smaller move this week, signing utilityman Garrett Hampson t...2023
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• Nick Loftin hitting everything super hard
This Week in the Minors: Columbia dominance continues, Nick Loftin heating back up ‘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, May 2 to Sunday, May 7 AAA Omaha Storm Chasers (12-19) schedule ...2023
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• Dairon Blanco always on base, always stealing
Dairon Blanco stealing third base in a game against the Memphis Redbirds. | Minda Haas Kuhlmann This Week in the Minors: Omaha OF Dairon Blanco vying for MiLB lead in steals; Carter Jensen still leads Minors in walks ‘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 t...2023
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• Has the Royals' next competitive window started to come into focus?

Photo by Matthew Grimes Jr./Atlanta Braves/Getty Images As puzzle pieces come together, the picture grows clearer. The Kansas City Royals finally show what they’ve claimed they want to be for several seasons. The organization wishes to become more transactional, and this week they’ve started to become just that. That started with Friday’s trade — a deal that sent Jackson Kowar to the Atlan...2023
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• Cactus League freight train rolls on, Royals stay undefeated with 15-6 romp
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• On exaggerated rumors of a farm system’s demise

Photo by Jill Weisleder/MLB Photos via Getty Images Is it really as bad as so many will have you believe? Zero top 100 prospects, failed first-round picks, failed development throughout the minor leagues — the list goes on for the Kansas City Royals. At least, so some would have you believe. The farm system has been quickly on the decline ever since the system graduated a handful of top p...2024
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• Jac Caglianone headlines Royals Spring Breakout roster
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• Royals snap 4 game losing skid with 10-4 win over Padres
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• Ranking non-roster invitees in order of their chances of making the team
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• Jac Caglianone among 23 non-roster invitees to Royals spring training

Photo by Jill Weisleder/MLB Photos via Getty Images The first-round pick will be in big league camp. The Royals unveiled a preliminary list of 23 non-roster invitees to big league camp in Arizona for spring training, and it includes 2024 first-round pick Jac Caglianone, as well as top prospects Blake Mitchell and Carter Jensen and former first-round pick Gavin Cross. Free agents Cavan Bigg...2025
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• Royals Rumblings - News for July 25, 2024
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• Royals Rumblings - News for March 24, 2023
Cardboard fans and robot drummers. 2020 was wild, guys. I don’t think we fully appreciate just how wild it was. | Photo by Gene Wang/Getty Images Asian Baseball Preview, Part I: CPBL Daniel Lynch exited yesterday’s game with an injury: Lynch was pitching his third inning during Thursday’s game at Peoria Stadium when he felt discomfort in his left shoulder. By the time the next pitch lande...2023
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