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• Royals Rumblings - News for October 18, 2024

Photo by Scott Winters/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images What’s the top off-season priority for the Royals? David Lesky writes about off-season priorities for the Royals. JJ Picollo and Matt Quatraro spoke on Monday in their season-ending press conference. A year ago, they did the same thing and told us that they were going after two starting pitchers, some veteran bullpen help and a corne...2024
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• Royals Rumblings - News for September 25, 2024

Photo by Jess Rapfogel/Getty Images Hold on, Royals. Jaylon Thompson writes how the Royals used their travel day as a mental reset. On the team flight, every player came with the same goal … and similar outfits. There was a planned theme where everyone wore camo clothing on the plane. The mental reset, the road-trip vibes: It all comes with one objective in mind. Make the playoffs. “Yo...2024
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• Weekend Rumblings - News for September 21, 2024

Jay Biggerstaff-Imagn Images Is it time to panic? David Lesky does a deep dive into what’s wrong with the offense. Before the slump, the Royals hit .258 with a .425 SLG, a 40.3 percent hard-hit rate a 7.7 percent rate of barrels per batted ball event. Since, they’ve hit .211 with a .372 SLG, but that goes with a 43.4 percent hard-hit rate and 7.1% barrels/bbe. Does that mean it’s all bad l...2024
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• Royals Rumblings - News for September 19, 2024

Photo by Justin Berl/MLB Photos via Getty Images A much needed day off. The Royals are not panicking about their recent struggles: Time to worry? A two-game lead for a playoff spot is a lot dicier than a four-game lead, which is what the Royals (82-71) would have had if they won Wednesday. But they’ve got nine games left, and getting back on track with some wins is the quickest way to avo...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: Two Royals affiliates are headed to the postseason

Matt Ryerson-Imagn Images Congrats! 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 will be the final “full” edition of This Week in the Minors for 2024. The Columbia Fireflies wrapped up their regular season on Sunday...2024
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• Royals Rumblings - News for September 25, 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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• Braves Prospects Weekly Report: Nacho Alvarez hits two home runs

Dale Zanine-USA TODAY Sports Gwinnett swept their series last week behind the bats of Alvarez and Drake Baldwin The minor league season is quickly coming to a close, as the two lowest level Atlanta Braves affiliates will be playing their final regular season home series of the season this week. At the upper levels the near-MLB players are starting to find their stride, as Nacho Alvarez and...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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• Weekend Rumblings - News for August 10, 2024

Photo by Ed Zurga/Getty Images Is Bobby Witt Jr. the MVP? Mike Lupica at MLB.com marvels at the season Bobby Witt Jr. is enjoying. Witt is the player Alex Cora described as special, who just keeps doing special things for the Royals. There have been a lot of fine Kansas City players since George Brett. The club still has a great catcher in Salvador Perez, who has 20 home runs and is hittin...2024
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• TWitM: Alexander slams while some arms shine

Photo by Kyle Rivas/Getty Images Tyson Guerrero was named Texas League Pitcher of 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, July 30 to Sunday, August 4 AAA Omaha Storm Chaser...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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• Five lesser known Royals prospects performing well in 2024

Photo by Zac BonDurant/MLB Photos via Getty Images Sometimes valuable big leaguers come from places you’d least expect. It’s fairly easy to follow along with the Royals' top prospects. At least, most fans could probably name the top handful of guys working their way through the pipeline. Many of them, including Blake Mitchell, Gavin Cross, and Ben Kudrna have had solid seasons and taken no...2024
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• Royals Rumblings - News for July 10, 2024

Photo by Zac BonDurant/MLB Photos via Getty Images Baseball America ranks Blake Mitchell the top Royals prospect. Manager Matt Quatraro talks to his hometown paper in New York about his success this year. “I’m happy with the way we’ve performed,” Quatraro said. “I think every team goes through some stretches like this where you lose some games you should win and vice versa. When you’re go...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 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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• Royals Rumblings - News for October 18, 2024
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• Royals Rumblings - News for September 25, 2024
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• Weekend Rumblings - News for September 21, 2024
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• Royals Rumblings - News for September 19, 2024
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• TWitM: Award Season is upon us
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• TWitM: Two Royals affiliates are headed to the postseason
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• TWitM: Jac Caglianone heats up
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• Braves Prospects Weekly Report: Nacho Alvarez hits two home runs
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• TWitM: Spencer Nivens is out of this world

Dan Powers/USA TODAY NETWORK-Wisconsin via Imagn Content Services, LLC Nivens is the hottest hitter in the entire minor leagues right now 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, Aug...2024
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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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• Royals Rumblings - News for October 18, 2024
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• TWitM: Jac Caglianone heats up
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• Braves Prospects Weekly Report: Nacho Alvarez hits two home runs
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• Bobby Witt Jr. season should net Royals extra draft pick

Photo by Rob Tringali/MLB Photos via Getty Images A top three MVP finish would bring the Royals a PPI Pick. Entering the season, it seemed possible but unlikely that Royals shortstop Bobby Witt Jr. could bring an MVP to the City of Fountains. Sure, he was fantastic over 2023’s second half, but I’m not certain anyone expected him to become this good, this fast. Witt’s age-24 season has seen...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
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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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• Weekend Rumblings - News for June 29, 2024

Photo by Ed Zurga/Getty Images John Schuerholz is a Royals Hall of Famer. Sam McDowell writes about how the Royals need to play offense. They have to make the most out of the offense they do have right now, and making the most out of this funk looks something like Thursday. Pressure. Pressure. Pressure. “We’re not going to hit the ball out of the yard every time,” shortstop Bobby Witt...2024
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• Royals Review Roundtable: Time to panic?

Photo by Kyle Rivas/Getty Images Does a poor stretch of play spell doom for the Royals? The Royals defeated the Marlins for their first series win in nearly three weeks, but have still dropped 12 of 17 games in their worst stretch of the year and are now tied for the final Wild Card spot. We gathered our Royals Review writers to discuss whether this is a mere blip or a sign of bigger probl...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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• Royals Rumblings - News for May 14, 2024

Photo by Alika Jenner/Getty Images Singer struggles in Seattle. The Mariners hit Brady Singer around a bit last night, writes Josh Kirshenbaum “Obviously, my goal is to get out there and throw strikes early in the count and get weak contact,” Singer said. “But location was bad, and they put good swings on them.” Much of Singer’s trouble came from his sinker — not that he wasn’t putting th...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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• Royals Rumblings - News for May 7, 2024

Photo by Megan Briggs/Getty Images Were the Royals interested in trading for Luis Arraez? The Royals had some interest in trading for Luis Arraez, reports Ken Rosenthal. At least one other team, the Kansas City Royals, was in contact with the Marlins about Arraez last week, according to major-league sources who were granted anonymity for their candor. Those talks, however, never advanced b...2024
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• Royals Rumblings - News for April 29, 2024

Photo by Adam Glanzman/MLB Photos via Getty Images Welcome to the big leagues, Jonathan Bowlan! Chris Stratton explains his struggles on Saturday. “I just left pitches over the middle of the plate,” Stratton said. “Those are big-league hitters, and they did exactly what they were supposed to do. I came in and just didn’t execute. And they made me pay for it.” Jonathan Bowlan will be called...2024
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• Braves Minor League Recap: Owen Murphy dominates in Emperors opener

Photo by Kelly Gavin/MLB Photos via Getty Images Murphy pitched into the seventh as Rome won their first ever game as the Emperors It was a glorious Friday for Atlanta Braves fans, as up at the big league level they won an exciting home opener. Then down at the minor league level the final three affiliates had their opening days, giving us our first full slate of baseball of 2024. There we...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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• After a season this bad, the front office still needs shaking up

Nov 3, 2022; Kansas City, Missouri, USA; Kansas City Royals general manager J.J. Picollo talks with media during a press conference at Kauffman Stadium. | Jay Biggerstaff-USA TODAY Sports No new talent in the front office is bad news There were a lot of things about the 2013-2015 Kansas City Royals that were wonderful. Yes, there was the American League Pennant, the World Series Championsh...2023
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• Royals select prep catcher Blake Mitchell in the 2023 draft
Angela Piazza/Caller-Times / USA TODAY NETWORK The Royals add a left-handed catcher to the organization. With the eighth overall pick in the 2023 draft, the Royals selected high school catcher Blake Mitchell out of Sinton High School in Texas. Mitchell is a two-way player who some feel would have been drafted early as a pitcher, but will likely begin his pro career behind the plate. He bri...2023
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• Royals hire Brian Bridges as scouting director

Photo by John Leyba/The Denver Post via Getty Images Bridges helped the Braves find their championship core. The Royals have hired Brian Bridges to be their new director of scouting, according to Keith Law of The Athletic. Bridges was scouting director for the Atlanta Braves from 2015 to 2018, overseeing the department that found players like Austin Riley, Kyle Wright, Ian Anderson, and AJ...2023
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• Royals take gambles on risky prospects in the 2023 Draft
Photo by Daniel Shirey/MLB Photos via Getty Images Three prep prospects at the top accompany numerous interesting college players Last year, the Kansas City Royals went chalk at the top of the draft before taking a mix of the typical college mid-rounders and some interesting late round flyers. In the 2023 Draft, the Royals spread out their money a bit more by taking chances on some high ri...2023
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• TWitM: The pitchers shine, Omaha’s offense stays hot

Photo by Adam Glanzman/MLB Photos via Getty Images This Week in the Minors: Noah Cameron and Hunter Patteson looked fantastic and the Omaha offense was red-hot. ‘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” ...2024
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• Royals Sign First-Round Pick Blake Mitchell
The Royals have agreed to a deal with eighth overall pick Blake Mitchell, according to MLB Pipeline’s Jim Callis (via Twitter). Mitchell will receive a $4.9MM bonus, below the $5,980,100 slot price attached to the eighth overall selection. The 18-year-old Mitchell is a high schooler from Texas who had committed to LSU, but he’ll now…...2023
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• Despite risks, Royals bank on high school players in draft
Angela Piazza/Caller-Times / USA TODAY NETWORK The Royals are banking a lot on their player development. The Royals head into the All-Star break with the second-worst record in baseball, well on their way to setting a club record for most losses in a season. There is little help on the way, as many evaluators rank the farm system near the bottom of the league. The amateur draft provides an...2023
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• Royals Rumblings - News for January 23, 2024

Photo by Matthew Grimes Jr./Atlanta Braves/Getty Images The Royals bullpen will look different in 2024. Jaylon Thompson writes about the Royals’ bullpen situation. This offseason, the Royals have sought to address their bullpen woes with experienced veterans. KC signed World Series-champion relievers Will Smith and Chris Stratton. They also acquired reliever Nick Anderson, along with star...2024
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• Royals Rumblings - News for October 18, 2024
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• An early look at this summer’s draft prospects

Photo by David Buono/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images The Royals will pick sixth overall this year. The college baseball season is well underway and many of the top prospects have started to stand out above the crowd. The MLB Draft lottery awarded the Royals the sixth overall pick in this year’s draft, but the team owns the fourth-highest draft bonus pool, thanks in part to owning picks 39...2024
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• Royals Rumblings - News for January 19, 2024

When I searched “Comiskey” and “Royals”, I got “Tartabull” and I’m good with that | Photo by Focus on Sport/Getty Images A surprisingly busy mid-January news day Sigh. I guess I get to start with stadium talk again as that was the biggest news. We’ll start with The Star story on this: With only hours to spare Thursday, Jackson County Executive Frank White vetoed an ordinance that would h...2024
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• MLB Mock Draft: Where do Dylan Crews, Paul Skenes, and Wyatt Langford end up?
Looking at how the top three stack up, along with the rest of the first round The 2023 MLB Draft is just days away. And the Pittsburgh Pirates have a fascinating decision on their hands. Do they add Paul Skenes, the LSU pitcher who was dominant this season and looks like he could step into an MLB rotation right now? Or do they draft his teammate Dylan Crews, the outfielder who brings five tools to...2023
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