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• Kansas City Royals Hit... Something! Avoiding the Sweep & Finding the Offense

Hey, being .500 is better than not being .500. The Kansas City Royals narrowly avoided a sweep—and Jacob Milham and Jeremy Greco are here to unpack every inning of the drama in this episode of Royals Rundown! The duo dives into the team’s ongoing offensive struggles, shining the spotlight on key bats like Bobby Witt Jr., Vinny Pasquantino, and Salvador Perez. Are they finally heating up, or is thi...2025
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• Free MLB home run parlay for April 14: Shohei Ohtani, Bobby Witt Jr. among best bets for Monday HR props

SportsLine's model has revealed its top MLB HR picks, which could be used for promotions such as DraftKings' No Sweat Home Run bet...2025
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• MJ Melendez has got to go

MJ Melendez #1 of the Kansas City Royals misses a flyball | Photo by Kyle Rivas/Getty Images It’s time All throughout the offseason, I defended MJ Melendez’s roster spot. I argued that he deserved one more shot to prove he could be a valuable hitter on the big league roster. FanGraphs had him as a 55 FV prospect when he graduated to the big leagues - that’s very good. The year before he de...2025
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• Beat the Streak Picks
The Log5 Method yields these top projected hit averages against starting pitchers: 0.301 — Bobby Witt Jr. batting against Carlos Carrasco. 0.293 — Shohei Ohtani batting against Antonio Senzatela. 0.290 — Mookie Betts batting against Antonio Senzatela. 0.290 — Teoscar Hernandez batting against Antonio Senzatela. 0.285 — Luis Arraez batting against Jameson Taillon. 0.28...2025
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• Ragans career day leads Royals to 4-2 victory over Guardians

Photo by Nick Cammett/Getty Images Ragans continues his brilliance, and the offense showed some juice! Cole Ragans shoved. When his team needed it most the ace straight up delivered. A career high 7.2 innings and 10 more strikeouts, while allowing 4 hits and 1 earned run. The Royals get back to .500 after avoiding a sweep in Cleveland. Although the game didn’t start out great. After a dou...2025
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• Game thread XV - Royals at Guardians

Michael Lorenzen #24 of the Kansas City Royals pitches | Photo by Tanner Gatlin/MLB Photos via Getty Images Can KC force a fourth straight three-game-series rubber match to start the season? Last night’s loss was a bad one. There’s no such thing as a must win game in April, but it sure would suck to catch the Guardians as they’re struggling and as the Royals appeared ascendant on their las...2025
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• Royals Rumblings - News for April 11, 2025

I’m pretty sure I used a Jonathan India picture last week, too | Photo by Scott Winters/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images Royals start a 10-game road trip today Anne Rogers was joined by Twins beat writer Matthew Leach. They wrote about old friends Cole Ragans and Twins pitcher Cole Sands: They pitched in the same high school starting rotation. They live down the street from each other. T...2025
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• Scoring changes show how silly scoring is

Photo by Kyle Rivas/Getty Images Remember how Bobby Witt Jr. flirted with a cycle? It didn’t happen. When is a cycle not a cycle? When the official scorer gets overruled. MLB issued several official scoring changes to Sunday’s game between the Royals and Orioles, changing the stats for some Royals players. That afternoon, Bobby Witt Jr. hit a single, double, and triple, flirting with the f...2025
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• Shoddy Twins defense opens door to Royals 2-1 win

William Purnell-Imagn Images Cole Ragans had another stellar outing. The Twins committed three errors that led to two unearned Royals runs, allowing them to win a tight 2-1 game on Tuesday night. Cole Ragans struck out 11, his seventh double-digit strikeout game with the Royals, passing Danny Duffy for most by a lefty in club history. Ragans and Twins starter Pablo López were as-advertise...2025
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• Royals defeat Twins 4-2 in series opener

Kansas City Royals shortstop Bobby Witt Jr. (7) celebrates with Kansas City Royals outfielder Kyle Isbel (28) as he crosses home plate after hitting a home run during the sixth inning against the Minnesota Twins at Kauffman Stadium. | William Purnell-Imagn Images Michael Lorenzen pitched well and Isbel homered The Kansas City Royals defeated the Minnesota Twins 4-2 in tonight’s series open...2025
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• The hope of baseball

Photo by Mitchell Layton/Getty Images Hope is a great thing A couple of weeks ago I was at the hospital in Iowa City, doing some research on my dead ears. My ears are strictly ornamental now, only good for holding up my glasses. Hopefully, the research is beneficial to future generations. I’m amazed at how closely the hospital and the university have shoehorned buildings together. From the...2025
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• Royals Rumblings - News for April 7, 2025

Benny Sieu-Imagn Images Kris is Bubalicious. Bobby Witt Jr. fell a home run short of the cycle on Sunday. The elusive cycle remains at large for the time being. “In some ways, it’s luck,” Witt said. “But in some ways, you just let the game happen.” Anne Rogers writes about Kris Bubic’s dominant start on Sunday. Bubic has always had a good changeup, but it has way more depth to it now t...2025
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• Freddy’s fastballs flummox feckless foes, Brewers beat boys in blue 3-2

Photo by Stacy Revere/Getty Images This was an awesome game if you love strikeouts. Cole Ragans had a strong outing, and the bullpen mostly held up, but the Kansas City Royals were unable to produce enough offense as they were defeated 3-2 this afternoon by the Milwaukee Brewers. Milwaukee drew first blood with their second batter of the game. Jackson Chourio quickly went down 0-2 against ...2025
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• Royals dominate on all fronts in 11-1 win on Brewers’ home opener

Kansas City Royals starting pitcher Kris Bubic (50) pitches in the first inning against the Milwaukee Brewers at American Family Field. | Benny Sieu-Imagn Images Great team victory! Kansas City Royals fans were due a nice, easy breezy win after a tough opening series. Today, the Royals provided such a game, defeating the Milwaukee Brewers 11-1 in a blowout contest where we saw it all. Domi...2025
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• Three winners and six losers as Royals fall to the Guardians, 6-2

Good effort, Bobby. | Photo by Daniel Shirey/MLB Photos via Getty Images The bullpen made sure the Royals’ late rally attempts couldn’t succeed. Of course, the hitters could have gotten some hits before the eighth inning, too. It was not a good day to be a Royals fan. There was some hope the Royals might be better at rubber games this year than they were last year, and there’s still time f...2025
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• Royals Rumblings - News for March 28, 2025

It was a good start | Photo by Jamie Squire/Getty Images The quest for 161-1 begins tomorrow! Let’s be honest. You’re not here to read what I wrote today. You’re here to talk about the game yesterday. I’m not going to link to a bunch of different recaps posts. Matthew has got you covered with the RR recap. I won’t post too much more about that TOOTBLAN in the 8th (Pete Grathoff has me ...2025
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• Royals go local with new food options at the K

Come to the K hungry! Kansas City is one of the BBQ capitals of the world, but the K has not reflected local BBQ talent for years. Until now. Kauffman Stadium will be unveiling a new Joe’s Kansas City restaurant for Royals fans this season, complete with their signature “Z-Man” sandwich. The Z-Man features beef brisket and smoked provolone topped with two crispy onion rings on a kaiser roll and ru...2025
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• Royals Rumblings - News for March 20, 2025

Photo by Norm Hall/Getty Images One week until Opening Day. Daniel Lynch IV’s last Spring Training outing could hint at his role this season: Lynch will get a few appearances out of the bullpen this week as the Cactus League schedule wraps up, with an inning Wednesday and two scheduled on Friday, while Kris Bubic remains in the rotation and is scheduled for his sixth spring game (fifth st...2025
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• Royals Rumblings - News for March 14, 2025

Did you think you’d see Daniel Mengden today? | Photo by Quinn Harris/Getty Images Asia baseball previews begin today with the CPBL At Royals.com, Anne Rogers writes about how Hunter Renfroe is, say it with me everyone, in the best shape of his life! Renfroe came into camp this year leaner, thanks to offseason training that included going to a physical therapist and focusing on his diet a...2025
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• Royals Rumblings - News for February 26, 2025

Photo by Jeremy Chen/Getty Images The best slugger in Northwest Arkansas Naturals history is back in Kansas City. MLB.com’s Anne Rogers and David Adler look at some of the intense work from Kansas City Royals shortstop Bobby Witt Jr. this spring at getting better on the basepaths. They’re incorporating audio components along with the visual technology on when to react, as well as ways to o...2025
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• Royals Rumblings - News for January 1, 2025

Photo by Agit Erdi Ulukaya/Anadolu via Getty Images New year, same ol’ quiet offseason Welcome to the new year! Here is the Kansas City Royals news you need today. MLB.com’s Anne Rogers names pitch Noah Cameron as the Kansas City Royals prospect to watch heading into 2025. Cameron, the Royals’ No. 12 prospect, might have made his MLB debut last year if the Royals weren’t making a postseaso...2025
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• It’s time for Bobby to play some ball

Photo by Elsa/Getty Images The phenom has been given a large platform, but has failed to deliver thus far. What if they held a playoff series, and no stars showed up? The American League Division Series was hyped as a platform for two of the game’s best players - Aaron Judge and Bobby Witt Jr. Each of them also had a second banana in the lineup worthy of the spotlight as well - Juan Soto h...2024
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• Ragans rejects runs, relievers repel rallies, Royals romp 4-0
Photo by Ed Zurga/Getty Images Outstanding pitching offset many missed opportunities offensively Cole Ragans shoved and Kansas City rode early offense to a 4-0 win over the New York Mets this evening at Kauffman Stadium. Ragans got off to an inauspicious start, putting the first two batters of the game on base. However, he managed to bear down and retire the next three to snuff the threat....2023
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• Corbin Carroll, 2023 Fantasy Outlook
A fantasy baseball It Was A Good Day. Just wakin’ up in tha mornin’, gotta thank Junior Vlad, I don’t know but today seems kinda odd, No barkin’ from any pitchers’ elbows makin’ me look for replacements, And momma cooked a breakfast and left it by my door — her basement’s, I got my grub on, but didn’t pig out, My insulin, I didn’t need to dig out, Rollin’ around in a field of daffodils, Not even ...2022
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• Bobby Witt Jr., 2022 Fantasy Outlook
A fantasy baseball It Was A Good Day. Just wakin' up in tha mornin', gotta thank Junior Vlad, I don't know but today seems kinda odd, No barkin' from any pitchers' elbows makin' me look for replacements, And momma cooked a breakfast and left it by my door -- her basement's, I got my grub on, but didn't pig out, My insulin I didn't need to dig out, Rollin' around in a field of daffodils, Not even ...2021
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"The Royals rallied in the bottom of the seventh against Cole Sands to take the lead, with a Jonathan India single and a Bobby Witt Jr."

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"In the sixth, he walked Bobby Witt Jr."

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"Who’s Blocking Bobby Witt Jr.?"

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"The Twins’ Royce Lewis and the Royals’ Bobby Witt Jr."

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"Law: Bobby Witt Jr. shows a lot, but is he a top-three pick?"

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"Free-agent right-hander Yovani Gallardo is negotiating with the Rockies, Orioles and Astros, representative Bobby Witt said Friday."

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"Cleveland Indians pitcher Carlos Carrasco allowed just one hit over nine scoreless innings during Tuesday's 2-0 win over the Los Angeles Angels, becoming the first American League pitcher since Bobby Witt in 1994 to throw nine innings and allow two or fewer hits in consecutive starts, per ESPN Stats & Info."

• MJ Melendez has got to go
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• Royals Rumblings - News for April 11, 2025
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• Weekend Rumblings - News for April 5, 2025

Peter Aiken-Imagn Images Is the offense turning things around? Jaylon Thompson writes about last night’s offensive explosion. KC finished with 11 hits. The increased scoring chances could bode well for the offense finding a rhythm moving forward. “I wasn’t concerned with the at-bats,” Royals manager Matt Quatraro said. “I mean, we are going to have stretches throughout the season where t...2025
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• Maikel Garcia and Seth Lugo lead Royals to 8-2 victory over Orioles

Maikel Garcia for Royals MVP so far. | Photo by Scott Winters/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images Maikel Garcia is absolutely rolling right now. Maikel Garcia is the MVP of the team right now. Today the Royals had a bunch of guys’ fly balls find open spots, but Garcia is continuing to hit the ball hard and produce runs. A huge eighth inning blew open what was a very close game up to that poin...2025
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• Royals Rumblings - News for April 3, 2025

Photo by Stacy Revere/Getty Images Still searching for that first series victory. The Royals regret their offense wasting a great pitching performance yesterday: The Royals maintain it’s still too early to have any referendum on their offensive struggles, just six games into the season. They’re averaging 3.8 runs per game, aided by the 11-run rout over Milwaukee earlier this week. But the...2025
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• Series Preview: Milwaukee Brewers vs. Kansas City Royals

Peter Aiken-USA TODAY Sports Brewers head to Milwaukee for home opener as they begin their second consecutive series against interleague opponents After a series to forget (no, seriously, we don’t talk about New York), the Milwaukee Brewers are headed to American Family Field for the first time in 2025, welcoming the Kansas City Royals for their second consecutive interleague series. A de...2025
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• Three winners and six losers as Royals fall to the Guardians, 6-2
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• Royals Rumblings - News for March 28, 2025
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• MLB Opening Day 2025: The Purple Row community offers their season predictions

Photo by AAron Ontiveroz/MediaNews Group/The Denver Post via Getty Images What do you all think will happen during the 2025 MLB season? It’s Opening Day! Rockies baseball is back! Earlier today, we shared our Purple Row staff predictions, and for the second-straight year, we asked the community to offer their same predictions! We received 35 responses, up from 28 in 2024, and here’s what y...2025
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• Scoring changes show how silly scoring is
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• A few odds and ends from covering the game on Monday

Kansas City, Missouri, USA; Kansas City Royals left fielder MJ Melendez (1) looks on during batting practice before a game against the Tampa Bay Rays at Kauffman Stadium. | Peter Aiken-Imagn Images Observations from your local Royals Review reporter On Monday, I packed my bag, went to the Royals’ credentials window by Gate D, picked up my lanyard and credentials, and walked into Kauffman S...2025
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• 5 things that stick out over the Royals’ first 10 games of 2025

Hunter Renfroe #16 of the Kansas City Royals takes the field during the game between the Cleveland Guardians and the Kansas City Royals at Kauffman Stadium on Sunday, March 30, 2025 in Kansas City, Missouri. | Photo by Daniel Shirey/MLB Photos via Getty Images The bullpen? Nice. The outfield? Not exactly so. There’s a metaphorical magnifying glass hovering above the beginning of each MLB s...2025
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• Royals defeat Twins 4-2 in series opener
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• Bubic, Witt Jr. shine as Royals beat Orioles 4-1

Photo by Kyle Rivas/Getty Images The Royals have won their first series of the year! And it was a fun one to take in The Royals won their first series of year on Sunday afternoon, as they downed the Orioles 4-1. Kris Bubic was once again fantastic, as he hurled 6.2 innings of 1 run ball, while allowing five hits and a walk, but striking out 8 batters again. The one run came after a Hunter...2025
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• Weekend Rumblings - News for April 5, 2025
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• Royals blow three-run lead to Guardians in 7-4 Opening Day loss

Kansas City Royals outfielder Dairon Blanco (44) is caught in a rundown by Cleveland Guardians third baseman Jose Ramirez (11) during the eighth inning at Kauffman Stadium. | Jay Biggerstaff-Imagn Images The game was a mixed bag The Kansas City Royals lost Opening Day 2025 to the Cleveland Guardians 7-4 in front of a sellout crowd at Kauffman Stadium. Vinnie Pasquantino provided the power ...2025
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• MLB Opening Day 2025: The Purple Row community offers their season predictions
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• MLB Opening Day 2025: The Purple Row staff offers their season predictions

Photo by Rachel O’Driscoll/Colorado Rockies/Getty Images How many games will the Rockies win in 2025? Who will take home hardware around baseball? It’s that time of year again...Purple Row staff predictions! The Rockies start their 162-game quest tonight in sunny Tampa, FL at Tropicana George M. Steinbrenner Field as they take on the Tampa Bay Rays, who are playing their season in the sp...2025
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• Royals fans, let us enjoy the ride in 2025

Ragans deals. | Brad Penner-Imagn Images Each time I find myself flat on my face, I pick myself up and get back in the race Welcome to 2025, Royals fans, the first time since—what?—2016 that there are high expectations for our beloved franchise. That’s the blessing and curse of winning baseball: itt leads you to believe that more winning baseball is on the horizon. And it very well might b...2025
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• Royals Rumblings - News for April 7, 2025
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• Player of the Week: Maikel Garcia

Maikel Garcia #11 of the Kansas City Royals runs the bases following a home run against the Milwaukee Brewers in the second inning during the home opener at American Family Field on March 31, 2025 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. | Photo by Stacy Revere/Getty Images Slammin’ home runs and doing good work In an early 2025 season that has seen the Royals score two or fewer runs in half of their firs...2025
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• The Royals have carried an unfortunate trend into this year

Kansas City, Missouri, USA; Kansas City Royals outfielder Dairon Blanco (44) is caught in a rundown by Cleveland Guardians third baseman Jose Ramirez (11) during the eighth inning at Kauffman Stadium. | Jay Biggerstaff-Imagn Images More than just one game. Last year on the 4th of July, I went to see the Kansas City Royals play baseball. The Tampa Bay Rays were in town, and the team was 48-...2025
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• Royals baserunning miscues overshadow storylines of Opening Day

Photo by Jamie Squire/Getty Images Baseball is back, including TOOTBLANS. The Royals took on the Guardians on Opening Day and lost 7-4 in extra innings. Here are some of the highlights and storylines from the game. Roster Roles Take Shape Offense The starting lineup from yesterday was mostly as expected. Vinnie Pasquantino hit DH due to his tender hamstring (didn’t seem to affect him much ...2025
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• Royals blow three-run lead to Guardians in 7-4 Opening Day loss
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• Royals Review Roundtable: The 2025 season

Bobby Witt Jr. #7 of the Kansas City Royals walks to the on-deck circle | Photo by Ron Jenkins/Getty Images Time to figure out which of the RR writers has the juice! Last year, the Royals went to the playoffs for the first time in almost a decade. This year, they have an opportunity to advance past the Division Round for the first time in a decade. The offseason wasn’t nearly as busy...2025
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• Royals Rumblings - News for March 25, 2025

Photo by Ed Zurga/Getty Images Bobby Baseball is the Major League Play Ball Ambassador! Anne Rogers writes more about Vinnie Pasquantino’s injury and a potential stint on the Injured List. “We haven’t talked about that, him and I, but I think he would understand the balance there,” manager Matt Quatraro said. “But that being said, it doesn’t mean he has to play all six games right out of ...2025
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• Royals Rumblings - News for March 21, 2025

Almost time to say farewell to Surprise | Photo by David Durochik/Diamond Images via Getty Images By next Friday’s Rumblings, we’ll have seen real baseball Bobby Baseball days away.— Kansas City Royals (@royals.com) 2025-03-20T16:30:15.121Z At the Star, Vahe Gregorian profiles Seth Lugo: For instance, an aunt likes to tell the story of taking him to a Texas Rangers game when he was 4...2025
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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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• Sean Murphy powers Atlanta to a 9-3 victory
Photo by LG Patterson/MLB Photos via Getty Images The Braves’ new catcher raked in big moments for the Braves. With Bryce Elder on the mound, the Braves looked to seize a series victory in game 2 against Kansas City. The Braves started off hot as their first four batters all hit a ball over 100 MPH, but it was a single from Austin Riley and a double from Sean Murphy that put the Braves on ...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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• Cubs 6, Royals 4: A tale of two games

David Banks-USA TODAY Sports The Cubs appeared to be on their way to an easy win... until they had to hang on for dear life. Drip... drip... drip... That was what today’s 6-4 Cubs win over the Royals felt like, after the Cubs zoomed out to a 6-1 lead after four innings. KC runs scored off just about every Cubs reliever until Adbert Alzolay finally put a stop to that in the ninth inning wit...2023
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• Braves hit five homers in 10-3 romp over Royals
Photo by Kyle Rivas/Getty Images Matt Olson and Austin Riley hit back-to-back homers in the first inning and the Braves never really looked back as they easily took Game 1 of their weekend series against the Royals. If you tuned in tonight wanting a close, competitive baseball game, like the kind the Braves played three nights in a row when sweeping the Reds earlier this week... this game ...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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• Royals pummel Mets 9-2 for 6th straight win
Photo by Ed Zurga/Getty Images Two straight sweeps! We’re the hottest team in baseball! For the first time in over two years, the Royals have won six consecutive games. Brady Singer logged one of his best starts of the season and a Drew Waters three-run homer in the 7th broke open the 9-2 sweep-clinching win. The Royals improve to 35-75 while the Mets drop to 50-58. Kansas City didn’t hit ...2023
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• Cubs 4, Royals 3: More drama than we needed

Photo by Quinn Harris/Getty Images This looked like a fairly easy win for a while, but the Royals made it close in the ninth. Thank you, Miguel Amaya, for hitting a home run in the eighth inning. This is why they call runs like that “insurance runs,” because that gave the Cubs a 4-1 lead that seemed fairly safe. Unfortunately, Adbert Alzolay wasn’t on his best game Sunday and allowed the ...2023
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• Preseason Prep - March 20, 2025
Shohei Ohtani, DH (LAD) Ohtani's path to back-to-back 50/50 seasons began on Wednesday in Japan when the Dodgers' superstar blasted his first home run of the regular season, a towering fly off a 99-mph fastball that was initially ruled fan interference but later overruled via replay review. Ohtani finished the 2-game Tokyo series with three hits, including two extra-base hits, and two walks in 10 ...2025
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• Preseason Prep - March 14, 2025
Injury Updates Bobby Witt Jr, SS, Royals Bobby Witt was recently hit in the forearm with a pitch in Spring Training and left the game. After getting tested, it was determined it was nothing serious, just a bruise. This is a relief for any fantasy manager who has already drafted, as they likely had to use a top-three overall pick on him. He is coming off of a 32 home run, 31 stolen base season whi...2025
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• Preseason Prep - March 13, 2025
Max Scherzer, TOR Scherzer is currently dealing with a sore right thumb and will not be making his scheduled start on Thursday. The Blue Jays are hopeful that this is a short time issue and that the former ace will still be fine for the start of the season. 2024 was a difficult campaign for the 40-year-old, as he only made starts for the Rangers and posted a 22.6% K% that is well below his norma...2025
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• It’s time to believe in Chandler Simpson

Photo by Gene Wang/Getty Images Could he be the center fielder of the future? When Hollywood adapts baseball to the big screen, some screenwriters tried to make the game as realistic as possible while others will present the game with supernatural elements to showcase just how otherworldly their participants actually are. In Twilight, as regularly re-emerges on social media, the vampires ...2025
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• Kansas City Royals Fantasy Outlook with Eric Cross: Witt Jr., Garcia, and Pitching Prospects

The award-winning fantasy mind joins the podcast as fantasy baseball season chugs along. Fantasy baseball season is here, and we’re diving deep into the Kansas City Royals! With Jeremy out due to technical issues, Jacob Milham is joined by fantasy baseball expert Eric Cross from RotoBaller for an insightful breakdown of the Royals’ top fantasy prospects and sleepers for 2025. The duo discusses Bob...2025
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• 2023 Top Keepers – Shortstops
One week ago, I was lamenting the state of the second base position in Major League Baseball and thus fantasy baseball. Outside of a few top players, it is now overrun with utility players and doesn't have much depth. This week, however, we talk about one of the deeper positions in baseball. Today we unveil the 2023 Top Keepers - Shortstops edition. Unlike second base, the shortstop position is ...2022
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• Gunnar Henderson, 2023 Fantasy Outlook
I said something in my Corbin Carroll fantasy the other day, that people might take the wrong way, so to clarify. I think Gunnar Henderson can be better than Bobby Witt Jr., especially in real baseball. I think Corbin Carroll can be excellent, a top 25 overall type bat. When I said I thought Julio Rodriguez was better than Carroll, and Witt Jr. was better than Gunnar, I meant their rookie 2022 sea...2022
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• Corbin Carroll, 2023 Fantasy Outlook
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• Top 100 Hitters: The July Heat
Welcome to July where we are only two weeks away from the All-Star game and fantasy baseball owners are trying to gear up for the second half. This week, our rest of the season rankings take on a little shake up thanks to injury (sorry, Bryce Harper and Salvador Perez) and the continued breakout of young stars like Julio Rodriguez and Bobby Witt Jr. In the coming weeks, we also hope to welcome b...2022
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• Open Up The Season & Let The Love Shine In
*digs nose into an open field of grass, lifts head, eyes filled with tears* This smells of my youth! Passerby, "My dog just peed there, so probably because you used to wet yourself." Baseball is back. "Hello, Genie, I have three wishes for this baseball season. My first wish: No one I roster get hurt. My 2nd wish: Everyone I roster do well. I drafted Bobby Witt Jr., Julio Rodriguez, and Seiya S...2022
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• Kansas City Royals Hit... Something! Avoiding the Sweep & Finding the Offense
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• MJ Melendez has got to go
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• Beat the Streak Picks
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• Ragans career day leads Royals to 4-2 victory over Guardians
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• Game thread XV - Royals at Guardians
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• Beat the Streak Pick
The Log5 Method yields these top projected hit averages versus starting pitchers: 0.290 — Edmundo Sosa batting against Miles Mikolas. 0.285 — Trea Turner batting against Miles Mikolas. 0.278 — Xavier Edwards batting against Trevor Williams. 0.276 — Nick Castellanos batting against Miles Mikolas. 0.274 — Bobby Witt Jr. batting against Luis Ortiz. 0.271 — […...2025
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• Player of the Week: Lucas Erceg

Lucas Erceg #60 of the Kansas City Royals pitches during the game between the Minnesota Twins and the Kansas City Royals at Kauffman Stadium on Monday, April 7, 2025 in Kansas City, Missouri. | Photo by Tanner Gatlin/MLB Photos via Getty Images He’s nails The last two decades of Kansas City Royals baseball has seen some excellent relievers holding down the fort at the end of close games. S...2025
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• Where are the home runs?

Photo by Ed Zurga/Getty Images The Kansas City Royals are not hitting any home runs so far this year, which is a bit alarming. We are only 11 games into the 2025 season, so it is hard to get too worked up about any statistic other than how far Jac Caglianone can hit a baseball. Speaking of which, the major league Royals are struggling to loft balls over the fence in the early going. Kansa...2025
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• MLB Power Rankings: Which teams can challenge the Dodgers?

Photo by Mary DeCicco/MLB Photos via Getty Images The Dodgers look like the cream of the crop but there are several teams that could challenge for their crown. Every Major League Baseball team begins a brand new baseball season with hope. In the spring of 1993, as a fresh-faced 16-year-old Phillies fan living in suburban bliss, I had no right to believe that summer was going to be anythin...2025
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• Royals Opening Day roster prediction one week into Spring Training

John Rave #96 of the Kansas City Royals cannot catch a ball hit by Josh Smith #47 of the Texas Rangers in the seventh inning at Globe Life Field on March 27, 2023 | Photo by Tim Heitman/Getty Images No trade = blander projection Can you believe the Royals have already played more than a week of Spring Training? Regular season baseball will be on us in less than a month, and while many rost...2025
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• This year’s Royals are better on paper but will that translate to more wins?

Photo by Ed Zurga/Getty Images The Royals look better on paper, but they might not win as many games as the 2024 version. The roster that the Royals having heading into the 2025 regular season is just better than what they started with last season. That does not mean they will win more games than the 2024 Royals, but I do like that this front office seems to improve the roster yearly. Let’...2025
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• Kansas City fans aren’t used to playoff losses, but it’s normal

Bobby Witt Jr. #7 of the Kansas City Royals walks through the dugout after a loss to the New York Yankees during Game Four of the Division Series at Kauffman Stadium on October 10, 2024 in Kansas City, Missouri. | Photo by Jamie Squire/Getty Images Be happy it happened Over the last few months, Kansas City sports fans have been in an unusual position: watching their sports teams lose in th...2025
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• Royals Rumblings - News for February 4, 2025

Photo by Luke Hales/Getty Images How would you grade the Royals’ off-season? David Lesky tries to project Royals hitters. In right field, Melendez and Renfroe is a bit less exciting, but Melendez has a career 105 OPS+ against righties while Renfroe is at 121 vs. lefites. Neither was that good against their desired platoon matchups last year, which is concerning and a big reason why they ne...2025
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• Royals Rumblings - News for January 29, 2025

Jay Biggerstaff-Imagn Images Bobby Witt Jr. isn’t the video game cover boy? MLB.com’s Anne Rogers detailed how the rotation stands now. She writes as if five pitchers, including Kris Bubic, are competing for the final rotation spot. The Royals are confident in Bubic’s potential return to the rotation, even after seeing how much success he had in the bullpen last year when he returned from...2025
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• Royals Rumblings - News for January 1, 2025
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• The greatest Royals shortstop seasons of all-time

Jay Biggerstaff-USA TODAY Sports Bobby Witt Jr. is among the best already, but that is not saying very much Shortstop has been a pain point for the Royals since the beginning of the organization. When Freddie Patek has your only run of more than three seasons over 2 WAR in over half a century, you can tell just how rough filling the position has been for this organization. That dearth of t...2023
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