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• Royals come to terms with all remaining arbitration-eligible players

Photo by Ezra Shaw/Getty Images The Royals will not have any arbitration hearings The Royals came to terms with all of their remaining arbitration-eligible players, reaching agreement with Kris Bubic, Hunter Harvey, Carlos Hernández, Kyle Isbel, MJ Melendez, and John Schrieber, according to Anne Rogers. Thursday was the deadline for players to come to terms with arbitration-eligible player...2025
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• Royals Rumblings - News for January 2, 2025

Photo by Michael Zagaris/Oakland Athletics/Getty Images The holiday season is officially over (unless you’re Catholic I guess). A bunch of Royals listcles from MLB dot com to start you off, first with one potential breakout prospect: Royals: Asbel Gonzalez, OF (No. 20) Scouts love their no-doubt center fielders, and Gonzalez has wowed plenty of Royals evaluators with his defense and speed...2025
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• Royals Rumblings - News for December 24, 2024

Photo by Demetrius Freeman/The Washington Post via Getty Images The stocking are hung by the chimney with care. Jim Bowden at The Athletic has a mailbag column where he considers a Royals trade proposal. [$] Trade proposal: Royals trade RHP Carlos Hernández to the Dodgers for outfielder James Outman. K.C. gets a left-handed bat and defensive upgrade, while Dodgers land a hard-throwing rel...2024
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• Royals Rumblings - News for December 12, 2024

Photo by Jamie Squire/Getty Images Are you moving from the bullpen to the rotation? The Royals were quiet in what was an active Winter Meetings around the league: It was quiet in Nashville, Tenn., at this time last year, but it was just three days after the Meetings closed that the Royals went on a free-agent frenzy. The two offseasons aren’t comparable, but one move might prompt an openi...2024
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• Weekend Rumblings - News for December 7, 2024

Photo by Mary DeCicco/MLB Photos via Getty Images Is Maikel Garcia a trade candidate? Anne Rogers previews next week’s Winter Meetings. Potential Trade Candidates With Singer already gone, the Royals might be more reluctant to trade from their Major League team, but there are still names to discuss. Third baseman Maikel Garcia has popped up in conversations because of his ability to play s...2024
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• Royals Rumblings - News for December 5, 2024

Emily Curiel/The Kansas City Star/Tribune News Service via Getty Images You might be able to watch the Royals OTA next year. The Royals are working on bringing games to local TV: Fans wouldn’t need a cable or streaming subscription to watch. “We’re going to need to work through this, but we will likely be able to have some games over the air,” Sherman said. “And that’s going to involve r...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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• Projected 2025 Royals arbitration salaries

Photo by Kyle Rivas/MLB Photos via Getty Images The Royals have a lot of young players - how much will they make? The Royals have a young team, and that means having to deal with several arbitration-eligible players as they plan for next year’s team. Salaries for arbitration-eligible players can be hard to predict, but MLB Trade Rumors has a formula they use to project the salaries that el...2024
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• Is the Royals’ bullpen....good now?

Photo by Frank Jansky/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images The beleaguered relievers have been getting the jobs done in September. Kansas City fans know the importance of a good bullpen on a contending team. The 2014-15 Royals rode a dominant pen to two pennants and a title with All-Stars Greg Holland, Wade Davis, and Kelvin Herrera playing prominent roles. For this year’s contending Royals, ...2024
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• Will Smith to the Injured List, Angel Zerpa sent down in bullpen shuffle

Jay Biggerstaff-USA TODAY Sports Carlos Hernández and Daniel Lynch come up. The Royals made a number of bullpen moves in anticipation of a critical four-game set against the first-place Cleveland Guardians. Lefty reliever Will Smith was placed on the Injured List with back spasms, and lefty Angel Zerpa was optioned to Triple-A Omaha. Replacing them on the roster are left-hander Daniel Lyn...2024
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• Game thread CXVIII - Cardinals at Royals

Michael Wacha #52 of the Kansas City Royals delivers a pitch against the Detroit Tigers at Comerica Park on August 04, 2024 in Detroit, Michigan. | Photo by Nic Antaya/Getty Images Can KC guarantee a series split and take the season series from the cross-state rivals? The Royals got a couple spots of bad news before tonight’s game. Well, starting with immediately following last night’s gam...2024
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• Royals call up pitcher Walter Pennington

Photo by Christian Petersen/Getty Images Adam Frazier also returns. The Royals have promoted pitcher Walter Pennington from Triple-A Omaha and have activated Adam Frazier from the Injured List. To make room on the roster, Carlos Hernández and C.J. Alexander were optioned to Omaha. The Royals made room on the 40-man roster for Pennington by transferring pitcher Dan Altavilla to the 60-day I...2024
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• TWitM: Alexander, Waters shine while Double-A arms continue to rack up Ks

Photo by Christian Petersen/Getty Images How much longer will CJ Alexander be in Omaha? 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 30 to Sunday, May 5 AAA Omaha Storm Chasers (1...2024
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• 2024 Royals season preview: It’s time to win

Photo by Omar Rawlings/Getty Images The Royals want to win on the field and at the ballot box Royals fans have seen their fair share of rebuild movements. Sometimes they pan out, like when they “flipped the switch” in 2011 with Salvador Perez, Eric Hosmer, Mike Moustakas, Alcides Escobar, and Lorenzo Cain, the group that went on to win two pennants and a championship. But more often than n...2024
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"Photo by Ezra Shaw/Getty Images The Royals will not have any arbitration hearings The Royals came to terms with all of their remaining arbitration-eligible players, reaching agreement with Kris Bubic, Hunter Harvey, Carlos Hernández, Kyle Isbel, MJ Melendez, and John Schrieber, according to Anne Rogers."

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"Carlos Hernández, John Schreiber, and Kris Bubic combined for four shutout innings striking out five of their own."

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"com/fkK8ioTv6M— MLB (@MLB) October 1, 2023 Don’t sleep on what happened after that, though, as Carlos Hernández had a scoreless seventh inning, giving us some hope for his future, before James “The General” McArthur pulled off an impressive two-inning save, striking out four."

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"The Royals finalized their season-opening rotation yesterday, with manager Mike Matheny telling reporters (including Alec Lewis of the Athletic) that southpaw Daniel Lynch will claim the final spot behind Zack Greinke, Brad Keller, Kris Bubic and Carlos Hernández."

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• Royals Rumblings - News for December 24, 2024
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• What Royals payroll looks like for 2025

Jay Biggerstaff-USA TODAY Sports Will John Sherman continue spending? The Royals made waves last winter by being one of the biggest spenders of the winter, pushing their Opening Day payroll to $115 million, the highest it had been since 2018. While J.J. Picollo says the budget has not been set for next year, he expects owner John Sherman to offer the same kind of payroll flexibility the Ro...2024
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• Some quick knee-jerk reactions now that the season is over

Photo by Jamie Squire/Getty Images What’s next? The season is over, as the Royals fell in four games to the Yankees in the ALDS. The Royals had an incredible bounceback season after losing 106 games, but also face a lot of questions as we begin the off-season. Just a few quick thoughts. The Royals did have an amazing season that they should be proud of, and no one expected them to get thi...2024
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• Previewing the Royals’ postseason roster

Tommy Pham #22 of the Kansas City Royals reacts after striking out in the first inning against the San Francisco Giants at Kauffman Stadium on September 20, 2024 in Kansas City, Missouri. | Photo by Ed Zurga/Getty Images Who makes the cut? What’s their role? Two weeks ago I wrote an article, “The Royals are definitely going to the playoffs.” Since that time the Royals have gone ...2024
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• The boys are playing some ball and could make some noise

Bobby Witt Jr. #7 of the Kansas City Royals rounds third base before scoring a run during the third inning of the game against the New York Yankees at Yankee Stadium on September 10, 2024 in New York City. | Photo by Dustin Satloff/Getty Images If you’re a Yankees fan, you’re probably pretty nervous about facing the Royals in the playoffs. There are 15 games left in the season and the Roya...2024
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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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• Lorenzen outpitches his old team, Royals win 7-1

Bobby Witt Jr. celebrates with Salvador Perez after hitting a home run in the fourth inning. Don’t look now, but Bobby and the Bullpen had a fantastic night. Michael Lorenzen used to be a Cincinnati Red, years ago. Today marked his first opportunity to pitch against his old team at their home stadium and he appeared to relish it. It wasn’t exactly a dominant performance, but as the Royals’...2024
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• TWitM: Alexander, Waters shine while Double-A arms continue to rack up Ks
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• The narrow path to 90 wins

Denny Medley-USA TODAY Sports The path to the playoffs is narrow, and it’s unlikely the Royals will find it. Every year, I put the Royals’ schedule into a spreadsheet and follow a simple formula to create a path to a 90-win season: Win or split series at home. Win or split road series against weaker teams. Don’t get swept. I don’t figure in any sweeps and split all four-game and two-game...2024
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• Spring training battles: The bullpen

Photo by Christian Petersen/Getty Images Matt Quatraro will have more options this year. The Royals had the third-worst bullpen ERA in baseball last year, shuttling through 31 different relievers, most in franchise history (in fairness, this is in part from using the opener). They are looking to provide more stability in the late innings this year, with the addition of veteran relievers t...2024
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• Royals Rumblings - News for January 17, 2024

We have once again arrived at Wednesday. On the team site, Anne Rogers talked to Daniel Lynch IV about what he got out of playing the Dominican Winter League: Lynch made five starts and threw 20 1/3 innings, recording a 2.66 ERA with 23 strikeouts and 13 walks. There wasn’t any specific plan for working on his pitches; his goal was simply to get outs. A different schedule and lack of routine put ...2024
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• Dairon Blanco goes Thanos on the Reds, Royals win 13-1

Kansas City Royals left fielder Dairon Blanco (44) gestures on his way to home plate after hitting a 2-run home run in the second inning of the MLB game between the Cincinnati Reds and Kansas City Royals at Great American Ball Park in Cincinnati on Saturday, Aug. 17, 2024. | Albert Cesare/The Enquirer / USA TODAY NETWORK The pinch-running specialist ended the night with three hits and seve...2024
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• Royals Rumblings - News for August 12, 2024

Photo by Ed Zurga/Getty Images Jac Caglianone hits his first pro home run. Vahe Gregorian writes about Saturday’s big win. Meanwhile, the two of them figure to be among the favorite Royals fans have ever had: Perez already has earned that over the years, including with his 2015 World Series MVP performance, and Witt is on track for it as one of the brightest young stars in the game. But...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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• Kikuchi carves Kauffman kids in 4-1 clobbering
Denny Medley-USA TODAY Sports The bats never got going The Toronto Blue Jays evened up this four game set with a 4-1 victory over the Kansas City Royals tonight at Kauffman Stadium. Yusei Kikuchi and the Toronto bullpen had the team’s best pitching game of the season thus far. Kris Bubic wasn’t especially efficient in his first inning of work this season, requiring 22 pitches to complete t...2023
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• Bobby Witt Jr. and Brady Singer to represent Team USA at the World Baseball Classic
Photo by Brace Hemmelgarn/Minnesota Twins/Getty Images Salvy, MJ Melendez, Nicky Lopez, and Vinnie Pasquantino will also participate Bobby Witt Jr. and Brady Singer will get a chance to represent the United States of America at the World Baseball Classic next month. The two were part of the Team USA roster that was unveiled today in anticipation of the tournament that begins March 7. The U...2023
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• Greinke shows us the magic one last time, Royals win 5-2

Zack Greinke #23 of the Kansas City Royals waves to the crowd as he leaves the game after pitching against the New York Yankees in the sixth inning at Kauffman Stadium on October 01, 2023 in Kansas City, Missouri. | Photo by Ed Zurga/Getty Images Bobby Witt Jr. couldn’t steal his 50th base, but did lead the league in triples! The Royals, and by extension we, have achieved the off-season. T...2023
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• It’s the first day of the rest of the season, Royals win 2-1
Starting pitcher Ryan Yarbrough #48 of the Kansas City Royals pitches during the 1st inning of the game against the Minnesota Twins at Kauffman Stadium on July 30, 2023 in Kansas City, Missouri. | Photo by Jamie Squire/Getty Images It’s a sweep!!! I wrote in the game thread that Ryan Yarbrough has been quite good for the Royals, especially since his return from injury. Today he was even be...2023
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• Royals blast off against Astros early, hang on late, complete sweep 6-5

Kansas City Royals right fielder Nelson Velazquez (17) celebrates while rounding the bases after hitting a home run during the third inning against the Houston Astros at Minute Maid Park. Mandatory Credit: Troy Taormina | Troy Taormina-USA TODAY Sports It sure looked like the scores could be astronomical after the first few innings of this one Let’s keep this brief because we all know ther...2023
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• Royals beat Atlanta in season finale 4-2, sneak back into second Wild Card

Kansas City Royals relief pitcher Kris Bubic (50) pitches during the eighth inning against the San Francisco Giants at Kauffman Stadium. | Jay Biggerstaff-Imagn Images There will be questions about Lucas Erceg. To start the day, Tommy Pham hit a double, Bobby Witt Jr. hit an infield single, and Michael Massey hit a three-run home run. Sunday Mass. pic.twitter.com/QbShdbSimy— Kansas City ...2024
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• Royals top White Sox 3-0 to go over .500 for the first time since the second game of 2022

MJ Melendez #1 of the Kansas City Royals celebrates hitting a two-run home run against the Chicago White Sox during the seventh inning at Kauffman Stadium on April 6, 2024 in Kansas City, Missouri. | Photo by Kyle Rivas/Getty Images Michael Wacha was dominant and the Royals did just enough to win another one I could really get used to a Royals rotation that pitches like this one has so far...2024
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• Royals escape MLB oubliette, defeat Athletics 5-1
Jay Biggerstaff-USA TODAY Sports The recent promotions are looking good Coming into today Athletics’ starter Mason Miller had never allowed a major league home run. He also throws 100 MPH. Neither thing helped him as he faced Salvador Perez in the first inning. Salvy’s 462-foot home run is the longest home run of his career. pic.twitter.com/6NI8Tx8NSK— Kansas City Royals (@Royals) May 7,...2023
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• Royals to add Matt Duffy, Jackie Bradley Jr., Franmil Reyes to roster
Photo by Dylan Buell/Getty Images The team will have to open up some 40-man roster spots. The Royals will add veteran infielder Matt Duffy and outfielders Jackie Bradley Jr. and will likely add Franmil Reyes to their Opening Day roster, according to MLB.com reporter Anne Rogers. All three were signed to minor league deals, so they will need to be added to the 40-man roster. The Royals can ...2023
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• Bullpen bullies boys in brown, feckless friars felled 4-3
Orlando Ramirez-USA TODAY Sports In and out of trouble The Royals allowed a ton of baserunners but managed to work out of enough jams to beat the Padres by a score of 4-3 in San Diego this afternoon. Both offenses were quiet through the first three innings. Yu Darvish needed just 32 pitches to get the first nine outs, including striking out the side in the third. Carlos Hernández struck ou...2023
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• Royals players as alcoholic beverages

Set Number: SI307 TK1 Cheers Have you ever wondered to yourself “what if there were a bar where all the drinks are Royals players?” What would your favorite players on the 2023 Royals take the form of? Spirits, wines, beers, the options abound. Now, at last, through a rigorous scientific process of me sitting around and bandying about ideas in my head, I bring to you the definitive comps o...2023
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