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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 April 19, 2024

I believe this is my first Nick Loftin picture | Photo by Quinn Harris/Getty Images Early season winning makes for a busy off day No game yesterday, but there was a roster move: INF Nick Loftin has been optioned to Omaha (AAA). A corresponding move will be announced tomorrow.— Kansas City Royals (@Royals) April 18, 2024 This clears the way for Michael Massey to return from his reha...2024
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• Royals Rumblings - News for April 18, 2024

Melissa Tamez-USA TODAY Sports The bats have cooled off. Salvador Perez’s game-winning home run was a bright spot in a tough week for the offense: Just three days after suffering a mild left groin strain Sunday against the Mets, Perez silenced any injury doubts by catching Game 1 and ending up the offensive hero Wednesday afternoon with his fifth homer of the season. “Big-time player doin...2024
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• Royals Rumblings - News for April 16, 2024

Photo by Jay Biggerstaff/Getty Images Salvy is A-OK! Salvy will avoid the Injured List, writes Anne Rogers. Indeed, Perez’s MRI scan taken Monday in Chicago “was the best result we could have hoped for,” Quatraro said. Imaging showed a mild left groin strain that is not expected to require an injured list stint. Catcher Logan Porter traveled to Chicago on Monday to be a one-man taxi squad...2024
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• Weekend Rumblings - News for April 13, 2024

Photo by Adam Hunger/Getty Images Time for a new win streak. Michael Wacha talks to Anne Rogers about his first loss of the year. “I was making some quality pitches, but the [Mets] came out swinging. They were ready to rock. They were able to find holes whenever they put it in play,” Wacha said. “I felt I was close to getting out of those innings. The [RBI] hits all came on two outs. Those...2024
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• Royals Rumblings - News for April 10, 2024

Minda Haas Kuhlmann At Farm to Fountains, Michael Farina says this rotation is built for success: The correlation is clear: Royals starters pitch well, the team plays well. Through these first ten games, Royals SP’s have pitched more innings than any other rotation (62) and have allowed the second-fewest runs (11). That’s an insane 1.60 ERA for a collective of pitchers averaging more than...2024
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• Royals Rumblings - News for April 23, 2024
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• Royals Rumblings - News for April 9, 2024

Photo by Mike Lawrie/Getty Images Did the sun come back? Craig Brown recaps the weekend’s games, including Friday’s thriller. I don’t think it’s overstating things to say that this felt like a season-defining moment. Maybe that sounds ridiculous—this was just the eighth game of the season—but this is where we found the Royals. Another brutal loss—it would’ve been the third game out of fou...2024
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• Weekend Rumblings - News for April 6, 2024

Photo by Reed Hoffmann/Getty Images Be .500. The Royals were pumped after a late win to get back to .500 for the first time in nearly two years. “It feels incredible,” said Brady Singer, who tossed 6 1/3 innings of one-run ball. “Games like that are games we need to win and went out there and won. It was really good. I love these guys. It’s really fun and it’s a great team and obviously w...2024
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• Royals Rumblings - News for April 2, 2024

Photo by Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images Yes? Or No? Jaylon Thompson writes about the tough loss in the series opener in Baltimore. “It was a really good ballgame throughout,” Royals manager Matt Quatraro said. “It was exciting to get back and tie it off (Orioles closer Craig) Kimbrel. He is one of the best closers in recent history. “Obviously, to lose in that fashion is heartbreaking....2024
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• Royals Rumblings - News for March 29, 2024

Good news! There’s more Royals baseball tomorrow! | Photo by Jamie Squire/Getty Images The quest for 161-1 begins tomorrow! Ed note: I mentioned this in the comments yesterday - I could probably just write “Hey, yesterday was Opening Day - What do you think?” and we’d get 200 comments here today. I’d like to think I do a marginally better job than that, so you get 2000 characters instea...2024
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• Royals Rumblings - News for March 28, 2024

L.G. Patterson/MLB Photos during the game between the Minnesota Twins and the Kansas City Royals at Kauffman Stadium on Thursday, March 30, 2023 in Kansas City, Missouri. (Photo by LG Patterson/MLB Photos via Getty Images Happy Opening Day! Kansas City’s busy offseason set the tone for 2024, writes Anne Rogers: The small-market Royals were one of the busiest teams this winter in hopes of ...2024
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• Royals Rumblings - News for April 23, 2024
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• Royals Rumblings - News for December 22, 2023

Sorry, Santa. I hope you put coal in Noah Syndergaard’s stocking Only 4 shopping days left until CobraCy’s Christmas post will be late (please tell me he’s writing one) As talked about yesterday in other outlets, The Star’s Pete Grathoff explores the possibility of Royals games being on Amazon Prime in the future: According to the Wall Street Journal’s Lauren Thomas and Joe Flint, Amazon...2023
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• Royals Rumblings - News for March 30, 2023
Mark J. Rebilas-USA TODAY Sports Opening Day 2023! An Opening Day FAQ for Twins at Royals, courtesy of Anne Rogers and Do-Hyoung Park: Greinke ended his Cactus League season with a good tune-up against the Dodgers, allowing two runs in 5 2/3 innings, and best of all, he’s healthy and feeling good. Garrett didn’t allow a run scored all spring, while Barlow was his usual, efficient self. On ...2023
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• Royals Rumblings - News for March 29, 2023
A playpen full of puppies! | Minda Haas Kuhlmann Happy Opening Day Eve! With Daniel Lynch out with a shoulder strain, Kris Bubic will be the 5th starter, reports Anne Rogers: When he takes the mound next week, Bubic will debut his slider in the regular season, a pitch he’s been toying with for several years before committing to it this spring. He threw 17 of them against Texas, his second...2023
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"Craig Brown at Into the Fountains had an interesting chart last week showing the last time each franchise had a 100-RBI hitter and a 200-strikeout pitcher in the same year."

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"co/otZKQqRKyx— Craig Brown (@CraigBrown_KC) April 15, 2023 The Royals loaded the bases in the third with one out, thanks to some shoddy defense by Braves shortstop Vaughn Grissom, but failed to plate a run."

• Royals Rumblings - News for April 23, 2024
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• Royals Rumblings - News for April 4, 2024

Photo by Greg Fiume/Getty Images 4/4/24 No game due to weather yesterday, so let’s round up the reactions to Tuesday’s landslide election defeat for the Royals: Sam McDowell at the Star ($): Less than week ago, even after agreeing to keep Oak Street open, Sherman acknowledged he didn’t know what that meant for a surrounding entertainment district that he said the team isn’t really calling ...2024
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• Royals Rumblings - News for March 22, 2024

Sure, it’s not the KBO, but it’s in Korea | Photo by Gene Wang/Getty Images I tried to write as much as I could of this ahead of time, but if it descends into madness by the end, I blame basketball Max and Jeremy already covered the big stories yesterday. I guess I’ll just link to other stories below that cover the same ground. First, Max: Alec Marsh makes the rotation, Jordan Lyles to th...2024
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• Royals Rumblings - News for March 20, 2024

Did you wake up early for the Seoul Series? By the time this post goes up, there will be MLB action that counts well underway in Seoul. What do you think of the pre-season regular season games? If you are in a fantasy league, are you allowed to put Dodgers and Padres in lineups now, or is your league waiting til the rest of MLB gets underway? Reliever Jake Brentz has a left hamstring strain that w...2024
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Photo by Focus on Sport/Getty Images Baseball’s mystical side With roster moves and opening day bearing down on us, I wanted to explore some of the oddball and sometimes almost mystical occurrences in the history of the Royals and in baseball. How rare is an Opening Day home run on the first pitch of the season? Turns out, it’s really rare. It happened only once, on Opening Day 1986, Bosto...2024
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• Weekend Rumblings - News for March 9, 2024

Photo by Norm Hall/Getty Images Is Nick Pratto forcing his way onto the roster? Jaylon Thompson writes about the importance of veteran presence on the pitching staff. Schreiber also said having an older mentor is important for young pitchers as they adjust to playing at the professional level and improving their craft. “How to go about pitch sequences” was one of the most important things...2024
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• Weekend Rumblings - News for March 23, 2024

Photo by Aaron Doster/Getty Images The last weekend before regular season baseball. Jaylon Thompson writes about the Royals demoting Nick Pratto despite a hot spring. “Frankly you know, Vinnie (Pasquantino) is going to play first (base) most of the time,” Quatraro said. “Nick had a phenomenal spring. It was just a little bit of a logjam. He can do other things in playing the outfield. But ...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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• Royals Rumblings - News for February 22, 2024

Photo by Jamie Sabau/Getty Images Spring Training games begin today! ICYMI, Eric Hosmer is hanging it up: “Really proud of Hoz’s career and everything he did for our organization,” general manager J.J. Picollo said. “His legacy is going to live forever as part of that world championship team, being one of the leaders. The big hits, the big moments that he had personally that affected our ...2024
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• Royals Rumblings - News for February 20, 2024

Photo by Dylan Buell/Getty Images We will have baseball games this week! Anne Rogers writes about Daniel Lynch’s efforts to make the rotation. “I’m trying to strike guys out,” Lynch said. “Get guys out. I’m trying to go out there and show what I can do. That’s all you can do.” Lynch is building up as a starter this spring and competing for a spot in the rotation. It’s far from guaranteed ...2024
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• Royals Rumblings - News for February 9, 2024

A Superb Owl! | Photo by Rasit Aydogan/Anadolu via Getty Images Ready to read some Superb Owl facts? This time next week, we’re going to be talking about how Pitchers and Catchers have already reported! The Royals signed a number of pre-arbitration contracts yesterday We have agreed to terms on 2024 contracts with the following players:RHP Jonathan BowlanRHP Steven CruzLHP Cole RagansLHP...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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• Homer-happy Braves rout Royals 10-3
Photo by Kyle Rivas/Getty Images The Braves smack a lot of dongs. The Braves smacked five home runs, three of them coming in the first two innings of Brady Singer, on their way to a 10-3 win over the Royals on Friday night. The Royals fall to 4-10 and have lost seven of their eight home games this year. The Braves jumped on Singer immediately, with Ronald Acuña Jr. leading off the game wit...2023
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• Royals Rumblings - News for May 26, 2023
Hey, I lucked out. Getty has a Millennium Force image in the archives | Photo by Tricia Spaulding/Lexington Herald-Leader/Tribune News Service via Getty Images Not a lot of baseball today, but lots of OT No game last night and, generally, well, not a lot going for a team that’s barrelling towards Memorial Day with a sub .300 winning percentage. Fortunately, OT will be a bit long. A littl...2023
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• Royals Rumblings - News for February 15, 2024

Photo by LG Patterson/MLB Photos via Getty Images Did you go to the parade yesterday? Craig Brown at Into the Fountains recaps the stadium site announcement: There are several buzzy words in just that portion of his statement that I want to point out. “A neighborhood ballpark” is one of them. Small business owners currently located on the site may disagree, but the Crossroads is doing jus...2024
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• Royals Rumblings - News for December 19, 2023

Photo by Elsa/Getty Images Welcome to Kansas City, Michael Wacha! The Royals welcomed Michael Wacha to the team, and Anne Rogers writes about what brought him to Kansas City. “Seeing the young core that’s been coming up shows a lot of great potential,” Wacha said. “And then after getting on the phone with [general manager] J.J. [Picollo] and discussing the type of vision that he sees here,...2023
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• Weekend Rumblings - News for November 4, 2023

Photo by Michael Reaves/Getty Images Heat up the Hot Stove! aMLB Pipeline covers top Arizona Fall League performers. Royals: Diego Hernandez, OF (No. 15), Gigantes del Cibao Eric Cerantola, RHP (Unranked), Surprise Saguaros One swing of the bat was all it took for Hernandez to surpass his RBI total from his first 10 games for the Gigantes. After snapping a tie with a fielder’s choice grou...2023
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• Royals Rumblings - News for August 18

Photo by Jamie Squire/Getty Images The Royals are on speed. Jaylon Thompson writes how the Royals are using speed in their lineup. “If we are going to be successful, that is what we are going to have to do,” Royals outfielder Kyle Isbel said. “As a team, we are going to have to be able to run and be aggressive on the bases.”... How have the Royals become so lethal swiping bags? Hollins sa...2023
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Kelley L Cox-USA TODAY Sports Which is more exciting: Cole Ragans or stadium renditions? Zack Greinke made his first bullpen appearance for Kansas City since 2007 on Tuesday: So it really was vintage Greinke who showed up Tuesday night. Back from the 15-day injured list to pitch against the A’s, Greinke entered in the fourth inning and turned in four scoreless frames with five strikeouts ...2023
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Hey, there’s a “Hideaki Anno” image in our image archive | Photo credit should read TOSHIFUMI KITAMURA/AFP via Getty Images Not much baseball, but lots of OT today Just another reminder (Greg mentioned it yesterday, too). Single game tickets go on sale today at 10am Royals time: *sets alarm for tomorrow at 10 a.m. CT*— Kansas City Royals (@Royals) February 3, 2023 Keith Law came out ...2023
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• Royals Rumblings - News for February 29, 2024

Photo by Ed Zurga/Getty Images Happy leap day! Michael Wacha reigned the zone in his spring debut: His own criticism aside, Wacha looked the part in the small sample Tuesday, pounding the strike zone and using all his pitches to get ahead of the three batters he faced. The velocity was there, with his fastball in the low-to-mid 90s, and his changeup continued to throw hitters’ timing off....2024
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• Royals Rumblings - News for February 14, 2024

Pitchers and catchers reported, which means Bark in the Park is not too far off! | Minda Haas Kuhlmann Anne Rogers provided some further details on the reasoning for the stadium site: A key factor in the Royals’ location decision was the South Loop Park Project, which would build a park over four blocks of Interstate 670 as it passes through downtown. The city is in the process of raising...2024
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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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• Royals Rumblings - News for September 29, 2023

We’re talking about this, weather you like it or not | John Rieger-USA TODAY Sports Yes, it’s been a long, mostly bad season. But this is the last weekend of it and that’s still sad. A game and a half yesterday cut into a lot of the stories. Well, that and the 100 losses. Jaylon Thompson profiled Salvy again. But can you really do that too much? Of course not. “There is no excuse. If ...2023
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