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• Royals to promote Jonathan Bowlan for start Monday

Photo by Christian Petersen/Getty Images Bowlan replaces Alec Marsh in the rotation The Royals will promote pitcher Jonathan Bowlan to the big leagues to make his MLB debut in Toronto on Monday, according to several reports. No corresponding roster move has yet to be announced. In the rotation, he replaces Alec Marsh, who was placed on the Injured List last week. Bowlan was originally a ...2024
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• Royals call up Will Klein, Alec Marsh to the Injured List

Photo by Adam Glanzman/MLB Photos via Getty Images The right-hander will make his MLB debut The Royals have called up right-handed reliever Will Klein and have placed Alec Marsh on the Injured List with a right elbow contusion. Marsh was struck in the forearm by a line-drive in his start last night, although X-rays were negative. Klein was originally a fifth-round pick in 2020 out of Easte...2024
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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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• Storm Chasers release Opening Day roster

Photo by Scott W. Grau/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images The first game of the season is Friday, March 29 With the start of the Major League season, much of the attention on Thursday will surround the Kansas City Royals. They’ll take on the Minnesota Twins at Kauffman Stadium this afternoon behind pitcher Cole Ragans. Beyond Kansas City, this week also marks the start of the 2024 Triple-A s...2024
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• Royals Review Roundtable: The 2024 season

Photo by Julio Aguilar/Getty Images Our writers discuss the off-season and expectations for this year. After one of the busier off-seasons in recent Royals history, the 2024 regular season is finally here! The Royals spent over $100 million on free agents, adding infielder Adam Frazier and Garrett Hampson, outfielder Hunter Renfroe, starting pitchers Seth Lugo and Michael Wacha, and relie...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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• 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 15, 2024

Salvy Splashes are not just for MLB | Photo by Gene Wang/Getty Images Asia Baseball Previews start today! Max was, of course, all over the notable news that last couple of days. On Wednesday, the big story was that Bo Jackson would be inducted into the Royals HOF. Yesterday, it was announced that former GMs Cedric Tallis and John Schuerholz would join him. Just wanting to link to some st...2024
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• Royals Rumblings - News for March 12, 2024

Photo by Aaron Doster/Getty Images Bobby Witt Jr. is one of the top players in baseball. Jaylon Thompson writes about how the Royals use data analytics to help the pitching staff. The Royals have invested in their research and development team this offseason. Sweeney works in lockstep with multiple video coordinators, who compile data from each workout session and spring training game. A...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 March 5, 2024

Photo by Christian Petersen/Getty Images Daniel Lynch IV talks pitching. Jeff Passan writes about the players impressing in spring training, including Cole Ragans. The comparison sounded too ridiculous to be true. One evaluator, smitten by the 26-year-old pitcher, said of Ragans: “He’s left-handed deGrom.” To comp a pitcher who has thrown all of 136 major league innings with Jacob deGrom...2024
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"Marsh had been competing for a rotation spot with not only Lyles, but Angel Zerpa, Daniel Lynch IV, and Anthony Veneziano."

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"Daniel Lynch immediately gave some of those runs back in the second, however."

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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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"Southpaw Daniel Lynch was placed on the 10-day…"

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"That said, Flanagan points to a few Royals starting prospects – Brady Singer, Daniel Lynch and Jackson Kowar – who could push for a spot in the team’s rotation during camp."

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"Kansas City, which has five picks on Day 1, took Singer's Gators staffmate, right-hander Jackson Kowar, 33rd overall and selected a third college pitcher, Virginia lefty Daniel Lynch, at Number 34."

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• Royals Rumblings - News for March 22, 2024
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• What are reasonable expectations for the Royals?

Photo by Matt Thomas/San Diego Padres/Getty Images They look like a Major League team this year. Is that enough? Kansas City sports fans are in an interesting spot right now. The gap between the city’s best professional sports team and its worst team may be wider than any other city in the history of American professional sports. The Chiefs are the only NFL team that is Super Bowl or bust ...2024
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• The 2024 MLB season predictions thread

Photo by George Rose/Getty Images You can’t predict ball! With the baseball season upon us, it’s prediction time! Last week we asked readers to give their predictions on the season, and over 200 of you responded with your selections. Here are the results, plus the selections of our current and former writers. You can also review all of our predictions from last year. Reader vote Royals wi...2024
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• Royals Rumblings - News for March 22, 2024
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• Royals Roster prediction take two: missing in action

Where’s Hunter? A week of Spring Training games have been played and some things that haven’t happened may matter more than some things that have It’s been a whole week of Spring Training. By the time you’re reading this, it’s March and Opening Day happens later this month. I can almost smell the fresh cut grass and hear the pop of leather and the infielders whip the ball around following ...2024
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• A look at how Daniel Lynch could be successful this season

Photo by Duane Burleson/Getty Images In an injury-shortened 2023, Lynch made some promising improvements. It wasn’t that long ago now that Daniel Lynch was a bonafide top prospect for the Kansas City Royals. According to MLB Pipeline, he was the team’s fourth-overall prospect in 2019. In 2020 and 2021 he was named the team’s third-best prospect and peaked as high as the 29th-overall prospe...2024
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• A look at decisions looming this spring for the Royals

Photo by George Kubas/Diamond Images via Getty Images What are the biggest questions facing the team before Opening Day? Pitchers and catchers have officially reported to Arizona and the start of spring training games is fast approaching. Position players will report on February 18 and the Royals’ first exhibition game is against the Texas Rangers on February 23. After a strong offseason —...2024
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• Royals Rumblings - News for March 22, 2024
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• Royals Rumblings - News for March 1, 2024

I got 5 images when I put in “Probably Sucking”, my new motto for the 2024 Royals. This is my favorite image | Photo by CHOO YOUN-KONG/AFP via Getty Images I hope everyone survived Leap Day If you didn’t see yesterday, a former Royal passed away: Hector Ortiz, who spent the past 18 years as a manager and coach in the Texas Rangers organization, has died after a long cancer battle.https:...2024
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• Royals Rumblings - News for February 23, 2024

John Sleezer/Kansas City Star/Tribune News Service via Getty Images IT’S BASEBALL DAY! Daniel Lynch IV will start the spring training opener today. Royals manager Matt Quatraro has been impressed with Lynch’s spring thus far. “The impressions were great,” Quatraro said. “Even going back to how he handled the injury last year, going to winter ball and really working on things, he really e...2024
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• Maikel García, Dairon Blanco, and other Royals star in winter leagues

Photo by Michael Zagaris/Oakland Athletics/Getty Images The games have continued overseas. Winter is not a time of year that Americans associate with baseball. Most of the country is hunkered down, watching football or basketball and waiting for the snow to melt and the weather to warm up so we can all get outside again. I’m doing the same. As I type this the temperature outside is in the ...2024
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• Royals Rumblings - News for January 24, 2024

Welcome to another Wednesday Anne Rogers answered questions about Maikel Garcia, including whether the Royals could make an upgrade at third base: Garcia plays great defense and he fits the Royals’ offensive style. But he doesn’t profile as a true third baseman from a power perspective. In fact, there was a lot to be desired from him in that department; despite hitting the ball hard, Garcia doesn...2024
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• Royals Rumblings - News for January 18, 2024

Photo By Carlos Avila Gonzalez/The San Francisco Chronicle via Getty Images This is one of the only photos from LIDOM I can use, and it’s from 2005. David Lesky at Inside the Crown evaluates the other teams in the AL Central: As I said at the top, this exercise is not to show that the Royals are great, but that the AL Central is mediocre and winnable. It’s a high-level view of the other te...2024
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• Royals Rumblings - News for January 4, 2024

Denny Medley-USA TODAY Sports Apparently today is the 11th of the 12 days of Christmas. Craig Brown at Into the Fountains projects the 2024 roster: Yeah, Lyles is still in the rotation at the moment. Don’t forget, he started the second game of the year for the Royals last year, so you could say he opened the season as their number two starter. Real improvement would be pushing him out of ...2024
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• Royals Review Roundtable: We evaluate the evaluation season

Photo by Keith Gillett/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images How did the kids do? The season is over, and while the Royals didn’t expect to contend, they also probably didn’t expect to tie the club record of 106 losses. It was supposed to be an evaluation season, so with the season complete we brought together our writers to evaluate the team. J.J. Picollo said he didn’t feel like this was a 10...2023
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• Backdoor sliders and knuckle curves
Peter G. Aiken-USA TODAY Sports Odds and ends this week I’m fortunate that my wife is also a baseball fan. It runs in her family as her maternal grandmother almost always had a game on. We’d arrive at her home late on a Friday and she’d have on a Dodger game, or some other west coast game on TV. Good memories. Despite being a fan, my wife struggles with the names of the players. Birthdates...2023
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• Five-run first holds up for Royals in 6-4 win over the Dodgers
Photo by Kyle Rivas/Getty Images The Royals scored three runs on sacrifice flies. After an hour rain delay, the Royals put up five runs in the first inning against Julio Urias and were able to hold on for a 6-4 win over the Dodgers on Saturday night to even the series. The Royals scored three wins on sacrifice flies and scored six times on just seven hits. The Royals jumped all over Urias...2023
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• Royals walk off Nationals, 3-2
Denny Medley-USA TODAY Sports Edward Olivares helped spark a comeback and almost set fire to the stadium. For six, long innings, it seemed like the Royals were sleep-walking through another loss on their way to another series sweep at the hands of an opponent. Daniel Lynch got his first start of 2023 today and he wasn’t awful, but he wasn’t perfect, either. He pitched 5.2 innings and struc...2023
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• Zack Greinke named Royals Opening Day starter
Photo by Ed Zurga/Getty Images Daniel Lynch will also begin the season on the IL. Royals manager Matt Quatraro tabbed Zack Greinke to be his Opening Day starter for the season opener on March 30 against the Minnesota Twins. It will be the second year in a row that Greinke has started the opener, and third time overall that Greinke has started on Royals Opening Day. Pablo López will get the...2023
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• Royals officially sign Zack Greinke
Photo by George Kubas/Diamond Images via Getty Images Anthony Misiewicz is designated for assignment. The Royals officially announced the signing of pitcher Zack Greinke to a one-year deal on Friday. New York Post reporter Jon Heyman reports the deal is for $8.5 million with $7.5 million in incentives. To make room on the 40-man roster, the team designated pitcher Anthony Misiewicz for ass...2023
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• Royals to re-sign Zack Greinke, according to a report
Photo by George Kubas/Diamond Images via Getty Images Zack is back! The Royals have re-signed Zack Greinke, according to Bob Fescoe of 610 Sports. Royals have reached a deal to bring Zack Greinke back for one more year, per source. Deal will be officially announced tomorrow afternoon. #royals— Bob Fescoe (@bobfescoe) January 30, 2023 Last year, Greinke returned to the Royals on a one...2023
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• Alec Marsh makes the rotation, Jordan Lyles to the pen

Photo by Christian Petersen/Getty Images The Royals round out their starting rotation. The Royals will have 25-year-old right-hander Alec Marsh in their starting rotation, according to manager Matt Quatraro, with veteran Jordan Lyles to pitch out of the bullpen. Marsh pitched in 17 games with 8 starts last year with the Royals, posting a 5.69 ERA and 85 strikeouts in 74 1⁄3 innings. A for...2024
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• Royals Hoping For Incentive-Laden Deal With Zack Greinke
The Royals have made a pair of relatively low-cost additions to their rotation this offseason. Ryan Yarbrough inked a $3MM guarantee in mid-December, while Jordan Lyles secured a two-year, $17MM commitment a couple weeks later. Those veteran starters join younger, in-house hurlers like Brady Singer, Daniel Lynch, Max Castillo and Kris Bubic in the rotation mix for first-year skipper Matt Quatraro....2023
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• For a once promising crop of Royals pitchers, it’s now or never
Jay Biggerstaff-USA TODAY Sports At least we made some friends along the way I’m not one to give up easily on a player. Player development isn’t linear across the span of a professional career. We’ve seen the Alex Gordon story unfold in Kansas City. Not long thereafter, we saw something similar with Mike Moustakas. Players with potential can struggle for quite some time before ultimately p...2023
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• Storm Chasers release Opening Day roster
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• Royals roster prediction 3.0: triple digits from the Opening Day starter

Pitcher Cole Ragans (55) poses for a portrait during Kansas City Royals photo day on February 22, 2024 at Surprise Stadium in Surprise, AZ. | Photo by Ric Tapia/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images Spring Training iswrapping up, and the roster situation is becoming clearer. Opening Day is a week (or less!) away as you’re reading this. That means it's time for one last roster projection. Let’s ...2024
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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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• This may be the best Royals rotation in a long, long time

Denny Medley-USA TODAY Sports The bar has not been high in a while either, but this rotation looks like the best of this century if things break right. The Royals starting rotation has not been very good recently, although that has been true of the whole team so I am not really picking on them in particular. With the addition of Seth Lugo and Michael Wacha, they have a different look than...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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• Royals Rumblings - News for January 10, 2024

Sing to us the song of your people | Minda Haas Kuhlmann How about another snow day? In the latest Royals Beat newsletter, Anne Rogers looks ahead to what Bobby Witt, Jr. may have up his sleeve for 2024: So what type of numbers can we expect from Witt in 2024? “I feel like if you set a goal, then there’s no way you can keep going,” Witt said last season. “So whatever happens, happens. Jus...2024
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• The 2024 Royals roster looks immensely better, but what about beyond?

Photo by Matt Thomas/San Diego Padres/Getty Images After 2024, many of the recent free agent deals include opt-outs. Let’s get it out of the way early: the 2024 Kansas City Royals — as the roster stands right now — aren’t likely to make the playoffs. The recent flurry of free-agent additions has sparked the fanbase in ways we haven’t seen in quite some time. Fans are optimistic and whisper...2023
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• The Royals need to value playing time more
Photo by Tom Pennington/Getty Images The Royals are wasting precious playing time on placeholders. The 2023 season has not gone the way Royals fans would like, but the poor start is probably not too surprising for a team that lost 97 games last year and shed some of their best players without adding much this off-season. This was not expected to be a contending year for the young Royals, b...2023
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