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• Weekend Rumblings - News for November 16, 2024

Photo by Focus on Sport/Getty Images Royals legends get honored by the NLBM. David Lesky considers trading Freddy Fermin. It makes some sense because the Royals have Luca Tresh close to ready to be a backup catcher in the big leagues. Aside from him, they have Jensen working his way through the system and Mitchell not far behind him. There should theoretically be a market for a guy like F...2024
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• Royals Rumblings - News for November 15, 2024

I know this picture is from last month, but the Royals keep adding more hardware so it’s evergreen | Photo by Luke Hales/Getty Images We continue our trip through Asia with the KBO wrap Unless Max sneaks out a story about it while I’m not looking, the big news for yesterday is more hardware for the Royals! Bobby Witt Jr. was named 1st team all-MLB shortstop, Salvador Perez was named 2nd t...2024
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• Weekend Rumblings - News for November 9, 2024

Photo by Norm Hall/MLB Photos via Getty Images Hey now, you’re a Fall Star! Anne Rogers has the latest from the GM meetings. Picollo: “We like Brady a lot. We thought he made significant strides this year. He continues to add to his repertoire to help him navigate lineups. And he’ll continue to do that. So Brady’s a lock in our rotation. When you look at our top four, Brady is in it. We’d...2024
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• Royals Rumblings - News for November 8, 2024

Eric Stout, anyone? Hey, this is relevant! | Photo by Keith Gillett/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images Asia Baseball recaps begin today with the CPBL! Slow news day. At least we got Spring Training game schedules: ⚾Step up to the plate, baseball fans! Game times for @Royals & @Rangers Spring Training are officially announced! Get ready to grab your tickets when they go on sale November ...2024
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• Royals Rumblings - News for November 6, 2024

Photo by Mary DeCicco/MLB Photos via Getty Images We’re all united as Royals fans here. Jaylon Thompson writes about why Michael Wacha stayed in Kansas City. He had five days after the World Series to decide on a $16 million player option that could’ve allowed him to test free agency. There likely would’ve been suitors, but Wacha wanted to return. “It was a great season for not only mysel...2024
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• Royals Rumblings - News for November 4, 2024

Photo by Luke Hales/Getty Images Welcome back Wacha! Anne Rogers has more on the Michael Wacha contract specifics. Instead, the 33-year-old gets a multiyear extension that can be worth up to $72 million over the course of four years, sources told MLB.com. The deal includes a guaranteed three years at $51 million with a $14 million club option in 2028. Wacha will make $18 million in 2025 a...2024
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• Weekend Rumblings - News for November 1, 2024

Photo by Luke Hales/Getty Images Royals players hit free agency. Craig Brown looks at the new Royals free agents and whether they could return. Maybe if you squint, you can see a reunion with a couple of these guys. Michael Lorenzen could slot into the rotation. He will be 33 next year and pitched to a 1.57 ERA once joining the Royals. Beware the small sample though as that was just 28.2 ...2024
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• Royals Rumblings - News for November 1, 2024

Salvy! | Photo by Elsa/Getty Images Crashing from all the sugar last night? Per this completely unofficial website, it looks like 102 days until Pitchers and Catchers Report. It has the disclaimer of “Countdown is currently based on pitchers and catchers reporting on February 12, 2025”. That means roughly 3 months until we can start posting stories about who is in the best shape of their...2024
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• Royals Rumblings - News for October 28, 2024

Photo by Mary DeCicco/MLB Photos via Getty Images Will the Royals bring back Michael Lorenzen? David Lesky looks at potential free agent pitching targets for the Royals. Michael Wacha I don’t need to tell you who or what Wacha is. It sure seems like the Royals want him back and he’d like to come back. He’s likely going to opt out of his $16 million player option for 2025, which makes sens...2024
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• What comes next for the Royals?

Kansas City Royals take batting practice prior to the game against the New York Yankees during Game Four of the Division Series at Kauffman Stadium | Photo by Jamie Squire/Getty Images The 2024 season has come to an end, but that just means the pre-2025 offseason has begun! The Royals playoff dreams died Thursday night. We could sit and mope around about the team. And, believe me, you’re g...2024
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• Weekend Rumblings - News for October 12, 2024

Denny Medley-Imagn Images No more Royals baseball. Sam McDowell writes about why Bobby Witt Jr. stayed to watch the Yankees celebrate from the dugout. “It feels like you let a lot of people down whenever you do things like this,” Witt began. “Something that will light a torch in you and leave you a bad taste for the future. “Because, now, for Kansas City Royals baseball, this is what we ...2024
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• Royals Rumblings - News for October 9, 2024

Post-season baseball returns to Kansas City. Seth Lugo talks to Jaylon Thompson about his approach for Game 3. “Execute pitches, stay in the strike zone, but if you leave it over the middle of the plate they’re going to put a good swing on it,” Lugo said. “If it’s borderline, they’re probably going to take it. “If you get some calls you put pressure on them. That’s pitching.” Vahe Gregorian wr...2024
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• Royals Rumblings - News for October 4, 2024

One more day of celebration before the ALDS | Tommy Gilligan-Imagn Images Let’s enjoy this ride one more day before the ALDS starts Make the playoffs and suddenly everyone wants to write about the Royals. Whereas normally, I’m looking for listicles and random tangential mentions of the team, I’m probably not going to be able to get to every single story posted yesterday. There’s just too...2024
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• Royals Rumblings - News for October 2, 2024

Photo by Patrick Smith/Getty Images Game 1 victory! Maikel Garcia had a big walk and steal to score the only run of Game 1. “That was the difference,” said Royals manager Matt Quatraro. “He works a tremendous at-bat for the walk, steals second, scores on the hit. That is the difference in the game, and we know his capabilities. We know how good he is at stealing bases. Everyone does, right...2024
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• Royals Rumblings - News for September 13, 2024

Bubble! | Photo by Jim McIsaac/Getty Images With The Gauntlet over, just 15 games to go Let’s check in on those playoff odds, shall we? Baseball Prospectus: 92.7% to make playoffs, 3.2% to win division, 1.9% to win World Series Fangraphs: 94.3% to make playoffs, 6.8% to win division, 2.6% to win World Series Baseball-Reference: 94.1% to make playoffs, 3.4% to win division, 6.0% to win ...2024
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• Royals Rumblings - News for July 1, 2024

Garfield is right about Mondays, lasagna, and much more | Photo by Steve Parsons - PA Images/PA Images via Getty Images Very nice series over the weekend! Ed note: I was mistaken on Friday. I guess I will be doing one day of Rumblings this month as Max is out for a few days. That said, I’m leaving on vacation this week so we’re not getting the full Friday Rumblings experience. Also, I ...2024
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• Royals Rumblings - News for June 14, 2024

Yesterday was fun. Ok, the 8th inning wasn’t. But the rest of the game was. | Photo by David Eulitt/Getty Images Yesterday was a big win in a young(-ish) season already full of nice wins Roster move yesterday: Lynch down, Veneziano up We have made the following roster moves: pic.twitter.com/gjxt4TeqDP— Kansas City Royals (@Royals) June 13, 2024 As part of his series about Kansas Ci...2024
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• Royals Rumblings - News for April 26, 2024

Seriously - that was a lot of rain | Photo by Ed Zurga/Getty Images Yesterday’s game was just weird and I was glad the Royals stole it Let’s talk about yesterday’s game for a minute. It really was odd. I know Ryan covered it here, but I just wanted to blather on more about it. Really, to have a clean game, they would have had to start it at least an hour earlier and we just don’t do that...2024
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• Royals Rumblings - News for April 23, 2024

Photo by Ed Zurga/Getty Images Salvy is playing some defense this year! Craig Brown was a bit worried about a long inning from Cole Ragans Saturday. I’m no sports scientist. In the discourse from earlier this month about the rash of elbow injuries among pitchers and talk about the impact of the pitch clock on those injuries, I found it interesting that there was discussion about load on t...2024
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• Royals Rumblings - News for March 26, 2024

Photo by Brian Davidson/Getty Images Two more days! The Royals get some good news on Michael Wacha after he was hit in the finger by a comebacker. “We are really lucky, he is really lucky,” Quatraro said of Wacha, whose X-rays came back negative on Monday morning. “We feel fortunate that it wasn’t anything worse.” “It was a little bit of a bruise probably, but in terms of pain, we anticip...2024
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• Royals Rumblings - News for March 13, 2024

Happy Eras Tour Movie on Disney+ Eve! Two things from the team site today: Tuesday’s roster moves were options to Omaha for outfielder Tyler Gentry and RHP John McMillon. Anne Rogers took advantage of the rare opportunity to dig into Spring Training Statcast date on Cole Ragans’s game: The max 99.5 mph velocity from Cole Ragans was more of the same from the Royals starter looking to build on his ...2024
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• Weekend Rumblings - News for November 16, 2024
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• Royals Rumblings - News for October 28, 2024
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• Royals Rumblings - News for October 25, 2024

Photo by Elsa/Getty Images Could Tommy Pham return? David Lesky writes about some potential free agent hitter targets for the Royals, including Tyler O’Neill. I’ve written this before, but the Royals interest in O’Neill last winter probably doesn’t mean a ton about their interest this winter. He was available on what was essentially a one-year deal as it was his final year of arbitration. ...2024
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• Royals Rumblings - News for October 18, 2024

Photo by Scott Winters/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images What’s the top off-season priority for the Royals? David Lesky writes about off-season priorities for the Royals. JJ Picollo and Matt Quatraro spoke on Monday in their season-ending press conference. A year ago, they did the same thing and told us that they were going after two starting pitchers, some veteran bullpen help and a corne...2024
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• Weekend Rumblings - News for October 5, 2024

Photo by Daniel Shirey/MLB Photos via Getty Images If the Royals can make it there, they can make it anywhere. David Lesky previews the ALDS against the Yankees. You wonder a little if the postseason struggles from Judge over the last couple of seasons weigh on him. He’s had his issues, going 1 for 20 in the 2017 ALDS, but he bounced back with a big ALCS. And he was good in the 2019 playo...2024
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• Royals Rumblings - News for October 4, 2024
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• Weekend Rumblings - News for September 28, 2024

Geoff Burke-Imagn Images WE’RE SO BACK! In case you missed it, the Royals are playoff-bound! All of that only one year after they won just 56 games as the second-worst team in baseball. The Royals surpassed their entire win total from 2023 with win No. 57 on July 26 at Kauffman Stadium. With it, a plea followed from manager Matt Quatraro and some players: Can we stop talking about last ye...2024
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• Royals Rumblings - News for October 25, 2024
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• Weekend Rumblings - News for October 19, 2024

Photo by Creative Touch Imaging Ltd./NurPhoto via Getty Images Always October. Anne Rogers writes about the questions facing the Royals this off-season, such as what improvements can be made internally. Player development is still crucial. Picollo specifically mentioned Garcia and outfielder MJ Melendez as two players who the Royals might stick with and hope for improvement. They both hav...2024
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• Royals Rumblings - News for October 11, 2024

I really hope we won last night so this image is still topical | Photo by Jamie Squire/Getty Images FYI: Rumblings was done before first pitch last night because I wanted to watch the game Manager Matt Quatraro had high praise for the Kansas City Symphony: “Some of the things that have been sent to me have been, you know, pretty emotional, to be honest,” Quatraro said. “My wife and I were...2024
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• Is Bobby Witt Jr. becoming a superstar before our eyes?

Photo by Ed Zurga/Getty Images The kid is coming into his own. The expectations have been high for Bobby Witt Jr., perhaps his entire life. The son of a former big leaguer, Witt had a leg up, but he also combined his advantage with hard work to become Gatorade High School Player of the Year and the #2 overall pick in the 2019 draft. Jim Callis at MLB Pipeline called him the “second-best sh...2023
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• Reactions to the Bobby Witt Jr. signing

Photo by Ed Zurga/Getty Images It’s a lot of money! On Monday, the Royals signed Bobby Witt Jr. to an eleven-year, $288.7 million contract that includes three years of club options that could total up to $377 million over 14 years, with player opt outs after years seven, eight, nine, and ten. It is a massive deal, by far the biggest in club history and potentially the third biggest in bas...2024
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• The Royals are shutout on Opening Day, fall 2-0 to Twins
Jay Biggerstaff-USA TODAY Sports We are back, baby In the bottom of the 5th, MJ Melendez stayed in the batter’s box after the count went to 3-0. The score was 0-0, Zack Greinke was cruising on the other side, and Twins starter Pablo Lopez was on the ropes with bases loaded and just one out. With the new pitch clock, he had no time to take a breath. Three pitches later, the inning was over...2023
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• This is a James McArthur fansite now

Kansas City Royals pitcher James McArthur (66) pitching during the ninth inning against the Chicago White Sox at Kauffman Stadium. | William Purnell-USA TODAY Sports Long live The General Every year, each team makes a variety of roster transactions involving bullpen arms and just general pitching depth. Traditionally, the result of those moves by the Royals has been less than stellar; from...2024
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• Royals dig around at rock bottom, lose seventh straight in extras
Jun 12, 2023; Kansas City, Missouri, USA; Kansas City Royals starting pitcher Zack Greinke (23) reacts after giving up a home run to Cincinnati Reds left fielder Stuart Fairchild (17) during the third inning at Kauffman Stadium. | Jay Biggerstaff-USA TODAY Sports A loss in extra innings is still a loss in extra innings The thing about rock bottom is that you can bring a pickax and make a n...2023
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• Disaster four-run 8th inning leads to 6-3 loss

Thomas Shea-USA TODAY Sports Erceg and Vinnie were injured on the same fateful play For a second, you could squint and see another late-inning rally. A clutch Kyle Isbel double had Kansas City six outs away from another comeback win. Then a disastrous ground ball ended with Lucas Erceg and Vinnie Pasquantino injured and the Royals’ lead gone. The air had been let out of the balloon at that...2024
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• My nine bold 2024 Royals-related predictions

Photo by Denis Poroy/Getty Images Let’s see what I can get wrong! We can put 2023 to rest, and usher in a new year with some renewed hope for our Royals, who have actually spent money on players this off-season. This is the time of year for predictions and you can read prognostications from Jaylon Thompson, Anne Rogers, and David Lesky. Here are my Royals-related predictions for 2024! Salv...2024
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• How does Nick Pratto fit with this team?

Photo by Norm Hall/Getty Images The former first round pick is playing well this spring, but does he have a place on the roster? The Royals aren’t expected to have too many roster battles this spring training, but some performances may be creating unexpected competitions. Nick Pratto has been the talk of camp, turning some heads with his performance. The former first-round pick was disapp...2024
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• Weekend Rumblings - News for December 9, 2023

Stephanie Amador / The Tennessean / USA TODAY NETWORK Are the Royals on the verge of making some moves? David Lesky at Inside the Crown responds to recent trade rumors. I actually do think the trade market is what opens up over the next few weeks. I may be way off here, but it sort of feels like if a free agent doesn’t sign by the winter meetings, they hold off for a bit to re-engage. Now,...2023
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• Weekend Rumblings - News for October 26, 2024

Photo by Ed Zurga/Getty Images Bobby Witt Jr. is a Sporting News All-Star. Anne Rogers writes about Royals prospects to keep an eye on next year. Steven Zobac, RHP (No. 17) The Royals’ fourth-round Draft pick in 2022, Zobac did not become a full-time pitcher until his junior year at Cal, so the Royals were a little more cautious with his innings last year in his first full pro season. Thi...2024
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• Royals Rumblings - News for October 25, 2024
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• Royals Rumblings - News for October 15, 2024

Photo by Elsa/Getty Images How Cole Ragans became a dude. Jaylon Thompson writes about J.J. Picollo’s end-of-the-year press conference. The Royals are content with their current coaching staff. Quatraro will retain his entire staff and will not look to make any changes. The stability helps the organization chart an offseason course aimed at building upon a competitive roster. “There are ...2024
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• Royals Rumblings - News for September 6, 2024

I think we’re required by law to use a Mahomes and Witt picture today | Photo by Jason Hanna/Getty Images Six games left in The Gauntlet (TM) Manager Matt Quatraro missed some games earlier this week due his mother’s death. At the Star, Vahe Gregorian talked to the skipper about how her lessons influenced his managerial style: The last few days away from the team, he said, were “maddenin...2024
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• Royals Rumblings - News for August 23, 2024

Salvy and Shin-Soo Choo | Denny Medley-USA TODAY Sports I’m doing my part: Royals on a 7-week Thursday unbeaten streak! I was going to jump straight into the links but I think it’s time to stop and smell the context. The Royals are about to enter their 20-game gauntlet against some of the best teams in baseball: 3v PHI, 4@ CLE, 4@ HOU, 3v CLE, 3v MIN, and 3@ NYY. After that stretch, the r...2024
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• Weekend Rumblings - News for August 3, 2024

Photo by Nic Antaya/Getty Images Bobby Witt Jr. is your July Royals Player of the Month. Bobby Witt Jr. and Brady Singer were named Royals Player and Pitcher of the Month. Witt is generating MVP buzz, writes Jaylon Thompson. “He is just a game changer every night,” Singer said. “He has been absolutely incredible this year. You talk about the MVP, obviously, I think he should be at the top...2024
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