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• Royals Rumblings - News for April 23, 2025

Photo by Tanner Gatlin/MLB Photos via Getty Images The stoppable force meets the movable object in Kauffman Stadium. David Lesky takes a long look at Kansas City Royals trade candidates (as buyers) at Inside the Crown. [$] Last year, two of the 12 teams in the postseason were under .500 after 23 games. The bar simply isn’t as high to get in, which means more times are in it a lot longer. B...2025
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• Royals Rumblings - News for April 22, 2025

Photo by Nick Cammett/Getty Images Is Salvy a “hot streak imminent” candidate? David Lesky reacts to the MJ Melendez demotion. I think that’s fair, honestly. I’ve said this before, but of all the options in AAA and the big leagues, I’m not sure there’s a player who can become a middle of the order big league bat who isn’t Melendez. Now some guys are starting to get closer in AA, so that’s...2025
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• Weekend Rumblings - News for April 19, 2025

Photo by Duane Burleson/Getty Images We’ve run out of ways to describe how crappy the offense has been. Anne Rogers writes about the struggling Royals offense. “This is a game of routines,” manager Matt Quatraro said. “It’s a game of consistency. If there was something glaring that we thought we could do, I think we would do that. But I think we have to trust our guys. We believe in this ...2025
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• What is the panic level for the struggling Royals hitters?

Wendell Cruz-Imagn Images Introducing the official, highly objective and very serious Royals Panic Level Scale Do you ever have to face a fact about yourself so true and yet you so don’t want it to be true that it takes awhile for you to fully process it? One of my oldest friends hit me with one of those facts this winter when he called me out as a “fan who enjoys when my teams suck and ca...2025
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• Royals Rumblings - News for April 15, 2025

Photo by Mary DeCicco/MLB Photos via Getty Images What can wake these bats up? Anne Rogers writes about the success of Daniel Lynch IV. Lynch has 29 strikeouts during his scoreless streak. The streak is the third-longest scoreless streak ever by a Royals reliever, only trailing Kelvin Herrera (31 innings in 2014) and Wade Davis (31 2/3 innings in ‘14). “It’s really cool to be a part of w...2025
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• Royals Rumblings - News for April 9, 2025

William Purnell-Imagn Images The Kansas City Royals are cooking in Kauffman. MLB.com’s Anne Rogers catches up with Kansas City Royals starter Michael Lorenzen after crossing the coveted ten-year mark in MLB service time and picking up the win on Monday. Lorenzen allowed just one run on five hits, struck out three and didn’t walk a batter in his second start of the season, all en route to h...2025
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• Royals Rumblings - News for April 8, 2025

Photo by Ed Zurga/Getty Images Hey, a win streak! Jaylon Thompson writes about Kyle Isbel’s big night against the Twins. Isbel’s three hits Monday fell one short of a career best, set against the Twins in 2023. “I’ve been working hard in the (batting) cage pre-game,” Isbel said. “I got a pitch he hung a little bit and I put a good swing on it.” Twins manager Rocco Baldelli was ejected fo...2025
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• Royals Rumblings - News for April 4, 2025

Currently, does Jonathan India have the best mane on the team? | Photo by Stacy Revere/Getty Images Time to get back to winning At The Star, Jaylon Thompson collected quotes from around the league concerning how teams feel about the Royals: “I think they understood the work that it took,” Los Angeles Angels manager Ron Washington said. “They are not going to let up on that side, with the ...2025
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• Royals Rumblings - News for April 1, 2025

Photo by Stacy Revere/Getty Images Don’t be a fool! Jaylon Thompson writes Royals players were impressed that Jonathan India was back in the lineup Monday. “It’s something that I have never seen in my career,” Royals captain Salvador Perez said. “I said that on TV earlier: He is one of the toughest guys I have ever met in my life. “Get hit in the head with a 99 to 100 mph fastball and pl...2025
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• Weekend Rumblings - News for March 29, 2025

Photo by Daniel Shirey/MLB Photos via Getty Images The baseball season resumes! Sam McDowell writes about the positives from a bullpen that blew it on Opening Day. During a month (or two) in which Royals manager Matt Quatraro will probably be tinkering with how to use his new-look bullpen, there will probably be some second-guessing of his decision to yank ace Cole Ragans in favor of Zer...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 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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• Weekend Rumblings - News for March 8, 2025

Photo by David Durochik/Diamond Images via Getty Images Do the Royals need more pitching? David Lesky looks at how the Royals might decide roster spots this spring. They don’t have a ton of competitions really. I think you can look at the roster and know that probably 20 of the 26 roster spots are decided. A few of those that aren’t are relievers, which matter but are a little different be...2025
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• Royals Rumblings - News for January 17, 2025

I couldn’t find any good “Uecker Royals” pictures, so how about Bob Uecker interviewing Hank Aaron? | Photo by 1975 Diamond Images via Getty Images We have reached the winter lull of the baseball season Oh, boy. We’ve really hit the winter doldrums. The last story from The Star was last week when Lorenzen signed. There hasn’t been a new story on the Royals site since Tuesday. Their last ...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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• 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 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 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 April 23, 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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• Royals Rumblings - News for March 26, 2025

Photo by Ron Jenkins/Getty Images One. More. Day. MLB.com’s Anne Rogers has some huge questions surrounding the Kansas City Royals’ “Great Unknown” in 2025. The Royals weren’t able to bring in the middle-of-the-order bat they wanted this offseason, so the pressure is on for MJ Melendez and Hunter Renfroe to improve from a year ago and provide a power threat in the fifth and sixth spots. C...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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• Weekend Rumblings - News for March 22, 2025

Photo by Jayne Kamin-Oncea/Getty Images The Royals rotation is old school. In case you missed it, the Royals acquired veteran hitter Mark Canha. Kyle Wright faced live hitters for the first time since 2023, writes Anne Rogers. “I was definitely nervous again,” Wright said. “I had those pregame jitters, which I was pumped about. Usually the thoughts have just been, ‘Is my shoulder going to...2025
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• What is the panic level for the struggling Royals hitters?
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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 Rumblings - News for March 7, 2025

We don’t usually see Orioles in my neighborhood. Lots of blue jays, though. | Photo by Greg Fiume/Getty Images Today’s Rumblings is for the birds Yesterday, the Royals announced Workout Day at The K: As the Kansas City Royals prepare for the start of the 2025 season and Opening Day, we are giving all baseball fans the opportunity to watch the boys in blue warm up before the big day. On We...2025
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• Royals Rumblings—News for March 5, 2025

Photo by Jeremy Chen/Getty Images Which will come first, the end of Kansas City’s winter or Opening Day? David Lesky at Inside the Crown stacks up the Kansas City Royals pitching room ahead of Opening Day. The change started at the end of June that year when the Royals acquired Cole Ragans, but to their credit, they didn’t stop. We know about them adding Seth Lugo and Michael Wacha, but th...2025
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• Royals Rumblings - News for March 4, 2025

Photo by Ed Zurga/Getty Images The Moose returns! Jack Vita at MLB.com writes about Seth Lugo’s veteran presence. Now 35, Lugo is the elder statesman of the Royals’ pitching staff. A quieter personality, Lugo leads by example. “I’ve never really been too outgoing with words,” Lugo said. “But you go to work every day, you give it everything you have, you try to be on time, you be in the pl...2025
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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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• Royals Rumblings - News for April 2, 2025

Photo by Aaron Gash/MLB Photos via Getty Images The boys are balling against the Brewers. David Lesky writes about a dominant season debut for southpaw Kris Bubic. [$] His fastball was a monster. It is absolutely wild to me that the guy who had the fastball that he had early in his career has developed that pitch to be as good as it is. In 2020, he gave up a .299 average and .464 slugging ...2025
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• Royals Rumblings - News for February 28, 2025

Need another pitcher? I Noah guy. | Photo by Norm Hall/Getty Images Spring Training is in full swing! This is going to feel a little backwards as our OT is up at the top today, sort of. It’s been brought to my attention that a number of AI bots are harvesting our articles and either cutting-and-pasting them, slightly rewriting them and publishing them as their own, or, my favorite, turni...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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• Hok’s 2024 Royals HOF ballot

Kansas City Royals center fielder Jarrod Dyson (1) steals third base against Oakland Athletics third baseman Josh Donaldson (20) during the eighth inning of the 2014 American League Wild Card playoff baseball game at Kauffman Stadium. | Denny Medley-Imagn Images The Royals Hall of Fame is about to get MUCH bigger. The Royals have an absolutely STACKED Hall of Fame ballot, this year. Were t...2024
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• Royals Rumblings - News for November 22, 2024

Photo by Jamie Squire/Getty Images We still love ya Bobby! David Lesky has a top 25 Royals prospects list with Jac Caglianone at the top. The question becomes where he plays and if he pitches. My gut is he doesn’t pitch at the big league level and probably not for long in the minors, but he certainly wants to do it. Is he a reliever who gives a little roster flexibility? Maybe! But if he’s...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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• 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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