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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 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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• Bobby Witt Jr., Seth Lugo win Gold Glove Awards

Photo by Jay Biggerstaff/Getty Images Love the glove! Shortstop Bobby Witt Jr. and pitcher Seth Lugo each won their first career Gold Glove as winners were announced Sunday night. Witt beat out Brayan Rocchio of the Guardians and Anthony Volpe of the Yankees to take home his first Gold Glove Award. He led all American League shortstops in Defensive Runs Above Average and Outs Above Averag...2024
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• Which Royals should win Gold Gloves?

Tommy Gilligan-Imagn Images Several Royals could take home some defensive hardware, but which are most deserving? Rawlings announced the finalists for this year’s Gold Glove awards. These finalists include four Royals, with each having a chance to win their first Gold Glove. An aside: it’s silly that they present these players as “finalists.” That implies that there’s another round of voti...2024
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• 2024 Season in Review: The best Royals defensive plays

Photo by Randy Litzinger/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images The Royals love the glove. The Royals led all of baseball in Outs Above Average and had four Gold Glove finalists, so they know all about defense. It was a big reason why their pitching staff improved so much in 2024 and why the team won 30 more games than a year ago. Here are the top defensive plays for the Royals this year. April ...2024
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• The 2024 Royals were fantastic and frustrating all at once

Freddy Fermin #34 of the Kansas City Royals takes batting practice prior to the game against the New York Yankees during Game Four of the Division Series at Kauffman Stadium on October 10, 2024 in Kansas City, Missouri. | Photo by Jamie Squire/Getty Images It was a great season. Should it have been greater? The internet is not a good place for nuance or subtlety. We’re constantly in pursui...2024
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• Royals Rumblings - News for October 16, 2024

Photo by David J. Griffin/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images Could Gold Glove finalist Freddy Fermin be traded? Four Royals were named Gold Glove finalists - Freddy Fermin, Bobby Witt Jr., Cole Ragans, and Seth Lugo. Rustin Dodd at The Athletic writes about the key questions facing the Royals this off-season. Another player who will draw trade interest from other clubs: catcher Freddy Fermi...2024
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• Assessing Rays 2025 Catcher Targets

Catcher Danny Jansen, Boston Red Sox | Photo By Winslow Townson/Getty Images How will the Rays address this hole? The 2024 MLB season has reached its conclusion and the Rays have flipped their mindset into offseason mode. One of the top items on their wish list, it seems, is too improve upon the poor output they received from the catching position. Rays catchers posted a .562 OPS this seas...2024
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• Bundles of baserunners beached by boys in blue, beaten 3-1

Photo by Scott Winters/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images Seven hits and six walks with little to show for it. The Kansas City Royals had plenty of baserunners but were completely unable to come up with the big hit, wasting an excellent Cole Ragans start to lose to the Detroit Tigers 3-1. The Tigers wasted no time against Ragans. Andy Ibáñez got behind in the count before taking 98 to the el...2024
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• Vinnie Pasquantino’s injury exposed the Royals’ biggest organizational weakness

Kansas City Royals first baseman Vinnie Pasquantino (9 reacts after a collision with Houston Astros catcher Yainer Diaz (21) in the eighth inning at Minute Maid Park. | Thomas Shea-Imagn Images “Next man up” only works if there’s a next man to do the job Things are good for the Kansas City Royals, primarily for one big reason: The Royals are extremely likely to make it to the playoffs for ...2024
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• Hunter Renfroe activated

Photo by Ed Zurga/Getty Images Dan Altavilla is designated for assignment The Royals activated Hunter Renfroe from the Injured List on Thursday. He had been out since August 24 with a hamstring injury and went 0-for-4 in one rehab game with Double-A Northwest Arkansas this week. To make room on the roster, the Royals optioned pitcher Steven Cruz to Triple-A Omaha. The move leaves the Roya...2024
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• Losing steaks and playoff teams

Denny Medley-Imagn Images It happens With everyone properly freaking out about the Royals recent seven game skid, and Vegas taking bets on the possibility of them missing the playoffs, let’s all take a deep breath and look at what other Kansas City playoff teams have done in the past. And yes, I’m with you. I’m just as nervous as the next guy (or lady). We all know that this is a flawed t...2024
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• Royals offense quiet in 4-2 loss to Guardians in series opener

Jay Biggerstaff-USA TODAY Sports 40-year-old Yuli Gurriel leaves the game with an injury. The Royals offense managed just two hits and extended their losing streak to a season-high six games, falling to the first-place Guardians 4-2 in the series opener on Monday afternoon. The game got off to a promising start with the Royals getting on the board in the second on an RBI double by Maikel G...2024
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• Royals add a pair of bats just in time for the final postseason push; Pham and Grossman to join team tomorrow

Tommy Pham #29 of the St. Louis Cardinals reacts after striking out in the eighth inning at Busch Stadium on August 20, 2024 in St Louis, Missouri. | Photo by Dilip Vishwanat/Getty Images The Royals couldn’t replace Pasquantino with one bat, so they will try two. After Vinnie Pasquantino’s season-ending broken thumb Thursday night, speculation began running wild about how the team could re...2024
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• Vinnie Pasquantino has broken thumb, will miss 6-8 weeks

Thomas Shea-USA TODAY Sports The Royals will lose their RBI machine down the stretch. The Royals announced today that first baseman Vinnie Pasquantino has a broken thumb and will miss 6-8 weeks. He sustained the injury when a throw from Lucas Erceg led him into a collision with baserunner Yainer Diaz in last night’s game against the Astros. Pasquantino immediately fell to the ground in pai...2024
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• Weekend Rumblings - News for January 27, 2024

Photo by: Edwin Remsberg/VWPics/Universal Images Group via Getty Images One downtown stadium site may have an issue. Anne Rogers writes about the Royals’ depth at shortstop. The only question is how far Witt can go. In his second season in the Majors, the 23-year-old hit 30 home runs and stole 49 bases, becoming the first Royal in franchise history to notch a 30-30 season. He hit 28 doubl...2024
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"The most likely scenario is the Royals move Salvador Perez to first base the remainder of the season and make Freddy Fermin the primary catcher."

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"Freddy Fermin doubled home a run, and Dairon Blanco singled home two more run in a three-run outburst to make it 6-4 Royals."

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"Their roster spots will go to right-hander Alec Marsh, catcher Freddy Fermin and outfielder Diego Hernandez, each of whom has been selected to the 40-man roster in advance of tonight’s deadline to protect players from…"

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• Which Royals should win Gold Gloves?
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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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• Vinnie Pasquantino’s injury exposed the Royals’ biggest organizational weakness
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• Jose Siri snubbed by 2024 Gold Glove awards

Photo by Kevin Sabitus/MLB Photos via Getty Images This is disrespect. The nominations for the 2024 Golden Glove awards dropped: AMERICAN LEAGUE PITCHER Griffin Canning, Angels Seth Lugo, Royals Cole Ragans, Royals CATCHER Freddy Fermin, Royals Cal Raleigh, Mariners Jake Rogers, Tigers FIRST BASE Nathaniel Lowe, Rangers Ryan Mountcastle, Orioles Carlos Santana, Twins SECOND BASE An...2024
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• Royals lose another battle of offensive ineptitude to the team that remembers how to hit dingers, 2-1

Kansas City Royals catcher Freddy Fermin (34) slides into third base against the Atlanta Braves during the third inning at Truist Park. | Dale Zanine-Imagn Images Tonight’s result doesn’t really matter, so don’t get worked up about it. The Royals lost their second straight game in Atlanta. There’s not a whole lot of interest to report. Seth Lugo pitched only two innings. He was follo...2024
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• Royals find themselves on the other end of a bullpen implosion, win 4-2

Tommy Pham #22 of the Kansas City Royals is doused by Bobby Witt Jr. #7 of the Kansas City Royals | Photo by Ed Zurga/Getty Images Rocco Baldelli will have some interesting questions to answer after this one. I have had a policy all season of not panicking in any game until the Royals have given up at least two runs. It turns out, I was more right than I knew to have that policy, but we’ll...2024
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• Seth’s stellar start stems skid, series stopper salvaged 4-1

Photo by Ed Zurga/Getty Images Pham’s homer powered the offense. Seth Lugo threw a seven-inning gem and Tommy Pham delivered the decisive blow with his first homer for the Royals as Kansas City defeated the Cleveland Guardians 4-1 tonight. The first inning featured a couple baserunners but not result. In the top of the second, MJ Melendez turned a single into a double when he got caught in...2024
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• Royals swept in Houston with 7-2 loss

Troy Taormina-USA TODAY Sports The Royals could not hit with runners in scoring position this series. Royals hitters went 1-for-9 with runners in scoring position as the Astros finished off a four-game sweep with a 7-2 win on Sunday afternoon. The Royals went 3-for-21 with runners in scoring position for the series as they extend their losing streak to five games. Astros starter Ronel Blan...2024
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• Vinnie Pasquantino has broken thumb, will miss 6-8 weeks
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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 5, 2024

Photo by Nic Antaya/Getty Images The Royals are as hot as the weather! Jaylon Thompson talks to MJ Melendez about his first pinch-hit home run. “We just have a lot of fight,” Melendez said. “We’re a winning team and that is just the bottom line.”... “It’s definitely pretty cool,” Melendez said. “I haven’t had a ton of big home runs on the road. So that was something a little bit different...2024
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• Detroit repays bullpen shellacking, win 6-5 in 11 innings

Kansas City Royals outfielder MJ Melendez (1) is tagged out by Detroit Tigers third baseman Matt Vierling (8) as he tries to stretch a single in the seventh inning against the Detroit Tigers at Comerica Park. Mandatory Credit: Rick Osentoski | Rick Osentoski-USA TODAY Sports The Royals bullpen blew three saves in one night. This was planned as a celebratory post-game recap. The Royals used...2024
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• Royals make too many mistakes, lose 9-4

Maikel Garcia #11 of the Kansas City Royals scores on a Bobby Witt Jr. double in the sixth inning against the Chicago Cubs at Kauffman Stadium on July 27, 2024 in Kansas City, Missouri. | Photo by Ed Zurga/Getty Images A stark reminder of what this team can look like when the risks don’t pay off. The Royals have a good team. But it’s a team without much margin for error. Tonight there were...2024
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• Royals Review Roundtable: Time to panic?

Photo by Kyle Rivas/Getty Images Does a poor stretch of play spell doom for the Royals? The Royals defeated the Marlins for their first series win in nearly three weeks, but have still dropped 12 of 17 games in their worst stretch of the year and are now tied for the final Wild Card spot. We gathered our Royals Review writers to discuss whether this is a mere blip or a sign of bigger probl...2024
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• Kansas City Royals melt in Florida heat, drop series finale to Tampa Bay Rays

Photo by Julio Aguilar/Getty Images You can’t win them all. But that doesn’t mean we can’t be disappointed. We all knew the Kansas City Royals winning streak would eventually come to an end. That doesn’t mean the conclusion was any less disappointing in the series finale against the Tampa Bay Rays. Sunday’s game at Tropicana Field was a neck-and-neck affair, with neither team scoring until...2024
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• Rays 1, Royals 8: Rays fail to score after first inning

Kim Klement Neitzel-USA TODAY Sports And fail to win after the ninth. Happy Friday, friends! It was time for a nacho party in Randyland as Seth Lugo and Shawn Armstrong squared off (with Armstrong only out for two innings), so let’s see how things went down at the Trop tonight. The Royals went 1-2-3 in the top of the first. In the bottom half Brandon Lowe got a one-out single, then Jonny ...2024
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• Royals Rumblings - News for May 16, 2024

Photo by Jayne Kamin-Oncea/Getty Images ¡Feliz cumpleaños a Freddy Fermin! Alec Marsh has shown an improved fastball since coming off the IL: In his first five starts of the season, Marsh threw 131 four-seam fastballs — throwing the four-seamer 31.7% of the time — and got 15 whiffs on it. In the two games since returning from the IL, Marsh has gone to the four-seamer 43% of the time. He h...2024
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• Brewers fall short in narrow loss to Royals

Brewers second baseman Brice Turang | Peter Aiken-USA TODAY Sports Brewers miss opportunities in close game Box Score The Milwaukee Brewers lost the rubber match against the Royals in a tight 4-2 loss. There were encouraging signs in the loss, but some self-inflicted mistakes left the team vulnerable. It was not quite a pitcher’s duel, but neither team’s offense was able to run away with...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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• Seven in a row! Royals top Phillies 7-5

Photo by Tim Nwachukwu/Getty Images Another Bobby blast puts him in the 20/30 club again. Bobby Witt Jr. and Michael Massey each homered to lead the Royals to their seventh win in a row, a 7-5 victory over the Phillies Friday evening. Bobby’s blast was his 20th of the year, making him the first player in MLB history to hit at least 20 home runs and steal at least 30 bases in each of his fi...2023
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• Royals pummel Mets 9-2 for 6th straight win
Photo by Ed Zurga/Getty Images Two straight sweeps! We’re the hottest team in baseball! For the first time in over two years, the Royals have won six consecutive games. Brady Singer logged one of his best starts of the season and a Drew Waters three-run homer in the 7th broke open the 9-2 sweep-clinching win. The Royals improve to 35-75 while the Mets drop to 50-58. Kansas City didn’t hit ...2023
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• Royals almost lose on a straight steal, but walk it off instead, winning 4-3 over Cleveland
Photo by Keith Gillett/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images Freddy Fermin, our hero Entering today’s game, the Royals boasted the 3rd worst 80-game start in MLB history and with a loss, would secure the 3rd worst half-season start in history. Lowest winning% in a team's first 80 games in the expansion era. Royals tied for third worst (squeaking out an additional win more than the A's this y...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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• Bobby Witt Jr. powers the Royals past the Twins, 8-5 to take series opener
Photo by Jamie Squire/Getty Images First-place, smirst-place. These Twins ain’t Royal. Pull out the participation trophy, the Kansas City Royals avoided the losing streak this time! After dropping two of three to the Guardians earlier this week, they showed up with a strong showing tonight against the first-place Minnesota Twins. On a Friday night, heading into the final weekend before the...2023
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• Royals move to first place with win over Guardians

David Richard-USA TODAY Sports Get off the tracks! Despite a lengthy rain delay in the bottom of the fifth inning, the Royals didn’t lose steam in a 6-1 win over the Guardians. The win not only puts them in first place, but clinches the season series against Cleveland. Things got off to a quick start for Kansas City. Following a scoreless first, Paul DeJong woke up the offense with a two...2024
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• Royals balk-off the Mets in extras 7-6
Denny Medley-USA TODAY Sports “We’re where you want to be!” Following their three-game sweep over the first-place Twins, the Royals kept the train moving with walk-off-win in extras, 7-6. Without a win in his last 13 starts, Zack Greinke toed the slab with the hopes of snapping a brutal skid. Though his offense didn’t provide much, the right-hander did more than enough to keep them in the...2023
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• Vinnie Pasquantino returns for the Wild Card series, Royals set roster

He’s back! | Photo by Ed Zurga/Getty Images The Pasquatch is back! The Royals seem to be confirming that Vinnie Pasquantino will be back for the Wild Card round: pic.twitter.com/0ZQzYLcJVW— Kansas City Royals (@Royals) October 1, 2024 That seems to confirm what Anne Rogers reported yesterday: No live workout on the field today, which means we won’t see Vinnie Pasquantino hit. #Roya...2024
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• Royals lose another battle of offensive ineptitude to the team that remembers how to hit dingers, 2-1
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• Adam Frazier and the bullpen saves the day in 7-4 win.

Geoff Burke-Imagn Images Kansas City’s magic number is two For the 2nd time in this series, the Royals had the bases loaded and nobody out and failed to score a run and a three-run homer of the bat of Luis Garcia Jr. saw Royals’ starter Michael Wacha blow a three-run lead on one pitch. This game had all the makings of a gut-punch loss. Fortunately, the bullpen stayed hot and Adam Frazier p...2024
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• Beat the Streak Picks
The Log5 Method yields these top projected hit averages versus starting pitchers: 0.352 — Bobby Witt Jr. batting against Patrick Corbin. 0.349 — Luis Arraez batting against Walker Buehler. 0.317 — Jackson Merrill batting against Walker Buehler. 0.313 — Freddy Fermin batting against Patrick Corbin. 0.305 — Ivan Herrera batting against Kyle Freeland. 0.304 — [R...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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• It’s okay to believe once again

Jay Biggerstaff-USA TODAY Sports Maybe this year is different. Blind optimism isn’t easy to find for fans of the Kansas City Royals. The team hasn’t finished above .500 since 2015 when they won the World Series. Although the losses have far outweighed the win total, there has still been some reason for hope to close out nearly every season in that span. Just as the Royals have an uncanny a...2023
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