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• Series Preview: Rays vs Red Sox

Photo by Matt Stone/MediaNews Group/Boston Herald via Getty Images Sixty-five games down, ninety-seven to go. Just one month ago, on May 9th, the Tampa Bay Rays were 17-21 and had six teams between them and the 3rd Wild Card spot. Entering play on Monday, the Rays have improved to 35-30, sit 4.5 games back of the Yankees and are currently in a three-way tie for all three Wild Card spots wi...2025
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• Setting expectations for Jac Caglianone

Jayne Kamin-Oncea-Imagn Images The Royals need power, and Jac has that, but what else can he offer? Jac Caglianone has officially been added to the Royals’ MLB roster, and there is every reason to expect he will start, perhaps in right field, in Tuesday’s series opener in St. Louis. Reactions to this news have ranged from pure joy that the savior has arrived to sheer terror that the Royals...2025
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• Do the Royals really have a problem hitting with RISP?

Kansas City, Missouri, USA; Kansas City Royals catcher Salvador Perez (13) singles against the Detroit Tigers in the fourth inning at Kauffman Stadium. | Denny Medley-Imagn Images Or is it overblown? Covering a baseball season is a long, sometimes grueling marathon. Fans can tune in and tune out as they please, but the media apparatus attached to it must churn out Content no matter what is...2025
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• Royals Release Hunter Renfroe
The Royals officially released Hunter Renfroe yesterday, according to the MLB.com transaction log. This was the expected outcome after Kansas City designated the veteran outfielder for assignment last week. K.C.’s surprising two-year free agent investment in Renfroe did not work. The Royals guaranteed him $13.5MM on a deal that also included an opt-out clause after the…...2025
• Keeping Michael Massey in Kansas City isn’t helping anyone

The third base umpire calls Kansas City Royals left fielder Michael Massey (19) out for swinging on a ball pitched by Minnesota Twins starting pitcher Zebby Matthews (52, not shown) in the second inning at Target Field. | Matt Blewett-Imagn Images It’s a sad situation Michael Massey is easy to root for. We’ve all seen athletes who are full of themselves, and frankly you want athletes to ha...2025
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• Royals Select John Rave
The Royals announced that they have selected the contract of outfielder John Rave. Infielder Cavan Biggio has been optioned to Triple-A Omaha as the corresponding active roster move, which was reported yesterday. The Royals had three vacancies on their 40-man roster due to Luke Maile, Chris Stratton and Hunter Renfroe recently being designated for assignment.…...2025
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• Weekend Rumblings - News for May 24, 2025

Jayne Kamin-Oncea-Imagn Images Nick Loftin gets his opportunity. The Royals parted ways with Hunter Renfroe on Friday, writes Anne Rogers “We have a ton of respect for Hunter and what he’s done in this game,” general manager J.J. Picollo said. “He was a key part of our team last year and part of that free-agent class that really changed the culture and allowed us to get on some winning w...2025
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• Seth Lugo scratched from Saturday start, Noah Cameron “most likely” to start

Photo by Kevin Sabitus/Getty Images Plus the Royals get Dairon Blanco back. Noah Cameron was near perfect in his first MLB start. He may get another chance this weekend. The Royals announced that starting pitcher Seth Lugo will be skipped for his Saturday start against the Cardinals due to inflammation in his right middle finger. According to MLB.com reporter Jackson Stone, Cameron is “mos...2025
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• Royals Rumblings - News for May 16, 2025

Cam Devanney, mentioned in the blogs below | Photo by Jeff Dean/Getty Images The Royals have 4 wins over the last 4 Thursdays so we, here at Friday Rumblings, are doing our part At The Star, Jaylon Thompson writes about Maikel Garcia’s new stance: While Garcia has seen the biggest growth with the toe tap, the Royals also have other players utilizing it from time to time. Infielder Jonatha...2025
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• Guest Max Rieper: Kansas City Royals Wins, Woes, and the Pete Rose Question

Could a previous in-season DFA show Royals fans when Hunter Renfroe will be gone? It’s a full house on this week’s Royals Rundown as Jacob Milham, Jeremy Greco, and Royals Review’s own Max Rieper team up to break down the latest with the Kansas City Royals. From Monday’s high to Tuesday’s low against the Astros, the trio digs into pitching performances, injury concerns, and the slumping bats of ke...2025
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• Royals dearth of power shouldn’t be surprising

Home run? Nope. | Gary Rohman-Imagn Images Exactly who was supposed to power this team? Remind me - who was supposed to hit all of these home runs again? In 2024, the Royals homered 170 times, which was (a) 12 fewer than the Major League average and (b) tied for 21st most in the league. Then the Royals brought back just about the entirety of last year’s starting lineup, adding only Jonatha...2025
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• Three winners and three losers as the Royals fall to the Red Sox, 10-1

Bobby Witt Jr. #7 of the Kansas City Royals fumbles the baseball | Photo by Kyle Rivas/Getty Images You’d probably expect more losers in a game like this, but even though it’s hard for one player to win a game, just one or two can lose one. File this one under, “The other guys get paid, too.” Omar Narváez and Rafael Devers were the big heroes in this one for the Red Sox. Devers, obviously,...2025
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• Eight winners and zero losers as the Royals defeat the Orioles 4-0

Maikel Garcia #11 of the Kansas City Royals celebrates on second base after hitting a double | Photo by Kevin Sabitus/Getty Images The Royals have shutout opponents in four of their last eight contests The Royals have done it, they have secured their first winning road trip of the season, completing their fourth win out of a total of six planned contests, and fourth out of five completed c...2025
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• Gamethread XXXIV - Royals at Orioles

Photo by Kyle Rivas/Getty Images With a win today the Royals could guarantee a winning road trip. The Royals lost for only the second time in their last eleven following their six-game losing streak. It was a shutout, as if to prove that the team had not yet solved its offensive issues following a blowout victory over the Rays to complete that series sweep Thursday afternoon. Still, that’s...2025
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• Weekend Rumblings - News for May 3, 2025

Photo by Julio Aguilar/Getty Images Time for Bobby Witt Jr. to start a new hitting streak. Michael Wacha was sharp in Friday’s loss, writes Paige Leckie at MLB.com. “He was outstanding,” manager Matt Quatraro said. “His command was great. Stuff looked really good. Pitched in, pitched out, moved the ball around really well. Getting into the seventh inning without allowing a run against that...2025
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• Top end projections

Photo by Nick Cammett/Diamond Images via Getty Images What could this team be? “You don’t have a right to the cards you think you should have been dealt. You have an obligation to play the hell out of the ones you’re holding”. - author Cheryl Strayed I just love this quote from Cheryl Strayed, the author of the book Wild. If you’re unfamiliar with Strayed, she’s a woman who pulled her lif...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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• Royals win ALDS game 2 with one big inning and excellent pitching

Kansas City Royals catcher Salvador Perez (13) reacts after a solo home run against the New York Yankees in the fourth inning during game two of the ALDS for the 2024 MLB Playoffs at Yankee Stadium. | Brad Penner-Imagn Images And a Salvador Perez home run! This series was supposed to be a quick and easy one for the New York Yankees. It has not been. New York barely managed to escape the fi...2024
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• Royals relievers ruin Ragans’s ruby, rupture 4-3

Mitch Stringer-USA TODAY Sports The bullpen collapsed late. In a game delayed over five hours by rain, the Kansas City Royals led for most of the game before collapsing in the eighth and ninth innings as the Baltimore Orioles rallied for a 4-3 walk-off victory. The Royals wasted little time in getting the party started. After Maikel Garcia went down on strikes, Bobby Witt Jr. roped a doubl...2024
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"The Royals announced they have designated outfielder Hunter Renfroe for assignment and have called up infielder Nick Loftin from Triple-A Omaha."

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"Hunter Renfroe doubled home two more to make it a five-run inning and a 6-0 Royals lead."

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"In a stunning development, the Angels have waved the white flag on their season, placing starter Lucas Giolito, relievers Matt Moore and Reynaldo López, and outfielders Hunter Renfroe and Randal Grichuk on waivers, according to Jeff Passan of ESPN."

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"Boston reacquired Bradley in an offseason trade that sent Hunter Renfroe to the Brewers."

2021
"When it comes to the Red Sox and outfield assists — especially those that are instantly worthy of a highlight reel — you probably think of Hunter Renfroe."

2020
"Jake Arrieta, Aaron Judge, Chris Chambliss, Cecil Fielder, Andrew Benintendi, Brad Ziegler, and Hunter Renfroe are some of the most prominent 31st-rounders chosen over the years…."

2019
"The Rays and Padres are deep into talks on a trade that would see Tampa Bay outfielder Tommy Pham and San Diego outfielder Hunter Renfroe switch clubs, per Ken Rosenthal of The Athletic and Jeff Passan of ESPN."

2018
"Trade interest in outfielder Hunter Renfroe has picked up, according to a tweet from Jon Morosi of MLB."

2017
"Then, in the fourth inning, Hunter Renfroe turned around a Hendricks fastball -- and the game -- in an instant."

2016
"It's not a major loss for the Padres, however, since several of their outfield prospects such as Manuel Margot and Hunter Renfroe are ready for full-time roles in the majors."

2015
"San Diego's Double-A affiliate San Antonio escaped Corpus Christi with a 14-inning win on Monday night, and the primary takeaway was Padres Number 1 prospect (Number 40 overall) Hunter Renfroe hitting his third home run in two games."

2014
"Add in the fact the Padres were able to keep their top four prospects—catcher Austin Hedges, outfielder Hunter Renfroe, right-hander Matt Wisler and left-hander Max Fried—and the deal is a slam dunk for them."

• Series Preview: Rays vs Red Sox
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• Setting expectations for Jac Caglianone
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• Do the Royals really have a problem hitting with RISP?
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• Royals Release Hunter Renfroe
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• Royals designate Hunter Renfroe for assignment

Jay Biggerstaff-Imagn Images Another Hunter that didn’t work out. The Royals announced they have designated outfielder Hunter Renfroe for assignment and have called up infielder Nick Loftin from Triple-A Omaha. Renfroe was hitting just .182/.241/.242 with no home runs in 35 games and was worth -1.5 WAR, according to Baseball Reference. The Royals originally signed Renfroe to a two-year, $...2025
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• Royals Designate Hunter Renfroe For Assignment
The Royals announced Friday that they’ve designated veteran outfielder Hunter Renfroe for assignment. Infielder Nick Loftin has been recalled from Triple-A Omaha in a corresponding move. Renfroe is being paid $7.5MM in the second season of a two-year, $13MM contract and will very likely be released in the coming days. Kansas City gave out a…...2025
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• Who should hit at the bottom of the Royals’ lineup going forward?

Photo by Jack Gorman/Getty Images Can the bats come back alive? The Royals' offense has been one of the worst in baseball, and their slow start has resulted in a wide variety of changes in their batting order all season. The first four or five hitters for the Royals rarely change, but the back end of their lineup is consistently a revolving door, with hopes of getting a spark from someone ...2025
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• Keeping Michael Massey in Kansas City isn’t helping anyone
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• Guest Max Rieper: Kansas City Royals Wins, Woes, and the Pete Rose Question
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• Lorenzen lashed late, lineup lumped LOB in 4-3 loss

Photo by Leslie Plaza Johnson/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images The offense went 2-10 with RISP and stranded nine runners. The Kansas City Royals held a lead for most of tonight’s game against the Houston Astros before surrendering a couple late runs to fall 4-3 at Daikin Park. Kansas City had a chance to give Colton Gordon a “welcome to the show” moment in the first inning of his major lea...2025
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• The Royals are playing chicken with batter projections

Kansas City, Missouri, USA; Kansas City Royals designated hitter Salvador Perez (13) waits on deck in the third inning against the Boston Red Sox at Kauffman Stadium. | Peter Aiken-Imagn Images Some hitters should be doing better. Predicting how a player is going to perform in the future is hard. Some guys get better out of nowhere thanks to an improved swing or a new pitch. Some guys ge...2025
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• Royals dearth of power shouldn’t be surprising
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• Royals avoid the sweep in the I-70 series with a 2-1 win over the Cardinals

Photo by Ed Zurga/Getty Images Giants are up next Today in Kansas City, the Royals took on the Cardinals in a classic I-70 series day game. The two teams entered today's game with momentum that could not be more different. The Royals are in a brutal slump where they have dropped their last four games and six of their last seven. On the other side of the diamond, the Cardinals were one of t...2025
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• Three winners and three losers as the Royals fall to the Red Sox, 10-1
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• The offense flashes and the Royals win 7-4 over the Rockies

Photo by Jamie Squire/Getty Images Royals put together 13 hits ending their 4 or less runs scored streak and get a big win in game one of their doubleheader Today in Kansas City, the Royals took on the Rockies in the first game of a double header with hopes to get back on track to win the series. Coming off a big win on Tuesday with a walk-off hit from Freddy Fermin, the Royals looked to c...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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• Red Sox To Designate Jackie Bradley Jr. For Assignment
The Red Sox will designate veteran outfielder Jackie Bradley Jr. for assignment later today, reports Julian McWilliams of the Boston Globe. Boston reacquired Bradley in an offseason trade that sent Hunter Renfroe to the Brewers. The trade netted the Red Sox a pair of prospects, infielders Alex Binelas and David Hamilton, and saw the Sox…...2022
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• Grand opener: Padres slam reigning champs
Cubs right-hander Kyle Hendricks cruised through the Padres' lineup once on Monday afternoon. Then, in the fourth inning, Hunter Renfroe turned around a Hendricks fastball -- and the game -- in an instant. The Padres right fielder launched a grand slam into the left-field seats, turning a two-run deficit into a two-run lead and sending San Diego on course for a 5-2 series-opening victory over the ...2017
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• Cespedes, Lugo carry Mets past Padres
Yoenis Cespedes had a homer, triple and double and knocked in the go-ahead run as the Mets rallied to top the Padres. Cespedes, who hit hit 10th home run of the season in the first, knocked in three runs. San Diego rookie Kyle Lloyd, making his big league debut, allowed four runs in four-plus innings. Allen Cordoba and Hunter Renfroe hit homers for the Padres. Seth Lugo allowed three earned runs i...2017
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• Cespedes, Lugo carry Mets past Padres
Yoenis Cespedes had a homer, triple and double and knocked in the go-ahead run as the Mets rallied to top the Padres. Cespedes, who hit hit 10th home run of the season in the first, knocked in three runs. San Diego rookie Kyle Lloyd, making his big league debut, allowed four runs in four-plus innings. Allen Cordoba and Hunter Renfroe hit homers for the Padres. Seth Lugo allowed three earned runs i...2017
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• Renfroe's walk-off HR lifts Padres past Crew
Hunter Renfroe mashed a two-run homer into the first row of left-field seats Monday night in the 10th inning, sending the Padres to their first walk-off victory of the season, a 6-5 thriller over the Brewers at Petco Park....2017
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• Rays, Padres Working On Tommy Pham-Hunter Renfroe Trade
The Rays and Padres are deep into talks on a trade that would see Tampa Bay outfielder Tommy Pham and San Diego outfielder Hunter Renfroe switch clubs, per Ken Rosenthal of The Athletic and Jeff Passan of ESPN. The Rays would also land Single-A shortstop Xavier Edwards, while the Padres would pick up an unnamed…...2019
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• Angels Place Lucas Giolito, Matt Moore, Reynaldo López, Hunter Renfroe, Randal Grichuk On Waivers
In a stunning development, the Angels have waved the white flag on their season, placing starter Lucas Giolito, relievers Matt Moore and Reynaldo López, and outfielders Hunter Renfroe and Randal Grichuk on waivers, according to Jeff Passan of ESPN. Each player is an impending free agent and the Angels are apparently hoping to save some…...2023
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• Cubs 8, Brewers 7: A Morel victory
David Banks-USA TODAY Sports Christopher Morel’s sixth-inning homer, plus some excellent relief work, gave the Cubs a win over Milwaukee. Now that was a fun baseball game! That could have been said even if the Cubs had lost it, but it was entertaining regardless. There were five lead changes and five home runs hit on a windy day at Wrigley, and in the end Christopher Morel’s two-run homer ...2022
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• Royals Rumblings - News for April 16, 2025

Photo by Rich Graessle/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images Have they tried turning the bats off and then on again? Kansas City Royals star Bobby Witt Jr. and manager Matt Quatraro talk about a rough series opening against the New York Yankees. “You like to swing the bats a little bit better. Sometimes, you have to give credit to the opposing pitcher, too,” Royals manager Matt Quatraro said. “...2025
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• Perfectly normal reactions to Spring Training’s opening weekend

Photo by Chris Bernacchi/Diamond Images via Getty Images The Royals will never lose again! The Royals have played three Spring Training games as I write this - and at least four by the time you read it. Some people would say that Spring Training is a terrible environment for evaluating players based on results. Others will say that even if it was an excellent environment, three games at th...2025
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• Top 100 Hitters: Getting Hot!
The numbers are in, and my unofficial spreadsheet says that the hottest player of the last few weeks deserves to be part of a blind resume! Who do we want for the rest of the season as we look at three power-hitting outfielders with season lines of: Player A: 60/27/71/8/.247 Player B: 49/22/65/0/.267 Player C: 70/25/77/0/.256 Three sluggers having much different seasons tell us that season-long...2021
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• Bobby Pins The Twins
Hello, welcome to my Red Sox blog. We are the Nephews of Sam Horn. His "Sons" were taken by less bandwagony Red Sox fans that were cheering for them for a long time. I started this week, when I wrote a whole thing about Hunter Renfroe. Now ermahgerd it's Bobby Dalbec's time in the spotlight. If you spell it Dlabec, it sounds like an Eastern European dictator with the same level of power. If I coul...2021
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• Big Game Hunter Fires Two Shots At Monster
Before the game, Kenta Maeda was getting a 2nd opinion on his UCL, which is always good news. If I were a 2nd opinion doctor, I'd just say, "Same," and collect all those greenbacks. Actually, might not even need a medical degree to be a "Same" 2nd opinion doc. So, the Twins turned to one of their great young arms, Griffin Jax (4 2/3 IP, 9 ER, ERA at 6.29). Twins got Randy Dobnak from Uber, and Jax...2021
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• Red Sox Love & Royals Hate The Night of the Hunter Renfroe
"Salvation is a last-minute business, boy." -- Hunter Renfroe (2-for-4, 3 RBIs and his 10th and 11th homer) looking at my fantasy team that is hurting for offense. "Women are such durn fools." -- Enrique Hernandez (2-for-3 and his 8th homer, and 2nd homer in as many games). Hot schmotato alert! "You know, when you're little, you have more endurance than God is ever to grant you again. Children a...2021
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• Kris Bubic shines, Vinnie Pasquantino hits go-ahead HR as Royals beat Giants 3-1

Kris Bubic #50 of the Kansas City Royals pitches against the San Francisco Giants in the fifth inning at Oracle Park on May 19, 2025 in San Francisco, California. | Photo by Ezra Shaw/Getty Images Bubic! Vinnie! Kris Bubic lowered his ERA to a sparkling 1.47 and Vinnie Pasquantino crushed a two-run, go-ahead home run to power the Kansas City Royals to a 3-1 victory against the San Francisc...2025
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• Seth Lugo scratched from Saturday start, Noah Cameron “most likely” to start
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• KC Royals’ six-game surge, prospect buzz, and big tests ahead | Royals Rundown

Jac Caglianone and other 2024 draftees can prove how far colleges have come in baseball player development. The Kansas City Royals are riding the rollercoaster again, and Jacob Milham and Jeremy “Hokius” Greco are here to break it all down in this week’s Royals Rundown! The duo dives into the Royals’ recent six-game winning streak (and the not-so-fun ending), analyzing Kris Bubic’s struggles, Chri...2025
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• Luis Robert Jr trade rumors persist despite slow season start

Luis Robert Jr. needs to remember he has to play well enough now, in order to be traded soon. | Matt Dirksen/Getty Images Hypothetical deals continue to be thrown around, even though the centerpiece isn’t hitting well enough to be traded Well, it was fun while it lasted. Spring Training Luis Robert Jr. is officially gone, and mid-season, struggling Robert is back on the team. The differen...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 Opening Day roster prediction one week into Spring Training

John Rave #96 of the Kansas City Royals cannot catch a ball hit by Josh Smith #47 of the Texas Rangers in the seventh inning at Globe Life Field on March 27, 2023 | Photo by Tim Heitman/Getty Images No trade = blander projection Can you believe the Royals have already played more than a week of Spring Training? Regular season baseball will be on us in less than a month, and while many rost...2025
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• Royals Rumblings - News for January 7, 2025

Photo by Mark Blinch/Getty Images Is the off-season 90 percent complete now? Craig Brown reacts to the Cavan Biggio signing. Biggio’s strength as a hitter comes from his strike-zone recognition. In his career, he’s chased on pitches outside of the zone under 16 percent of the time. That’s an elite chase rate. The league average is generally around 28 percent. It’s a fantastic foundation f...2025
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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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• Effectively Wild Episode 1779: The Show Must Go On
Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about the beginning of the lockout, which marks MLB’s ninth work stoppage and the first in 26 years. They also discuss a flurry of buzzer-beating transactions, including the Dodgers re-signing Chris Taylor, the Cubs signing Marcus Stroman, the Brewers and Red Sox swapping Jackie Bradley Jr. and Hunter Renfroe, […]...2021
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• Rays Exploring Outfield Additions
The Rays are looking at a variety of possibilities for improving their outfield mix, according to Joel Sherman of the New York Post (via Twitter). The Tampa Bay organization previously struck a deal that shipped out one outfielder (Tommy Pham) and brought in another (Hunter Renfroe). While there had been some whispers of hiccups in…...2019
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