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• Royals take series with 4-1 win over Guardians

Denny Medley-Imagn Images A series win and a good start to the homestand The Kansas City Royals used good pitching, situational hitting and a good eye at the plate to take the series from the Cleveland Guardians with a 4-1 win. They are now a half game back of the Guardians and 4-5 versus them this season. The Royals are 52-54 on the season, heading into a monumental series against the s...2025
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• Royals split doubleheader with Guardians; 5-3, 4-6

Photo by Ed Zurga/Getty Images The Royals could only get Emmanuel Clase to blow one save. I guess let’s go ahead and talk about the first game first. Both pitchers were seemingly on their game early, but at least as much of the run prevention was just bad hitting by both sides. The Guardians wasted a lead-off double from Kyle Manzardo in the second inning. In the bottom of the inning, the ...2025
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• Buying, Selling, or Just Raving? Royals Fans Brace for the Deadline

Jacob and Jeremy duke it out for whether Kansas City should be buying or selling. In this episode of the Royals Rundown Podcast, Jacob Milham and Jeremy “Hokius” Greco react to the Kansas City Royals’ surprise series win over the Chicago Cubs—and everything that win might mean with the trade deadline looming. They spotlight July’s offensive surge, evaluate Rich Hill’s solid debut, and debate wheth...2025
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• Cubs dismantle Royals 6-0 in absolute mess of a game

Chicago Cubs catcher Carson Kelly (15) scores against the Kansas City Royals during the fifth inning at Wrigley Field. Mandatory Credit: Kamil Krzaczynski-Imagn Images | Kamil Krzaczynski-Imagn Images Ew Sometimes, a pitcher throws some strikes in a way that makes you go “Oh, it’s gonna be one of those nights.” It was, indeed, one of those nights. Chicago Cubs starter Matthew Boyd totally ...2025
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• TWitM: First-half heroes

Hunter Patteson pitches for the Quad Cities River Bandits | Chris Sheppard Who were the best Royals minor leaguers in the first half? This Week in the Minors is our weekly look at notable performances from all over the system, from big-name prospects and less-heralded guys alike. The mission is to answer this simple question: “Who had a good week?” The minor leagues had their All-Star brea...2025
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• Royals Rumblings - News for July 22, 2025

Photo by Michael Reaves/Getty Images Wrigley Field was very friendly. Seiya Suzuki hit a foul ball into his beans last night, then struck out on a pitch clock violation. Pete Grathoff has more. Royals catcher Salvador Perez said Suzuki never communicated with Vondrak. “I think the ball hit him somewhere and he never called timeout. That’s why he confused the umpire,” Perez said. “And I ...2025
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• Royals bullpen blows another game; they lose to Marlins 3-1

Jim Rassol-Imagn Images The Royals are not making a good case that they should be considered fringe playoff contenders At the beginning of the season, the Royals unveiled what they hoped would be the new HDH, HEE. And things looked good at first for Hunter Harvey, Lucas Erceg, and Carlos Estévez. Unfortunately, it didn’t take long for Harvey to go down with a lower back injury; to this da...2025
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• The Adam Frazier trade makes sense but you do have to squint a little

Adam Frazier #26 and Hunter Renfroe #16 of the Kansas City Royals celebrate after the team wins against the Washington Nationals at Nationals Park on September 26, 2024 in Washington, DC. | Photo by Jess Rapfogel/Getty Images It’s not as bad as it may seem When news broke that the Kansas City Royals had traded infielder Cam Devanney to the Pittsburgh Pirates for veteran utilityman Adam Fra...2025
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• Royals get stepped on literally and metaphorically in 8-3 loss to Mets

The Royals got stepped on literally and metaphorically. | Denny Medley-Imagn Images The Mets’ seven runs in the 8th and 9th killed the vibe. Welp, the bullpen blew it. Michael Wacha ran into some trouble in the third inning - he had to face Juan Soto with the bases loaded and one out - but he managed to get out of the jam giving up only one run on a bases-loaded walk. It was good enough - ...2025
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• Ragans to 60-day IL, Cam Devanney gets selected to the big league roster

Cam Devanney will put on a Royals uniform during the regular season for the first time tonight | Rick Scuteri-Imagn Images Mark Canha has an elbow injury. The Royals made another roster move today. We have made the following roster moves:— Kansas City Royals (@royals.com) 2025-07-08T19:02:43.623Z Cole Ragans has been transferred to the 60-day IL, Mark Canha has been placed on the 10-d...2025
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• Royals even the series in a late night 3-2 thriller

Photo by Alika Jenner/Getty Images On to Arizona In the last game of a four-game series in Seattle, the Royals took on the Mariners, hoping to come away with a split series. Kansas City needed a win, entering the game seven games behind .500 and fighting to stay in the playoff race. In a back-and-forth game that came down to the wire, the Royals were able to get away on a high note and cam...2025
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• Game Eighty: Tampa Bay Rays at Kansas City Royals

Peter Aiken-Imagn Images It’s been a while since the Royals won at home. The Tampa Bay baseball club named for sunshine (NOT marine wildlife) will take on the Kansas City baseball club named for a livestock festival (NOT monarchy) this evening at Kauffman Stadium. Kansas City will look to snap an ongoing eight-game home losing streak. The Royals will start Michael Wacha. Despite the lowest...2025
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• Salvador Perez has to be part of the Royals’ offensive solution

Jerome Miron-Imagn Images Salvy is almost certainly going to be a feature in the Royals lineup, whether he is hitting well or not. The Kansas City Royals’ offense showed signs of life this week, scoring 16 runs in three games against the Texas Rangers, which led to a three-game sweep of Texas. The lineup the Royals trotted out yesterday is, for my money, the strongest lineup that the Roya...2025
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• Maikel’s multiple missiles maul Metroplex men, Royals roll Rangers 6-3

Photo by Richard Rodriguez/Getty Images Garcia fell a double shy of the cycle. Maikel Garcia had a huge night and the pitching righted the ship after a rocky first inning as the Kansas City Royals took down the Texas Rangers 6-3 tonight at Globe Life Field. After Patrick Corbin breezed through the top of the first inning, Kris Bubic needed just two pitches to find himself in trouble. Sam ...2025
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• Royals “shopping for corner outfield help”, per Jim Bowden

Jim Rassol-Imagn Images Could the Royals be eyeing some Marlins outfielders? The Royals have lost six in a row, all at home, and their offensive woes have continued to be front and center. The team averaged less than two runs-per-game in their winless homestand and only the Pirates have scored fewer runs-per-game among all baseball teams this year. Still, the Royals sit just three games b...2025
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• Royals Rumblings - News for May 28, 2025

Denny Medley-Imagn Images Bullpen blues blow Kansas City’s series against Cincinnati Reds. At Into the Fountains, Craig Brown talks about Royals prospect Jac Caglianone’s timeline after Monday’s loss. Again, it’s about things like pitch recognition, in-game adjustments, and making contact. It’s also about putting the work into becoming a competent outfielder. These are decidedly unsexy bas...2025
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"John Rave led off the fifth inning by ripping a Greene fastball down the right field line and hustling to second with a double."

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"John Rave Rave improved his performance from last year after being unprotected."

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"Notable players that were not added to the 40-man roster and will be eligible for the Rule 5 draft include infielders CJ Alexander, Devin Mann and Tyler Tolbert, outfielders Tucker Bradley and John Rave, and pitchers Luinder Avila, Christian Chamberlain, Asa Lacy, and Beck Way."

• Buying, Selling, or Just Raving? Royals Fans Brace for the Deadline
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• Cubs dismantle Royals 6-0 in absolute mess of a game
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• Royals Rumblings - News for July 22, 2025
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• Royals repeatedly crush Cubs curveballs, vault to 12-4 victory

Salvador Perez #13 of the Kansas City Royals celebrates after hitting a two-run home run off Ben Brown #32 of the Chicago Cubs (not pictured) at Wrigley Field on July 21, 2025 in Chicago, Illinois. | Photo by Michael Reaves/Getty Images Salvador Perez with another pair of home runs! The Kansas City Royals crushed four home runs and took advantage of some excellent batted ball luck to bury ...2025
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• Royals bullpen blows another game; they lose to Marlins 3-1
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• The Adam Frazier trade makes sense but you do have to squint a little
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• Another Nick Loftin walkoff gives the Royals a win in the last game of the first half

Photo by Ed Zurga/Getty Images Incredible ending provides much needed positivity before the All-Star Break Today, the Royals took on the Mets, looking to avoid a sweep after a pair of disappointing games to start the series. In the last game before the All-Star break, Kansas City needed to come away with a win to carry momentum into the second half. On the back of the immaculate pitching p...2025
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• Game 97; Royals vs Mets

Photo by Ed Zurga/Getty Images Lets avoid the sweep Today, the Royals take on the Mets, looking to avoid a sweep after two devastating losses on Friday and Saturday. Kansas City will be looking to come away with the win before entering the All-Star break. Game is in rain delay and will start at 1:50 Kansas City came away with a big sweep against the Pirates earlier this week and will conti...2025
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• Game 88; Royals at Mariners

John Froschauer-Imagn Images Looking to even the series Today in Seattle, the Royals will be taking on the Mariners in the final game of a four-game series, looking to even the score after dropping game three 3-2 last night. The Royals' offensive struggles have continued, and they have scored only ten runs in the first three games of the series. With questions spiraling around Kansas City ...2025
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• Mariners magnify my melancholy, mock my misfortunes, mute Monarchs 3-2

John Froschauer-Imagn Images Zero extra-base hits and 2-9 with RISP won’t give you many runs. The Kansas City Royals put together some good rallies tonight but, much to my chagrin, couldn’t sustain any of them or come up with a big hit as they fell 3-2 to the Seattle Mariners tonight at T-Mobile Park. The Royals jumped on Logan Gilbert early. After a hard 6-3 by Jonathan India, Bobby Witt ...2025
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• Another Nick Loftin walkoff gives the Royals a win in the last game of the first half
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• Game Eighty: Tampa Bay Rays at Kansas City Royals
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• Listless Royals lose to Rays in 5-1 snoozefest

Kansas City Royals starting pitcher Kris Bubic (50) tosses the ball to first base, with Tampa Bay Rays designated hitter Jonathan Aranda (62) running up the first base line in the fifth inning at Kauffman Stadium. | Peter Aiken-Imagn Images Yikes For eight innings, the Kansas City Royals had as many errors (two) as they did hits (two). For five innings, the Royals failed to hit a ball out ...2025
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• The 5 worst outfields in Royals history

Kansas City, Missouri, USA; Kansas City Royals outfielder Hunter Renfroe (16) at bat during the seventh inning against the Houston Astros at Kauffman Stadium. | William Purnell-Imagn Images Who’s number one? The Kansas City Royals outfield has been a problem dating back to the start of last year. With young players failing to make developmental leaps and wily veterans fading faster than we...2025
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• Revisiting preseason Royals trade ideas as the trade season approaches

Cedric Mullins #31 of the Baltimore Orioles runs the bases after hitting a home run | Photo by Julio Aguilar/Getty Images Maybe one of these deals makes more sense now I know it seems obvious in hindsight, but the Royals badly needed some extra offense coming in to this season. Oh, wait. We knew that even before the season started? And I wrote a whole piece suggesting potential trades? Wel...2025
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• Dylan Cease deals Padres past Royals

Fernando Tatis Jr. | Photo by Orlando Ramirez/Getty Images San Diego gets three-run home run from Fernando Tatis Jr., cruises to win Dylan Cease pitched 6 2/3 innings and allowed one run on three hits to help the San Diego Padres get a 2-1 win over the Kansas City Royals at Petco Park, Saturday. Cease allowed three walks and recorded four strikeouts on 110 pitches. A great day for Dylan...2025
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• Royals Reacts Results: The Royals need multiple hitters

Jeff Curry-Imagn Images Jac Caglianone, Nick Loftin, and John Rave aren’t helping enough. Welcome to SB Nation Reacts, a survey of fans across the MLB. Throughout the year, we ask questions of the most plugged-in Kansas City Royals fans and fans across the country. Sign up here to participate in the weekly emailed surveys. It has been a rough time for Royals fans as the Royals dropped two ...2025
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• Royals Rumblings - News for May 28, 2025
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• Royals Rumblings - News for May 27, 2025

Photo by Jamie Squire/Getty Images John Rave hasn’t fixed the offense....yet. J.J. Picollo discusses the promotion of John Rave. “John did a great job in spring training and nearly made our club out of spring training,” Royals general manager J.J. Picollo said. “And he did what you want players to do: Go back down and just force our hand. And we thought the way he was performing, we’ve be...2025
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• Royals Rumblings - News for July 22, 2025
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• Royals repeatedly crush Cubs curveballs, vault to 12-4 victory
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• The Adam Frazier trade makes sense but you do have to squint a little
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• Another Nick Loftin walkoff gives the Royals a win in the last game of the first half
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• Royals fall to the Mets 3-1

Daniel Kucin Jr.-Imagn Images The hot bats have gone quiet once again Let’s get the obvious part out of the way. For the second straight game against the Mets, the Royals saw a number of...questionable balls and strikes called against them. Also for the second straight game, the Royals saw a runner attempt to steal second late in a very close contest, appear to beat the throw handily, and ...2025
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• Royals Rumblings - News for June 13, 2025

Mentioned in the first story | Photo by Scott Winters/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images That series was disheartening At The Star, Jaylon Thompson writes about the Royals bullpen and their Hello Kitty backpack: “It’s just fun and games, at the end of the day,” KC reliever Jonathan Bowlan said. “It’s usually to the youngest guy in the bullpen. I wore it last year and the year before a littl...2025
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• Caglianone’s 4 hit day, clutch hitting lifts Royals to 7-5 victory over White Sox

Jeff Curry-Imagn Images A much-needed win to wrap up the road trip The Royals were in desperate need of a win to avoid being swept by the White Sox, and after Michael Lorenzen gave up a 2-run homer in the first inning, things weren’t looking great. But a Vinnie Pasquantino single and a two-run blast from Salvador Perez in the fourth tied the game at 2. The Captain ties it up! pic.twi...2025
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• Royals Rumblings - News for May 27, 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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• Crimson competitors cannot clobber Cameron’s curves, Royals roll Reds 3-2

Jay Biggerstaff-Imagn Images Noah Cameron worked into the seventh inning for the fourth time in four starts. Noah Cameron was sharp once against and the offense did just enough as the Kansas City Royals took down the Cincinnati Reds 3-2 at Kauffman Stadium this evening. Little of note happened in the early innings. Kansas City made Hunter Greene work and had baserunners in each of the firs...2025
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• Inept offense sinks Royals in 1-0 loss to Tigers

Photo by Ed Zurga/Getty Images Kris Bubic took the loss despite throwing another gem It’s been the story all season, pitching awesome, offense not good. It’s a familiar sight, and a frustrating one at that as the Royals dropped a rubber game at home to the Tigers 1-0. A leadoff triple in the 3rd inning by Zach McKinstry, and a wild pitch, where Salvador Perez gave up on trying to retrieve,...2025
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• Royals call up John Rave

Photo by David Durochik/Diamond Images via Getty Images Cavan Biggio is optioned out. The Royals announced they have called up outfielder John Rave and optioned Cavan Biggio to Triple-A Omaha. Rave was hitting .301/.382/.549 with 9 home runs and 17 stolen bases in 44 games at Omaha. Rave was originally a fifth-round pick in 2019 out of Illinois State. The left-handed hitting outfielder was...2025
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• Lorenzen’s lights out performance fuels Royals to 4-0 win

Photo by Chris Coduto/Getty Images A series win, a winning road trip and a winning week. Dubbed the fifth starter in the rotation, it’s been an up and down year for Michael Lorenzen. On Sunday however, Lorenzen delivered in a rubber match against the Diamondbacks. The powerful right-hander went 7 scoreless innings, giving up 2 hits, walking one and striking out 7 Diamondbacks. It only to...2025
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• Royals “shopping for corner outfield help”, per Jim Bowden
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• Another Nick Loftin walkoff gives the Royals a win in the last game of the first half
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• Jac Caglianone assigned to minor league camp

Photo by Chris Bernacchi/Diamond Images via Getty Images The power-hitting prospect may be in KC soon though. In just his first profession spring training, Jac Caglianone was invited to big league camp and immediately wowed with his prodigious power. It led some fans to speculate whether he could even make the Opening Day roster. It was a long shot, but today we received confirmation that ...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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• Royals rally to defeat Dodgers 11-10

Photo by Jack Gorman/Getty Images This was not a well-pitched game on either side After an incredibly quick Cactus League opener yesterday, the Royals decided to give fans their money’s worth today, earning a come-from-behind win against the Dodgers in nearly twice as much time. You might be disappointed to hear about the Royals’ pitchers walking six and giving up three home runs, but they...2025
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• Royals take series with 4-1 win over Guardians
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• Buying, Selling, or Just Raving? Royals Fans Brace for the Deadline
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• Royals Rumblings - News for July 22, 2025
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• Royals salvage series by beating Marlins 7-4

Photo by Jared Lennon/Getty Images A good day all around, until the bottom of the 9th. But we survived! Exhales The Royals were in desperate need of a win, and Janson Junk had not allowed a hit in the first 3 1⁄3 innings pitched. Outside of Jonathan India being hit by an 0-2 fastball to lead off the game, the Royals had nothing. But Bobby Witt Jr. lined his MLB leading 33rd double into th...2025
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• Royals bullpen blows another game; they lose to Marlins 3-1
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• The Adam Frazier trade makes sense but you do have to squint a little
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• Game 97; Royals vs Mets
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• Royals fall to the Mets 3-1
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• Ragans to 60-day IL, Cam Devanney gets selected to the big league roster
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• Royals Rumblings - News for July 22, 2025
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• Royals fall to the Mets 3-1
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• The 5 worst outfields in Royals history
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• Royals Rumblings - News for May 28, 2025
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• Four solutions for the Royals’ biggest problem

John Rave #96 of the Kansas City Royals dives for a ball | Photo by Tim Heitman/Getty Images The specter of a failed call-up shouldn’t prevent the Royals from attempting to improve their roster A week and a half into the season is still too early to panic. You know it, I know it, we all know it. But, the thing is, this is more like 53 weeks into the season - at least when it comes to extre...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 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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• Get to know your 2023 Royals non-roster invitees to spring training
Nick Loftin pre-game taken on September 6, 2022 | Minda Haas Kuhlmann Could any of these players make the Opening Day roster? Spring training is nearly here with Royals pitchers and catchers scheduled to report tomorrow with their first full workout the next day, and the first full team workout next Monday. Some players are already in Arizona, with several World Baseball Classic participan...2023
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