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• Carlos Hernández claimed off waivers, Royals roster comes into focus

Photo by Christian Petersen/Getty Images The Royals send Nick Pratto and Nelson Velázquez to Omaha The Royals announced today that pitcher Carlos Hernández has been claimed off waivers from the Philadelphia Phillies and that first baseman Nick Pratto and outfielder Nelson Velázquez have cleared waivers and have been outrighted to Triple-A Omaha. The Royals also released veteran catcher Lu...2025
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• The Royals’ wild 2024 bullpen leverage ride

Lucas Erceg. | Photo by Jeff Dean/Getty Images Q spent the whole season figuring out whom he could trust. The story of the Royals bullpen in 2024 was pretty simple - Lucas Erceg came in mid-season and immediately was the best guy, and the rest of the bullpen jelled toward the end of the season. This change bears out in the larger team performance. The Royals bullpen was 22nd in fWAR in the...2025
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• Why the Royals could have one of the most underrated bullpens in baseball

Photo by Norm Hall/MLB Photos via Getty Images The Royals made significant changes in their bullpen over the last year. Over the last year, the Royals have put significant stock in their bullpen and this season, they hope to reap the benefits of their work. As we head into 2025, we get a look at both some new faces, and some familiar ones who are getting healthy and we hope to see bounce b...2025
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• The last(?) Royals Opening Day roster prediction of 2025 Spring Training

Jack Hurley #26 of the Arizona Diamondbacks, Gavin Cross #8 and Carson Roccaforte #3 of the Kansas City Royals interact | Photo by Aryanna Frank/MLB Photos via Getty Images For a team with a lot of locked up positions, there sure are some drastic prediction changes in this final roster prediction Lineup Let’s do this vs lefties and righties because the Royals have some interesting platoon ...2025
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• Five winners and three losers from Royals Saturday split squad contests

Photo by Aryanna Frank/MLB Photos via Getty Images A win and a loss on the day, but the Royals had more positives than negatives. Opening Day is less than two weeks away! Spring Training games still matter as getting tuned up and ready for the upcoming season, but let’s dive into who did well today and who did not for Kansas City. Winners Nick Loftin After seeing some time on the team la...2025
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• Royals pitchers get knocked around in 5-2 loss to Guardians

Michael Lorenzen #24 of the Kansas City Royals throws a warm up pitch in the first inning during a spring training game against the Seattle Mariners at Surprise Stadium on March 5, 2025 in Surprise, Arizona. | Photo by Brandon Sloter/Getty Images A tune-up game it was Kris Bubic’s start against the Cleveland Guardians did not exactly go well, although it was not a disaster. Bubic worked th...2025
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• Royals pitchers aren’t walking hitters this spring, what does that mean for the rotation?

Photo by Norm Hall/Getty Images As a team, the Royals are not walking many batter so far this spring, and a pretty large group have yet to issue a free pass. A couple of those guys are particularly interesting. For most spring training stats, I am definitely the guy to talk to about ignoring them. They mean little to nothing. I know if you are the 24th to 29th guy on the roster, it might b...2025
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• Give us your Royals Opening Day roster predictions!

Photo by Jamie Squire/Getty Images Who do you have on the team by the March 27 opener? Royals pitchers and catchers have begun workouts in Arizona, and hitters will report on Monday. The Royals will spend the next six weeks preparing for the season and shaping the roster that will take on the Guardians in the season opener on March 27. That gives us some time to speculate on who might be o...2025
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• Five questions for the Royals to answer this spring training

Photo by Norm Hall/Getty Images The roster may not be quite set. Royals pitchers and catchers will assemble in Arizona tomorrow to officially report to spring training. The team is flying high after improving by 30 games last year and making their first playoff appearance in nine years, but they’ll have to prove their performance was no fluke. The team retained free agent pitchers Michael ...2025
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• Pre-preseason Royals roster predictions

Bobby Witt Jr. #7 and Salvador Perez #13 of the Kansas City Royals celebrate | Photo by Greg Fiume/Getty Images Who will start the year on the 26-man roster? By the time you’re reading this, there is less than a fortnight before pitchers and catchers report to Surprise, Arizona to begin the Royals’ Spring Training. The Royals made a couple of really splashy moves at the beginning of the of...2025
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• You can never have enough bullpen arms

Carlos Estévez #53 of the Philadelphia Phillies reacts after pitching during the eleventh inning against the Atlanta Braves at Citizens Bank Park on September 01, 2024 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. | Photo by Tim Nwachukwu/Getty Images Estévez was a solid signing. In the baseball world, there’s a tongue in cheek acronym used by prospect writers: “TINSTAAPP,” or “There Is No Such Thing As ...2025
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• Can The Royals (Mostly) Run It Back?

Denny Medley-Imagn Images The 2025 plan is very similar to the 2024. The success plan for the Kansas City Royals in 2024 was pretty simple. Have good starting pitchers every day, let Bobby, Salvy, and Vinnie power the offense, rebuild the bullpen, and hope everything else works out. The plan worked far better than any of us expected. The goal was not to be a laughingstock. By June, the goa...2025
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• Evaluating Royals relief options

Photo by Greg Fiume/Getty Images What will the bullpen look like in 2025? Two seasons ago, the Kansas City Royals had one of the worst bullpens in franchise history. Not looking to repeat that, the front office made it a point to improve the relief pitching that offseason. They signed free agents and made trades to that end. Not every move they made worked out, but the bullpen was consider...2025
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• Which version of the Royals bullpen will we see in 2025?

Lucas Erceg #60 of the Kansas City Royals pitches the ball against the Baltimore Orioles during the ninth inning of Game Two of the Wild Card Series at Oriole Park at Camden Yards on October 02, 2024 in Baltimore, Maryland. | Photo by Patrick Smith/Getty Images The good or the bad? You can contextualize why the Kansas City Royals made the playoffs last year in a few different ways. Most of...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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"Estévez will join a bullpen that likely includes Erceg, Hunter Harvey, John Schreiber, Chris Stratton, Angel Zerpa, and Sam Long."

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"With a combination of Carlos Hernandez, James McArthur, John Schreiber, Sam Long and Chris Stratton, the Royals bullpen tossed 7 1⁄3 innings of one-run ball."

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"To make room on the 40-man roster for Scott, the Red Sox transferred righty John Schreiber to the 60-day injured list."

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"That one, though: Anthony Rizzo vs John Schreiber#RepBXHome Run Exit velo: 108."

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"The Tigers announced that they have designated right-hander John Schreiber for assignment to make room for newly signed outfielder Nomar Mazara."

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"In other moves, they optioned righties John Schreiber and Kyle Funkhouser and moved a pair of players – righty Ivan Nova and outfielder JaCoby Jones – to the 45-day IL."

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• Royals Rumblings - News for March 6, 2025

Photo by Jamie Squire/Getty Images [Inset something witty here] Jaylon Thompson breaks down Kansas City’s bullpen options: Last season, Estévez pitched to a 2.45 ERA with 26 saves in 54 games for the Los Angeles Angels and Philadelphia Phillies. He bolsters a Royals bullpen that has undergone significant change over the past year. KC acquired right-handers Lucas Erceg and Hunter Harvey at ...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 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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• Lessons the front office can learn from this year

Photo by Ed Zurga/Getty Images The Royals improved this year - let’s do it again! The Royals had one of the best off-seasons in baseball last year, improving a 106-loss team enough to make the playoffs and advance to the ALDS. By adding Seth Lugo and Michael Wacah, the Royals featured one of the best rotations in baseball, and although some other acquisitions - Hunter Renfroe, Adam Frazier...2024
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• Is the Royals’ bullpen....good now?

Photo by Frank Jansky/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images The beleaguered relievers have been getting the jobs done in September. Kansas City fans know the importance of a good bullpen on a contending team. The 2014-15 Royals rode a dominant pen to two pennants and a title with All-Stars Greg Holland, Wade Davis, and Kelvin Herrera playing prominent roles. For this year’s contending Royals, ...2024
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• Robbie’s RBI rip reinforces Royals relief retinue in 3-0 rout

Geoff Burke-Imagn Images The magic number is down to 3. In a matchup of two struggling offenses, the Kansas City Royals scored more runs than they had in the previous four games combined in a 3-0 victory over the Washington Nationals. The starting pitchers were in control early, with Michael Lorenzen and DJ Herz allowing just three combined baserunners across the first two innings. In the...2024
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• Royals blow four-run lead, drop opening game to Tigers 7-6

Kansas City Royals catcher Salvador Perez (13) can’t make a play as Detroit Tigers third baseman Zach McKinstry (39) scores in the fourth inning at Kauffman Stadium. | Denny Medley-Imagn Images A Bobby Witt grand slam wasted Tonight’s game between the Detroit Tigers and the Kansas City Royals felt, in a lot of ways, like a playoff game. It was a close contest with a crowd eager to show the...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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• Royals lose seesaw affair, 6-5

Kansas City Royals pitcher John Schreiber (46) reacts during the fifth inning against the New York Yankees during game one of the ALDS for the 2024 MLB Playoffs at Yankee Stadium. | Brad Penner-Imagn Images Neither team’s best MVP candidate could come up with a hit in this one From the first inning it was obvious that neither team was going to be content to have one of the low-scoring affa...2024
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• Lugo shines in 5-0 win over Yankees

Vincent Carchietta-Imagn Images Can’t look much better than that! Behind a dazzling start from Seth Lugo, the Royals evened up the series with a 5-0 shutout over the Yankees. It’s Kansas City’s third shutout in the last week. Even though Lugo didn’t need much run support on Tuesday, the Royals made sure Yankees starter Marcus Stroman was dealing with a lot of base runners. After failing t...2024
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• Lorenzen lashes LA lineup in 3-0 licking

Photo by Ed Zurga/Getty Images Back in the win column. For the first time in nearly two months the Kansas City Royals won a rubber match by taking down the Los Angeles Angels 3-0 at Kauffman Stadium on Wednesday. The Royals came out with an aggressive gameplan against Johnny Cueto: swing early and often. At first that played right into Cueto’s hands as he allowed a couple lasers but manage...2024
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• Braves come up short in 7-1 loss to Red Sox
Photo By Winslow Townson/Getty Images Braves lose first of a two game set to the Red Sox as walks haunt Charlie Morton After an hour and 40 minute rain delay, the Atlanta Braves and Boston Red Sox started what would become a wacky game. The weirdness would start in the top of the first when a Braves rally would be killed by a series of unfortunate events. The Braves had Red Sox opener Joh...2023
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• 2023 MLB Season Preview: Boston Red Sox
Photo by Kevin C. Cox/Getty Images The fans in Boston aren’t exactly excited about how their team is currently run. Can this team turn some of those frowns upside-down with a bounce-back season in 2023? The Boston Red Sox just got done finishing in last place for the second time in the past three seasons. They lost Xander Bogaerts to the Padres without putting up much of a fight to keep hi...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 refuse to surrender, still lose 9-7

Salvador Perez #13 of the Kansas City Royals reacts after hitting a home run during the sixth inning against the Baltimore Orioles at Kauffman Stadium on April 20, 2024 in Kansas City, Missouri. | Photo by Kyle Rivas/Getty Images Anyone who turned the game off after the second inning missed a heck of a contest. Well, when I wrote in the game thread that we should all expect a good game ton...2024
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• September 27 update: Former Cubs Javier Báez, Kris Bryant, Anthony Rizzo and Kyle Schwarber
Photo by Quinn Harris/Getty Images Two of these players are likely headed to the postseason. And two ... are not. Time to check in with old friends again. Javier Báez It’s been stated by some that Javy feeds off the energy of crowds, and that’s one reason he had a lousy 2020 in empty ballparks. It might be a reason he’s had a rough 2022 — Tigers fans haven’t been at Comerica Park in large ...2022
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• Royals beat Atlanta in season finale 4-2, sneak back into second Wild Card

Kansas City Royals relief pitcher Kris Bubic (50) pitches during the eighth inning against the San Francisco Giants at Kauffman Stadium. | Jay Biggerstaff-Imagn Images There will be questions about Lucas Erceg. To start the day, Tommy Pham hit a double, Bobby Witt Jr. hit an infield single, and Michael Massey hit a three-run home run. Sunday Mass. pic.twitter.com/QbShdbSimy— Kansas City ...2024
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• How do you feel about manager Matt Quatraro?

Photo by Ed Zurga/Getty Images The Royals skipper could win AL Manager of the Year. In his second season of managing, Matt Quatraro is engineering one of the biggest improvements in baseball history. After losing 106 games last year, the Royals have already won 20 more games this year with several weeks to go. If they manage to win 15 of their final 21 games, they will tie the 1999 Diamond...2024
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• Royals win slugfest 11-7

Bobby Witt Jr. #7 of the Kansas City Royals is doused with water by MJ Melendez #1 of the Kansas City Royals after a 13-3 win over the Houston Astros at Kauffman Stadium on April 11, 2024 in Kansas City, Missouri. | Photo by Ed Zurga/Getty Images Bobby Witt Jr. won’t stop scoring runs Despite the lopsided score, this game had a lot of ups and downs in it. Things started off well for Kansas...2024
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• Royals Acquire John Schreiber From Red Sox
The Royals have acquired reliever John Schreiber from the Red Sox in exchange for right-handed pitching prospect David Sandlin, ESPN’s Jeff Passan reports (Twitter link). Schreiber has a 27.4% strikeout rate over his 143 1/3 career innings in the majors, so missing bats has never been an issue for the 29-year-old. Between some home run…...2024
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• What to know about Royals’ 2025 spring training

Photo by Jennifer Stewart/Getty Images Get ready to baseball! Happy Pitchers and Catchers Report Day! The winter in Kansas City may be especially cold with several inches of snow on the ground, but in warm and sunny Arizona, Royals players are assembling to begin spring training. It is a season of renewed hope after a surprising post-season run last year, with the highest pre-season expect...2025
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