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• Reds bullpen gives up 11 runs in a loss to Kansas City
Alexis Diaz and the Reds bullpen gave up 11 runs as Cincinnati lost 13-7 on Saturday to the Kansas City Royals. The post Reds bullpen gives up 11 runs in a loss to Kansas City appeared first on Redleg Nation....2025
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• Spring Game Thread: Kansas City Royals vs Cincinnati Reds
Jeimer Candelario is starting at first base this afternoon for the Cincinnati Reds as they host the Kansas City Royals. The post Spring Game Thread: Kansas City Royals vs Cincinnati Reds appeared first on Redleg Nation....2025
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• Spring Training Saturday gamethread

SUPER UTILITY PLAYER Cavan Biggio #18 of the Kansas City Royals gets ready in the batters box | Photo by Norm Hall/Getty Images It’s another Split Squad Saturday The Royals are playing two more Spring Training games today. One will be at the Reds and the other will see them host the Guardians. That second one will be on TV in Kansas City and will feature a start by Kris Bubic along with Jo...2025
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• Hanshin Tigers 3, Cubs 0: Welcome to Japan, Cubs fans!

Photo by Masterpress/Getty Images The Cubs offense was mostly silent in this exhibition game. But there were lots of other things to see and do in Tokyo. TOKYO — The Cubs took the field at the Tokyo Dome Saturday afternoon (Japan time) against the Hanshin Tigers and fell flat. The Tigers’ top prospect, 20-year-old lefthander Keito Mombetsu threw five perfect innings against Cubs hitters, l...2025
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• This Day in Braves History: March 15

Photo by: Diamond Images/Getty Images The Boston Braves take a trip down to Mexico for an exhibition contest. Braves Franchise History 1941: Approximately 6,000 fans watch the St. Louis Browns defeat the Boston Braves in Monterrey, Nuevo Leon. MLB History 1885: A lower court in New York decides that playing baseball on Sunday is a crime. The ruling will be overturned, but it will be appea...2025
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• Robert Suarez struggling in spring

Manager Mike Shildt takes the ball from Robert Suarez. | Photo by Jeremy Chen/Getty Images Padres closer has been roughed up in recent outings Results in Spring Training do not often hold up once the regular season begins. Hot hitters go cold. Dominant pitchers become pedestrian and players struggling seem to find success. Spring Training is all about players getting their work in and buil...2025
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• Which Royals who won’t make the Opening Day roster will have the biggest impact?

Tyler Gentry #27 of the Kansas City Royals runs and scores during the ninth inning of a Spring training game against the Los Angeles Dodgers at Camelback Ranch on February 22, 2025 in Glendale, Arizona. | Photo by Jeremy Chen/Getty Images Somebody will make their mark While Opening Day lineup discussion is all well and fun, the reality is that there are players who won’t make the 2025 Open...2025
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• Appreciating Salvador Perez

Tommy Gilligan-Imagn Images Reflections on the joys and privilege of cheering for a franchise legend If you have any awareness of the professional sports landscape outside of baseball, you’re likely very aware that the Dallas Mavericks shocked the world by trading away their young superstar and face of the franchise Luka Dončić to the Los Angeles Lakers. I was putting my phone to bed and c...2025
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• Royals Rumblings - News for March 13, 2025

Photo by Norm Hall/Getty Images Bobby Witt Jr. seems to have avoided the worst after being plunked in the forearm yesterday: The Royals’ shortstop did not suffer a fracture, the team announced, with X-rays coming back negative. He’s dealing with a left forearm contusion and will continue to be evaluated in the coming days. The fifth starter spot seems to be down to Daniel Lynch IV and Kris...2025
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• Royals Rumblings - News for March 12, 2025

Photo by Jeff Dean/Getty Images Wake me up when spring training ends. Royals Data Dugout reveals their second roster projection ahead of Opening Day, with southpaw Kris Bubic winning the final rotation spot. It’s the fifth spot where questions and competition remain. Even though Daniel Lynch has been the best pitcher in camp, at least in game action, I’m still giving the nod to Bubic h...2025
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• Royals Rumblings - News for March 11, 2025

Photo by David Durochik/Diamond Images via Getty Images The farm system shows improvement in rankings. Anne Rogers has her latest roster projection. If Bubic is in the rotation, it doesn’t mean that Lynch is automatically starting in Triple-A, because the club feels good about its depth there. Lynch embraced helping the Royals in a relief role at the end of last year, throwing 20 2/3 scor...2025
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• This potential Royals-Orioles trade would make sense for both teams

As spring training marches on, the Kansas City Royals could still use another outfielder, and the Baltimore Orioles need a versatile pitcher as injuries stack up. Here's a swap they should consider....2025
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• Royals Rumblings - News for March 10, 2025

Photo by Jeremy Chen/Getty Images Free Drew Waters! Jaylon Thompson writes about Kyle Wright’s efforts to get back on the mound. “Shoulders are a little tough,” Wright said. “This is kind of around, I think I’m at 16 months (post operation) here soon. That’s kind of, for this surgery, when you really start to feel like yourself again. From everything that I’ve heard, it can take up to 14 ...2025
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• 2025 Cubs: Know your enemy, AL Central

Photo by Justin Casterline/Getty Images This is a division of haves and have-nots. Last year, three AL Central teams made the postseason and four finished over .500. This was largely because they all fattened up against the awful White Sox. The Twins, Tigers, Guardians and Royals went 42-10 against the White Sox. Wow. The Cubs, meanwhile, were 10-6 against the AL Central last year. So that...2025
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• The optimist’s case for Maikel Garcia

Jay Biggerstaff-Imagn Images There’s reason to hope for more than a dead cat bounce from the third baseman The experience of watching Maikel Garcia at the plate last season was not particularly enjoyable for anyone, unless you were cheering against the Kansas City Royals. When I think back to last season and what I remember from Garcia, my mental picture is of his swing looking slow and th...2025
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• Hanshin Tigers 3, Cubs 0: Welcome to Japan, Cubs fans!
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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 Rumblings - News for February 26, 2025

Photo by Jeremy Chen/Getty Images The best slugger in Northwest Arkansas Naturals history is back in Kansas City. MLB.com’s Anne Rogers and David Adler look at some of the intense work from Kansas City Royals shortstop Bobby Witt Jr. this spring at getting better on the basepaths. They’re incorporating audio components along with the visual technology on when to react, as well as ways to o...2025
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• Royals Rumblings - News for January 24, 2025

Slugerrr shreddin’ it! | Photo by Scott Winters/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images These are hard to come up with at this point in the offseason Orientation continues for first year players: Words of wisdom from our big league skipper, Matt Quatraro. #RaisingRoyals x pic.twitter.com/WBOK8ZaWuU— Raising Royals (@KCRoyalsPD) January 23, 2025 Dan Szymborski (Szymborski! Szymborski!) pos...2025
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• Royals Rumblings - News for January 1, 2025

Photo by Agit Erdi Ulukaya/Anadolu via Getty Images New year, same ol’ quiet offseason Welcome to the new year! Here is the Kansas City Royals news you need today. MLB.com’s Anne Rogers names pitch Noah Cameron as the Kansas City Royals prospect to watch heading into 2025. Cameron, the Royals’ No. 12 prospect, might have made his MLB debut last year if the Royals weren’t making a postseaso...2025
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• 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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• Who is John Sherman?

Photo by Ed Zurga/Getty Images Like the guy next door, except richer In the past, I’ve written stories critical of how the Royals organization has handled their downtown stadium negotiations. And while I don’t back away from the ham-handed way that process has been going, I did start to wonder if perhaps I have gotten the wrong idea about Royals owner John Sherman. After all, I’ve never m...2024
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• If I hear any more complaints about downtown parking I’m going to lose it

It’s not even on the list of things to worry about There are plenty of reasons to be skeptical or even hostile to the Kansas City Royals’ stadium pitch and proposed Crossroads location. It starts with the fact that the Royals could simply renovate the stadium they have right now. Lots of people like Kauffman Stadium, which is arguably one of the top five most iconic Major League Baseball stadiums ...2024
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• Ragans rejects runs, relievers repel rallies, Royals romp 4-0
Photo by Ed Zurga/Getty Images Outstanding pitching offset many missed opportunities offensively Cole Ragans shoved and Kansas City rode early offense to a 4-0 win over the New York Mets this evening at Kauffman Stadium. Ragans got off to an inauspicious start, putting the first two batters of the game on base. However, he managed to bear down and retire the next three to snuff the threat....2023
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• Broncos’ Shane Ray gets Chiefs tattoo
Former Denver Broncos first-round pick Shane Ray is more than likely going to leave the team in free agency this spring. The Missouri native fell out of favor big time last season — recording just six tackles and one sack for the Broncos. It now looks like Ray is over the team he suited up for over the past four seasons. Ray just hit up famed Los Angeles-based tattoo artist Katrina Jackson for som...2019
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"Ever since Kansas City Royals majority owner John Sherman floated the idea of a new Royals stadium in September 2021, Royals fans and city residents alike have wondered about the location for where this new stadium would be."

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"com/t85qx0Cwfh— Kansas City Royals (@Royals) April 3, 2024 The team faced stiff opposition from Jackson County executive Frank White, a former All-Star second baseman with the club."

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"Petersburg, Florida, USA; Kansas City Royals relief pitcher Aroldis Chapman (54) walks off the field after pitching against the Tampa Bay Rays in the eighth inning at Tropicana Field."

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"Former Cy Young pitcher Zack Greinke has agreed to a one-year, $13M deal that will reunite him with the Kansas City Royals, sources confirm to ESPN's Jeff Passan."

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"Mahomes is also a part-owner of the Kansas City Royals"

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"Where Patrick Mahomes stands among youngest athletes to own a team after buying stake in Kansas City Royals"

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"After missing all of 2019, Kansas City Royals catcher Salvador Perez will see extended stretches of time at first base in 2020, per The Athletic’s Alec Lewis (via Twitter)."

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"Taking Inventory: Kansas City Royals"

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"issued the following statement today regarding the respective passings of Kansas City Royals pitcher Yordano Ventura, who was 25, and former Major League infielder Andy Marte, who was 33."

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"Brandon Belt maintained his torrid hitting Friday, clobbering a three-run homer in a four-run third inning that helped the San Francisco Giants top the Kansas City Royals, 8-5."

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" The Kansas City Royals weren't as lucky last year, as an iPad game nearly derailed their magical season."

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"Then he astonished them with tickets to Game 1 of the Fall Classic between the Kansas City Royals and San Francisco Giants at Kauffman Stadium."

• This Day in Braves History: March 15
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• Which Royals who won’t make the Opening Day roster will have the biggest impact?
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• Alex Gordon to be inducted into Royals Hall of Fame

Photo by Ed Zurga/Getty Images Gordo! The Royals announced that Alex Gordon will be the 2025 inductee into the Royals Hall of Fame. After teasing the selection earlier this week with a funny video, they provided a fitting ending to the piece. Introducing the newest member of the Royals Hall of Fame, Alex Gordon! pic.twitter.com/AmNmj9nOJ7— Kansas City Royals (@Royals) March 14, 2025 ...2025
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• Appreciating Salvador Perez
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• Royals Rumblings - News for March 14, 2025
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• Royals Reacts Survey: Should Jac Caglianone make the Opening Day Roster?

Remember his name. | Jayne Kamin-Oncea-Imagn Images Last year’s first-round pick is having quite the spring. 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. Please take our survey During last year’s draft, ...2025
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• Royals Rumblings - News for March 13, 2025
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• Royals Rumblings - News for March 12, 2025
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• The Moose is Loose - a Mike Moustakas retrospective

Mike Moustakas #8 of the Kansas City Royals hits against the Minnesota Twins the Minnesota Twins at Kauffman Stadium on July 22, 2018 in Kansas City, Missouri. | Photo by Ed Zurga/Getty Images What a wild career the infielder had Last week, former Royal Mike Moustakas announced his intent to sign a one-day contract with the Royals to officially retire with the team that had drafted him. Mo...2025
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• Royals Rumblings - News for March 11, 2025
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• Robert Suarez struggling in spring
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• Which Royals who won’t make the Opening Day roster will have the biggest impact?
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• Appreciating Salvador Perez
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• Royals Rumblings - News for March 14, 2025
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• Royals Rumblings - News for March 13, 2025
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• Royals Rumblings - News for March 12, 2025
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• Four winners and five losers from today’s Royals split squad action

Jordan Groshans #76 of the Kansas City Royals in the field during the eighth inning of a spring training game | Photo by David Durochik/Diamond Images via Getty Images The Royals lost both games, but there were still a couple of positives to take away. Let’s not pretend the final scores matter at all in Spring Training, especially not on a Split Squad day. So, instead of telling you about ...2025
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• The optimist’s case for Maikel Garcia
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• Royals Rumblings - News for March 7, 2025

We don’t usually see Orioles in my neighborhood. Lots of blue jays, though. | Photo by Greg Fiume/Getty Images Today’s Rumblings is for the birds Yesterday, the Royals announced Workout Day at The K: As the Kansas City Royals prepare for the start of the 2025 season and Opening Day, we are giving all baseball fans the opportunity to watch the boys in blue warm up before the big day. On We...2025
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• Cubs vs. Royals at Mesa preview, Thursday 3/6, 7:05 CT

Rick Scuteri-Imagn Images It’s the Cubs’ only home night game of spring 2025. Thursday notes... LOTS AND LOTS OF RUNS: The Cubs have scored at least 10 runs in four of their 14 spring games. They reached double digits in 12 of 162 during the regular season last year. They have scored 101 runs in their 14 games. In the regular season, since 1901, the Cubs have scored at least 101 runs in ...2025
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• Robert Suarez struggling in spring
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• Appreciating Salvador Perez
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• Royals Rumblings - News for March 14, 2025
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• Royals Rumblings - News for March 13, 2025
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• Royals Rumblings - News for March 11, 2025
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• Is Jac Caglianone one of Kansas City’s best hitters, like, right now?

Jac Caglianone #14 of the Kansas City Royals runs out a fly ball during the eighth inning of a spring training game against the Texas Rangers at Surprise Stadium on February 21, 2025 in Surprise, Arizona. | Photo by Chris Bernacchi/Diamond Images via Getty Images The tools are delightful Quick! Who are the Royals’ best hitters? If you got that question, you’d probably answer first with Bob...2025
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• The optimist’s case for Maikel Garcia
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• Royals Rumblings - News for March 7, 2025
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• Royals Rumblings—News for March 5, 2025

Photo by Jeremy Chen/Getty Images Which will come first, the end of Kansas City’s winter or Opening Day? David Lesky at Inside the Crown stacks up the Kansas City Royals pitching room ahead of Opening Day. The change started at the end of June that year when the Royals acquired Cole Ragans, but to their credit, they didn’t stop. We know about them adding Seth Lugo and Michael Wacha, but th...2025
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• Cubs 7, Guardians 4: The wins just keep on coming

Steve Sher The Cubs remain undefeated after 10 spring outings. MESA, Arizona — The Cubs ended their tie streak at three Saturday afternoon with a convincing 7-4 win over the Guardians. That gives them seven wins to go with the three ties, and they haven’t lost yet this spring. Right. Spring wins and losses mean nothing. I know this. You know this. And yet... there’s just something that fee...2025
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• David Ortiz Surprises Military Members with Tickets to 2014 World Series
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• Packers Players Have Become Obsessed with Board Game 'Settlers of Catan'
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• Paul Rudd Invites Everyone to Mom's House for Kegger After Royals Win
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• Indians Pitcher Trevor Bauer Wears Boxing Gloves During Game vs. Royals
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• Madison Bumgarner, Giants Flashing October Form Right Now
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• Alex Rodriguez Hits 3 Home Runs vs. Twins: Stats, Highlights and Reaction
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• Multiple Kansas City Schools Cancel Class to Celebrate Royals' World Series Win
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• Royals advance to first World Series since '85
With more dominant defense, an opportunistic offense and a bullpen that shut down the Baltimore Orioles once again, Greg Holland and the Kansas City Royals wrapped up a sweep of the ALCS with a 2-1 victory on Wednesday....2014
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• Royals Rumblings—News for March 5, 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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• Kansas City Royals Fantasy Outlook with Eric Cross: Witt Jr., Garcia, and Pitching Prospects

The award-winning fantasy mind joins the podcast as fantasy baseball season chugs along. Fantasy baseball season is here, and we’re diving deep into the Kansas City Royals! With Jeremy out due to technical issues, Jacob Milham is joined by fantasy baseball expert Eric Cross from RotoBaller for an insightful breakdown of the Royals’ top fantasy prospects and sleepers for 2025. The duo discusses Bob...2025
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• Avoiding the Blurbstomp – Clap Back (sorry, sorry)
On Sunday, Nathan Eovaldi had a start against the Kansas City Royals. The Royals have been screwing over my fantasy pitching for years, friends. I forgot to bench him, and he gave up seven hits in four innings, including a homer to Whit Merrifield and some doubles to Adalberto Mondesi. I had a feeling that my curse would be continued though, and I checked replays. There they were: Run scoring bloo...2021
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• Add IL Brr To Mondesi
"Hello, Proprietor of a Milliner, I understand your trade is hat-making. I was wondering if you could make this Dairy Queen sundae helmet into a normal-sized head helmet...Right, right, I get that. Yes, I guess I could just buy a helmet from the John Olerud collection, but I'd like this exact Kansas City Royals sundae helmet. It's for Opening Day for the 2021 baseball season, Mr. Milliner--Wait a ...2021
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• Cody Bellinger's fantasy baseball stock just keeps on rising
Cody Bellinger is living the life right about now. Not only are the Los Angeles Dodgers sporting an 8-3 record with baseball’s second-best run differential (+35) heading into Tuesday night, but there are also only three hitters with a better wRC+ than Bellinger’s 266 mark (Mike Trout, Tim Anderson and Tim Beckham). As if that wasn’t enough, the reigning National League Player of the Week is tied f...2019
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• Garth Brooks: Taking part in spring training with Pirates 'heaven for me'
Garth Brooks has spent two weeks in Bradenton, Fla., with the Pittsburgh Pirates, taking part in workouts and spring training, but Friday marks the country music icon’s final day living out his baseball dreams. Brooks, 57, enjoyed the camaraderie with current players, but a real thrill for him was spending time with Pirates’ World Series legends Manny Sanguillen and Steve Blass. “These are the guy...2019
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• Scott Miller's Starting 9: Why Won't Anyone Take a Chance on Yoenis Cespedes?
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• Spring Game Thread: Kansas City Royals vs Cincinnati Reds
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• Spring Training Saturday gamethread
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• Hanshin Tigers 3, Cubs 0: Welcome to Japan, Cubs fans!
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• Royals vs Angels Friday March 14 Spring Training Game Thread

Maikel Garcia gets the start in center field. | Photo by Jeff Dean/Getty Images Michael Wacha vs Yusei Kikuchi After winning in a thrilling walkoff fashion last night, the 12-8 Royals will take on the 8-9 Angels at 3:10pm US Central today. It generally looks like a day of backups, but Maikel Garcia will get a turn in center field. The Royals continue to look internally for outfield solutio...2025
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• Which Royals who won’t make the Opening Day roster will have the biggest impact?
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• Alex Gordon to be inducted into Royals Hall of Fame
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• Royals Rumblings - News for March 14, 2025
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• Royals vs. Padres Thursday spring training thread

Photo by Norm Hall/MLB Photos via Getty Images Daniel Lynch makes his case for the rotation. The threat of rain has pushed his game up to 2:15 CT. Daniel Lynch IV will make his case to make the starting rotation today. He has given up two runs and no walks in ten innings so far this spring with nine strikeouts. Daniel heads to the mound in Surprise. pic.twitter.com/L0xDE0y8Vn— Kansas Ci...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 February 28, 2025

Need another pitcher? I Noah guy. | Photo by Norm Hall/Getty Images Spring Training is in full swing! This is going to feel a little backwards as our OT is up at the top today, sort of. It’s been brought to my attention that a number of AI bots are harvesting our articles and either cutting-and-pasting them, slightly rewriting them and publishing them as their own, or, my favorite, turni...2025
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• Kansas City fans aren’t used to playoff losses, but it’s normal

Bobby Witt Jr. #7 of the Kansas City Royals walks through the dugout after a loss to 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 Be happy it happened Over the last few months, Kansas City sports fans have been in an unusual position: watching their sports teams lose in th...2025
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• Outside The Confines: Pitchers and catchers signal the start of baseball!

Photo by Matt Dirksen/Chicago Cubs/Getty Images Wooo, winter is over! Hello and happy Monday, BCB friends! Baseball is officially here! At least if you count pitcher and catcher reporting as the first day of baseball season, because the Cubs reported for duty earliest, coming to camp yesterday. The rest of the teams will be reporting between the 11th and 13th, with the bulk of teams report...2025
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• Royals Rumblings - News for January 29, 2025

Jay Biggerstaff-Imagn Images Bobby Witt Jr. isn’t the video game cover boy? MLB.com’s Anne Rogers detailed how the rotation stands now. She writes as if five pitchers, including Kris Bubic, are competing for the final rotation spot. The Royals are confident in Bubic’s potential return to the rotation, even after seeing how much success he had in the bullpen last year when he returned from...2025
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• Ichiro Suzuki, CC Sabathia, Billy Wagner elected to the Hall of Fame

Photo by Jeff Zelevansky/Getty Images Carlos Beltrán is left out The Baseball Writers of America announced they have elected Ichiro Suzuki, CC Sabathia, and Billy Wagner as their 2025 Hall of Fame inductees. Former Royals outfielder Carlos Beltrán fell short of selection on his third year of eligibility. Ichiro Suzuki came to MLB after a prolific nine-year career in Japan where he was a t...2025
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• Today in White Sox History: January 13

It was during this outing back in September 2017 that Danny Farquhar realized the Houston Astros were trash-can cheating; the scandal persisted in part because no one bothered to ask him about it. | Juan DeLeon/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images Houston gets “punished” for the trash-can scandal; did the South Siders have a role in the sordid tale? 1922 Black Sox member Buck Weaver petitioned...2025
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• The greatest baseball game of all time was played 10 years ago

The Kansas City Royals celebrate their 9 to 8 win over the Oakland Athletics in the 12th inning of their American League Wild Card game at Kauffman Stadium on September 30, 2014 in Kansas City, Missouri. | Photo by Dilip Vishwanat/Getty Images Long live the Wild Card Game My favorite memory of the 2014 Wild Card Game between the Kansas City Royals and the Oakland Athletics is not, in fact,...2024
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