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• Some quick knee-jerk reactions now that the season is over

Photo by Jamie Squire/Getty Images What’s next? The season is over, as the Royals fell in four games to the Yankees in the ALDS. The Royals had an incredible bounceback season after losing 106 games, but also face a lot of questions as we begin the off-season. Just a few quick thoughts. The Royals did have an amazing season that they should be proud of, and no one expected them to get thi...2024
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• Royals lose a tough fought game 3

Photo by Jamie Squire/Getty Images Good game, bad outcome For the third game in a row, the Royals and Yankees have played a PLAYOFF baseball game. Plate appearances all feel valuable, and runs are really hard to scratch across the plate. The starters were pulled early and then a parade a relievers and eventually pinch hitters were brought on to find any advantage possible. Kansas City had ...2024
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• Kauffman Stadium is going to rock tonight, and the world isn’t ready

Eric Hosmer #35 of the Kansas City Royals reacts after hitting a triple in the 12th inning against the Oakland Athletics during the American League Wild Card game at Kauffman Stadium on September 30, 2014 in Kansas City, Missouri. | Photo by Ed Zurga/Getty Images Playoff baseball is here! For the first time in nine years, Kauffman Stadium will host a playoff game. The venerable Kansas City...2024
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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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• Projected 2025 Royals arbitration salaries

Photo by Kyle Rivas/MLB Photos via Getty Images The Royals have a lot of young players - how much will they make? The Royals have a young team, and that means having to deal with several arbitration-eligible players as they plan for next year’s team. Salaries for arbitration-eligible players can be hard to predict, but MLB Trade Rumors has a formula they use to project the salaries that el...2024
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• Royals sweep Orioles to advance to ALDS

Tommy Gilligan-Imagn Images Bring on the Yankees! For the second-straight day, the Royals and Orioles battled in a pitcher’s duel. Fortunately for Kansas City, it was the same outcome — putting the Royals in the ALDS for the first time since 2015. The offense got off to a much better start on Wednesday afternoon. After Michael Massey led off the game with a double, Vinnie Pasquantino drove...2024
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• MLB Playoffs: American League Preview

Even in a relative down season, the Astros might very well extend their ALCS streak. Will any American League team make like the Rangers and topple them? During the decade-plus of MLB play from 2005-16, only two American League teams won at least 100 games. Outside of the 2008 Angels and 2009 Yankees, it was always a scramble of several good teams, but no true slam-dunk standouts (and even the ‘08...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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• Chritian Walker Provides Consistent Power
Christian Walker- 1B- ARI- Stats- Walker lost the month of August due to an oblique strain but has put up decent numbers for the season, He is slashing .252/.337/.474 with 26 homers in 526 PAs. His homer per PA is almost identical to 2023 when he hit 33 long balls in 661 PAs. Walker has a 91.0 EV and 47.6% HardHit%, both numbers higher than he has posted since before COVID. He will be 34 in 2025 b...2024
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• I wish the Royals could have moved Kris Bubic and Daniel Lynch IV to the pen earlier

Kris Bubic #50 of the Kansas City Royals throws in the eighth inning against the Minnesota Twins at Kauffman Stadium on September 08, 2024 in Kansas City, Missouri. | Photo by Ed Zurga/Getty Images They’re doing well there. The 2018 Kansas City Royals MLB Draft was a huge opportunity to reshape the franchise. The Second Golden Age was officially over, as the core position player group was ...2024
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• Royals Rumblings - News for September 18, 2024

Photo by Ed Zurga/Getty Images Another 30/30 for Bobby! BBobby Witt Jr. becomes the first shortstop with two 30/30 seasons, writes Anne Rogers. Witt became the first Royal ever to record a 30-30 season in 2023 when he hit 30 home runs and swiped 49 bags. And he’s just the eighth player to record back-to-back 30-30 seasons, joining Ryan Braun (2011-12), Alfonso Soriano (‘05-06 and ‘02-03), ...2024
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• Royals offense quiet in 4-2 loss to Guardians in series opener

Jay Biggerstaff-USA TODAY Sports 40-year-old Yuli Gurriel leaves the game with an injury. The Royals offense managed just two hits and extended their losing streak to a season-high six games, falling to the first-place Guardians 4-2 in the series opener on Monday afternoon. The game got off to a promising start with the Royals getting on the board in the second on an RBI double by Maikel G...2024
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• Disaster four-run 8th inning leads to 6-3 loss

Thomas Shea-USA TODAY Sports Erceg and Vinnie were injured on the same fateful play For a second, you could squint and see another late-inning rally. A clutch Kyle Isbel double had Kansas City six outs away from another comeback win. Then a disastrous ground ball ended with Lucas Erceg and Vinnie Pasquantino injured and the Royals’ lead gone. The air had been let out of the balloon at that...2024
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• Royals Rumblings - News for August 16, 2024 (CPBL)

You! Yeah, you in row 3! You should read today’s Rumblings | Brad Rempel-USA TODAY Sports Royals with a 6-week unbeaten streak on Thursday; Should push it to 7 next week! At The Star, Jaylon Thompson writes about how the Royals bullpen has 4 lefties: Across the majors, the Royals and Detroit Tigers are the only teams featuring four left-handed relievers on their respective active roster...2024
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• Matt Quatraro is doing his best with a deeply flawed bullpen

Kansas City Royals relief pitcher John Schreiber (46) hands the ball over to manager Matt Quatraro (33) during the sixth inning against the Texas Rangers at Globe Life Field. | Jim Cowsert-USA TODAY Sports 2014 this ain’t Being a Major League Baseball team manager can be a rewarding gig. It’s certainly an exclusive one, with only 30 people on the planet with that specific job title. But it...2024
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• Royals win ALDS game 2 with one big inning and excellent pitching
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• Royals Rumblings - News for July 1, 2024

Garfield is right about Mondays, lasagna, and much more | Photo by Steve Parsons - PA Images/PA Images via Getty Images Very nice series over the weekend! Ed note: I was mistaken on Friday. I guess I will be doing one day of Rumblings this month as Max is out for a few days. That said, I’m leaving on vacation this week so we’re not getting the full Friday Rumblings experience. Also, I ...2024
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"After a rapid top of the eighth, Kris Bubic was summoned to continue Kansas City’s parade of lefties."

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"The Royals have taken the first two games of this roadtrip and can finish the sweep tomorrow afternoon at 3:05 with Kris Bubic scheduled to pitch against Anthony Desclafani."

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"The Royals finalized their season-opening rotation yesterday, with manager Mike Matheny telling reporters (including Alec Lewis of the Athletic) that southpaw Daniel Lynch will claim the final spot behind Zack Greinke, Brad Keller, Kris Bubic and Carlos Hernández."

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"Kansas City’s Kris Bubic on the Art of the Changeup"

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"The Royals will promote lefty Kris Bubic to make his MLB debut, manager Mike Matheny tells reporters including Alec Lewis of The Athletic (via Twitter)."

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"com, Fangraphs and ESPN’s Keith Law: The Royals have agreed to terms with competitive balance Round A selection Kris Bubic, per MLB."

• Some quick knee-jerk reactions now that the season is over
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• Frustration and change give way to October, at last

Pinch me, I’m dreaming. It took 3,253 days for the Kansas City Royals to find redemption. That’s how many days we’ve seen since the Royals won the World Series on November 1, 2015. In the eight seasons following the team’s victory over New York, the win-loss record finished at 499-695. From 2016 through 2023, the team saw three Managers, two General Managers, and two team Owners. Long-time owner, ...2024
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• Is the Royals’ bullpen....good now?
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• Previewing the Royals’ postseason roster

Tommy Pham #22 of the Kansas City Royals reacts after striking out in the first inning against the San Francisco Giants at Kauffman Stadium on September 20, 2024 in Kansas City, Missouri. | Photo by Ed Zurga/Getty Images Who makes the cut? What’s their role? Two weeks ago I wrote an article, “The Royals are definitely going to the playoffs.” Since that time the Royals have gone ...2024
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• I wish the Royals could have moved Kris Bubic and Daniel Lynch IV to the pen earlier
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• Good pitching development looks like Daniel Lynch

Photo by Lauren Leigh Bacho/MLB Photos via Getty Images Daniel Lynch is changing his pitch mix and has upgraded a couple of them, which is leading to success. I have had trouble holding back from writing multiple gushing articles about the development of some of the pitchers for the Royals this year. It is not quite extreme enough, nor is it a massive sample, but I finally feel like the or...2024
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• Royals race past pathetic Pirates, 5-1

Bobby Witt Jr. #7 of the Kansas City Royals hits an RBI double in the seventh inning against the Pittsburgh Pirates during inter-league play at PNC Park on September 14, 2024 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. | Photo by Justin K. Aller/Getty Images Featuring: The return of Two-Hit Witt! It’s a well-known fact that Bobby Witt Jr. has been slumping lately. Well, slumping for Bobby anyway. In the ...2024
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• Chritian Walker Provides Consistent Power
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• The boys are playing some ball and could make some noise

Bobby Witt Jr. #7 of the Kansas City Royals rounds third base before scoring a run during the third inning of the game against the New York Yankees at Yankee Stadium on September 10, 2024 in New York City. | Photo by Dustin Satloff/Getty Images If you’re a Yankees fan, you’re probably pretty nervous about facing the Royals in the playoffs. There are 15 games left in the season and the Roya...2024
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• Seth’s stellar start stems skid, series stopper salvaged 4-1

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

Bobby Witt Jr. celebrates with Salvador Perez after hitting a home run in the fourth inning. Don’t look now, but Bobby and the Bullpen had a fantastic night. Michael Lorenzen used to be a Cincinnati Red, years ago. Today marked his first opportunity to pitch against his old team at their home stadium and he appeared to relish it. It wasn’t exactly a dominant performance, but as the Royals’...2024
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• Royals Rumblings - News for August 16, 2024 (CPBL)
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• Royals roast Cardinals’ bullpen; win 8-3

Salvador Perez #13 of the Kansas City Royals hits a two-run home run in the seventh inning against the St. Louis Cardinals at Kauffman Stadium on August 10, 2024 in Kansas City, Missouri. | Photo by Ed Zurga/Getty Images As has so often happened in Royals games this year - it was a very close one until it suddenly was not. Michael Wacha is such an interesting player to me. As I noted in th...2024
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• Kauffman Stadium is going to rock tonight, and the world isn’t ready
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• Royals win ALDS game 2 with one big inning and excellent pitching
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• Game 1 of the Wild Card series was played on the Royals’ terms

Photo by Greg Fiume/Getty Images The momentum has shifted. The Royals won 86 games in the regular season, fewer than any team in the post-season except the Tigers. Twelve of those wins came against the embarrassing White Sox - the Royals went 74-75 against everyone else. For most of the year, they had one of the worst bullpen in baseball, and in September they had THE worst offense in base...2024
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• Frustration and change give way to October, at last
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• Matt Quatraro is the right guy to manage this team

Kansas City Royals manager Matt Quatraro (33) watches from the dugout against the Cleveland Guardians prior to a game at Kauffman Stadium. | Denny Medley-Imagn Images He will be in the running for Manager of the Year this year, and he will deserve it. It’s the top of the ninth, the game is tied. The Royals have struggled mightily to score runs. They’ve scored four, today, which is as many...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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• Royals Rumblings - News for August 9, 2024

Giant QT cup that we’ll mention below | Jay Biggerstaff-USA TODAY Sports Royals undefeated on off days in 2024 At The Star, Vinnie Pasquantino is profiled by Jayl— wait, Matt Guzman... who is that? Ah: “Texas-born, Missouri-educated and deeply passionate about storytelling, Matt Guzman is a sports intern at The Kansas City Star for the summer of 2024; He is a rising junior at the Universi...2024
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• Detroit repays bullpen shellacking, win 6-5 in 11 innings

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

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

Photo by Ed Zurga/Getty Images The years fly by Watching Seth Lugo spin his complete game recently got me thinking about other milestones. Lugo’s complete game, once a common occurrence for pitchers, has become exceedingly rare. The club record, which will never be broken, is held by Dennis Leonard, who threw 21 complete games in the 1977 season. The last complete game for the Royals prior...2024
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• Cole carves Corbin’s Camden crew, Kansas City captures commencing contest 1-0

Photo by Patrick Smith/Getty Images A dominant effort from the pitching staff has the Royals on the precipice of the ALDS. In their first postseason game since winning the World Series in 2015, the Kansas City Royals managed just enough offense in a pitcher’s duel to win the Wild Card opener 1-0 over the Baltimore Orioles. Corbin Burnes started the game pounding the zone with cutters and t...2024
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• Royals rally for 6-5 comeback win over Giants
John Hefti-USA TODAY Sports We have ourselves a winning streak! The Royals overcame a four-run deficit and took the lead in the ninth for their first comeback win of the year in a 6-5 victory over the Giants on Saturday. It was their second win in a row, giving them their first winning streak of the season, improving their record to 3-6. Brady Singer cruised through the first three inning...2023
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• Zack Greinke named Royals Opening Day starter
Photo by Ed Zurga/Getty Images Daniel Lynch will also begin the season on the IL. Royals manager Matt Quatraro tabbed Zack Greinke to be his Opening Day starter for the season opener on March 30 against the Minnesota Twins. It will be the second year in a row that Greinke has started the opener, and third time overall that Greinke has started on Royals Opening Day. Pablo López will get the...2023
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• Lugo shines in 5-0 win over Yankees
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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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• Royals officially sign Zack Greinke
Photo by George Kubas/Diamond Images via Getty Images Anthony Misiewicz is designated for assignment. The Royals officially announced the signing of pitcher Zack Greinke to a one-year deal on Friday. New York Post reporter Jon Heyman reports the deal is for $8.5 million with $7.5 million in incentives. To make room on the 40-man roster, the team designated pitcher Anthony Misiewicz for ass...2023
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• Royals to re-sign Zack Greinke, according to a report
Photo by George Kubas/Diamond Images via Getty Images Zack is back! The Royals have re-signed Zack Greinke, according to Bob Fescoe of 610 Sports. Royals have reached a deal to bring Zack Greinke back for one more year, per source. Deal will be officially announced tomorrow afternoon. #royals— Bob Fescoe (@bobfescoe) January 30, 2023 Last year, Greinke returned to the Royals on a one...2023
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• Matt Quatraro is the right guy to manage this team
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• Royals Rumblings - News for July 8, 2024

Photo by Scott Winters/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images Four stars for the Royals! Anne Rogers talks to Bobby Witt Jr. about his first All-Star nod, which will take place in his home state of Texas. “I was going home no matter what, but now it just makes it more special,” Witt said. “I don’t really have a lot of words to describe it. It’ll be one of those moments that’s going to last a lif...2024
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• FanDuel: Sale Away
Another 3 day holiday weekend and boy I like it. Plenty of sports on fantasy football drafts in full force, NFL season starts in a few days and playoff baseball on the horizon it's a great time to be alive for sure. We have about a month left in MLB DFS so let's not stop now and see what we have here on this beautiful Labor Day. It's a robust 12 game schedule today and the pitcher that stood out t...2021
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• Bubic Job for the Twins
Kris Bubic picked up his first win of the season Friday night, pitching six strong innings allowing just six base runners, one earned run and striking out five in an impressive win on the road. It was his third quality start of the year and second in his past three starts and he's now rocking a pristine 1.52 ERA and 1.11 WHIP through 29.2 innings. OK, wow, that's pretty good, I guess. What'd you s...2021
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• Royals lose a tough fought game 3
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• Kauffman Stadium is going to rock tonight, and the world isn’t ready
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• Cole carves Corbin’s Camden crew, Kansas City captures commencing contest 1-0
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• Vinnie Pasquantino returns for the Wild Card series, Royals set roster

He’s back! | Photo by Ed Zurga/Getty Images The Pasquatch is back! The Royals seem to be confirming that Vinnie Pasquantino will be back for the Wild Card round: pic.twitter.com/0ZQzYLcJVW— Kansas City Royals (@Royals) October 1, 2024 That seems to confirm what Anne Rogers reported yesterday: No live workout on the field today, which means we won’t see Vinnie Pasquantino hit. #Roya...2024
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• Royals beat Atlanta in season finale 4-2, sneak back into second Wild Card
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• Royals Rumblings - News for February 15, 2024

Photo by LG Patterson/MLB Photos via Getty Images Did you go to the parade yesterday? Craig Brown at Into the Fountains recaps the stadium site announcement: There are several buzzy words in just that portion of his statement that I want to point out. “A neighborhood ballpark” is one of them. Small business owners currently located on the site may disagree, but the Crossroads is doing jus...2024
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• A look at this year’s starting pitching free agent class

Photo by Ezra Shaw/Getty Images Who wants some arms? The Royals will seek to improve on this year’s last place disaster, and the area they will most look to address is the pitching. The Royals got a 5.12 ERA from their starting pitchers, fourth-worst in baseball with the third-worst strikeout rate. General Manager J.J. Picollo has stated that he expects next year’s rotation to feature Cole...2023
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• What do we think of Matt Quatraro so far?
Photo by Norm Hall/Getty Images The first-year skipper hasn’t produced many wins, but is that how he should be judged? After three losing seasons and a .430 winning percentage, the Royals dismissed manager Mike Matheny last season. There were whispers of a tense clubhouse vibe, and it was clear that owner John Sherman was frustrated with a failure of data analytics being absorbed by on-fie...2023
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• The Royals need to value playing time more
Photo by Tom Pennington/Getty Images The Royals are wasting precious playing time on placeholders. The 2023 season has not gone the way Royals fans would like, but the poor start is probably not too surprising for a team that lost 97 games last year and shed some of their best players without adding much this off-season. This was not expected to be a contending year for the young Royals, b...2023
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