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• Astros win 2-1 on walk-off ninth inning home run

Photo by Maria Lysaker/Getty Images John Schreiber has a quick loss. John Schreiber gave up a walk-off ninth inning home run to Isaac Paredes to give the Astros a 2-1 win Tuesday evening. The Royals offense has been struggling, and it didn’t help to face one of the best pitchers in the game in Framber Valdez. He retired the first nine hitters of the game. He was sharp all night, going eig...2025
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• Royals vs. Astros Tuesday game thread

Photo by Ed Zurga/Getty Images Start a new win streak! The Royals try to get back on that winning streak kick as they take on the Astros tonight. Kris Bubic takes the hill tonight with the fourth-lowest ERA in baseball. Game two on deck in Houston. pic.twitter.com/CEJdjSAcHz— Kansas City Royals (@Royals) May 13, 2025 Sinkerballer Framber Valdez goes for the Astros. He has a 3.68 ERA ...2025
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• What if this is just who the Royals are?

Freddy Fermin #34 of the Kansas City Royals is doused with water by Jonathan India #6 and Bobby Witt Jr. #7 | Photo by Jamie Squire/Getty Images The offense might never improve, but that doesn’t have to mean trouble. Much ink, digital and otherwise, has been spilled on the topic of the Royals... shall we say inconsistent offense. Methods of improvement that have been suggested include, but...2025
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• Weekend Rumblings - News for May 10, 2025

Photo by Rick Kern/Getty Images The key to the Royals’ success? Yacht rock. Pete Grathoff writes that the Royals clubhouse has been fueled lately by Yacht Rock. “You look at the formula of our games, and just winning teams in general, pitching and defense are always what you want to come back to,” starting pitcher Kris Bubic said as Earth, Wind and Fire’s “The Way You Move” played. “And ...2025
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• Who Owned Baseball (WOB) – Updated for May 8, 2025

Who Owned Baseball for May 8, 2025 Earning 1 WOB Kris Bubic threw 7 scoreless innings, fanning 7 White Sox, to earn the 10-0 decision for Kansas City. Brandon Pfaadt pitched into the 7th, allowing no runs over 6 1/3 innings, to earn the 5-3 victory for Arizona over the Dodgers. Bryson Stott hit a […]...2025
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• Jacob Amaya throws three straight easy fly outs, so White Sox only lose to Royals, 10-0

He can’t hit a lick, but Jacob Amaya’s eephus pitch is a rally-killer. | Matt Dirksen/Getty Images Enough, already, of those close games that get everybody on edge As a general rule, when you lose a baseball game by 10 runs, there wasn’t really a defining moment. But in this case, there kind of was. Coming into today, the White Sox had lost the first three games of the series in Kansas Cit...2025
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• Eight winners and zero losers as the Royals defeat the Orioles 4-0

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

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

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

Photo by Nick Cammett/Diamond Images via Getty Images What could this team be? “You don’t have a right to the cards you think you should have been dealt. You have an obligation to play the hell out of the ones you’re holding”. - author Cheryl Strayed I just love this quote from Cheryl Strayed, the author of the book Wild. If you’re unfamiliar with Strayed, she’s a woman who pulled her lif...2025
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• Series Preview: Rays vs Royals

Photo by Julio Aguilar/Getty Images Twenty-eight games down, one-hundred thirty-four to go We are officially one month into the 2025 regular season and the Tampa Bay Rays have gone through the longest homestand in franchise history and a west coast swing against two of the toughest teams in the National League. They’ve endured playing at the newest hitter’s haven in baseball. They’ve suffe...2025
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• Hot Starts-April 27, 2025
Kris Bubic-Royals-SP Kris Bubic went 5 IP and gave up 4 ER on 5 H, 3 BB, and 4 K's against the Astros. Bubic has a 2.25 ERA, 1.06 WHIP, and 3.29 SIERA through 36 IP. He is building off a breakout 2024 season (2.67 ERA and 1.02 WHIP in 30.1 IP). The difference is that he has transitioned from the bullpen to the rotation. Bubic has shown the ability to miss bats (26% Ka nd 15% SwStr) with good con...2025
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• Royals Rumblings - News for April 23, 2025

Photo by Tanner Gatlin/MLB Photos via Getty Images The stoppable force meets the movable object in Kauffman Stadium. David Lesky takes a long look at Kansas City Royals trade candidates (as buyers) at Inside the Crown. [$] Last year, two of the 12 teams in the postseason were under .500 after 23 games. The bar simply isn’t as high to get in, which means more times are in it a lot longer. B...2025
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• The Royals might only have 16 games to right the ship

Photo by Duane Burleson/Getty Images April has not gone well for the Royals so far. I, for one, am already a little tired of talking about the lack of offensive output. We are at the point where the old adage you can’t win the World Series in April, but you can certainly lose it is coming into play. Part of the problem for the Royals of 2025 is that they did not get to beat up on the White...2025
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• Scoring changes show how silly scoring is

Photo by Kyle Rivas/Getty Images Remember how Bobby Witt Jr. flirted with a cycle? It didn’t happen. When is a cycle not a cycle? When the official scorer gets overruled. MLB issued several official scoring changes to Sunday’s game between the Royals and Orioles, changing the stats for some Royals players. That afternoon, Bobby Witt Jr. hit a single, double, and triple, flirting with the f...2025
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• Royals Rumblings - News for March 20, 2025

Photo by Norm Hall/Getty Images One week until Opening Day. Daniel Lynch IV’s last Spring Training outing could hint at his role this season: Lynch will get a few appearances out of the bullpen this week as the Cactus League schedule wraps up, with an inning Wednesday and two scheduled on Friday, while Kris Bubic remains in the rotation and is scheduled for his sixth spring game (fifth st...2025
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• Weekend Rumblings - News for March 8, 2025

Photo by David Durochik/Diamond Images via Getty Images Do the Royals need more pitching? David Lesky looks at how the Royals might decide roster spots this spring. They don’t have a ton of competitions really. I think you can look at the roster and know that probably 20 of the 26 roster spots are decided. A few of those that aren’t are relievers, which matter but are a little different be...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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"Lorenzen could compete with Alec Marsh, Kris Bubic, Kyle Wright, and Noah Cameron for the last two rotation spots."

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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."

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• Colorado Rockies game no. 22 thread: Ryan Feltner vs. Kris Bubic

Photo by Michael Owens/MLB Photos via Getty Images The Rockies travel to Kauffman Stadium in search of an elusive road win. The Colorado Rockies (4-17) will take a quick jaunt to the Midwest to face the Kansas City Royals (9-14). Having won their last game against the Washington Nationals, the Rockies will look to put together a winning streak. Colorado’s 4-17 start to the season is their ...2025
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• Royals vs. Rockies Tuesday game thread

Photo by Scott Winters/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images Maybe some home cookin’ will help the bats. The Royals return home for a six-game homestand to try to right the ship and get the offense going. They’ll face one of the worst pitching staffs with the Colorado Rockies, but the Royals face one of the worst offenses, so something has to give. Kris Bubic takes the mound today with Hunter R...2025
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• The Colorado Rockies and Washington Nationals split Sunday night doubleheader

Photo by Justin Edmonds/Getty Images The Rockies split the doubleheader to snap their losing streak and debut their new uniforms. Game 1: Nationals 3, Rockies 2 The Colorado Rockies dropped the first game of the doubleheader to increase their losing streak to eight games and cement yet another series loss. Early errors...ew Trouble came early for the Rockies when, in the top of the second ...2025
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• Royals Rumblings - News for April 9, 2025

William Purnell-Imagn Images The Kansas City Royals are cooking in Kauffman. MLB.com’s Anne Rogers catches up with Kansas City Royals starter Michael Lorenzen after crossing the coveted ten-year mark in MLB service time and picking up the win on Monday. Lorenzen allowed just one run on five hits, struck out three and didn’t walk a batter in his second start of the season, all en route to h...2025
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• Jacob Amaya throws three straight easy fly outs, so White Sox only lose to Royals, 10-0
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• Eight winners and zero losers as the Royals defeat the Orioles 4-0
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• Royals 4, Rockies 3: Ryan Feltner dazzled, but the offense was dull

Photo by Jamie Squire/Getty Images Although there was some action at the end, the Rockies continue to struggle at the plate. The Colorado Rockies are desperately trying to get their offense on track but despite some late-game scoring were unsuccessful (again) tonight at Kauffman Stadium as they lost to the Kansas City Royals, 4-3. Feltner dazzles Ryan Feltner was in top form, getting into...2025
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• 5 things that stick out over the Royals’ first 10 games of 2025

Hunter Renfroe #16 of the Kansas City Royals takes the field during the game between the Cleveland Guardians and the Kansas City Royals at Kauffman Stadium on Sunday, March 30, 2025 in Kansas City, Missouri. | Photo by Daniel Shirey/MLB Photos via Getty Images The bullpen? Nice. The outfield? Not exactly so. There’s a metaphorical magnifying glass hovering above the beginning of each MLB s...2025
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• Bubic, Witt Jr. shine as Royals beat Orioles 4-1

Photo by Kyle Rivas/Getty Images The Royals have won their first series of the year! And it was a fun one to take in The Royals won their first series of year on Sunday afternoon, as they downed the Orioles 4-1. Kris Bubic was once again fantastic, as he hurled 6.2 innings of 1 run ball, while allowing five hits and a walk, but striking out 8 batters again. The one run came after a Hunter...2025
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• Buying in on Bubic - April 7, 2025
Kris Bubic, SP, KC Bubic was dominant again against the Orioles on Sunday, allowing 1 ER on 5 hits 1 BB in 6.2 IP while striking out 8. This follows a similar performance from Bubic in his season debut when he struck out 8 across 6 shutout innings. He has emerged as a major revelation in Kansas City's rotation, after spending the entire 2024 pitching out of the bullpen. He was elite as a reliev...2025
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• Sunday Game thread IX- Orioles vs Royals

Photo by Stacy Revere/Getty Images Can the Royals finally win a rubber match game and series? Three series, three rubber match games to conclude the series. Can the Royals finally end up on the right side of one? Let’s hope. Kris Bubic was fantastic in his first start of the year on Monday in Milwaukee. Bubic went 6 scoreless innings and struck out 8 batters. The Royals will be facing the...2025
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• Game 4 Thread: Royals vs. Brewers

Kansas City Royals first baseman Salvador Perez (13) blows a bubble while defending during the fifth inning against the Cleveland Guardians at Kauffman Stadium. | Jay Biggerstaff-Imagn Images It’s Brewers Opening Day One of the big storylines of the weekend was the Yankees using their “torpedo bats” and absolutely sinking the u-boats of the Brewers in the Bronx, scoring a hilarious 36 runs...2025
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• Yankee bats remain on fire as they demolish Brewers again

Brad Penner-Imagn Images The 12-3 Yankee victory secured a series sweep Box Score The Brewers will never be more thankful to be leaving New York City. A horror show of a series ended today with a beatdown that was only not more notable because it wasn’t quite as bad as yesterday’s beatdown. It was a different cast of pitchers but the same result this afternoon, as the New York Yankees jump...2025
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• Yankee bats remain on fire as they demolish Brewers again

Brad Penner-Imagn Images The 12-3 Yankee victory secured a series sweep Box Score The Brewers will never be more thankful to be leaving New York City. A horror show of a series ended today with a beatdown that was only not more notable because it wasn’t quite as bad as yesterday’s beatdown. It was a different cast of pitchers but the same result this afternoon, as the New York Yankees jump...2025
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• Royals Review Roundtable: The 2025 season

Bobby Witt Jr. #7 of the Kansas City Royals walks to the on-deck circle | Photo by Ron Jenkins/Getty Images Time to figure out which of the RR writers has the juice! Last year, the Royals went to the playoffs for the first time in almost a decade. This year, they have an opportunity to advance past the Division Round for the first time in a decade. The offseason wasn’t nearly as busy...2025
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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

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 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

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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• AL Week 2 Strategy-April 5, 2025
In The Field SS Zach Neto started a rehab assignment with Triple-A Salt Lake City. He hit a solo home run on Thursday night. He is getting closer to a return because he was able to play in the field on Friday night. He is tracking towards a return sometime next week. He is looking to build off his strong 2024 season (.249 AVG with 23 HR/30 SB). The Angels have been mixing and matching at short w...2025
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• Preseason Prep - February 28, 2025
Old Faces In New Places Thairo Estrada, 2B, Rockies Thairo Estra signed with the Rockies this offseason on a one-year contract worth $3.25 million. He was a huge disappointment in 2024, slashing just .217/.247.343 with 9 home runs and 2 stolen bases in 96 games. This was the follow-up to a 2023 season where he batted .271 with 14 homers and 23 steals. He suffered a wrist injury in May, and the in...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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• 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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• Game Thread: White Sox at Royals

Can it be white smoke for the White Sox? | Dan Kitwood/Getty Images Trying to stave off a four-game sweep The White Sox are trotting out essentially the same lineup that has scored a total of four runs in the first three games in Kansas City, but the new Pope is from Chicago, so anything can happen. It’s Davis Martin’s turn on the hill, trying to do as well as his predecessor starting pitc...2025
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• Game Thirty-Eight: Royals vs. White Sox

Photo by Jay Biggerstaff/Getty Images Royals look for the sweep against Chicago Today, the Royals enter their final game against the White Sox, hoping to get a sweep and win their sixth straight game. Kansas City has been red hot, winning their last five games, as well as winning 14 of their last 16 games. The offense has bounced back as Vinne Pasquantino has started to hit, and guys like...2025
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Locks MLB (0.75 Unit) Kris Bubic Under 5.5 Hits Allowed (-120; Odds via DraftKings): 6:15 PM CT on FOX The Royals are on the rise, and a big factor in their turnaround has been the starting pitching. I think they get another good start here out of Bubic, who has a serious natural advantage over this Orioles team he’s facing....2025
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• Royals Rumblings - News for April 4, 2025

Currently, does Jonathan India have the best mane on the team? | Photo by Stacy Revere/Getty Images Time to get back to winning At The Star, Jaylon Thompson collected quotes from around the league concerning how teams feel about the Royals: “I think they understood the work that it took,” Los Angeles Angels manager Ron Washington said. “They are not going to let up on that side, with the ...2025
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• Royals Rumblings - News for March 26, 2025

Photo by Ron Jenkins/Getty Images One. More. Day. MLB.com’s Anne Rogers has some huge questions surrounding the Kansas City Royals’ “Great Unknown” in 2025. The Royals weren’t able to bring in the middle-of-the-order bat they wanted this offseason, so the pressure is on for MJ Melendez and Hunter Renfroe to improve from a year ago and provide a power threat in the fifth and sixth spots. C...2025
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• Royals Opening Day roster prediction one week into Spring Training

John Rave #96 of the Kansas City Royals cannot catch a ball hit by Josh Smith #47 of the Texas Rangers in the seventh inning at Globe Life Field on March 27, 2023 | Photo by Tim Heitman/Getty Images No trade = blander projection Can you believe the Royals have already played more than a week of Spring Training? Regular season baseball will be on us in less than a month, and while many rost...2025
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• This year’s Royals are better on paper but will that translate to more wins?

Photo by Ed Zurga/Getty Images The Royals look better on paper, but they might not win as many games as the 2024 version. The roster that the Royals having heading into the 2025 regular season is just better than what they started with last season. That does not mean they will win more games than the 2024 Royals, but I do like that this front office seems to improve the roster yearly. Let’...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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• 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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