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• Bobby Witt Jr.’s magical slide propels the Royals past the Mariners

Royals shortstop Bobby Witt Jr. gave fans the slide of the year on Thursday night in a win over the Mariners Cal Raleigh is having a magical season for the Seattle Mariners. The catcher enters play on Friday leading all of baseball with 33 home runs, putting him on pace for the most home runs in a single season for a catcher in MLB history. He has already secured a starting spot in the All-Star Ga...2025
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• Royals even the series in a late night 3-2 thriller

Photo by Alika Jenner/Getty Images On to Arizona In the last game of a four-game series in Seattle, the Royals took on the Mariners, hoping to come away with a split series. Kansas City needed a win, entering the game seven games behind .500 and fighting to stay in the playoff race. In a back-and-forth game that came down to the wire, the Royals were able to get away on a high note and cam...2025
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• Mariners magnify my melancholy, mock my misfortunes, mute Monarchs 3-2

John Froschauer-Imagn Images Zero extra-base hits and 2-9 with RISP won’t give you many runs. The Kansas City Royals put together some good rallies tonight but, much to my chagrin, couldn’t sustain any of them or come up with a big hit as they fell 3-2 to the Seattle Mariners tonight at T-Mobile Park. The Royals jumped on Logan Gilbert early. After a hard 6-3 by Jonathan India, Bobby Witt ...2025
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• The Royals according to Ted Williams

The Science of hitting With the Royals hitting woes causing considerable gnashing to teeth in Royals Nation, I figured it was a good time to check in with Teddy Ballgame and get some advice. Not literally of course, since the Greatest Hitter who ever lived has been gone for 23 years. His body is gone. His head, unfortunately, is resting in some Arizona cryogenic facility, hoping that someday techn...2025
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• Salvy sparks offense in 6-3 win in Seattle

Photo by Alika Jenner/Getty Images Runs! Salvador Perez smacked two doubles, part of a three-hit, three-RBI night as the Royals topped the Mariners 6-3 Tuesday night. The Royals didn’t want to pounce on Mariners starter Emerson Hancock with Jonathan India lacing a double in the gap to start the game. Maikel Garcia continued his All-Star caliber season with an RBI single to make it 1-0 Roy...2025
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• Royals snap skid with offensive explosion, down Dodgers 9-5

Photo by Jay Biggerstaff/Getty Images Two long streaks come to an end, rejoice! All eyes were on Shohei Ohtani, he was the opener for the Dodgers on Saturday afternoon against the Royals. But the story of the day was Seth Lugo and the Royals offense, as the Royals downed the Dodgers 9-5 to even the series and snap a 6-game losing streak and an 11-game home losing streak. It was their first...2025
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• Game Eighty: Tampa Bay Rays at Kansas City Royals

Peter Aiken-Imagn Images It’s been a while since the Royals won at home. The Tampa Bay baseball club named for sunshine (NOT marine wildlife) will take on the Kansas City baseball club named for a livestock festival (NOT monarchy) this evening at Kauffman Stadium. Kansas City will look to snap an ongoing eight-game home losing streak. The Royals will start Michael Wacha. Despite the lowest...2025
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• Five potential trade partners for the Royals as the deadline approaches

Rick Osentoski-Imagn Images Will the Royals be buyers or sellers... Or both??? The trade deadline is rapidly approaching for the Royals, and the question of what they should do has become a point of great contention. Many reports have surfaced that the Royals will be on the hunt for a corner outfielder who can impact the offense in 2025 and beyond. There will be several options, but findin...2025
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• Royals Rumblings - News for June 24, 2025

Denis Poroy-Imagn Images Is Lucas Erceg okay? David Lesky questions some of Matt Quatraro’s decisions on Sunday. It was in the bottom of the ninth inning with second and third and one out. I don’t know why they didn’t walk Jose Iglesias to set up the force at any base with the bottom of the order due up. It forced Witt to have to go up the middle with the infield way in and he wasn’t in a...2025
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• Royals Rumblings - News for June 25, 2025

Denis Poroy-Imagn Images Is Lucas Erceg okay? David Lesky questions some of Matt Quatraro’s decisions on Sunday. It was in the bottom of the ninth inning with second and third and one out. I don’t know why they didn’t walk Jose Iglesias to set up the force at any base with the bottom of the order due up. It forced Witt to have to go up the middle with the infield way in and he wasn’t in a...2025
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• Padres walk off Royals 3-2 after getting to KC bullpen

Photo by Orlando Ramirez/Getty Images A lack of execution from the bullpen opened the door for a frustrating series loss Seth Lugo was dealing after giving up a leadoff single to Fernando Tatis Jr. in the 1st. He would retire the next 18 batters with ease. The Royals, held down by Randy Vasquez for the Padres, would miss out with an opportunity in the top of the second with the bases loade...2025
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• Royals Rumblings - News for June 20, 2025

I guess they can’t get the full coolers on the road | Photo by Karen Hastings/MLB Photos via Getty Images Lumber Jac? You know? I’m ok with it If you were living under a rock or on the moon, perhaps you missed the news. Jac Caglianone hit his first career home run yesterday. Jaylon Thompson wrote about it for The Star: In the second inning, Caglianone hit a 95.5 mph fastball off Ranger...2025
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• Maikel’s multiple missiles maul Metroplex men, Royals roll Rangers 6-3

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

Jerome Miron-Imagn Images The roof probably won’t be open today. The Kansas City baseball team that sometimes wears powder blue takes on the Arlington baseball team that sometimes wears powder blue tonight at Globe Death Life Field. Having won last night’s game, Kansas City can win the series with a victory tonight. The Royals will send Kris Bubic to the mound. With his performance this se...2025
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• Royals Rumblings - News for June 13, 2025

Mentioned in the first story | Photo by Scott Winters/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images That series was disheartening At The Star, Jaylon Thompson writes about the Royals bullpen and their Hello Kitty backpack: “It’s just fun and games, at the end of the day,” KC reliever Jonathan Bowlan said. “It’s usually to the youngest guy in the bullpen. I wore it last year and the year before a littl...2025
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• KC swept away by Atlanta and Albies, 5-4
William Purnell-USA TODAY Sports Is Barlow done as an effective reliever? I’m in Atlanta on vacation and so I was required to watch the away broadcast for today’s game. Fortunately there was a familiar voice; former relief pitcher Peter Moylan is the color man on Atlanta’s broadcast and he was quite entertaining. In the top of the ninth immediately after Scott Barlow entered the game and g...2023
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"Luis Mey entered to pitch and needed just nine pitches to walk a pinch-hitting Kyle Isbel and Jonathan India."

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"Kyle Isbel hit an opposite-field ground ball that scored Nick Loftin."

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"The Royals sent up LH-hitting pinch-hitter Kyle Isbel, so David Ross summoned the guy who’s supposed to be the “lefty specialist” even though he’s not lefthanded, Mark Leiter Jr."

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"The Royals announced a flurry of roster moves this afternoon, adding four players (outfielder Kyle Isbel, right-handers Arodys Vizcaino and Jose Cuas, and left-hander Foster Griffin) to the active roster, sending three (left-hander Gabe Speier and right-handers Matt Peacock and Zack Greinke) to the injured list, and returning one (outfielder Brewer Hicklen) to Triple-A Omaha."

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"Outfielder Kyle Isbel has made the Royals’ Opening Day roster, manager Mike Matheny announced Wednesday (via Anne Rogers of MLB."

• Mariners magnify my melancholy, mock my misfortunes, mute Monarchs 3-2
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• The Royals according to Ted Williams
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• Game Eighty: Tampa Bay Rays at Kansas City Royals
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• Five potential trade partners for the Royals as the deadline approaches
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• The 5 worst outfields in Royals history

Kansas City, Missouri, USA; Kansas City Royals outfielder Hunter Renfroe (16) at bat during the seventh inning against the Houston Astros at Kauffman Stadium. | William Purnell-Imagn Images Who’s number one? The Kansas City Royals outfield has been a problem dating back to the start of last year. With young players failing to make developmental leaps and wily veterans fading faster than we...2025
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• Royals Rumblings - News for June 24, 2025
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• Royals Rumblings - News for June 25, 2025
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• Royals Rumblings - News for June 20, 2025
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• Royals attempt ninth-inning comeback against Athletics but fall short 6-4

The A’s two dingers was enough to win, but they got plenty more. | Denny Medley-Imagn Images A three-run ninth gave a false glimmer of hope. Michael Wacha’s changeup looked dangerous tonight, but not much else was working for him. He managed five strikeouts in 5 1⁄3 innings and gave up nine hits in those innings, including two home runs. It did not matter all that much because the Royals o...2025
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• Royals vs Athletics Game 70 Gamethread

AL Player of the Week Vinnie Pasquantino needs to keep his tear going. | Denny Medley-Imagn Images The not-Sacramento Athletics bring Brent Rooker to town. The 34-35 Kansas City Royals are happy to see the Yankees leave town and welcome the 26-44 Athletics. At one point earlier this season, the Athletics were showing some scrappy, feisty play and were threatening the Mariners and Astros in...2025
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• I talked to Royals coaching legend Rusty Kuntz about Jac Caglianone’s transition to the outfield

Jac Caglianone #14 of the Kansas City Royals fields his position in right field during an MLB game against the Chicago White Sox on June 07, 2025 at Rate Field in Chicago, Illinois. | Photo by Joe Robbins/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images Rusty Kuntz has been around the block. A full 70 years young, Kuntz played seven years in the big leagues in the 1980s before getting his first gig as a f...2025
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• Game Eighty: Tampa Bay Rays at Kansas City Royals
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• Royals lose brutal 1-0 game against the Yankees

Photo by Jay Biggerstaff/Getty Images Gut punch... Today, the Royals took a heartbreaking loss in a battle with the New York Yankees that came down to the wire but ended up resulting in a brutal 1-0 loss. The Royals had opportunities to score and cost runners on base, and allowed a run on a brutal series of events in the eighth inning. Kansas City heads into a home series with the Athletic...2025
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• Royals 7, White Sox 5: Ninth-inning surge falls short

Miguel Vargas put the White Sox up with a two-run shot in the first inning, his ninth of the season. | Kamil Krzaczynski-Imagn Images Just enough to keep us on our toes on this Sunday finale! The Chicago White Sox fell, 7-5, to the Kansas City Royals in what was ALMOST a comeback for the books. However encouraging, the fight from the team in the ninth wasn’t enough to get the win. The Whi...2025
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• Royals Drop Game Two in Chicago 4-1

Photo by Geoff Stellfox/Getty Images Yikes... Yesterday, the Royals played their first game in Chicago against the White Sox in a three-game series, coming away with a disappointing 7-2 loss. Today felt no different as missed opportunities on offense and some early struggles for Michael Wacha resulted in a 4-1 loss. Today's loss ensured a series loss for the Royals against the White Sox, w...2025
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• Royals drop DH game one 6-5 in extra innings

Photo by Dilip Vishwanat/Getty Images Ouch... The Royals took on the Cardinals in game one of a double header in St Louis with hopes to come away with a series win after an impressive 10-7 win just two days prior. The offense appeared alive in St Louis and Jac Caglianone’s appearance seemed to spark something in Kansas City. The Royals looked good, taking an early 3-0 lead, but the Royals ...2025
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• Royals vs Twins, Game Thread #53

Photo by Thearon W. Henderson/Getty Images Lets score some runs Coming off a devastating loss last night, the Royals hope to bounce back in game two of a three-game series with the Twins in Minnesota. The Royals kept the game tied due to an incredible performance from budding star Noah Cameron, who only allowed one run over 6.2 innings. Things appeared to be in order, as Quatraro handed th...2025
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• The play that broke the Royals offense

Photo by Leslie Plaza Johnson/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images Who could’ve known the lasting impact of this play? The Royals were riding high last August. They just wrapped up a series win in Cleveland and were right in the thick of the division race, clawing back from being 10 games back at one point. They were off to Houston, a team they swept with ease way back in April. The offense w...2025
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• I talked to Royals coaching legend Rusty Kuntz about Jac Caglianone’s transition to the outfield
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• Padres walk off Royals 3-2 after getting to KC bullpen
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• Royals Rumblings - News for June 20, 2025
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• Royals Rumblings - News for June 13, 2025
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• Caglianone’s 4 hit day, clutch hitting lifts Royals to 7-5 victory over White Sox

Jeff Curry-Imagn Images A much-needed win to wrap up the road trip The Royals were in desperate need of a win to avoid being swept by the White Sox, and after Michael Lorenzen gave up a 2-run homer in the first inning, things weren’t looking great. But a Vinnie Pasquantino single and a two-run blast from Salvador Perez in the fourth tied the game at 2. The Captain ties it up! pic.twi...2025
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• Who should hit at the bottom of the Royals’ lineup going forward?

Photo by Jack Gorman/Getty Images Can the bats come back alive? The Royals' offense has been one of the worst in baseball, and their slow start has resulted in a wide variety of changes in their batting order all season. The first four or five hitters for the Royals rarely change, but the back end of their lineup is consistently a revolving door, with hopes of getting a spark from someone ...2025
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• Quality start, empty result: Cannon deals, but the offense doesn’t, as Sox fall 2-1 to Royals

Miguel Vargas has looked like a different player since tweaking his swing a few weeks ago. | Jay Biggerstaff/Getty Images Chicago’s late push just isn’t enough Despite a strong pitching performance from Jonathan Cannon, the White Sox's offense sputtered for most of the night before a late rally agonizingly fell short. Cannon found himself in immediate trouble in the first inning. Two sing...2025
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• Royals Rumblings - News for May 7, 2025

Denny Medley-Imagn Images Comebacks are fun, no matter how easy the opponent makes them. David Lesky reacts to Monday’s series opener against the Chicago White Sox. But in this one, they got great pitching, just enough offense and one defensive play that I may be thinking about for a long time. And if you doubt that, I can still picture a double play started by Alcides Escobar in Houston ...2025
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• Cole Ragans and the pitching staff dominates as Royals win 3-0 shutout over White Sox

Kansas City, Missouri, USA; Kansas City Royals pitcher Cole Ragans (55) throws in the first inning against the Chicago White Sox at Kauffman Stadium. | Peter Aiken-Imagn Images It was a great time. In their first game against the Chicago White Sox, the Kansas City Royals handed them their 25th loss in a 3-0 victory. The big story of the game was the return of Cole Ragans to the mound afte...2025
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• Cubs 6, Royals 4: A tale of two games

David Banks-USA TODAY Sports The Cubs appeared to be on their way to an easy win... until they had to hang on for dear life. Drip... drip... drip... That was what today’s 6-4 Cubs win over the Royals felt like, after the Cubs zoomed out to a 6-1 lead after four innings. KC runs scored off just about every Cubs reliever until Adbert Alzolay finally put a stop to that in the ninth inning wit...2023
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• Bobby does it again! Homer lifts Royals to 4-3 win over Cubs

Photo by Quinn Harris/Getty Images Cole Ragans was sharp in Wrigley. Cody Ragans was strong for six innings but it was a Bobby Witt Jr. two-run home run gave the Royals a lead they would not relinquish in a 4-3 win over the Cubs Friday afternoon. The Royals got on the board in the third inning off Cubs starter Jameson Taillon when Drew Waters led off with a single and stole second, setting...2023
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• Cubs 4, Royals 3: More drama than we needed

Photo by Quinn Harris/Getty Images This looked like a fairly easy win for a while, but the Royals made it close in the ninth. Thank you, Miguel Amaya, for hitting a home run in the eighth inning. This is why they call runs like that “insurance runs,” because that gave the Cubs a 4-1 lead that seemed fairly safe. Unfortunately, Adbert Alzolay wasn’t on his best game Sunday and allowed the ...2023
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• Royals win back-and-forth contest over Angels, 11-8
Photo by Ronald Martinez/Getty Images A season-high 11 runs in an offensive explosion! The Royals erupted for a season-high 11 runs in a wild back-and-forth contest against the Angels that resulted in an 11-8 win for Kansas City on Saturday night. Matt Duffy and Hunter Dozier each had three hits, and the team struck out just three times, their lowest total of the year. The Royals were able...2023
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• Royals almost lose on a straight steal, but walk it off instead, winning 4-3 over Cleveland
Photo by Keith Gillett/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images Freddy Fermin, our hero Entering today’s game, the Royals boasted the 3rd worst 80-game start in MLB history and with a loss, would secure the 3rd worst half-season start in history. Lowest winning% in a team's first 80 games in the expansion era. Royals tied for third worst (squeaking out an additional win more than the A's this y...2023
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• Young hitters power Royals to 5-3 victory over Cleveland
Kansas City Royals third baseman Maikel Garcia (11) celebrates his solo home run with shortstop Bobby Witt Jr. (7) in the seventh inning against the Cleveland Guardians at Progressive Field. | David Richard-USA TODAY Sports Victory 29! There are fewer and fewer reasons to watch a Royals game this year, and less and less of a chance that the last two months of the year can be meaningful in ...2023
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• Royals again take advantage of Astros miscues, win 3-2

Photo by Bob Levey/Getty Images The Royals take the series and the season series against the defending champs. If you had only watched Royals/Astros games this year, you’d think the Royals were an aggressive, dynamic team high in the standings while the Astros were a tight, mistake-prone team going through a tough year. Baseball is funny that way! The Royals took the season series from the...2023
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• Road sweet road: Royals win 3-1 in San Francisco
Photo by Ezra Shaw/Getty Images The Royals match their home win total on the road in one try. The Royals embarked on their first road trip of the year and doubled their win total on the first try, beating the Giants 3-1 in the home opener for San Francisco. Brad Keller was solid for over five innings, and Royals pitchers held the Giants to just five hits. Royals bats have gotten off to a s...2023
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• Royals Rumblings - News for May 7, 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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• Bobby Witt Jr.’s magical slide propels the Royals past the Mariners
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• Royals even the series in a late night 3-2 thriller
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• Royals snap skid with offensive explosion, down Dodgers 9-5
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• The play that broke the Royals offense
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• Game Eighty: Tampa Bay Rays at Kansas City Royals
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• Five potential trade partners for the Royals as the deadline approaches
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• The 5 worst outfields in Royals history
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• Royals Rumblings - News for June 24, 2025
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• Bobby Witt Jr.’s magical slide propels the Royals past the Mariners
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• Royals Rumblings - News for June 24, 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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• Royals Rumblings - News for April 24, 2025

Photo by Ed Zurga/Getty Images Stormy nights in the Midwest. ICYMI, last night’s game was rained out and will be played today as part of a doubleheader. Anne Rogers took to Reddit for an AMA: Right now there is a lot of platooning and rotation, especially in the outfield. Is the plan to eventually settle on a group if/when the offense improves, or will there be continuous rotation? Along ...2025
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• Four solutions for the Royals’ biggest problem

John Rave #96 of the Kansas City Royals dives for a ball | Photo by Tim Heitman/Getty Images The specter of a failed call-up shouldn’t prevent the Royals from attempting to improve their roster A week and a half into the season is still too early to panic. You know it, I know it, we all know it. But, the thing is, this is more like 53 weeks into the season - at least when it comes to extre...2025
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• Royals Opening Day roster prediction one week into Spring Training

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

Jay Biggerstaff-USA TODAY Sports Maybe this year is different. Blind optimism isn’t easy to find for fans of the Kansas City Royals. The team hasn’t finished above .500 since 2015 when they won the World Series. Although the losses have far outweighed the win total, there has still been some reason for hope to close out nearly every season in that span. Just as the Royals have an uncanny a...2023
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