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• Rays 2, Royals 8: Royally swept

Kim Klement Neitzel-Imagn Images This game was not fun. The Rays were facing off against the Royals in the final game of a three-game outing, just hoping to avoid being swept at home before heading to the Bronx to take on red-hot division rivals in the Yankees. Shane Baz was on the mound for the Rays up against Seth Lugo for the Royals. In the first, Bobby Witt Jr. got a one-out walk, bu...2025
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• Commanding Cameron’s cutters carve, cartilaginous competitors conquered 3-0

Photo by Kevin Sabitus/Getty Images The debutant took a no-hitter into the seventh. Noah Cameron was outstanding in his big league debut for the Kansas City Royals, while the bullpen provided enough support to shut out the Tampa Bay Rays in a 3-0 game. Kansas City quickly got started in the first against Drew Rasmussen. With one out, Bobby Witt Jr. singled the other way to run his hit stre...2025
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• Nick Loftin should get another chance

Nick Loftin #12 of the Kansas City Royals runs during a spring training game against the Arizona Diamondbacks at Salt River Fields at Talking Stick on March 11, 2025 in Scottsdale, Arizona. | Photo by Jeff Dean/Getty Images Let him play! Over the weekend, Royals speedster and superutility man Tyler Tolbert went on bereavement leave. To take the open active roster spot, Kansas City recalled...2025
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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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• Lorenzen sharp, Fermin tough as Royals beat Rays 3-1

Kim Klement Neitzel-Imagn Images The Royals have won 7 of 8. Michael Lorenzen was sharp over six innings and the offense did just enough to defeat the Rays 3-1 on Tuesday night. The Royals have won seven of eight and have climbed back to .500 on the year. The Royals jumped on the board in the first inning. Leadoff hitter Jonathan India singled to start the game, then advanced to second on...2025
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• You’re not crazy: the Royals have been popping up at a prodigious rate

Apr 9, 2025; Kansas City, Missouri, USA; Kansas City Royals second baseman Jonathan India (6) bats against the Minnesota Twins at Kauffman Stadium. | Jay Biggerstaff-Imagn Images So much fly balls In the first few weeks of the season, it seemed that every single out the Royals made was an infield popup or a ball that further went up in the air than it went out from home plate. In the weeks...2025
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• Game thread XXVIII - Astros at Royals

Mark Canha #21 of the Kansas City Royals bats | Photo by Jamie Squire/Getty Images The Royals will try to win their sixth straight against a tough lefty. While everyone was giving up on the Royals thanks to a tough road trip that saw them go 2-8, the Royals have now gone 9-2 in the 11 home games surrounding the road trip and find themselves 10-4 at home overall this season. Today would be ...2025
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• The offense flashes and the Royals win 7-4 over the Rockies

Photo by Jamie Squire/Getty Images Royals put together 13 hits ending their 4 or less runs scored streak and get a big win in game one of their doubleheader Today in Kansas City, the Royals took on the Rockies in the first game of a double header with hopes to get back on track to win the series. Coming off a big win on Tuesday with a walk-off hit from Freddy Fermin, the Royals looked to c...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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• Royals Rumblings - News for April 18, 2025

I dunno: what kind of image should I use at this point? | Rick Osentoski-Imagn Images The offense is not ideal At The Star, Jaylon Thompson talked to various members of the organization about Lucas Erceg’s fireman role: The Royals dove deeply into Erceg’s analytics before acquiring him. They researched his trends and then decided the best approach for deploying him, if they were to get hi...2025
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• Everyone saw the offense’s slump coming, but fixing it is another thing entirely

MJ Melendez #1 of the Kansas City Royals reacts after striking out with the bases load to end the fifth inning of Game Two of the Wild Card Series against the Baltimore Orioles at Oriole Park at Camden Yards on October 02, 2024 in Baltimore, Maryland. | Photo by Patrick Smith/Getty Images We’ve got what we’ve got. One of the refreshing traits that Royals general manager JJ Picollo and owne...2025
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• Is it time for the Royals to get a new hitting coach?

Photo by Ric Tapia/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images Alec Zumwalt has been running the hitting show in Kansas City for a long time. The Royal’s hitting results have not been very good. It is probably time to discuss a new voice. Going into the 2022 season, the Royals decided to hire Alec Zumwalt as their director of player development and hitting performance. Hitting coaches come and go wi...2025
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• Shoddy Twins defense opens door to Royals 2-1 win

William Purnell-Imagn Images Cole Ragans had another stellar outing. The Twins committed three errors that led to two unearned Royals runs, allowing them to win a tight 2-1 game on Tuesday night. Cole Ragans struck out 11, his seventh double-digit strikeout game with the Royals, passing Danny Duffy for most by a lefty in club history. Ragans and Twins starter Pablo López were as-advertise...2025
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• Royals defeat Twins 4-2 in series opener

Kansas City Royals shortstop Bobby Witt Jr. (7) celebrates with Kansas City Royals outfielder Kyle Isbel (28) as he crosses home plate after hitting a home run during the sixth inning against the Minnesota Twins at Kauffman Stadium. | William Purnell-Imagn Images Michael Lorenzen pitched well and Isbel homered The Kansas City Royals defeated the Minnesota Twins 4-2 in tonight’s series open...2025
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• Royals unveil 2025 Opening Day lineup

Jayne Kamin-Oncea-Imagn Images Vinnie makes it The Kansas City Royals have set their Opening Day lineup against the Cleveland Guardians. Cole Ragans starts, and 2024 AL MVP Runner Up Bobby Witt Jr. hits second behind Jonathan India. Now we go.— Kansas City Royals (@royals.com) 2025-03-27T15:17:46.901Z Vinnie Pasquantino had been a question mark after suffering a Grade 1+ hamstring in...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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"Kansas City was unable to take advantage of a leadoff single by Kyle Isbel in the third and a two-out double by Garcia in the fourth."

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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."

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• Royals should explore a bold move for Colorado’s Brenton Doyle

Jay Biggerstaff-Imagn Images The end of all our exploring Despite efforts to improve the outfield during the offseason, the Royals entered the 2025 season with a most underwhelming trio roaming the beautiful green grass of Kauffman Stadium. In left field, there was MJ Melendez, a former minor-league catcher who once popped 41 home runs in a season across AA and AAA, but who’s never found ...2025
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• Winning creates urgency, but patience remains imperative

A Royal convention. | Rick Osentoski-Imagn Images It’s hard to see with so many around, You know I don’t like bein’ stuck in the crowd The baseball season is very long. There remains more than five months left in the regular season. The Royals' final regular season game doesn’t take place until September 28. There’s a whole lot of ball to be played between now and then. I get the need to w...2025
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• Royals Rumblings - News for April 17, 2025

Photo by Gregory Fisher/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images The offensive struggles continue. The Royals lamented their inability to put together a big inning after last night’s loss: Four innings later with one out, Drew Waters scored all the way from first on a triple by Kyle Isbel to make it 3-2 in favor of New York. Although Isbel scored the tying run on a groundout by Jonathan India, th...2025
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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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• One simple fix for each Royals hitter

Salvador Perez thinks you’re going to like what you see | Photo by Elsa/Getty Images Everyone is slumping, but there has got to be a way to solve this! It’s no secret that the Royals’ offense has been terrible this season. Hunter Renfroe and MJ Melendez, the two worst performers from last season, have taken much of the flak for the offensive struggles this season. Some of that is earned, f...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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• Royals defeat Twins 4-2 in series opener
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• Royals blow three-run lead to Guardians in 7-4 Opening Day loss

Kansas City Royals outfielder Dairon Blanco (44) is caught in a rundown by Cleveland Guardians third baseman Jose Ramirez (11) during the eighth inning at Kauffman Stadium. | Jay Biggerstaff-Imagn Images The game was a mixed bag The Kansas City Royals lost Opening Day 2025 to the Cleveland Guardians 7-4 in front of a sellout crowd at Kauffman Stadium. Vinnie Pasquantino provided the power ...2025
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• The offense flashes and the Royals win 7-4 over the Rockies
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• Player of the Week: Maikel Garcia

Maikel Garcia #11 of the Kansas City Royals runs the bases following a home run against the Milwaukee Brewers in the second inning during the home opener at American Family Field on March 31, 2025 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. | Photo by Stacy Revere/Getty Images Slammin’ home runs and doing good work In an early 2025 season that has seen the Royals score two or fewer runs in half of their firs...2025
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• Royals baserunning miscues overshadow storylines of Opening Day

Photo by Jamie Squire/Getty Images Baseball is back, including TOOTBLANS. The Royals took on the Guardians on Opening Day and lost 7-4 in extra innings. Here are some of the highlights and storylines from the game. Roster Roles Take Shape Offense The starting lineup from yesterday was mostly as expected. Vinnie Pasquantino hit DH due to his tender hamstring (didn’t seem to affect him much ...2025
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• Royals blow three-run lead to Guardians in 7-4 Opening Day loss
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• Is this Kyle Isbel’s last stand?

Photo by Jamie Squire/Getty Images He’s got at least one more year in center field. It could be his last. A few years ago, I decided to die on a very thankless hill: defending Michael A. Taylor. The argument was simple. No, Taylor was not a good starting center field. But the 2021-22 Royals had maybe two starting position players at any given moment. And as far as guys that shouldn’t be ...2025
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• Royals Rumblings - News for February 21, 2025

PHOTO DAY PICTURES ARE HERE!!!!! I’ll leave the best ones for whoever is doing our Photo Day story, but I figured the “Vinnie with a Pasquatch necklace” is good for today. | Photo by Jamie Squire/Getty Images SPRING TRAINING GAMES START TODAY! THIS IS NOT A DRILL! Royals have their first Spring Training game today! The squad faces off against the Rangers at 2:05 PM Royals time. No TV t...2025
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• Remaining opportunities to help the outfield this off-season

Photo by Matt Dirksen/Getty Images Will the Royals add to this bunch? The Royals had a pretty good offense last year, finishing sixth in the American League in runs scored despite a September swoon. But that performance was largely carried on the strength of an MVP-season by Bobby Witt Jr. and solid hitting from catcher Salvador Perez and first baseman Vinnie Pasquantino. Meanwhile, the o...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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• 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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• MJ Melendez optioned to Omaha

Photo by George Kubas/Diamond Images via Getty Images Mark Canha returns The Royals announced they have optioned outfielder MJ Melendez to Triple-A Omaha to make room for the return of outfielder Mark Canha. Melendez was off to a brutal 4-for-47 (.085) start this year with 1 home run and 1 RBI. He had struck out in 38 percent of his plate appearances this season. Melendez hit 41 home runs...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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