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• Royals “shopping for corner outfield help”, per Jim Bowden

Jim Rassol-Imagn Images Could the Royals be eyeing some Marlins outfielders? The Royals have lost six in a row, all at home, and their offensive woes have continued to be front and center. The team averaged less than two runs-per-game in their winless homestand and only the Pirates have scored fewer runs-per-game among all baseball teams this year. Still, the Royals sit just three games b...2025
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• Quatraro’s costly mistake downs Royals in series finale

Denny Medley-Imagn Images It happened again. Thank the man above for an off day tomorrow Stop me if you’ve heard this before: Noah Cameron was rolling and got pulled early, and the Royals would end up losing the game. Well, I bet you’ve heard that multiple times now, because manager Matt Quatraro has made that mistake three times now. In fact, in those three instances, Cameron has been p...2025
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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 place P Ragans (rotator cuff strain) on IL
The Royals have placed All-Star pitcher Cole Ragans back on the injured list with a left rotator cuff strain, and activated reliever Lucas Erceg ahead of Wednesday night's matchup with the Yankees....2025
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• Cole Ragans to the Injured List with a rotator cuff strain

David Dermer-Imagn Images Yikes. The Royals announced they have placed Cole Ragans on the Injured List with a rotator cuff strain, retroactive to June 8. The team also activated reliever Lucas Erceg from the Injured List, recalled pitcher Jonathan Bowlan, and designated pitcher Trevor Richards for assignment. Ragans has battled injuries on and off the past few weeks. He missed two weeks w...2025
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• Royals Place Cole Ragans On IL With Rotator Cuff Strain
The Royals announced a series of roster moves today. Right-hander Lucas Erceg has been reinstated from the 15-day injured list and righty Jonathan Bowlan has been recalled from Triple-A Omaha. In corresponding moves, right-hander Trevor Richards has been designated for assignment while lefty Cole Ragans has been placed on the 15-day IL due to a…...2025
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• Royals “shopping for corner outfield help”, per Jim Bowden
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• Cole Ragans to the Injured List with a rotator cuff strain
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• Royals Rumblings - News for June 9, 2025

Photo by Geoff Stellfox/Getty Images Jac Caglianone enjoys his first four-hit day. Jac Caglianone talked about his first four-hit game on Sunday. “It felt really good,” said Caglianone, who raised his batting average from .095 to .240. “It was a huge thanks to all the guys out here in the locker room. They were very supportive through it all, hitting balls hard and not really much to show ...2025
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• Freddy Peralta may just be who he is, and that’s okay

Michael McLoone-Imagn Images The Brewers’ number one starter has sometimes frustrated fans with his play, but we’re getting what should be expected Freddy Peralta is, without a doubt, the leader of the Brewers’ starting rotation. He is in his eighth major league season, and assuming he makes at least four more starts, this will be his fifth straight year with at least 17 games started. He’...2025
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• Six winners and one loser as the Royals beat the Tigers 1-0

Nick Loftin (12) makes a diving catch against the Detroit Tigers | Denny Medley-Imagn Images The Royals are in the Tigers’ heads when Tarik Skubal is on the mound For most of the year I’ve harped on the Royals’ inability to hit for any kind of power. In case you’ve missed it, they’re actually doing quite well in terms of batting average. They could do better in OBP, but the real problem is...2025
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• Bullpen buttressed by belligerent batting, boys in blue beat bay behemoths 8-2

Photo by Trinity Machan/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images The Royals gave Logan Webb his worst outing of the season. The Kansas City Royals scored early and often while bullpenning their way through an 8-4 victory over the San Francisco Giants this afternoon at Oracle Park. San Francisco ace Logan Webb starting by doing what he typically does by coaxing groundballs from the first two batter...2025
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• Royals Rumblings - News for May 15, 2025

Photo by Leslie Plaza Johnson/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images How much do you trust your starter? Matt Quatraro doesn’t regret leaving Michael Lorenzen in for the eighth inning last night: Much is made of being cautious when a pitcher is going through the order a third time, but Quatraro didn’t hesitate in letting Lorenzen pitch to Dubón, who had doubled in his previous at-bat. Dubón’s s...2025
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• Royals Rumblings - News for May 13, 2025

Photo by Joe Robbins/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images Is Jonathan India coming around? Anne Rogers writes about how the Royals bullpen has become dominant. But elite pitching has extended to the bullpen. The Royals’ 3.02 ‘pen ERA ranks fifth in the Majors. Since April 24, the relievers have a 2.02 ERA, and they have allowed zero earned runs in 12 of the 18 games in that stretch. “It’s cre...2025
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• The Washington Nationals have an organizational bullpen problem

James A. Pittman-Imagn Images The Washington Nationals bullpen issues extend beyond the big league level It is no secret, the Washington Nationals bullpen is not good. In fact, it is one of the worst baseball has seen in recent memory. The unit has a jaw dropping ERA of 7.22 after struggling mightily in the series against the Guardians. However, there is no help waiting in the wings. When ...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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• TWitM: Grand salami for Gavin Cross

Photo by Wesley Hitt/Minor League Baseball via Getty Images The former first-round pick hits for some power this week This Week in the Minors is our weekly look at notable performances from all over the system, from big-name prospects and less-heralded guys alike. The mission is to answer this simple question: “Who had a good week?” Triple-A Omaha Storm Chasers (25-37, 13 games back) It wa...2025
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• Royals Rumblings - News for February 27, 2025

Photo by Luke Hales/Getty Images Lucas Erceg, fireman. Lucas Erceg is prepared to pitch in any role that he’s needed: That might be in the ninth inning for save opportunities, or it might come in the seventh or eighth. Having Estévez helps Quatraro be able to do that. “I don’t really care what my role is going to be,” Erceg said. “I’ve been telling all my friends and family, there’s nothi...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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"Lucas Erceg was the next man up in the bullpen, entering for the eighth inning with the top of the order coming up."

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"He sustained the injury when a throw from Lucas Erceg led him into a collision with baserunner Yainer Diaz in last night’s game against the Astros."

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"The A’s announced this evening they’ve acquired minor league reliever Lucas Erceg from the Brewers for cash."

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"Likely to open the season at Double-A Biloxi, Brewers prospect Lucas Erceg has been called over to play in four Cactus League games."

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"Brewers third base prospect Lucas Erceg waited more than 30 seconds before to pull off the ol' hidden ball trick"

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" Milwaukee Brewers Notable Selections: OF Corey Ray (5), 3B Lucas Erceg (46), C Mario Feliciano (75) and RHP Braden Webb (82)."

• Royals “shopping for corner outfield help”, per Jim Bowden
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• Royals Rumblings - News for June 9, 2025
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• Freddy Peralta may just be who he is, and that’s okay
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• The Ty France All Stars

Matt Krohn-Imagn Images Remembering some guys who crushed the Royals despite middling overall career numbers Minnesota Twins infielder Ty France has continued his personal Reign of Terror against the Kansas City Royals this season. Last Friday night he hit a walk-off home run against fireman Lucas Erceg, giving the Twins a 3-1 victory in the first game of the series. France has been a reg...2025
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• Lucas Erceg: Best reliever in baseball

Photo by Alyssa Howell/MLB Photos via Getty Images Since coming to the Royals there is a good case to be made that no MLB bullpen arm has been better than Lucas Erceg. The Royals acquired Lucas Erceg on July 30th of last season. It was the second relief arm that the Royals picked up in July to try and shore up a very weak bullpen that had caused the team a lot of grief throughout the year....2025
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• Royals Rumblings - News for May 15, 2025
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• Royals Rumblings - News for May 13, 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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• The Washington Nationals have an organizational bullpen problem
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• Wacha’s wiliness, Witt’s warhead whomp white wearables 2-1

Photo by Jay Biggerstaff/Getty Images 14-2 since 4/20. The Kansas City Royals once again had an outstanding night on the mound and got all the offense they needed from one swing as they defeated the Chicago White Sox 2-1 tonight at Kauffman Stadium. The first three innings took just 38 minutes to complete. Both teams had an opportunity to do damage, with Kansas City putting runners on the ...2025
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• Royals lose brutal 1-0 game against the Yankees
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• Six winners and one loser as the Royals beat the Tigers 1-0
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• Royals take crushing 5-4 loss in Minnesota

Photo by Stephen Maturen/Getty Images Walked off again... The Royals took a loss on yet another walk off hit in Minneapolis this time at the hands of Brooks Lee. Today was the first of two day games this weekend against the Twins in Minnesota and was the second game of the three game series. The Royals started the game up 4-0 but blew the lead in the 5th/6th innings and lost 5-4 in devasta...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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• Royals lose 3-1 to Twins on walkoff Ty France home run

This guy, again. | Photo by Matt Krohn/MLB Photos via Getty Images The Royal killer strikes again. Well, it was in fact the low-scoring affair that was promised, but it was equal parts frustrating and fascinating. Unfortunately, Royal-killer Ty France asserted his presence against the Royals’ best reliever, Lucas Erceg. He left a slider hanging over the middle of the plate, and France did ...2025
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• Royals Rumblings - News for May 15, 2025
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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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• Royals Rumblings - News for April, 21, 2025

Photo by Duane Burleson/Getty Images The Royals return home looking to hit. The Royals had a “big time win” Sunday, but it was still a rough road trip. “Look, we know we’re going to go through some tough stretches,” manager Matt Quatraro said. “This was a tough road trip against good teams. We’re going to play better than we’ve played this week, that’s for sure. You just don’t know when it...2025
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• Freddy Peralta may just be who he is, and that’s okay
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• Royals avoid the sweep in the I-70 series with a 2-1 win over the Cardinals

Photo by Ed Zurga/Getty Images Giants are up next Today in Kansas City, the Royals took on the Cardinals in a classic I-70 series day game. The two teams entered today's game with momentum that could not be more different. The Royals are in a brutal slump where they have dropped their last four games and six of their last seven. On the other side of the diamond, the Cardinals were one of t...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 12, 2025

Hunter Harvey heads to the IL. | Photo by Keith Gillett/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images Hunter Harvey hits the injured list. Happy Saturday folks. I think this may be my first time putting together a Rumblings...I honestly cannot remember if I did it during my previous stint as a writer here in the mid-2010s. I apologize if I forget something important or do something wrong. Vahe Gregoria...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 Rumblings - News for March 21, 2025

Almost time to say farewell to Surprise | Photo by David Durochik/Diamond Images via Getty Images By next Friday’s Rumblings, we’ll have seen real baseball Bobby Baseball days away.— Kansas City Royals (@royals.com) 2025-03-20T16:30:15.121Z At the Star, Vahe Gregorian profiles Seth Lugo: For instance, an aunt likes to tell the story of taking him to a Texas Rangers game when he was 4...2025
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• Please welcome new writers Connor Moylan, Trenton Kraxner, and Kevin Ruprecht

Old friend alert! The Royals still have yet to add the big bat to their lineup, but we went ahead and added a few of our own. Straight from the University of Kansas, please welcome Trenton Kraxner. He has written for the University Daily Kansan and will be writing recaps and other articles. Hi, my name is Trenton Kraxner, I am a senior at the University of Kansas currently. I will be graduating t...2025
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• Royals Rumblings - News for February 27, 2025
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• Preseason Prep - February 27, 2025
Bryce Harper, 1B (PHI) Scary moment for the Phillies as Bryce Harper was hit on the arm by a pitch in Wednesday's Grapefruit League game against the Blue Jays. It was his first game of the spring as he missed time with an illness. The good news is the Phillies training staff is categorizing the injury as a triceps contusion and don't intend to send the slugger for X-rays. Philadelphia will undoubt...2025
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• Royals Rumblings - News for February 7, 2025

I was just searching for random stuff and came across a grinning Salvy from 2021 | Photo by Ed Zurga/Getty Images Pitchers and catchers report next week! Guys (and gals), we’re to this point of the offseason: Here’s three minutes and twenty-seven seconds of Vinnie Pasquantino hitting sacrifice flies.Because why not? pic.twitter.com/c9WhyjG0mh— Kansas City Royals (@Royals) February 6, 202...2025
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• Vinnie Pasquantino has broken thumb, will miss 6-8 weeks

Thomas Shea-USA TODAY Sports The Royals will lose their RBI machine down the stretch. The Royals announced today that first baseman Vinnie Pasquantino has a broken thumb and will miss 6-8 weeks. He sustained the injury when a throw from Lucas Erceg led him into a collision with baserunner Yainer Diaz in last night’s game against the Astros. Pasquantino immediately fell to the ground in pai...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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• Nobody deserves playoff baseball more than Salvador Perez

Anthony Gruppuso-Imagn Images Salvy stayed with Kansas City through the wilderness and made it to the other side On a brisk October night in 2010, Citizens Bank Park buzzed with anticipation and nervous energy. The back-to-back National League champs entered the seventh inning down a run against the Cincinnati Reds, facing rookie phenom Aroldis Chapman. They rallied. Chase Utley hustled P...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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• How do you feel about manager Matt Quatraro?

Photo by Ed Zurga/Getty Images The Royals skipper could win AL Manager of the Year. In his second season of managing, Matt Quatraro is engineering one of the biggest improvements in baseball history. After losing 106 games last year, the Royals have already won 20 more games this year with several weeks to go. If they manage to win 15 of their final 21 games, they will tie the 1999 Diamond...2024
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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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• 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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• Royals lose seesaw affair, 6-5

Kansas City Royals pitcher John Schreiber (46) reacts during the fifth inning against the New York Yankees during game one of the ALDS for the 2024 MLB Playoffs at Yankee Stadium. | Brad Penner-Imagn Images Neither team’s best MVP candidate could come up with a hit in this one From the first inning it was obvious that neither team was going to be content to have one of the low-scoring affa...2024
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• AL Week 4 Strategy-April 19, 2025
In The Field OF Willi Castro (oblique) was out of the lineup on Friday. This comes on the heels of him leaving Wednesday's game early due to tightness in his right oblique. He is considered day-to-day. 3B D.J. LeMahieu (calf) is expected to start a rehab assignment on Tuesday. He has not had a spring, so he will need a length rehab assignment prior to making his season debut. OF Josh Lowe (obliq...2025
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• AL Week 14 Strategy-June 24, 2023
In The Field OF Luke Raley is dealing with a sore right hand and is considered day-to-day. Raley has been one of the bigger surprises this year. He is hitting .276 with 12 HR, 36 R, 27 RBI, and 8 SB while playing primarily only against RHP. OF Aaron Judge has shown good progress after his second platelet-rich plasma injection last week. He is getting close to resuming baseball activities which i...2023
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• Royals “shopping for corner outfield help”, per Jim Bowden
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• Royals place P Ragans (rotator cuff strain) on IL
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• Royals Rumblings - News for June 9, 2025
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• Freddy Peralta may just be who he is, and that’s okay
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• Six winners and one loser as the Royals beat the Tigers 1-0
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• Royals rally to avoid sweep in Twin Cities, win 2-1 in extras.

Matt Krohn-Imagn Images Finally, a win in the dreaded Twin Cities. The Kansas City Royals avoided a sweep in Minnesota, by rallying late to secure a 2-1 win in extra innings. In a stadium, where they had lost 21 of their last 25, it looked like another typical performance from the Royals in Minnesota, but they got enough hits late with runners in scoring position. Kris Bubic was fantasti...2025
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• Bullpen buttressed by belligerent batting, boys in blue beat bay behemoths 8-2
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• What a difference competent leadership makes

Photo by Chris Bernacchi/Diamond Images via Getty Images Kansas City Royals pitching has gone from an expectation of bottom feeding to the top half of the MLB very quickly. Fangraphs finished their positional power rankings for 2025 last week and the one thing that really stood out to me was the opinion on the Royals pitching as a whole. Royals pitching has been bad to terrible for a very ...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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• Nobody deserves playoff baseball more than Salvador Perez
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