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• Royals Place Hunter Harvey On Injured List
The Royals announced today that right-hander Hunter Harvey has been placed on the 15-day injured list due to a right adductor strain. Fellow righty Luinder Avila has been recalled in the corresponding move and will be making his major league debut as soon as he gets into a game. Harvey’s IL stint is another frustrating…...2025
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• Will the Royals commit to a trade deadline direction?

Photo by Scott Winters/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images The trade deadline is upon us and the Royals have sort of bought, but seem to be hesitant to decide anything. With the trade deadline looming, the Royals have made three moves, none of which change what this team is fundamentally. There could be a bigger move coming, but we are not hearing about much of anything, and time is running ...2025
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• TWitM: MJ is heating up

Photo by David Durochik/Diamond Images via Getty Images Is MJ Melendez figuring out his swing? 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 (23-32) The Storm Chasers split their six games wit...2025
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• Royals Rumblings - News for May 22, 2025

Photo by Emma Bronsteader/MLB Photos via Getty Images Salvador Perez hadn’t homered in a while. Salvador Perez is climbing the all-time AL catcher home run leaderboard: The list of names ahead of him include Hall of Famers Carlton Fisk (376), Yogi Berra (358) and Ivan Rodriguez (281). Eight-time All-Star Lance Parrish (289) is also on the charts. It’s conceivable, and reasonable, to expec...2025
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• Giants series preview: Baseball by the Bay

Photo by Andy Kuno/San Francisco Giants/Getty Images Madison Bumgarner is not walking through that door The Giants defeated the Royals in a thrilling Game 7 of the World Series in 2014, but have managed to make the playoffs just twice since then. They won a franchise record 107 games in 2021, but have not enjoyed a winning record since then. They finished 80-82 last year, which got club pr...2025
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• Royals lose Ragans, Lugo - a pair of Cy Young finalists - to the Injured List

Cole Ragans fails to tag Willson Contreras after a wild pitch. Seth Lugo and Cole Ragans have both been dealing with injuries, both are worse than initially thought. The Royals announced today that both Seth Lugo and Cole Ragans had been added to the 15-day Injured List. Lugo’s addition is retroactive to May 14th, the last day he pitched. Left-handed pitchers Noah Cameron and Evan Sisk wil...2025
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• Royals Rumblings - News for May 22, 2025
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• Royals lose Ragans, Lugo - a pair of Cy Young finalists - to the Injured List
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• Royals set minor league rosters

Jayne Kamin-Oncea-Imagn Images Find where you can watch the Royals of the future! Royals minor league affiliates have set their rosters today, in anticipation of the beginning of their seasons. The Omaha Storm Chasers began last Friday and have dropped two of three to begin the season, but the other affiliates will begin play on Friday. Slugger Jac Caglianone, who wowed players and fans wi...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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• Jac Caglianone headlines Royals Spring Breakout roster

Photo by Chris Bernacchi/Diamond Images via Getty Images The March 14 game will showcase the future. Top Royals prospects will get their moment in the spotlight in the annual Spring Breakout game, to be held March 14 at 7:10 CT against the Arizona Diamondbacks. Jac Caglianone will show off his prodigious power on a roster that also includes former first-round picks Gavin Cross and Frank Mo...2025
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• Give us your Royals Opening Day roster predictions!

Photo by Jamie Squire/Getty Images Who do you have on the team by the March 27 opener? Royals pitchers and catchers have begun workouts in Arizona, and hitters will report on Monday. The Royals will spend the next six weeks preparing for the season and shaping the roster that will take on the Guardians in the season opener on March 27. That gives us some time to speculate on who might be o...2025
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• Pre-preseason Royals roster predictions

Bobby Witt Jr. #7 and Salvador Perez #13 of the Kansas City Royals celebrate | Photo by Greg Fiume/Getty Images Who will start the year on the 26-man roster? By the time you’re reading this, there is less than a fortnight before pitchers and catchers report to Surprise, Arizona to begin the Royals’ Spring Training. The Royals made a couple of really splashy moves at the beginning of the of...2025
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• Analyzing Royals Fall League pitcher metrics

Photo by Zac BonDurant/MLB Photos via Getty Images A few Royals arms stood out. Welcome back reader. If you are reading this, you’ve probably already read the earlier entry breaking down Royals hitter performances in the Arizona Fall League. If you haven’t, go back and read it! We’re back today to do the same for pitchers. Five pitchers from the Royals organization took the field for the S...2024
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• Royals Rumblings - News for November 11, 2024

Thank you, veterans, David Laurila at Fangraphs talks to J.J. Picollo at the GM meetings. “We need to be a little more dynamic offensively, and by that I mean we need to get on base at a higher rate than we did this year,” Picollo told me earlier this week in San Antonio. “We’re trying to target players we can lengthen out our lineup with, whether it’s someone at the top, in the middle, or toward ...2024
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"Pitcher Luinder Avila landed on the Injured List for the Storm Chasers and pitcher Ryan Brady was transferred to the 60-day IL."

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"Here are the Royals prospects headed to Arizona: Luinder Avila is a 23-year-old right-hander signed out of Venezuela who has steadily improved as he has progressed through the organization."

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• Royals Rumblings - News for May 22, 2025
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• TWitM: Jac Caglianone goes deeeeeep!

Photo by Wesley Hitt/Minor League Baseball via Getty Images The lower minors begin the season. 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 (4-4) The Storm Chasers had a chance to take the s...2025
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• Royals set minor league rosters
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• Royals Rumblings - News for March 21, 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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• Give us your Royals Opening Day roster predictions!
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• What Cam Devanney brings to the table for Kansas City Royals

Photo by Christian Petersen/Getty Images Could the career minor leaguer help out the big league team? With less than a month until the first spring training game, the clock is ticking for the Kansas City Royals to finalize their roster down in Surprise, Arizona. The current roster includes 63 players heading to big-league camp, with many of them well-known to fans. Bobby Witt Jr., Cole Rag...2025
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• TWitM: Jac gets ejected

Photo by Jensen Scalzo/Minor League Baseball Can you strike out after getting thrown out of a game? Jac can. 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 (16-21, 6 games back) The Storm Chase...2025
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• Royals Rumblings - News for March 21, 2025
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• Royals continue spring spiral, lose to Cubs 11-1

Please enjoy this photo of spring darling Cavan Biggio fielding a groundball instead of anything from tonight’s action | Photo by Norm Hall/Getty Images Ragans got hit around and the offense continued its recent silence Welp, that sure was another spring training game. Let’s hope that’s all it was. Cole Ragans got hit around pretty badly in 2.1 innings, giving up seven runs on seven hits, ...2025
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• Cubs vs. Guardians at Mesa and Royals at Surprise preview, Saturday 3/1

Justin Turner | Steve Sher The Cubs split their squad and play two games Saturday. Saturday notes... DOING THE SPLITS: Today is the only Cubs split squad date of Spring Training 2025. All the info you’ll need for today is here, except for the lineups for the night game. Those will be found in the day game recap. ALL TIED UP: No Major League team ever has played three consecutive regular...2025
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• What Cam Devanney brings to the table for Kansas City Royals
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• 2024 Season in Review: Northwest Arkansas Naturals

Mark J. Rebilas-Imagn Images The team missed the postseason but developed some key Royals prospects. The 2024 season didn’t go as well for the Double-A Northwest Arkansas Naturals as it did for some other affiliates. The team finished the first half of the season a game above .500 at 35-34. From there, they finished with a 31-37 second-half record. The result was a season-long 66-71 record...2024
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• TWitM: Dickey dominates, Murdock mows ‘em down

Photo by Bryan Lynn/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images Jared Dickey may be the most underrated prospect in the farm system. 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?” This Week in the Minors: Tuesday, July 2 to Sunday, J...2024
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• TWitM: Shrum slams and starters sparkle, Scarter Sjensen shines

Photo by Norm Hall/Getty Images I’ve never seen Carter Jensen and Scarter Sjensen in the same room. ‘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?” This Week in the Minors: Tuesday, April 23 to Sunday, April 28 AAA Omaha ...2024
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• On exaggerated rumors of a farm system’s demise

Photo by Jill Weisleder/MLB Photos via Getty Images Is it really as bad as so many will have you believe? Zero top 100 prospects, failed first-round picks, failed development throughout the minor leagues — the list goes on for the Kansas City Royals. At least, so some would have you believe. The farm system has been quickly on the decline ever since the system graduated a handful of top p...2024
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• Rule 5 draft open thread

Jonathan Dyer-USA TODAY Sports The Royals currently have a full 40-man roster. The Rule 5 draft will be held at 1 p.m. CT today at the Winter Meetings in Nashville, presenting an opportunity for teams to acquire talent blocked in other organizations. Players can be selected if they are not on a 40-man roster and meet eligibility requirements, outlined here by MLB Pipeline. For this year, t...2023
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• Royals Rumblings - News for May 22, 2025
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• Royals Rumblings - News for March 21, 2025
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• Jac Caglianone headlines Royals Spring Breakout roster
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• What Cam Devanney brings to the table for Kansas City Royals
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• Analyzing Royals Fall League pitcher metrics
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• What to know about the MLB off-season

Photo by Ed Zurga/Getty Images Let the Hot Stove season begin. Now that the World Series is complete, the off-season can begin in earnest. Here is what you need to know about the Royals’ off-season. Which players become free agents? The Royals have seven players that automatically become free agents now - Paul DeJong, Yuli Gurriel, Garrett Hampson, Tommy Pham, Robbie Grossman, Michael Lor...2024
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• Royals Rumblings - News for October 31, 2024

Photo by Jill Weisleder/MLB Photos via Getty Images Boo! Bobby Witt Jr. sent out wedding invitations in the form of baseball cards: Bobby is a true 1/1. He sent his teammates their wedding invitations on baseball cards (via @mjmelendez, @pullwax) pic.twitter.com/HMY69ZQ56g— Topps (@Topps) October 30, 2024 Carter Jensen doesn’t feel added pressure from his KC roots: “It’s not as much...2024
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• Royals Rumblings - News for October 24, 2024

Photo by Chris Coduto/MLB Photos via Getty Images Happy birthday Eric Hosmer (I know you’re reading this) Jac Caglianone and Carter Jensen are providing a glimpse of the future in the Arizona Fall League: “We’ve learned we’re both passionate about the game,” Caglianone said. “We play hard. That’s probably our biggest commonality.” “We both want not just us to succeed,” Jensen added. “We w...2024
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• For a once promising crop of Royals pitchers, it’s now or never
Jay Biggerstaff-USA TODAY Sports At least we made some friends along the way I’m not one to give up easily on a player. Player development isn’t linear across the span of a professional career. We’ve seen the Alex Gordon story unfold in Kansas City. Not long thereafter, we saw something similar with Mike Moustakas. Players with potential can struggle for quite some time before ultimately p...2023
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• Royals Rumblings - News for May 5, 2023
He can fly! | Photo by Jamie Squire/Getty Images Happy Cinco de Mayo! I’m not going to blast John Sherman as this is what the owner is supposed to say: When the standings are what they are, what are the signs that lead you to believe you’re headed in the right direction? “There’s just a lot of things that we’re seeing beneath the surface that we feel good about — in terms of going in the ...2023
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• Jac Caglianone headlines list of nine Royals heading to Arizona Fall League

Photo by Ed Zurga/Getty Images The first-round pick will get to face some top prospects. Royals 2024 first-round pic Jac Caglianone is one of nine players the team is sending to the Arizona Fall League, a developmental league for top-level minor leaguers considered close to MLB-ready. They will play for the Surprise Saguaros to begin play on October 7 with a championship game scheduled for...2024
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• Royals add two to the 40-man roster, designate Josh Staumont for assignment

Photo by Ed Zurga/Getty Images Will Klein and Tyler Gentry are added. The Royals have added outfielder Tyler Gentry and pitcher Will Klein to the 40-man roster to protect them from the Rule 5 draft. To make room for the pair, the Royals designated catcher Logan Porter and pitcher Josh Staumont for assignment. Today was the deadline to add eligible players in anticipation of the draft that ...2023
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• Who should the Royals add to the 40-man roster this off-season?

Photo by Zac BonDurant/MLB Photos via Getty Images The Royals should have some roster flexibility. Regardless of how this season ends, the Royals will look to capitalize off their surprising turnaround with a smart off-season. Their decisions will be impacted by the 40-man roster, their active and reserve roster of players. This winter, they will need to decide whether or not to add certa...2024
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• A look at starting pitcher options for the 2024 Royals

Photo by Meg Oliphant/Getty Images The MLB roster needs at least two more starters The Kansas City Royals finished their 2023 season with a 56-106 record, good for 5th place in a very mediocre American League Central. The team’s General Manager and Executive Vice President, J.J. Picollo, discussed the state of the roster in an interview with the Royals Live Pregame Show on September 30. Je...2023
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• You’re the Royals GM - what is your offseason plan?

Photo by Evan Hurd/Sygma/Corbis via Getty Images Take the Royals to contention? The Royals surprised the baseball world, improving by 30 wins and reaching the playoffs for the first time in nine seasons. But as Bobby Witt Jr. put it “they didn’t get this far just to get this far”, and the team has designs on being a true contender for a title. Getting there may prove to be more difficult ...2024
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• Royals add reliever Evan Sisk to 40-man roster

Photo by Ron Jenkins/Getty Images The lefty had a 1.57 ERA in Triple-A. The Royals announced they have added left-handed reliever Evan Sisk to the 40-man roster. That brings the total number of players on the 40-man roster to 33, although the team still needs to activate pitcher Kyle Wright from the 60-day Injured List. Sisk was originally acquired from the Twins before the 2023 season in...2024
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• Royals Rumblings - News for October 16, 2024

Photo by David J. Griffin/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images Could Gold Glove finalist Freddy Fermin be traded? Four Royals were named Gold Glove finalists - Freddy Fermin, Bobby Witt Jr., Cole Ragans, and Seth Lugo. Rustin Dodd at The Athletic writes about the key questions facing the Royals this off-season. Another player who will draw trade interest from other clubs: catcher Freddy Fermi...2024
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• Royals lose Ragans, Lugo - a pair of Cy Young finalists - to the Injured List
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• TWitM: Asbel Gonzalez wins Carolina League Player of the Month honors

Photo by David Durochik/Diamond Images via Getty Images The speedster already had 31 steals. 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 (13-18, 6 games back) The Storm Chasers split their s...2025
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• TWitM: Jac Caglianone goes deeeeeep!
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• Royals set minor league rosters
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• Royals Rumblings - News for March 21, 2025
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• Jac Caglianone headlines Royals Spring Breakout roster
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• Royals Opening Day roster prediction one week into Spring Training
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