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• AL Week 12 Strategy-June 15, 2025
In The Field 3B Isaac Paredes left Thursday's game early with a left hamstring injury. Paredes is hitting .255 with 15 HR, 37 R, 42 RBI, and 0 SB. 3B Jazz Chisholm Jr. was not in the Yankees lineup on Thursday due to left groin tightness. He was back in the lineup on Saturday. Chisholm Jr. is hitting .214 with 9 HR, 21 R, 25 RBI, and 10 SB. He is hitting the ball hard (15% Barrels) but has struc...2025
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• The Royals would probably benefit from some attitude

Maikel Garcia #11 of the Kansas City Royals and Jazz Chisholm Jr. #13 of the New York Yankees exchange words during the sixth inning during Game Four of the Division Series at Kauffman Stadium on October 10, 2024 in Kansas City, Missouri. | Photo by Ed Zurga/Getty Images They’re very even-keeled, but maybe too much Everybody remembers the playing style of the World Series Royals teams from...2025
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• Cole Ragans To Go For Second Opinion On Injured Shoulder
It seems the Royals will be without Cole Ragans for a while. Manager Matt Quatraro tells Anne Rogers of MLB.com that the lefty will go for a second opinion on his ailing shoulder next week. Kansas City placed Ragans on the 15-day injured list with a rotator cuff strain yesterday. Quatraro indicated that the team does…...2025
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• Royals Rumblings - News for June 12, 2025

Photo by Jay Biggerstaff/Getty Images The Royals are 8-27 this decade against the Yankees (including postseason). ICYMI, Cole Ragans is headed to the IL with a rotator cuff injury: “It wasn’t like I threw a singular pitch and felt something,” Ragans said. “It was nothing like that. After, just got pretty stiff. Did some treatments and stuff. It just never really got better.” After Monday’...2025
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• Royals Rumblings - News for June 10, 2025

Photo by Geoff Stellfox/Getty Images Congrats to AL Player of the Week Vinnie Pasquantino! Vinnie Pasquantino is named American League Player of the Week. The Royals welcome the New York Yankees to Kauffman Stadium on Tuesday evening. Pasquantino, who owns a nine-game hitting streak, looks to continue his torrid stretch at home. “Vinnie has been swinging the bat really well for like six, ...2025
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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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• Royals Rumblings: Kansas City Royals News for June 4, 2025

Jeff Curry-Imagn Images Jac Caglianone is the best thing to come out of Tampa since the Cuban sandwich. Royals Data Dugout breaks down infielder Maikel Garcia’s adjustments at the plate and how that is helping the Kansas City Royals. His quality hands will always support the high contact rates and ability to put the ball in play, but the young third baseman opened previously untapped ceili...2025
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• Weekend Rumblings - News for May 31, 2025

Photo by David Eulitt/Getty Images The Royals can’t hit in the clutch this year. Anne Rogers writes the Royals continue to struggle with runners in scoring position. Not so much this year, even with the same lineup plus leadoff hitter Jonathan India. Their team .224 average in scoring position ranks 25th in MLB, .284 OBP ranks 29th and .315 slugging percentage ranks at the very bottom. “I...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 20, 2025

Nick Turchiaro-USA TODAY Sports Can the Royals patch the rotation together? Kris Bubic enjoys pitching near his hometown in northern California, writes Jaylon Thompson Bubic grew up in Cupertino, California, which is just an hour south of Oracle Park. For years, Bubic watched as the Giants made lifelong memories. Now, he gets a chance to create his own once in a place he has always loved....2025
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• Royals Rumblings - News for May 19, 2025

Photo by Ed Zurga/Getty Images Can the 2025 Royals replicate the success of 10 years ago? Drew Waters had the game-winning hit on Sunday. “It felt great, obviously,” Waters said. “You know anytime you come into a game, especially a tie game, at least the opportunities I’ve had to pinch-hit, I try to be aggressive and that’s kind of my game. I like to be aggressive and I like to be aggressi...2025
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• Game Thread #48; Cardinals at Royals

Photo by Kyle Rivas/Getty Images Kansas City looks to bounce back after dropping six of their last seven After being one of the hottest teams in the major leagues through the end of April, the Royals have started to slump and have lost four straight coming into today. Kansas City has run into the same offensive woes that plagued the lineup to start the year. Over the last four games, Kansa...2025
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• Royals Rumblings - News for May 9, 2025

One, two, three, four, five, SIX wins in a row! | Photo by: Lloyd Bishop/NBCU Photo Bank/NBCUniversal via Getty Images via Getty Images One, two, three, four, five... SIX WINS IN A ROW! Anne Rogers penned a touching Mother's Day story about Daniel Lynch, thinking back on his mother now that he’s recently become a parent: Jolie Saunders Lynch died on Sept. 7, 2012, at 43 years old after a ...2025
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• Royals Rumblings - News for March 24, 2025

Photo by Norm Hall/Getty Images We will have real baseball this week! Vinnie Pasquantino exited Saturday’s game with a hamstring strain. “I feel fine,” Pasquantino said as he got ready to leave with the team for the airport and then fly to Texas. “I don’t want to put any timeframe on it, but I don’t think – my gut tells me it’s not going to affect anything. But my gut is not the medical st...2025
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• Royals Rumblings - News for February 24, 2025

Photo by Jess Rapfogel/Getty Images Maikel Garcia is making adjustments. Jac Caglianone hit his first spring training home run on Sunday. “That was loud,” manager Matt Quatraro said. “And it didn’t look like a huge effort on his part, either. We know he’s got huge pop, but to be able to put that good of a swing on the ball in a game like that, close game, controlling his emotions like that...2025
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• Royals Rumblings - News for January 24, 2025

Slugerrr shreddin’ it! | Photo by Scott Winters/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images These are hard to come up with at this point in the offseason Orientation continues for first year players: Words of wisdom from our big league skipper, Matt Quatraro. #RaisingRoyals x pic.twitter.com/WBOK8ZaWuU— Raising Royals (@KCRoyalsPD) January 23, 2025 Dan Szymborski (Szymborski! Szymborski!) pos...2025
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"Matt Quatraro responded by going to the bullpen, bringing in John Schreiber."

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"Matt Quatraro elected to turn to the bullpen in the seventh to protect a one-run lead as Ragans reportedly was dealing with left calf cramps."

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"Manager Matt Quatraro gave him the hook and Greinke walked off the mound at Kauffman Stadium for likely the final time to a standing ovation and finished it all with a curtain call."

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"Matt Quatraro will be leaving his job as Rays bench coach to become manager of the Royals."

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"Mets manager search: Buck Showalter, Joe Espada and Matt Quatraro finalists for the job, per report"

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"That led to speculation the Red Sox could target Rays bench coach Matt Quatraro, a frequent managerial candidate with ties to Bloom, but that appears unlikely at this stage of the offseason."

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"Matt Quatraro has been promoted from his role as the Rays' third-base coach to bench coach on manager Kevin Cash's staff."

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"Matt Quatraro will be the Rays' new third-base coach, the team announced Tuesday morning."

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"That means they’ll retain bench coach Brad Mills, pitching coach Mickey Callaway, hitting coaches Ty Van Burkleo and Matt Quatraro, first base coach Sandy Alomar Jr."

• AL Week 12 Strategy-June 15, 2025
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• Royals Rumblings - News for June 9, 2025
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• Royals Rumblings: Kansas City Royals News for June 4, 2025
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• Where should Jac Caglianone hit in the Royals order?

Photo by David Durochik/Diamond Images via Getty Images He’s here!!! The news we have all been waiting for finally came through this weekend: top prospect Jac Caglianone has been promoted to Kansas City. Last year, Jac Caglianone was selected by the Royals with the sixth pick in the draft after a dominant career at Florida. Caglianone ranks as the tenth-best prospect in the MLB and the bes...2025
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• Do the Royals really have a problem hitting with RISP?

Kansas City, Missouri, USA; Kansas City Royals catcher Salvador Perez (13) singles against the Detroit Tigers in the fourth inning at Kauffman Stadium. | Denny Medley-Imagn Images Or is it overblown? Covering a baseball season is a long, sometimes grueling marathon. Fans can tune in and tune out as they please, but the media apparatus attached to it must churn out Content no matter what is...2025
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• Royals Rumblings - News for June 2, 2025

Photo by Mikayla Schlosser/MLB Photos via Getty Images Enjoy retirement, Moose! Jaylon Thompson writes how Michael Wacha flirted with a no-hitter on Saturday. “I definitely tried not to think too much about it,” Wacha said. “Obviously, I knew what was going on. I just continued to try to take it to another level, keep making my pitches and keep executing like I had been pretty much all da...2025
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• Gamethread LIX - Tigers at Royals

Bobby Witt Jr. #7 of the Kansas City Royals throws toward first | Photo by Jamie Squire/Getty Images Can the Royals take down the Tigers’ ace again? As May comes to an end and the summer begins to really heat up, the Royals have got to be the most frustrating baseball team in MLB right now. They’re still over .500, still right in the thick of a playoff hunt, they flatly refuse to get swept...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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• Royals Rumblings - News for May 21, 2025

Sergio Estrada-Imagn Images Royals fans’ sleep schedules rejoice at the end of another West Coast road trip. David Lesky talks about just how great the San Francisco Giants’ starter Robbie Ray was against the Kansas City Royals on Monday. Last night was another intense and competitive game for the Royals in one of the best pitchers’ duels we’ve seen this season. Coming in, it looked like i...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 12, 2025

Photo by Ed Zurga/Getty Images Danny Duffy heads south of the border. Seth Lugo didn’t have much offense to support him Sunday for his Quality Start, writes Anne Rogers. The offense has been dissected over and over again to begin the year, and the Royals have emphasized their confidence in the lineup they have. That doesn’t go away after a three-game set like this one against a good Red S...2025
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• Weekend Rumblings - News for May 10, 2025

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

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• Greinke shows us the magic one last time, Royals win 5-2

Zack Greinke #23 of the Kansas City Royals waves to the crowd as he leaves the game after pitching against the New York Yankees in the sixth inning at Kauffman Stadium on October 01, 2023 in Kansas City, Missouri. | Photo by Ed Zurga/Getty Images Bobby Witt Jr. couldn’t steal his 50th base, but did lead the league in triples! The Royals, and by extension we, have achieved the off-season. T...2023
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• Royals pick up first win in slugfest against the Blue Jays
Kansas City Royals first baseman Vinnie Pasquantino (9) reacts after hitting a double during the fourth inning against the Toronto Blue Jays at Kauffman Stadium. Mandatory Credit | Peter Aiken-USA TODAY Sports Extra base hits, stolen bases, oh my! On Monday night, the Royals finally got a notch in the win column via an excellent offense powered by four extra base hits—each by a different b...2023
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• Royals Receiving Trade Interest In Aroldis Chapman
The Royals are getting early trade interest in Aroldis Chapman, reports Ken Rosenthal of the Athletic. The seven-time All-Star is off to a strong start to the season. Chapman has appeared in 14 games and tallied 12 2/3 innings out of Matt Quatraro’s bullpen. He’s allowed only five runs (four earned) and posted a 20:6 strikeout-to-walk…...2023
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• Cole carves Corbin’s Camden crew, Kansas City captures commencing contest 1-0

Photo by Patrick Smith/Getty Images A dominant effort from the pitching staff has the Royals on the precipice of the ALDS. In their first postseason game since winning the World Series in 2015, the Kansas City Royals managed just enough offense in a pitcher’s duel to win the Wild Card opener 1-0 over the Baltimore Orioles. Corbin Burnes started the game pounding the zone with cutters and t...2024
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• Royals Hire Matt Quatraro As Manager
The Royals have hired Rays bench coach Matt Quatraro as their new manager, ESPN’s Jeff Passan reports (Twitter link). This is the first Major League managerial job for Quatraro, who turns 49 years old in November. A popular managerial candidate in recent years, Quatraro has received interviews with at least six other teams (the Marlins,…...2022
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• Mike Mayers slashes through Detroit’s lineup in 4-1 win
Photo by Ed Zurga/Getty Images “Gruesome, vile, terrifying” — One Royals fan Following an extra inning collapse on Monday night, the Royals used a strong spot start from Mike Mayers to tame the Tigers in a 4-1 victory. The win snaps a four-game losing streak for Kansas City. With the odds stacked against them in facing Detroit ace Eduardo Rodriguez, the Royals’ bats needed to capitalize on...2023
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• Zack Greinke named Royals Opening Day starter
Photo by Ed Zurga/Getty Images Daniel Lynch will also begin the season on the IL. Royals manager Matt Quatraro tabbed Zack Greinke to be his Opening Day starter for the season opener on March 30 against the Minnesota Twins. It will be the second year in a row that Greinke has started the opener, and third time overall that Greinke has started on Royals Opening Day. Pablo López will get the...2023
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• Royals Rumblings - News for April 16, 2025

Photo by Rich Graessle/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images Have they tried turning the bats off and then on again? Kansas City Royals star Bobby Witt Jr. and manager Matt Quatraro talk about a rough series opening against the New York Yankees. “You like to swing the bats a little bit better. Sometimes, you have to give credit to the opposing pitcher, too,” Royals manager Matt Quatraro said. “...2025
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• Bobby Witt Jr. leads Royals to massive 10-7 comeback win over Cardinals

Bobby Witt Jr. #7 of the Kansas City Royals runs the bases after hitting a two-run home run against the St. Louis Cardinals during the first inning at Busch Stadium on June 3, 2025 in St Louis, Missouri. | Photo by Jeff Le/Getty Images King Bob! You heard it here folks: Jac Caglianone made his big league debut, and the Royals scored 10 runs. Was he the catalyst? Not really—he was the only ...2025
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• Crimson competitors cannot clobber Cameron’s curves, Royals roll Reds 3-2

Jay Biggerstaff-Imagn Images Noah Cameron worked into the seventh inning for the fourth time in four starts. Noah Cameron was sharp once against and the offense did just enough as the Kansas City Royals took down the Cincinnati Reds 3-2 at Kauffman Stadium this evening. Little of note happened in the early innings. Kansas City made Hunter Greene work and had baserunners in each of the firs...2025
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• Memorial Day Rumblings - News for May 26, 2025

We salute those that have sacrificed all. Freddy Ferrmin was a big hero on Sunday, writes Jaylon Thompson. “Freddy can do it all, man,” Royals manager Matt Quatraro said. “He is a leader and ... he doesn’t take any pitches off. He prepares on the defensive side as well as anybody I’ve seen. He can really throw. “(H)uge hit for us. That was a two-strike hit, as well. Freddy is a really good compet...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 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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Need another pitcher? I Noah guy. | Photo by Norm Hall/Getty Images Spring Training is in full swing! This is going to feel a little backwards as our OT is up at the top today, sort of. It’s been brought to my attention that a number of AI bots are harvesting our articles and either cutting-and-pasting them, slightly rewriting them and publishing them as their own, or, my favorite, turni...2025
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• Royals Rumblings - News for January 7, 2025

Photo by Mark Blinch/Getty Images Is the off-season 90 percent complete now? Craig Brown reacts to the Cavan Biggio signing. Biggio’s strength as a hitter comes from his strike-zone recognition. In his career, he’s chased on pitches outside of the zone under 16 percent of the time. That’s an elite chase rate. The league average is generally around 28 percent. It’s a fantastic foundation f...2025
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• Why none of us should worry about Royals home game attendance

Fans of the Kansas City Royals react during the game between the St. Louis Cardinals and the Kansas City Royals at Kauffman Stadium on Saturday, August 10, 2024 in Kansas City, Missouri. | Photo by Kyle Rivas/MLB Photos via Getty Images We’re fine On August 26, 2014, the Kansas City Royals roared back in the bottom of the ninth to walk off the Minnesota Twins. It was an extraordinarily qui...2024
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• Zack Greinke has played for some bad Royals teams - is this the worst?
Rhona Wise-USA TODAY Sports Royals fans have seen some bad baseball. Longtime Royals Review reader Roy from Omaha posed an interesting question last week: Ask Zach Greinke which team was the worst team he played on - the 2005 or the 2023 Royals, since he played for both. Great question! Let’s do a breakdown and see if we can make any sense of this. The 2005 Royals finished an all-time Roy...2023
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• What do we think of Matt Quatraro so far?
Photo by Norm Hall/Getty Images The first-year skipper hasn’t produced many wins, but is that how he should be judged? After three losing seasons and a .430 winning percentage, the Royals dismissed manager Mike Matheny last season. There were whispers of a tense clubhouse vibe, and it was clear that owner John Sherman was frustrated with a failure of data analytics being absorbed by on-fie...2023
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• White Sox managerial buzz, part whatever
Oh boy. | Patrick Gorski-USA TODAY Sports With Joe Espada reported out, is there no place like home for Ozzie Guillén? There were several managerial openings as the 2022 MLB season wrapped up. The White Sox, Royals, Marlins, Rangers, Blue Jays, and Phillies were all looking to find the perfect fit. Since that time, only the Royals and White Sox openings still remain. The Rangers hired Br...2022
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