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• Names to watch for the Rule 5 Draft: 2024 Edition

Photo by Jill Weisleder/MLB Photos via Getty Images I did okay last year. I’m trying to proceed down the comeback trail this year. I don’t know if the Rule 5 Draft has gotten increasingly less relevant, but it sure feels that way. Teams now care a lot about roster flexibility, and savvy organizations are focused on skillsets and their own development strengths in a way where the waiver/cas...2024
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• Royals Return Rule 5 Pick Matt Sauer To Yankees
The Yankees announced this afternoon that right-hander Matt Sauer had been returned to the organization by the Royals. The 25-year-old was selected by Kansas City with the second-overall pick in the 2023 Rule 5 Draft but was designated for assignment earlier this week. Evidently, Sauer cleared waivers, meaning the Royals had to offer Sauer back…...2024
• The Kansas City Royals and bullpen usage

Steven Bisig-USA TODAY Sports Is your bullpen not the best? Just don’t use them. Overall, the Royals bullpen has been the weakest part of the fast start. There has been a lot of hand-wringing about the deficiencies in the offense, but really it has been good enough so far. An average of 4.67 runs per game when the league average is 4.33 is not amazing, but it is 8th in baseball currently. ...2024
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• Royals Rumblings - News for May 21, 2024

Jay Biggerstaff-USA TODAY Sports Massey with a splashy. The Royals designated Matt Sauer for assignment, writes Anne Rogers. “We do think highly of him and that he’s going to be a big league pitcher for a long time, just currently, the way the team is constructed and the way he’s performed, we needed to make a move to bolster the ‘pen a little bit,” manager Matt Quatraro said. Sam Long is...2024
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• Royals select Sam Long, designate Matt Sauer for assignment

Photo by Ric Tapia/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images The Royals add another lefty arm. The Royals have selected the contract of left-handed pitcher Sam Long and have designated right-hander Matt Sauer for assignment. Sauer gave up a three-run home run in Sunday’s game against Oakland and had a 7.71 ERA in 14 games with the Royals. Long has pitched in parts of the last three MLB seasons wit...2024
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• Royals Designate Matt Sauer For Assignment
The Royals have designated right-hander Matt Sauer for assignment and selected the contract of left-handed reliever Sam Long from Triple-A Omaha, per a team announcement. Sauer was selected out of the Yankees organization in December’s Rule 5 Draft. The Royals will have a week to trade him or place him on waivers, and if he…...2024

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• Royals Rumblings - News for May 21, 2024
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• Royals refuse to surrender, still lose 9-7

Salvador Perez #13 of the Kansas City Royals reacts after hitting a home run during the sixth inning against the Baltimore Orioles at Kauffman Stadium on April 20, 2024 in Kansas City, Missouri. | Photo by Kyle Rivas/Getty Images Anyone who turned the game off after the second inning missed a heck of a contest. Well, when I wrote in the game thread that we should all expect a good game ton...2024
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• Nitpicking the Royals

Kansas City Royals relief pitcher Will Smith (31) throws the ball in the sixth inning during game one of a double header against the Chicago White Sox at Guaranteed Rate Field. | Melissa Tamez-USA TODAY Sports The team isn’t perfect. Let’s examine the flaws. The Royals made it as high as sixth on the MLB Power Rankings this week. They’re still projected to 32.5% playoff odds per FanGraphs ...2024
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• Royals Rumblings - News for March 28, 2024

L.G. Patterson/MLB Photos during the game between the Minnesota Twins and the Kansas City Royals at Kauffman Stadium on Thursday, March 30, 2023 in Kansas City, Missouri. (Photo by LG Patterson/MLB Photos via Getty Images Happy Opening Day! Kansas City’s busy offseason set the tone for 2024, writes Anne Rogers: The small-market Royals were one of the busiest teams this winter in hopes of ...2024
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• 2024 Royals season preview: It’s time to win

Photo by Omar Rawlings/Getty Images The Royals want to win on the field and at the ballot box Royals fans have seen their fair share of rebuild movements. Sometimes they pan out, like when they “flipped the switch” in 2011 with Salvador Perez, Eric Hosmer, Mike Moustakas, Alcides Escobar, and Lorenzo Cain, the group that went on to win two pennants and a championship. But more often than n...2024
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• The narrow path to 90 wins

Denny Medley-USA TODAY Sports The path to the playoffs is narrow, and it’s unlikely the Royals will find it. Every year, I put the Royals’ schedule into a spreadsheet and follow a simple formula to create a path to a 90-win season: Win or split series at home. Win or split road series against weaker teams. Don’t get swept. I don’t figure in any sweeps and split all four-game and two-game...2024
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• Royals Rumblings - News for March 22, 2024

Sure, it’s not the KBO, but it’s in Korea | Photo by Gene Wang/Getty Images I tried to write as much as I could of this ahead of time, but if it descends into madness by the end, I blame basketball Max and Jeremy already covered the big stories yesterday. I guess I’ll just link to other stories below that cover the same ground. First, Max: Alec Marsh makes the rotation, Jordan Lyles to th...2024
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• Royals Rumblings - News for March 14, 2024

Photo by Ezra Shaw/Getty Images Happy Pi Day! Despite being optioned, the Royals are optimistic about the future of John McMillon: “He made a lot of progress this spring from where he came in,” Quatraro said. “He was a little slowed in the offseason, and he came in here and the velo wasn’t there. His arm strength wasn’t there. He made some mechanical adjustments with the pitching guys and...2024
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• Spring training battles: The bullpen

Photo by Christian Petersen/Getty Images Matt Quatraro will have more options this year. The Royals had the third-worst bullpen ERA in baseball last year, shuttling through 31 different relievers, most in franchise history (in fairness, this is in part from using the opener). They are looking to provide more stability in the late innings this year, with the addition of veteran relievers t...2024
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"com/Ph1ecjl80n— Bally Sports Kansas City (@BallySportsKC) April 20, 2024 Nick Anderson and Matt Sauer each worked a scoreless inning to preserve the win."

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"Taylor Clarke, Carlos Hernández, Matt Sauer, Jake Brentz, and Will Klein get to battle for the last three spots in the bullpen along with whoever can’t make the rotation."

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"In recent years, the Yankees’ system has been so deep that they’ve been forced to leave plenty […] Rule 5 candidate Matt Sauer just gave Yankees 17 reasons to keep him - Yanks Go Yard - Yanks Go Yard - NY Yankees News, Rumors & Fan Community"

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"The Yankees’ agreement with second-rounder Matt Sauer, which we reported here yesterday, is for an over-slot bonus of $2."

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• Royals Return Rule 5 Pick Matt Sauer To Yankees
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• Royals select Sam Long, designate Matt Sauer for assignment
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• This game defies witty headlines, Royals lose 9-3

Cole Ragans #55 of the Kansas City Royals walks back to the mound after giving up a two-run home run to Gary Sánchez #99 of the Milwaukee Brewers in the fourth inning at Kauffman Stadium on May 06, 2024 in Kansas City, Missouri. | Photo by Ed Zurga/Getty Images Matt Quatraro made his worst choice of the season so far. I said before the game that I was excited to see what Cole Ragans could ...2024
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• The Royals have a hitting problem

Hunter Renfroe #16 of the Kansas City Royals in action against the New York Mets during the eighth inning at Citi Field on April 14, 2024 in New York City. The Mets won 2-1. | Photo by Adam Hunger/Getty Images The pitching scouting has resulted in a number of terrific wins over the past couple of years, but the offense still lags behind. Before last night’s game, the Royals were 19-13, sec...2024
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• Nitpicking the Royals
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• 2024 Royals season preview: It’s time to win
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• The narrow path to 90 wins
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• Cole Ragans, big sixth-inning give Royals 6-2 win over A’s

Photo by Ed Zurga/Getty Images The Royals win the series opener against the A’s. Cole Ragans tossed six shutout innings and Royals hitters enjoyed a five-run sixth inning in a 6-2 win over the A’s in the series opener on Friday night. The Royals struck in the first inning when Bobby Witt Jr. doubled and Salvador Perez hit a hot shot to third that would be an infield single, scoring Witt. ...2024
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• Royals Rumblings - News for March 28, 2024
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• The narrow path to 90 wins
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• Royals Rumblings - News for March 22, 2024
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• Cubs vs. Royals at Surprise preview, Tuesday 3/5, 7:05 CT

Photo by Norm Hall/Getty Images It’s the Cubs’ first spring night game of 2024. Earlier today, Sara Sanchez did a deep dive into Cody Bellinger’s numbers. Bellinger will return to the Cubs lineup tomorrow in Mesa: Manager Craig Counsell announced Monday that the 2019 NL MVP will step in as designated hitter on Wednesday when the Cubs host the Angels at Sloan Park in Mesa at 3:05 p.m. ET/2:...2024
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• Royals Roster prediction take two: missing in action

Where’s Hunter? A week of Spring Training games have been played and some things that haven’t happened may matter more than some things that have It’s been a whole week of Spring Training. By the time you’re reading this, it’s March and Opening Day happens later this month. I can almost smell the fresh cut grass and hear the pop of leather and the infielders whip the ball around following ...2024
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• Royals Rumblings - News for May 21, 2024
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• This game defies witty headlines, Royals lose 9-3
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• Royals Rumblings - News for March 22, 2024
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• Royals Rumblings - News for March 21, 2024

Photo by Steph Chambers/Getty Images One week until Opening Day! Several spots on the roster remain up for grabs with a week left of Spring Training: The locks right now include Will Smith, Nick Anderson, John Schreiber, Chris Stratton and James McArthur. It seems likely that Angel Zerpa is going to make the team, giving the Royals a durable multi-inning reliever. One bullpen spot should ...2024
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• Royals Rumblings - News for March 1, 2024

I got 5 images when I put in “Probably Sucking”, my new motto for the 2024 Royals. This is my favorite image | Photo by CHOO YOUN-KONG/AFP via Getty Images I hope everyone survived Leap Day If you didn’t see yesterday, a former Royal passed away: Hector Ortiz, who spent the past 18 years as a manager and coach in the Texas Rangers organization, has died after a long cancer battle.https:...2024
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• Royals Rumblings - News for January 24, 2024

Welcome to another Wednesday Anne Rogers answered questions about Maikel Garcia, including whether the Royals could make an upgrade at third base: Garcia plays great defense and he fits the Royals’ offensive style. But he doesn’t profile as a true third baseman from a power perspective. In fact, there was a lot to be desired from him in that department; despite hitting the ball hard, Garcia doesn...2024
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• Royals come up clutch with two outs, Marsh sharp in 9-4 win over Orioles

Photo by Kyle Rivas/Getty Images The Royals have won nine straight at home. Alec Marsh tossed 5 2⁄3 innings of scoreless baseball and the offense erupted for eight runs in the sixth and seventh innings as the Royals defeated the Orioles 9-4 on Friday evening. The Royals scored all nine runs with two outs in the inning. Marsh hit Gunnar Henderson to begin the game, then gave up a single to...2024
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• Royals refuse to surrender, still lose 9-7
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• Spencer shelled, Seth stymies ‘Stros, series secured 11-2

William Purnell-USA TODAY Sports A complete victory to win the series. The Kansas City Royals took a big lead early on over the Houston Astros tonight and did not let up as they secured a series victory with an 11-2 win. I was unable to watch most of this game as I was recording a podcast on my primary computer and my backup computer was being absurdly slow, but I tried my best to follow a...2024
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• Royals destroy Twins 11-0 for first win of the year

Photo by Ed Zurga/Getty Images The offense has risen! The Royals jumped on the Twins with nine runs in the first two frames on their way to an 11-0 laugher for their first win of the year. The Royals rapped out 14 hits and Bobby Witt Jr. fell just a double short of hitting for the cycle, while Brady Singer was excellent over seven shutout innings. The Royals jumped on Twins starter Bailey ...2024
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• Royals win slugfest 11-7

Bobby Witt Jr. #7 of the Kansas City Royals is doused with water by MJ Melendez #1 of the Kansas City Royals after a 13-3 win over the Houston Astros at Kauffman Stadium on April 11, 2024 in Kansas City, Missouri. | Photo by Ed Zurga/Getty Images Bobby Witt Jr. won’t stop scoring runs Despite the lopsided score, this game had a lot of ups and downs in it. Things started off well for Kansas...2024
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• Historic 11-hit, nine-run first inning sweeps the Royals past Houston in a 13-3 win

Photo by Ed Zurga/Getty Images Kansas City sweeps the bad guys and wins every game of the home stand I watched a 2003 Royals team led by Darrell May and Angel Berroa open its season with nine straight wins. I watched a 2013 team that had never won 15 of 20 games in the Dayton Moore era win 15 of 17. I watched a 29-32 Royals team that was dead to rights win 10 straight games and eventually ...2024
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• The Royals are following through

Seth Lugo #67 of the San Diego Padres pitches during the first inning of a game against the Colorado Rockies at PETCO Park on September 20, 2023 in San Diego, California. | Photo by Sean M. Haffey/Getty Images This is already the most exciting off-season the Royals have had since 2015, and they may not be done. I’m a bit leery of writing this. Last week I complained the Royals had done not...2023
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• Names to watch for the Rule 5 Draft: 2024 Edition
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• The Kansas City Royals and bullpen usage
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• Royals Rumblings - News for May 21, 2024
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• Singer sharp, Royals offense pours it on to sweep A’s

Photo by Ed Zurga/Getty Images An 8-4 Royals victory gives them their third straight. The Royals put up four runs in the sixth, including three off a bases-loaded triple by Vinnie Pasquantino, and Brady Singer was sharp over six innings in an 8-4 win over the Athletics for the series sweep. Maikel Garcia jumped on the first pitch from A’s starter J.P. Sears and smacked it for a double. Bob...2024
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• This game defies witty headlines, Royals lose 9-3
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• Royals have a no-good, very-bad game, lose 15-4

Salvador Perez #13 of the Kansas City Royals throws to first base during the fifth inning against the Texas Rangers at Kauffman Stadium on May 4, 2024 in Kansas City, Missouri. | Photo by Jay Biggerstaff/Getty Images This was not a good night for Royals pitchers Well, the Royals couldn’t go the entire season without being blown out. It still only counts as one loss and they still have a ch...2024
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• Tigers repay big inning late, Royals lose 6-5

Kansas City Royals pitcher Chris Stratton (35) pitches in the eighth inning of an MLB game between the Toronto Blue Jays and Kansas City Royals on Apr 24, 2024 at Kauffman Stadium in Kansas City, MO. | Photo by Scott Winters/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images Kansas City was winning until a well-rested Chris Stratton came on to pitch. In today’s game thread, I alluded to the fact that Chris ...2024
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• Royals Rumblings - News for March 22, 2024
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• Royals Rumblings - News for December 11, 2023

Photo by Al Bello/Getty Images Here’s what Will Smith might look like in a Royals uniform. Anne Rogers covers the Will Smith signing for the Royals. The Royals view Smith as one option for the back end of the bullpen along with Nick Anderson, whom they acquired in a trade with the Braves last month. Younger right-handers James McArthur and Carlos Hernández also have potential to close game...2023
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