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• Royals Designate Thomas Hatch For Assignment
The Royals activated recent trade acquisitions Bailey Falter and Ryan Bergert this morning, ahead of their afternoon matchup with the Blue Jays. To make room on the roster, Jonathan Bowlan was optioned to Triple-A, while Thomas Hatch was designated for assignment. In additional news, the team also announced that Michael Massey has been returned from…...2025
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• TWitM: Ben Kudrna strikes out a season-high

Photo by Braeden Botts/Minor League Baseball Plus Carter Jensen keeps the power surge going. 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?” Note: This installment covers all nine games since the All-Star break. Triple-A Om...2025
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• Royals Rumblings - News for July 18, 2025

I want a giant baseball card | Photo by Paras Griffin/Getty Images The Second Half Begins Tonight It’s a slooooooow news day. At The Star, Pete Grathoff notes that Royals streaming numbers are up: FanDuel Sports Kansas City said it had more than 115,000 unique streamers for Royals games this season. There has been a 54% year-over-year increase in unique streamers per game, and the number ...2025
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• The Adam Frazier trade makes sense but you do have to squint a little

Adam Frazier #26 and Hunter Renfroe #16 of the Kansas City Royals celebrate after the team wins against the Washington Nationals at Nationals Park on September 26, 2024 in Washington, DC. | Photo by Jess Rapfogel/Getty Images It’s not as bad as it may seem When news broke that the Kansas City Royals had traded infielder Cam Devanney to the Pittsburgh Pirates for veteran utilityman Adam Fra...2025
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• Michael Lorenzen hits the Injured List with an oblique injury

Rick Scuteri-Imagn Images The righty could miss some serious time. Today, the Royals added Michael Lorenzen to the Injured List with a left oblique injury. He missed his scheduled start on Saturday due to illness. If I had a nickel for every time a Royals pitcher couldn’t go because he was sick, and then he was added to the Injured List with a strained muscle before ever retaking the mound...2025
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• TWitM: All aboard the Carter Jensen train

Mark J. Rebilas-USA TODAY Sports Jensen stays hot in AAA with 4 more home runs 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 (4-8, 5 games back) The Storm Chasers struggled against t...2025
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• TWitM: Ben Kudrna strikes out a season-high
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• The Adam Frazier trade makes sense but you do have to squint a little
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• Michael Lorenzen hits the Injured List with an oblique injury
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• This Week in the Minors: The second half begins

Photo by David Durochik/Diamond Images via Getty Images Carter Jensen hits his first Triple-A home run. 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 (2-4, 3 games back) The Storm Chasers bega...2025
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• AL Week 14 Strategy-June 28, 2025
In The Field C Mitch Garver left Thursday's game early with a jaw injury. 3B Jose Ramirez left Thursday's game early after getting hit by a pitch from Kevin Gausman. X-rays came back negative on his right forearm. He was back in the lineup on Saturday. In the same game, 1B Vladimir Guerrero Jr. also left the game early after a hit-by-pitch on his right forearm. X-rays were negative for Guerrero ...2025
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• Royals Rumblings - News for June 25, 2025

Photo by Ed Zurga/Getty Images The losses in Kauffman Stadium continue to pile up. Craig Brown at Into the Fountains looks at some flyball issues, but has to make the case for Bobby Witt Jr. to receive your All-Star votes. Wilson leads all qualified shortstops with a .349 batting average. His .390 OBP is second only to J.P. Crawford (.406 OBP). His .493 slugging percentage is tied with Pe...2025
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• Royals Rumblings - News for June 24, 2025

Photo by Ed Zurga/Getty Images The losses in Kauffman Stadium continue to pile up. Craig Brown at Into the Fountains looks at some flyball issues, but has to make the case for Bobby Witt Jr. to receive your All-Star votes. Wilson leads all qualified shortstops with a .349 batting average. His .390 OBP is second only to J.P. Crawford (.406 OBP). His .493 slugging percentage is tied with Pe...2025
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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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• Weekend Rumblings - News for March 8, 2025

Photo by David Durochik/Diamond Images via Getty Images Do the Royals need more pitching? David Lesky looks at how the Royals might decide roster spots this spring. They don’t have a ton of competitions really. I think you can look at the roster and know that probably 20 of the 26 roster spots are decided. A few of those that aren’t are relievers, which matter but are a little different be...2025
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• Royals Rumblings - News for January 17, 2025

I couldn’t find any good “Uecker Royals” pictures, so how about Bob Uecker interviewing Hank Aaron? | Photo by 1975 Diamond Images via Getty Images We have reached the winter lull of the baseball season Oh, boy. We’ve really hit the winter doldrums. The last story from The Star was last week when Lorenzen signed. There hasn’t been a new story on the Royals site since Tuesday. Their last ...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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• Ragans rejects runs, relievers repel rallies, Royals romp 4-0
Photo by Ed Zurga/Getty Images Outstanding pitching offset many missed opportunities offensively Cole Ragans shoved and Kansas City rode early offense to a 4-0 win over the New York Mets this evening at Kauffman Stadium. Ragans got off to an inauspicious start, putting the first two batters of the game on base. However, he managed to bear down and retire the next three to snuff the threat....2023
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"The third base umpire calls Kansas City Royals left fielder Michael Massey (19) out for swinging on a ball pitched by Minnesota Twins starting pitcher Zebby Matthews (52, not shown) in the second inning at Target Field."

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"After a Nelson Velázquez single, Michael Massey singled off the lefty to drive home two more runs."

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"and Michael Massey each homered to lead the Royals to their seventh win in a row, a 7-5 victory over the Phillies Friday evening."

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"The Royals announced Wednesday that they’ve selected the contract of second baseman Michael Massey and recalled catcher Sebastian Rivero from Triple-A Omaha."

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• The Adam Frazier trade makes sense but you do have to squint a little
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• It’s time for Alec Zumwalt to go

Photo by Ric Tapia/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images The Royals offense is failing, and something needs to be done. The Royals have long been an offensively-challenged club, thanks in part to the stadium they play in. But they have taken their offensive ineptitude to new depths this year. They are dead last in baseball in runs scored per-game at 3.30. They have been shut out ten times this ...2025
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• If the Royals can’t develop hitters, how do we explain Maikel Garcia?

Maikel Garcia #11 of the Kansas City Royals bats during the fifth inning against the Athletics at Kauffman Stadium on June 14, 2025 in Kansas City, Missouri. | Photo by Jay Biggerstaff/Getty Images He’s been a revelation The most important thing an MLB organization can do is to develop homegrown talent. Younger players are less expensive, more durable, and have more trade value than older ...2025
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• Royals Rumblings - News for June 13, 2025

Mentioned in the first story | Photo by Scott Winters/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images That series was disheartening At The Star, Jaylon Thompson writes about the Royals bullpen and their Hello Kitty backpack: “It’s just fun and games, at the end of the day,” KC reliever Jonathan Bowlan said. “It’s usually to the youngest guy in the bullpen. I wore it last year and the year before a littl...2025
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• Royals Rumblings - News for June 11, 2025

Photo by Jamie Squire/Getty Images Welcome home, Jac Caglianone. ESPN’s Bradford Doolittle looks at what each MLB team “must do before the trade deadline”. The Kansas City Royals’ direction is no surprise What they need to do before the deadline: Add offense. Someday, Jac Caglianone will draw a big league walk, but it’s hard telling when that will be. Longtime Royals fans might be reminded...2025
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• It’s time for Alec Zumwalt to go
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• I talked to Royals coaching legend Rusty Kuntz about Jac Caglianone’s transition to the outfield

Jac Caglianone #14 of the Kansas City Royals fields his position in right field during an MLB game against the Chicago White Sox on June 07, 2025 at Rate Field in Chicago, Illinois. | Photo by Joe Robbins/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images Rusty Kuntz has been around the block. A full 70 years young, Kuntz played seven years in the big leagues in the 1980s before getting his first gig as a f...2025
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• Royals drop DH game one 6-5 in extra innings

Photo by Dilip Vishwanat/Getty Images Ouch... The Royals took on the Cardinals in game one of a double header in St Louis with hopes to come away with a series win after an impressive 10-7 win just two days prior. The offense appeared alive in St Louis and Jac Caglianone’s appearance seemed to spark something in Kansas City. The Royals looked good, taking an early 3-0 lead, but the Royals ...2025
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• Game Thread; Royals at Cardinals, Game #62

Photo by Ali Overstreet/MLB Photos via Getty Images Game one of the doubleheader! After some abysmal weather in the St. Louis area resulted in the cancellation of the game on Wednesday, the Royals will take on the Cardinals twice today in a traditional doubleheader. Kansas City is coming off one of the most impactful wins of the season on Tuesday, where they overcame a 7-2 deficit to come ...2025
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• Setting expectations for Jac Caglianone

Jayne Kamin-Oncea-Imagn Images The Royals need power, and Jac has that, but what else can he offer? Jac Caglianone has officially been added to the Royals’ MLB roster, and there is every reason to expect he will start, perhaps in right field, in Tuesday’s series opener in St. Louis. Reactions to this news have ranged from pure joy that the savior has arrived to sheer terror that the Royals...2025
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• Royals call up reliever Andrew Hoffmann

Jayne Kamin-Oncea-Imagn Images Evan Sisk is sent down. The Royals have selected the contract of right-handed reliever Andrew Hoffmann from Triple-A Omaha and optioned pitcher Evan Sisk to the minors. Hoffman had a 2.84 ERA with 37 strikeouts and 9 walks in 25 1⁄3 innings for Omaha. Hoffmann was originally a 12th-round pick out of the University of Illinois in 2021, two years after Michael ...2025
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• The Adam Frazier trade makes sense but you do have to squint a little
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• I talked to Royals coaching legend Rusty Kuntz about Jac Caglianone’s transition to the outfield
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• Royals Rumblings - News for June 13, 2025
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• Royals Rundown: Kansas City Royals Lose RISPy Business on the Southside

Was this weekend the new low point for the Kansas City Royals’ 2025 season? In this episode of Royals Rundown, hosts Jacob Milham and Jeremy “Hokius” Greco dissect the Kansas City Royals’ rollercoaster of a series against the Chicago White Sox. From frustrating offensive woes to inconsistent pitching, the duo gets honest about the team’s growing pains and what’s actually going wrong in key moments...2025
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• Setting expectations for Jac Caglianone
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• AL Week 10 Strategy-May 31, 2025
In The Field OF Evan Carter (quad) ran sprints on Wednesday and started a rehab assignment on Friday with Triple-A Round Rock. He has been out for two weeks with the injury. OF Alejandra Osuna and OF Sam Haggerty have been playing in the outfield in his absence. Carter hit .182 with 1 HR, 5 R, 3 RBI, and 3 SB in 37 PA before getting injured. 3B Yoan Moncada left Wednesday's game early with right...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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• Gamethread XLVII - Cardinals at Royals

Noah Cameron #65 of the Kansas City Royals smiles prior to making his MLB debut | Photo by Kevin Sabitus/Getty Images Noah Cameron makes his return to the rotation as the Royals put two Cy Young finalists on the IL. Well, things are looking pretty dire. The Royals got a truckload of bad news yesterday and today . First, it was announced that Seth Lugo would miss his next start (originally ...2025
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• Seven in a row! Royals top Phillies 7-5

Photo by Tim Nwachukwu/Getty Images Another Bobby blast puts him in the 20/30 club again. Bobby Witt Jr. and Michael Massey each homered to lead the Royals to their seventh win in a row, a 7-5 victory over the Phillies Friday evening. Bobby’s blast was his 20th of the year, making him the first player in MLB history to hit at least 20 home runs and steal at least 30 bases in each of his fi...2023
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• Royals pitchers issue zero walks in 2-0 win over Rockies
Photo by Jay Biggerstaff/Getty Images Maikel Garcia smacks the first home run of his MLB career. Royals pitchers did not issue a single walk in tossing nine shutout innings in a 2-0 win over the Rockies to salvage the series on Sunday. Brady Singer lasted 5 2⁄3 innings, allowing just five hits while striking out seven to even his record to 4-4. Singer cruised for most of his start, allowin...2023
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• Ragans rejects runs, relievers repel rallies, Royals romp 4-0
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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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• Waters, Massey and the Royals thump the Red Sox 9-3

Eric Canha-USA TODAY Sports Didn’t get Carapazza’d tonight! After having Monday night’s game decided by umpire Vic Carapazza, the Royals responded with a resounding 9-3 win on Tuesday night. The victory snapped a three-game skid. To halt their losing streak, Kansas City sent the red-hot Brady Singer to the bump. Going back to the beginning of the second half, the 27-year-old seemingly re...2023
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• Royals walk off Nationals, 3-2
Denny Medley-USA TODAY Sports Edward Olivares helped spark a comeback and almost set fire to the stadium. For six, long innings, it seemed like the Royals were sleep-walking through another loss on their way to another series sweep at the hands of an opponent. Daniel Lynch got his first start of 2023 today and he wasn’t awful, but he wasn’t perfect, either. He pitched 5.2 innings and struc...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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• Fantastic first inning fuels fire, foes finished 9-1
Photo by Scott Winters/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images Last night’s offensive struggles were quickly put in the past Kansas City’s offense roughed up Lance Lynn while the pitching shut down Chicago’s bats as the Royals cruised to a 9-1 victory over the White Sox. Brad Keller began his outing by walking Tim Anderson, who has a career 3.6% walk rate, and then walked Andrew Benintendi on fou...2023
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• These Royals are unlucky AND awful
William Purnell-USA TODAY Sports But that might be good news for Royals fans As has been noted multiple times by multiple people over the past week, the Royals have played exactly one team under .500 so far this season. That was the lone series they managed to win, defeating the San Francisco Giants two games to one. There has also been all kinds of talk about how several Royals batters ha...2023
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• Money’s Growin’ Like Grass With The Massey Appeal
From Trade Deadline insanity with Juan Soto to a new Royals' middle infielder. Is that a sad trombone playing Narco by Blasterjaxx, the come-out music for Edwin Diaz? Not cool! By the way, if you don't know Narco, you should. It's trumpetilicious. So, with Whit Merrifield shipped off, uh, shipped towards Toronto, not sure if he can get in there, Michael Massey (2-for-3) was called up, and could se...2022
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• Royals Designate Thomas Hatch For Assignment
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• TWitM: Ben Kudrna strikes out a season-high
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• The Adam Frazier trade makes sense but you do have to squint a little
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• Michael Lorenzen hits the Injured List with an oblique injury
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• This Week in the Minors: The second half begins
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• It’s time for Alec Zumwalt to go
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• If the Royals can’t develop hitters, how do we explain Maikel Garcia?
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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 March 26, 2025

Photo by Ron Jenkins/Getty Images One. More. Day. MLB.com’s Anne Rogers has some huge questions surrounding the Kansas City Royals’ “Great Unknown” in 2025. The Royals weren’t able to bring in the middle-of-the-order bat they wanted this offseason, so the pressure is on for MJ Melendez and Hunter Renfroe to improve from a year ago and provide a power threat in the fifth and sixth spots. C...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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• 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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• 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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• 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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