Mike Moustakas rumors, news

Mike Moustakas news, rumors

  • The Moose is Loose - a Mike Moustakas retrospective
    • The Moose is Loose - a Mike Moustakas retrospective
    Mike Moustakas #8 of the Kansas City Royals hits against the Minnesota Twins the Minnesota Twins at Kauffman Stadium on July 22, 2018 in Kansas City, Missouri. | Photo by Ed Zurga/Getty Images What a wild career the infielder had Last week, former Royal Mike Moustakas announced his intent to sign a one-day contract with the Royals to officially retire with the team that had drafted him. Mo...2025
  • Team MVPs: 2015 Topps
    • Team MVPs: 2015 Topps
    I was surprised to see that I haven't written a post from this series in a year-and-a-half. That's long enough that I probably need to provide a refresher on the mission behind these posts. The goal is to find the best card per team for sets that I have completed. I've been running this series since 2010. And as I update the series, I go farther and farther back in time -- the ultimate goal, ...2025
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  • Friday Rockpile: Will the Rockies make a significant move again this March?
    • Friday Rockpile: Will the Rockies make a significant move again this March?
    Photo by AAron Ontiveroz/The Denver Post Colorado Rockies news and links for Friday, March 7, 2025 An interesting trend has emerged for the Colorado Rockies during the month of March over the last three years. Just days before Opening Day each season, the Rockies made at least one move that significantly impacted the roster. With the Rockies having completed 14 of their 35 spring training...2025
  • Royals Rumblings - News for March 6, 2025
    • Royals Rumblings - News for March 6, 2025
    Photo by Jamie Squire/Getty Images [Inset something witty here] Jaylon Thompson breaks down Kansas City’s bullpen options: Last season, Estévez pitched to a 2.45 ERA with 26 saves in 54 games for the Los Angeles Angels and Philadelphia Phillies. He bolsters a Royals bullpen that has undergone significant change over the past year. KC acquired right-handers Lucas Erceg and Hunter Harvey at ...2025
  • Outside The Confines: Is the ABS sticking around?
    • Outside The Confines: Is the ABS sticking around?
    Photo by Brandon Sloter/Getty Images Will we see an electronic strike zone this regular season? As we continue to see the ABS system get tested in Spring Training, and with it we have seen some pitchers share how unimpressed they are, while some batters have felt vindicated, and as a surprising side reveal, we’ve learned that a lot of players have been lying about their height. But one thi...2025
  • Royals Rumblings—News for March 5, 2025
    • Royals Rumblings—News for March 5, 2025
    Photo by Jeremy Chen/Getty Images Which will come first, the end of Kansas City’s winter or Opening Day? David Lesky at Inside the Crown stacks up the Kansas City Royals pitching room ahead of Opening Day. The change started at the end of June that year when the Royals acquired Cole Ragans, but to their credit, they didn’t stop. We know about them adding Seth Lugo and Michael Wacha, but th...2025

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Mike Moustakas injury and suspension

  • • Team MVPs: 2015 Topps
    2025
  • • Friday Rockpile: Will the Rockies make a significant move again this March?
    2025
  • • Outside The Confines: Is the ABS sticking around?
    2025
  • • Royals Rumblings—News for March 5, 2025
    2025
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  • Royals Rumblings - News for March 4, 2025
    • Royals Rumblings - News for March 4, 2025
    Photo by Ed Zurga/Getty Images The Moose returns! Jack Vita at MLB.com writes about Seth Lugo’s veteran presence. Now 35, Lugo is the elder statesman of the Royals’ pitching staff. A quieter personality, Lugo leads by example. “I’ve never really been too outgoing with words,” Lugo said. “But you go to work every day, you give it everything you have, you try to be on time, you be in the pl...2025
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  • Braves News: Sean Murphy Injury, Hector Neris, more
    • Braves News: Sean Murphy Injury, Hector Neris, more
    Photo by Brace Hemmelgarn/Minnesota Twins/Getty Images A not so fun Monday for the Braves Sean Murphy just cannot catch a break. In 2024, he went down with an injury in the first game of the season. Now, in 2025, he will miss the start of the season again as he out 4-6 weeks with a cracked rib. It is simply bad luck for Murphy, who many are hoping will have a bounce back season this year...2025
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  • Kansas City Royals: The state of the farm system
    • Kansas City Royals: The state of the farm system
    Photo by Zac BonDurant/MLB Photos via Getty Images We dive into the strengths and weaknesses of the Royals farm system Over the last few weeks, we have dove deep into the Kansas City Royals' top 15 prospects and honorable mentions who just missed the cut. Each one of the articles linked below includes an in-depth analysis of each player, including scouting grades and more. Honorable Ment...2025
  • Tuesday Rockpile; Is Nick Martini the Rockies’ Jake Cave 2.0?
    • Tuesday Rockpile; Is Nick Martini the Rockies’ Jake Cave 2.0?
    Joe Camporeale-Imagn Images Colorado Rockies news and links for Tuesday, January 21, 2025 Let’s start with a simple truth: There are no bad MiLB contracts. The organization does not invest in the player, and there’s a decent chance they will start in Triple-A as a kind of ‘break glass in case of emergency’ backup. Moreover, it’s not unusual for any MLB team to sign a number of players to ...2025
  • Why aren’t we talking about Alex Bregman (or at least Ha-Seong Kim)?
    • Why aren’t we talking about Alex Bregman (or at least Ha-Seong Kim)?
    Thomas Shea-Imagn Images The Brewers may have an opportunity We’re approaching late January, and the major league deals that the Brewers have handed out this offseason have gone to Elvin Rodríguez, who has made eight major league appearances (none of which were in 2024), and Grant Wolfram, who has never pitched in the majors. Willy Adames, the team’s star shortstop, left in free agency, an...2025
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  • Colorado Rockies prospect rankings, pre-season 2025: 2-3 ballot players
    • Colorado Rockies prospect rankings, pre-season 2025: 2-3 ballot players
    Photo by David J. Griffin/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images Here are players who received two or three votes After revealing the players who appeared on a single ballot yesterday, it’s time to talk about nine players who were voted onto two or three ballots by the Purple Row electorate in the pre-season 2025 Purple Row Prospects (PuRPs) voting. For each player, I’ll include a link to indivi...2025
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Mike Moustakas lifestyle

  • Royals trade partner history: The Angels
    • Royals trade partner history: The Angels
    Photo by David Berding/Getty Images Once rivals, the Royals have gotten the better end of the deals. This is a series that looks back at their trade history with each team in baseball. So far, we have looked back at trades with the Braves, Cubs, Diamondbacks, Orioles, and White Sox. Today we look at the history of deals with the California/Los Angeles/Anaheim. Total number of Royals/Angels...2024
    See also David Berding
  • • Gamethread: White Sox at Angels
    Today will he be Un Lance-ador Magniifico or an out of tune via-Lynn? | Justin Casterline/Getty Images Will Remillard provide the Remoulade? The White Sox this afternoon will be trying to remain undefeated for the second half of the season, after last night’s baseball-bashing display in game 82. They’ll also be hoping to leave the vicinity of The House the Mouse Built with a split of the ...2023
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  • • Relentless Royals Can't Wait to Swing—and They Rarely Miss
    2015
  • • Scott Miller's Starting 9 (+6): Who Has the Edge in Royals-Mets World Series?
    2015
    See also Scott Miller
  • • Royals Rout Sends 'Crazy' World Series Spinning into Game 7 Wednesday Night
    2014
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Timeline

  • 2025
    "The Royals announced that they will have a ceremony on May 31st to honor Mike Moustakas as he retires as a Royal."

  • 2024
    "The White Sox announced the signing of veteran infielder Mike Moustakas to a minor league deal."

  • 2023
    "The Rockies have agreed to a minor league deal with veteran infielder Mike Moustakas, MLB."

  • 2022
    "In a corresponding move, infielder Mike Moustakas was designated for assignment."

  • 2021
    "The Reds reinstated third baseman Mike Moustakas from the 60-day injured list this afternoon."

  • 2020
    "It’s easy to look at their winter and see a modest collection of stopgaps to stanch the roster bleed of departing vets like Yasmani Grandal and Mike Moustakas."

  • 2019
    "With Anthony Rendon on his way to the Halos and Mike Moustakas now entrenched in Cincinnati, teams seeking a significant third-base upgrade in free agency are likely focused in on Josh Donaldson."

  • 2018
    "The Yankees have kept an eye on free-agent third baseman Mike Moustakas, writes Jon Heyman of FanRag Sports, though he also cites people close to the team in characterizing an ultimate match between the two sides as a long shot."

  • 2017
    "Kansas City rolled into Fenway Park and knocked the Red Sox out of first place, riding a strong performance by Jason Vargas and a three-run homer by Mike Moustakas to a 4-2 victory in Friday night's opener of a three-game series."

  • 2016
    "Right-hander Chris Young, after two shaky starts, bounced back with six strong innings of two-run ball, and Mike Moustakas homered and doubled twice for the Royals in a 4-2 win over the Orioles on Friday night at Kauffman Stadium."

  • 2015
    "Moments later, Mike Moustakas singled the go-ahead run past the glove of a diving Murphy, sending the Royals to a 5-3 win and one victory from a World Series championship."

  • 2014
    "Mike Moustakas hit a home run in the fourth inning and had a perfect sacrifice bunt in the ninth as the Royals took a commanding 2-0 lead in the American League Championship Series."

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Mike Moustakas trade rumors, contract, salary rumors

  • • The Moose is Loose - a Mike Moustakas retrospective
    2025
  • • Friday Rockpile: Will the Rockies make a significant move again this March?
    2025
  • • Royals Rumblings - News for March 6, 2025
    2025
  • • Outside The Confines: Is the ABS sticking around?
    2025
  • • Royals Rumblings - News for March 4, 2025
    2025
    Continue with Seth Lugo contract
  • • Braves News: Sean Murphy Injury, Hector Neris, more
    2025
    Click for news about Sean Murphy salary rumors
  • • Moustakas will sign 1-day deal, retire as Royal
    Veteran infielder Mike Moustakas, 36, the No. 2 pick in the 2007 amateur draft, will sign a one-day contract so that he can retire with Kansas City after spending 13 years in the majors and winning the World Series with the Royals in 2015....2025
  • Mike Moustakas To Retire
    • Mike Moustakas To Retire
    The Royals announced that they will have a ceremony on May 31st to honor Mike Moustakas as he retires as a Royal. Presumably, he will sign a ceremonial one-day contract to retire with the club with whom he spent most of his career. Moustakas, now 36, was selected second overall in the 2007 draft. Taken…...2025
  • • Kansas City Royals: The state of the farm system
    2025
  • • Tuesday Rockpile; Is Nick Martini the Rockies’ Jake Cave 2.0?
    2025
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Mike Moustakas stats and results

  • • Kansas City Royals: The state of the farm system
    2025
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  • • Colorado Rockies prospect rankings, pre-season 2025: 2-3 ballot players
    2025
  • Tuesday Rockpile: Why did the Colorado Rockies sign Kyle Farmer?
    • Tuesday Rockpile: Why did the Colorado Rockies sign Kyle Farmer?
    Photo by Brace Hemmelgarn/Minnesota Twins/Getty Images Colorado Rockies news and links for Monday, November 25, 2024 Initially, last Friday unfolded about like we thought it would: The non-tender deadline had passed with the Colorado Rockies moving on from Cal Quantrill (no suprise) and Brendan Rodgers (kind of a surprise) while tendering a range of players who were expected to remain on t...2024
  • This is a big deal World Series
    • This is a big deal World Series
    Shohei Ohtani #17 of the Los Angeles Dodgers puts a hat on to celebrate advancing to the World Series after winning Game 6 of the NLCS | Photo by Daniel Shirey/MLB Photos via Getty Images This one comes with tons of history and star power. Much will be made of this World Series between two titans of baseball, the Yankees and Dodgers. A lot of the digital ink being spilled and to be spilled...2024
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  • 2024 Season in Review: MJ Melendez
    • 2024 Season in Review: MJ Melendez
    Brad Penner-Imagn Images Can the Royals outfielder ever break through in the majors? September 2023 was mired in loss for the Kansas City Royals. The team was well on its way to the worst season in club history. Among the losses, however, outfielder MJ Melendez was amid a quiet breakout, hitting .261/.409/.493 in the final month of the 106-loss season. Now, fast forward to a little more t...2024
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  • White Sox series preview: Welcome, old friends!
    • White Sox series preview: Welcome, old friends!
    Photo by Plumb Images/Leicester City FC via Getty Images The White Sox have become a stop for former Royals. The White Sox lost 101 games last year, an embarrassing culmination of the rebuild movement they embarked on several years go. The disappointing season cost general manager Rick Hahn his job, but rather than clean house, the White Sox promoted farm director Chris Getz to run the tea...2024
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  • 2024 Royals season preview: It’s time to win
    • 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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  • 2024 AL West preview: The tussle in Texas
    • 2024 AL West preview: The tussle in Texas
    Photo by Bailey Orr/Texas Rangers/Getty Images The defending champion Rangers and the relentless Astros dominate the division’s focus, but keep an eye on Seattle. The 2023 American League season came down to a Lone Star State Showdown in the Championship Series. Amazingly, the Houston Astros were back in the LCS for the seventh year in a row, one shy of the record held by the ‘90s Atlanta ...2024
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  • White Sox split squad goes 1-for-2 vs. California
    • White Sox split squad goes 1-for-2 vs. California
    Hero of the game: Dominic Fletcher | John E. Moore III/Getty Images You win some, you lose some The White Sox split their split-squad day on Friday, losing to the Angels, 2-0, and stomping the A’s, 8-2. The first game started at 3:05 p.m. CT against the Angels. If you happened to be in California or have MLBtv, you could catch the game. The second game against the Athletics was only avai...2024
  • State of the Position, 2024: General Manager
    • State of the Position, 2024: General Manager
    Photo by AAron Ontiveroz/The Denver Post In his third official year as GM, Schmidt is building from within as the rebuild begins When Jeff Bridich suddenly vacated the role of general manager at the beginning of the 2021 season, the Colorado Rockies chose to turn things over to Bill Schmidt, a scout who had been with the team since 1999. The man had run the team’s draft for many years and ...2024

Mike Moustakas parents, kids, wife / husband, girlfriend / boyfriend

  • • Royals Rumblings—News for March 5, 2025
    2025
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  • • Royals Rumblings - News for March 4, 2025
    2025
    Check it out Seth Lugo
  • • Why aren’t we talking about Alex Bregman (or at least Ha-Seong Kim)?
    2025
    Read about Alex Bregman
  • • Tuesday Rockpile: Why did the Colorado Rockies sign Kyle Farmer?
    2024
    Click for news about Colorado Rockies
  • • This is a big deal World Series
    2024
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  • The postseason shirts of 2014 and 2015
    • The postseason shirts of 2014 and 2015
    Bobby Witt is “October Ready” in 2024! | Photo by Todd Kirkland/Getty Images These might all be in my closet (Ed note: I’ve been wanting to do this story for a while and just got around to it in August. It was suppose to be used as a future Friday Rumblings topic. However, as the Royals drew closer to the playoffs and I hadn’t run it yet, I asked around if it would make a good stand alon...2024
    See more articles Bobby Witt
  • Relive the 2014 Royals season with a short film by Eric Hosmer’s media company
    • Relive the 2014 Royals season with a short film by Eric Hosmer’s media company
    Photo by Jeff Moffett/Icon Sportswire/Corbis/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images Has it already been ten years? Ten years have already passed since the Royals won the 2014 American League pennant, their first playoff appearances in 29 seasons. Members of that team reunited in Kansas City earlier this summer, captured in a short film by the Royals and MoonBall Media, a production company heade...2024
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  • Remembering the Life of Jerry Grote
    • Remembering the Life of Jerry Grote
    Photo by Jerry Grote/Newsday via Getty Images Once a Royal, always a Royal This story was originally published in January and is being republished with some updates in the wake of the death of Jerry Grote. In the classic movie Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, Butch tells Sundance that yes, he might be able to beat some guy in a gunfight, but maybe not since every year we get older, an...2024
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  • • 2024 AL West preview: The tussle in Texas
    2024
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  • • White Sox split squad goes 1-for-2 vs. California
    2024
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Top Mike Moustakas news

  • • Royals rally to cusp of World Series title
    Mets second baseman Daniel Murphy's eighth-inning fielding error on Saturday night allowed Ben Zobrist to scoot home with the tying run of Game 4. Moments later, Mike Moustakas singled the go-ahead run past the glove of a diving Murphy, sending the Royals to a 5-3 win and one victory from a World Series championship....2015
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  • • Mets down 3-1 in Series after KC escapes
    Mets second baseman Daniel Murphy's eighth-inning fielding error on Saturday night allowed Ben Zobrist to scoot home with the tying run of Game 4. Moments later, Mike Moustakas singled the go-ahead run past the glove of a diving Murphy, sending the Royals to a 5-3 win and one victory from a World Series championship....2015
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  • • Moustakas' HR sets tone as Royals clip O's
    2016
    See also Chris Young
  • • Royals 6, Orioles 4: Royals Edge Orioles in Game 2 of A.L.C.S.
    2014
  • • Moose, Royals bust loose in 4th, drop Seattle
    Mike Moustakas drilled a two-run homer as part of a seven-run fourth inning and left-hander Danny Duffy delivered 4 2/3 effective innings in his first start back from injury as the Royals handled the Mariners 8-2 on Wednesday night at Safeco Field....2015
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  • • Porcello, Red Sox can't overcome KC homers
    There is no stopping the blistering-hot Royals these days. Kansas City rolled into Fenway Park and knocked the Red Sox out of first place, riding a strong performance by Jason Vargas and a three-run homer by Mike Moustakas to a 4-2 victory in Friday night's opener of a three-game series....2017
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  • • Ventura leads Royals for series win over O's
    Right-hander Yordano Ventura threw six scoreless innings and struck out a career-high 11 batters while red-hot Mike Moustakas had three hits and two RBIs as the Royals topped the Baltimore Orioles, 5-3, on Thursday afternoon at Kauffman Stadium....2015
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  • • Show Me the Final Vote: Moose, Martinez win
    Royals third baseman Mike Moustakas and Cardinals right-hander Carlos Martinez will be first-time All-Stars via the record-smashing 2015 Esurance All-Star Game Final Vote....2015

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Mike Moustakas fantasy rankings and news

  • • Royals Rumblings—News for March 5, 2025
    2025
    Visit the page David Lesky
  • • Royals Still Have All the Ingredients of Their Championship Formula in 2016
    2016
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  • • Scott Miller's Starting 9: Yankees Try Building Without Opening Their Checkbook
    2016
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Mike Moustakas schedule, game

  • • The Moose is Loose - a Mike Moustakas retrospective
    2025
    Check it out Kansas City Royals
  • • Friday Rockpile: Will the Rockies make a significant move again this March?
    2025
    Check it out Colorado Rockies
  • • Royals Rumblings - News for March 6, 2025
    2025
    Check it out Jamie Squire
  • • Outside The Confines: Is the ABS sticking around?
    2025
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  • • Royals Rumblings—News for March 5, 2025
    2025
    See more David Lesky
  • • Braves News: Sean Murphy Injury, Hector Neris, more
    2025
    Visit the page Sean Murphy
  • • Kansas City Royals: The state of the farm system
    2025
  • • Tuesday Rockpile; Is Nick Martini the Rockies’ Jake Cave 2.0?
    2025
    Continue with Nick Martini
  • • Why aren’t we talking about Alex Bregman (or at least Ha-Seong Kim)?
    2025
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  • • Colorado Rockies prospect rankings, pre-season 2025: 2-3 ballot players
    2025
    Read about Colorado Rockies

Mike Moustakas rumors, scandals

  • • 2024 AL West preview: The tussle in Texas
    2024
  • Braves News: Charlie Culberson released, 2024 season preview, and more
    • Braves News: Charlie Culberson released, 2024 season preview, and more
    Photo by Kevin D. Liles/Atlanta Braves/Getty Images Atlanta Braves news and notes from Friday. The Atlanta Braves have made another move as Opening Day quickly approaches. Fan favorite utilityman Charlie Culberson was released by the club on Friday. The #Braves have released Charlie Culberson. The soon-to-be 35 y/o former utilityman came to Spring Training attempting to become a pitche...2024
  • • Royals trade partner history: The Angels
    2024
    Click for news about David Berding rumors
  • • Another embarrassing Bummer
    Go home, Bummer. | Michael Reaves/Getty Images Stellar White Sox pitching by Cease is punished by nonexistent offense and the mother of all Bummers Happy Monday, White Sox fans, and Happy Wasted Dylan Cease Day. Chances are that you drifted off to dreamland shortly after the seemingly random 8:38 p.m. CST start, in which case I’m here to help you fill in those sleepy gaps. I hope you had ...2023
  • • Monday Rockpile: The at-bat that defines the Rockies’ 2023 season (plus Pebble Report)
    Photo by Dustin Bradford/Getty Images Colorado Rockies news and links for Monday, April 24, 2023 Ryan Feltner delivered a terrific performance on Thursday, tossing 5 ⅔ shutout innings against the Philadelphia Phillies to snap the Colorado Rockies’ eight-game losing streak. The club quickly fell into old habits, however, and dropped the rest of the series to start a new three-game skid bef...2023
  • • MLB rumors: Angels in the mix for free agent Mike Moustakas; Yankees, Luis Severino avoid arbitration
    Here's the latest MLB gossip as spring training gets underway...2019
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  • • Report: ‘No indication’ Royals are trying to re-sign Moustakas
    With Eric Hosmer headed to the San Diego Padres, there has been some speculation that the Kansas City Royals could try to bring back third baseman Mike Moustakas instead.However, there is no real indication that’s going to happen, according to ESPN’s Buster Olney, who reported Sunday that the Royals have yet to make any real effort to retain Moustakas. With few contenders in need of a third basema...2018
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  • • Cafardo’s Latest: Valencia, Royals, Liriano, Melancon, Santana
    Here’s the latest hot stove buzz from Nick Cafardo of the Boston Globe… The Royals and Indians are among the teams looking at Athletics third baseman Danny Valencia.  Kansas City has a void at third base with Mike Moustakas out for the season, and Valencia is a known quantity, having played for the team in…...2016
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  • • Scott Miller's Starting 9: Yankees Try Building Without Opening Their Checkbook
    2016
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  • • Royals' 1st AL Central Title Sees KC Enter Playoffs as Flawed Favorites
    2015
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