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• Carlos Hernández claimed off waivers, Royals roster comes into focus

Photo by Christian Petersen/Getty Images The Royals send Nick Pratto and Nelson Velázquez to Omaha The Royals announced today that pitcher Carlos Hernández has been claimed off waivers from the Philadelphia Phillies and that first baseman Nick Pratto and outfielder Nelson Velázquez have cleared waivers and have been outrighted to Triple-A Omaha. The Royals also released veteran catcher Lu...2025
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• Spring training battles: The bench

Photo by Brandon Sloter/Getty Images Who will be seated next to Matt Quatraro? With just over a week to before the Royals open the season against the Cleveland Guardians, the regular season roster is beginning to take shape. The Royals have assigned a number of promising prospects to minor league camp including pitcher Noah Cameron, outfielders John Rave and Tyler Gentry, and the impressiv...2025
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• Seven winners and four losers from the Royals’ 10-2 Spring Training win over the Rockies

Hunter Renfroe #16 of the Kansas City Royals gets ready in the batters box | Photo by Norm Hall/Getty Images The Jac Wagon keeps growing! The Royals won the game 10-2, but let’s not pretend this bore much resemblance to big league baseball. Starting pitchers Cole Ragans and Kyle Freeland were each relieved mid-inning twice, only to return at the top of the next inning, thanks to a Spring T...2025
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• Royals Rumblings - News for March 14, 2025

Did you think you’d see Daniel Mengden today? | Photo by Quinn Harris/Getty Images Asia baseball previews begin today with the CPBL At Royals.com, Anne Rogers writes about how Hunter Renfroe is, say it with me everyone, in the best shape of his life! Renfroe came into camp this year leaner, thanks to offseason training that included going to a physical therapist and focusing on his diet a...2025
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• The Royals played baseball and a bad thing happened

Photo by David Durochik/Diamond Images via Getty Images All eyes on Bobby. So if you’re here, you’re probably aware that Bobby Witt Jr. exited today’s game in the fifth inning after being hit in the wrist by a pitch. No news as of right now how bad the injury is, but if he’s forced to miss significant time that would a devastating blow for what is already a shallow lineup. That shallow lin...2025
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• Spring Training Game Nineteen: Kansas City Royals at Seattle Mariners

Photo by Jeff Dean/Getty Images We’re a bit more than halfway through Spring Training. For the second Wednesday in a row, the Kansas City Royals will do battle with the Seattle Mariners in an exhibition that will live in the hearts and minds of the people of Grass Creek. The Royals prevailed in the first round and will look to do the same this afternoon in Peoria. Ross Stripling will be Ka...2025
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• Cub Tracks doctors it up

Photo by Chris Coduto/Getty Images #Cubs, #MLB, and #MiLB news, notes, and commentary, four days a week, rain or shine. The Cubs took their second in a row from the mighty Dodgers and sit atop the anthill. WELCOME to today’s episode of Cub Tracks news and notes™, a greatest-hits collection of Chicago-style beat writers and bloggers, ground from #Cubs, #MiLB, and #MLB baseball, overheated, ...2025
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• Give us your Royals Opening Day roster predictions!

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

Bobby Witt Jr. #7 and Salvador Perez #13 of the Kansas City Royals celebrate | Photo by Greg Fiume/Getty Images Who will start the year on the 26-man roster? By the time you’re reading this, there is less than a fortnight before pitchers and catchers report to Surprise, Arizona to begin the Royals’ Spring Training. The Royals made a couple of really splashy moves at the beginning of the of...2025
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• Royals Rumblings - News for January 9, 2025

Photo by Luke Hales/Getty Images Captain Biceps is here. The Michael Lorenzen deal is official: “And I think that we’re going to win,” Lorenzen said. “Obviously, that’s another plus. I think they’re going to bring the best out of me, so I think it just makes sense in every direction.” “When I hung up the phone with Michael the other night, he said, ‘Let’s win the division.’” general manag...2025
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• You’re the Royals GM - what is your offseason plan?

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

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

Photo by Mark Goldman/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images Royals games were better this year. It was a remarkable season for the Royals with 30 more wins this year than in 2023, one of the biggest improvements ever. That gave Royals fans a lot more games to be excited about! Here are the best Royals games of the year. March 31 - Royals blow out the Twins The Twins were expected to be the clas...2024
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• Here are all the former Cubs still in the 2024 MLB postseason

Kyle Schwarber and Nick Castellanos | Photo by Matthew J. Lee/The Boston Globe via Getty Images There aren’t as many as in some past years. I’ve written similar articles to this one in the past and there has generally been a good selection of former Cubs to root for in the MLB postseason. Not this year. The eight clubs remaining as we head to the Division Series round have a total of only ...2024
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• Royals Rumblings - News for January 16, 2025

Photo by Ed Zurga/Getty Images Were you part of the Royals international amateur class? Cole Ragans joined MLB Network Radio to discuss his offseason throwing program: Baseball America has a scouting report on Kansas City’s international amateur class ($): Dominican shortstop Ramcell Medina, signing for $950,000, has been an up-arrow player. Early on, Medina looked like he might end up a...2025
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• Royals Rumblings - News for February 16, 2024

Ok, that’s pretty funny | Photo by Billie Weiss/Boston Red Sox/Getty Images There are baseball players doing real baseball things in Arizona and Florida! Baseball is back (!), which means Anne Rogers newsletter is back! She looks at three storylines for this spring: Vinnie Pasquantino’s return to the lineup It’s been eight months since Pasquantino appeared in the Royals’ lineup after rig...2024
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"Eovaldi plunked Michael Massey and walked Nelson Velázquez, and both runners came home on a Nick Loftin ground ball to make it 2-0 Royals."

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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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"Another really nice piece of hitting, going the other way, and it scored Bellinger and Nelson Velázquez, who had run for Mancini."

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"Patrick Wisdom was hit by a pitch leading off the inning and Nelson Velázquez singled, with both runners moving up on a throw to third base."

• Seven winners and four losers from the Royals’ 10-2 Spring Training win over the Rockies
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• Who’s trending up and who’s trending down in Royals spring training?

Photo by Brandon Sloter/Getty Images Plenty of guys are fighting for a roster spot on Opening Day, who has impressed and who has struggled? Opening Day is less than three weeks away for the Royals and their Spring Training roster is starting to thin out a bit. Some players were always going to start this year in the minor leagues, some were a lock for the big-league roster, and the remaini...2025
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• Royals Rumblings - News for February 28, 2025

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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• Give us your Royals Opening Day roster predictions!
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• Pre-preseason Royals roster predictions
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• Royals Rumblings - News for January 16, 2025
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• The best hitter at Kauffman Stadium the past five years is a free agent - should the Royals sign him?

Photo by Kyle Rivas/Getty Images Should the Royals pursue Joey Gallo? When I started exploring potential free agents the Kansas City Royals might target with less than a month until pitchers and catchers report, the usual suspects came to mind. Outfielder Anthony Santander seemed like a great fit, especially with reports suggesting he might settle for a short-term deal this offseason. Thir...2025
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• What did the Royals miss with Brent Rooker?

Photo by Joe Robbins/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images The former Royals outfielder has become one of the league’s top sluggers. At the 2022 trade deadline, the Royals were far out of contention. It was another rebuilding season as the team tried to build up a farm system decimated after their championship runs. The team would go on to 97 losses, so there was no point to keep veterans like ...2025
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• The best hitter at Kauffman Stadium the past five years is a free agent - should the Royals sign him?
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• The boys are playing some ball and could make some noise

Bobby Witt Jr. #7 of the Kansas City Royals rounds third base before scoring a run during the third inning of the game against the New York Yankees at Yankee Stadium on September 10, 2024 in New York City. | Photo by Dustin Satloff/Getty Images If you’re a Yankees fan, you’re probably pretty nervous about facing the Royals in the playoffs. There are 15 games left in the season and the Roya...2024
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• TWitM: Jac Caglianone heats up

Photo by Ed Zurga/Getty Images Plus Spencer Nivens hits more home runs in August than anyone in the minors. This Week in the Minors is our weekly look at notable performances from all over the system, from big-name prospects and less-heralded guys alike. The mission is to answer this simple question: “Who had a good week?” This Week in the Minors: Tuesday, August 27 to Sunday, September 1 ...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 3, White Sox 0: It was boring, until it wasn’t

Oops. | Kyle Rivas/Getty Images Another abysmal offensive day does not go the South Siders’ way If you couldn’t gather in the gamethread, the energy that I have for this team is in the basement. Which is why I spent the first six innings of today’s game both watching the game and playing a video game with a friend. I looked up after an hour and fifteen minutes to realize that six innings ...2024
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• BCB roundtable: 2024 Cubs season preview

Getty Images A discussion of the season to come from the BCB staff. BCB’s front-page writers have done several of these roundtable discussions previewing Cubs seasons and postseasons, so here we are again to kick off the 2024 season. Josh, Sara, Thomas, Duane and I had a lively online conversation Wednesday afternoon. The online chat has been lightly edited for clarity. Ashley was unable t...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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• Royals Rumblings - News for January 2, 2025

Photo by Michael Zagaris/Oakland Athletics/Getty Images The holiday season is officially over (unless you’re Catholic I guess). A bunch of Royals listcles from MLB dot com to start you off, first with one potential breakout prospect: Royals: Asbel Gonzalez, OF (No. 20) Scouts love their no-doubt center fielders, and Gonzalez has wowed plenty of Royals evaluators with his defense and speed...2025
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• 2024 Season in Review: The best Royals moments

Photo by Ed Zurga/Getty Images There were more good moments than in their 106-loss season! Royals fans had tempered expectations coming off a 106-loss season. But the team stunned the baseball world with a huge turnaround that gave fans thrilling moments all season. Here are the top moments from the 2024 season. April 11 - “The Boys Are Playing Some Ball” After coming off 106 losses, the R...2024
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• Royals Rumblings - News for February 16, 2024
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• Maikel García, Dairon Blanco, and other Royals star in winter leagues

Photo by Michael Zagaris/Oakland Athletics/Getty Images The games have continued overseas. Winter is not a time of year that Americans associate with baseball. Most of the country is hunkered down, watching football or basketball and waiting for the snow to melt and the weather to warm up so we can all get outside again. I’m doing the same. As I type this the temperature outside is in the ...2024
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• Royals trade partner history: The Cubs

Photo by Jon Durr/Getty Images Who have the Royals sent to the “friendly confines”? This is a series that looks back at their trade history with each team in baseball. The first entry was a look at trades between the Royals and Atlanta Braves. Today, we’ll look back at the history of trades between the Royals and the Chicago Cubs. Total number of Royals/Cubs trades: 19 The Cubs didn’t call...2024
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• Could the Royals be a landing spot for a free agent on a short deal?

Photo by Matt Dirksen/Getty Images What better way to get potential voters on your side? Spring training is just a few weeks ago, but many top free agents remain unsigned. The contracts signed after the start of January are typically far less than the amount observers expect, as players settle for less money in the hopes of getting into camp in time. This could provide terrific value for t...2024
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• Today in Cubs history: The Field of Dreams game

Photo by Michael Reaves/Getty Images A year ago today, the Cubs played in Iowa. EDITOR’S NOTE: This is the BCB recap of last year’s Field of Dreams game, which took place one year ago today, Thursday, August 11, 2022, with a few minor bits edited out. Drew Smyly threw really well in that game. Here’s hoping he can get back to that. DYERSVILLE, Iowa — The Cubs, of course, aren’t going to b...2023
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• Cubs 4, Marlins 2: Nick Madrigal saves the day
David Banks-USA TODAY Sports The infielder’s key two-run single gave the Cubs an eighth-inning lead. As most of you know, I have been critical of Nick Madrigal on this site in the past. So today I will give him major props for his game-winning single in the Cubs’ eighth-inning rally. Madrigal’s two-run single with one out in the eighth gave the Cubs the lead and Miguel Amaya followed with ...2023
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• Cubs 15, Reds 2: Zach McKinstry, David Bote and Franmil Reyes go deep in this laugher to end the year
David Kohl-USA TODAY Sports The Cubs had some fun and breezed to win No. 74. It seems like a very long time ago when the Cubs defeated the Brewers 5-4 at Wrigley Field in the 2022 season opener, but in reality, that was just short of six months ago, the length of a normal baseball season. Wednesday, on a lovely October afternoon that spilled into early evening in Cincinnati, the Cubs booke...2022
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• Cubs 5, Padres 2: Some home runs and, at last, the bullpen holds
Photo by Michael Reaves/Getty Images The Cubs smashed three long balls and won the series from San Diego. This time, Cubs relievers did their job. With four innings to cover for Hayden Wesneski after he departed following a decent five-inning outing, Michael Fulmer, Mark Leiter Jr., Keegan Thompson and Brad Boxberger threw four innings and allowed two hits and a run. Combined with a power ...2023
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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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• Cubs 7, Cardinals 1: The complaint department is closed
Photo by Michael Reaves/Getty Images The Cubs got solid pitching efforts and timely hitting and defeated their arch-rivals. One day after the Cubs put together one of their biggest stinkers of 2023 in the doubleheader Game 2 loss to the Cardinals, they posted one of their best efforts of the season against the NL Central leaders. They got a solid effort in a spot start by Luke Farrell, shu...2022
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• Cubs 6, Padres 0: The story of the man of Steele and his sidekicks Yan and Nico
Photo by Michael Reaves/Getty Images Strong pitching and timely hitting once again led the Cubs to victory. If Justin Steele keeps up this sort of pitching, there will be a case for him to be on the National League All-Star team. From BCB’s JohnW53: With his 5⅓ shutout innings, Justin Steele has allowed no more than two earned runs in 12 consecutive starts, going back to July 22 of last se...2023
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• The Cubs don’t have enough outfielders and have too many guys playing out of position
No. Edwin Rios is not really a first baseman | Photo by Dylan Buell/Getty Images Fix it, Jed. A misplay by Trey Mancini in right field Sunday cost the Cubs two runs. A similar misplay by Miles Mastrobuoni during the opening series against the Brewers also led to two runs, which was the difference in that game. Neither Mancini nor Mastrobuoni is really a right fielder. Mancini did play ther...2023
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• Cubs roster move: Christopher Morel recalled, Nelson Velázquez optioned
Mark J. Rebilas-USA TODAY Sports Welcome back to Chicago, Christopher. Christopher Morel has spent the first month of his season at Iowa demolishing Triple-A pitching: .330/.425/.730 (38-for-115) with nine doubles, two triples and 11 home runs. Today, the Cubs recalled Morel to the major league roster and, per Jesse Rogers, they are sending Nelson Velázquez back to Iowa: Yes, sending dow...2023
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• Carlos Hernández claimed off waivers, Royals roster comes into focus
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• Spring Training Game Nineteen: Kansas City Royals at Seattle Mariners
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• Royals pitchers shine in 5-2 win in spring training opener

Photo by Jamie Squire/Getty Images Royals pitchers didn’t walk a single hitter. Pitchers are often ahead of the hitters in spring training. That looked to be the case on Friday as Royals pitchers combined for no walks in a 5-2 win over the Rangers in the spring training opener. It is hard to say if performance in spring training means much, but it is better to perform well than not. Danie...2025
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• The Cubs used to be fun. What happened?
Christopher Morel celebrates a home run on May 23 | Chris Sweda/Chicago Tribune/Tribune News Service via Getty Images The team’s struggles continued as they were swept by the Angels The Cubs were swept by the Angels and every loss seemed utterly predictable and inevitable. There was the giving up a four-run lead loss as the bullpen imploded (yet again) on Tuesday, followed by the spectre o...2023
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