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• Game 55 Thread: Royals vs. Reds

Nick Loftin #12 of the Kansas City Royals celebrates scoring the go-ahead run with teammates on an RBI double by teammate Maikel Garcia #11 against the Minnesota Twins in the tenth inning at Target Field on May 25, 2025 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The Royals defeated the Twins 2-1 in ten innings. | Photo by David Berding/Getty Images A Memorial Day game The Cincinnati Reds are in town, whic...2025
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• Royals rally to avoid sweep in Twin Cities, win 2-1 in extras.

Matt Krohn-Imagn Images Finally, a win in the dreaded Twin Cities. The Kansas City Royals avoided a sweep in Minnesota, by rallying late to secure a 2-1 win in extra innings. In a stadium, where they had lost 21 of their last 25, it looked like another typical performance from the Royals in Minnesota, but they got enough hits late with runners in scoring position. Kris Bubic was fantasti...2025
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• Royals at Twins, Gamethread 54

Photo by Thearon W. Henderson/Getty Images Can we please win a game in Minnesota? The Kansas City Royals wrap up their brief six game road trip, in Minnesota this afternoon. After taking 2 of 3 in San Francisco, the Royals have been walked off the last two games in the Twin Cities. The Royals 17 game winning streak when scoring 4 or more runs also came to an end yesterday as well, after t...2025
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• Weekend Rumblings - News for May 24, 2025

Jayne Kamin-Oncea-Imagn Images Nick Loftin gets his opportunity. The Royals parted ways with Hunter Renfroe on Friday, writes Anne Rogers “We have a ton of respect for Hunter and what he’s done in this game,” general manager J.J. Picollo said. “He was a key part of our team last year and part of that free-agent class that really changed the culture and allowed us to get on some winning w...2025
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• Royals DFA veteran OF Renfroe, call up IF Loftin
The Royals designated veteran right fielder Hunter Renfroe for assignment on Friday and recalled infielder Nick Loftin from Triple-A Omaha....2025
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• Royals designate Hunter Renfroe for assignment

Jay Biggerstaff-Imagn Images Another Hunter that didn’t work out. The Royals announced they have designated outfielder Hunter Renfroe for assignment and have called up infielder Nick Loftin from Triple-A Omaha. Renfroe was hitting just .182/.241/.242 with no home runs in 35 games and was worth -1.5 WAR, according to Baseball Reference. The Royals originally signed Renfroe to a two-year, $...2025
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• TWitM: River Bandits pitching continues to shine

Photo by David Durochik/Diamond Images via Getty Images Quad Cities has some pitching. 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 (10-15, 5 games back) It was a rough week for the Storm Cha...2025
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• TWitM: The Naturals toss a no-no

The Naturals and River Bandits are tossing up some goose eggs. 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 (10-9, 2 games back) The Storm Chasers took 3 of 5 from Norfolk, with the series finale can...2025
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• Royals set minor league rosters

Jayne Kamin-Oncea-Imagn Images Find where you can watch the Royals of the future! Royals minor league affiliates have set their rosters today, in anticipation of the beginning of their seasons. The Omaha Storm Chasers began last Friday and have dropped two of three to begin the season, but the other affiliates will begin play on Friday. Slugger Jac Caglianone, who wowed players and fans wi...2025
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• Five winners and six losers in the Royals’ 9-5 win over the Rangers

Vinnie Pasquantino #9 of the Kansas City Royals gets ready in the batters box | Photo by Norm Hall/Getty Images So much for that outfield help. For the first five innings, you could almost fool yourself into thinking this was a Major League Baseball game. Then guys like Jack Pineda, Carson Scott, and Diego Hernandez started getting into the game. The Royals won it, so I guess they own the ...2025
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• MLB The Show 25 review - It’s good!

Elly De La Cruz #44 of the Cincinnati Reds applies the late tag as Gunnar Henderson #2 of the Baltimore Orioles slides safely into third base | Photo by Rob Carr/Getty Images There are multiple fan-requested upgrades to drastically improve the experience in Sony San Diego studio’s annual release. Listen, I was always going to buy this game. I was always going to buy the Digital Deluxe vers...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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• Which Royals who won’t make the Opening Day roster will have the biggest impact?

Tyler Gentry #27 of the Kansas City Royals runs and scores during the ninth inning of a Spring training game against the Los Angeles Dodgers at Camelback Ranch on February 22, 2025 in Glendale, Arizona. | Photo by Jeremy Chen/Getty Images Somebody will make their mark While Opening Day lineup discussion is all well and fun, the reality is that there are players who won’t make the 2025 Open...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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• 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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• 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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"The Royals announced they have designated outfielder Hunter Renfroe for assignment and have called up infielder Nick Loftin from Triple-A Omaha."

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"Infielder Nick Loftin also has some experience at first base, and is hitting ."

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"Edward Olivares jumped on the first pitch for a double down the line, and Nick Loftin would drive home the fourth run on a sacrifice fly."

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"Sunday Notes: Royals Prospect Nick Loftin Finds Golf Challenging"

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"Nick Loftin and Baylor put together another solid campaign in 2019."

• Game 55 Thread: Royals vs. Reds
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• Weekend Rumblings - News for May 24, 2025
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• Royals designate Hunter Renfroe for assignment
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• Royals Designate Hunter Renfroe For Assignment
The Royals announced Friday that they’ve designated veteran outfielder Hunter Renfroe for assignment. Infielder Nick Loftin has been recalled from Triple-A Omaha in a corresponding move. Renfroe is being paid $7.5MM in the second season of a two-year, $13MM contract and will very likely be released in the coming days. Kansas City gave out a…...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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• TWitM: Sam Ruta is Army strong

Photo by Wesley Hitt/Minor League Baseball via Getty Images The undrafted free agent has impressed in his pro debut. 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 (19-24, 7 games back) The Sto...2025
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• Is Drew Waters a long-term solution or a mirage?

Photo by Mark Goldman/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images Drew Waters has come in and been reasonably productive in an outfield that desperately needed it. Can he continue being an answer for the Kansas City Royals? The defining story of the Royals season so far is the dearth of production from the lineup, and the outfield in particular. Luckily, the pitching has been good enough to keep that...2025
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• Nick Loftin should get another chance

Nick Loftin #12 of the Kansas City Royals runs during a spring training game against the Arizona Diamondbacks at Salt River Fields at Talking Stick on March 11, 2025 in Scottsdale, Arizona. | Photo by Jeff Dean/Getty Images Let him play! Over the weekend, Royals speedster and superutility man Tyler Tolbert went on bereavement leave. To take the open active roster spot, Kansas City recalled...2025
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• TWitM: The Naturals toss a no-no
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• TWitM: Jac gets ejected

Photo by Jensen Scalzo/Minor League Baseball Can you strike out after getting thrown out of a game? Jac can. 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 (16-21, 6 games back) The Storm Chase...2025
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• Hunter Renfroe is approaching the Dozier line

Gregory Fisher-Imagn Images Will the Royals move on from Hunter Renfroe soon? They did when Hunter Dozier was in a similar situation. The Kansas City Royals offense looked good yesterday against the Chicago White Sox, scoring 10 runs on 17 hits. Almost all of the starters reached base once, and 7 of the 9 hitters had a multi-hit game. The only player who did not manage to get a hit was ri...2025
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• Hunter Renfore is approaching the Dozier line

Gregory Fisher-Imagn Images Will the Royals move on from Hunter Renfroe soon? They did when Hunter Dozier was in a similar situation. The Kansas City Royals offense looked good yesterday against the Chicago White Sox, scoring 10 runs on 17 hits. Almost all of the starters reached base once, and 7 of the 9 hitters had a multi-hit game. The only player who did not manage to get a hit was ri...2025
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• 5 things that stick out over the Royals’ first 10 games of 2025

Hunter Renfroe #16 of the Kansas City Royals takes the field during the game between the Cleveland Guardians and the Kansas City Royals at Kauffman Stadium on Sunday, March 30, 2025 in Kansas City, Missouri. | Photo by Daniel Shirey/MLB Photos via Getty Images The bullpen? Nice. The outfield? Not exactly so. There’s a metaphorical magnifying glass hovering above the beginning of each MLB s...2025
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• Which Royals who won’t make the Opening Day roster will have the biggest impact?
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• Royals continue spring spiral, lose to Cubs 11-1

Please enjoy this photo of spring darling Cavan Biggio fielding a groundball instead of anything from tonight’s action | Photo by Norm Hall/Getty Images Ragans got hit around and the offense continued its recent silence Welp, that sure was another spring training game. Let’s hope that’s all it was. Cole Ragans got hit around pretty badly in 2.1 innings, giving up seven runs on seven hits, ...2025
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• An evening watching the Omaha Storm Chasers

Photo by Matt Sullivan/NASCAR via Getty Images Ridin’ the storm out Is there any better value in America right now than minor league baseball? I think not. The stadiums are comfortable and intimate. Parking is cheap and accessible. The food and drink prices are reasonable and the talent on the field, is by and large, very good. And the ticket prices are excellent, especially considering ho...2025
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• Spring Training finale gamethread

Mark Canha #21 of the Milwaukee Brewers bats | Photo by Dylan Buell/Getty Images The Royals will show off their new outfielder at the last possible moment. Well, it took the Royals until literally the last day of Spring Training, but they finally added some help to their outfield in the form of right-hander Mark Canha. Canha is 36 years old and if he finishes the season on the team, either...2025
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• Weekend Rumblings - News for February 22, 2025

Jayne Kamin-Oncea-Imagn Images How does one “Fountains Up”? Tyler Gentry had the biggest knock of the day for the Kansas City Royals, with his first home run of the spring plating three. Tyler Gentry drills the first homer of spring! pic.twitter.com/yNaeDloNJx— Kansas City Royals (@Royals) February 21, 2025 The second-most impactful hit came from Nick Loftin, with this two-RBI single...2025
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• Royals Rally to be held this Saturday

Photo by Kyle Rivas/Getty Images Rally for the Royals! Before the trucks Kauffman Stadium for the warm climate in Arizona, the Royals will host their third annual Royals Rally this Saturday, Febuary 1 from 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Fans can purchase general admission tickets for $25 that gives them access to one player autograph session per two-hour period and a roundtable discussion with play...2025
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• What Cam Devanney brings to the table for Kansas City Royals

Photo by Christian Petersen/Getty Images Could the career minor leaguer help out the big league team? With less than a month until the first spring training game, the clock is ticking for the Kansas City Royals to finalize their roster down in Surprise, Arizona. The current roster includes 63 players heading to big-league camp, with many of them well-known to fans. Bobby Witt Jr., Cole Rag...2025
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• If the Royals are done with big moves this offseason, it’ll be a letdown

Bobby Witt Jr. #7 of the Kansas City Royals looks on from the dugout prior to the game against the New York Yankees during Game Four of the Division Series at Kauffman Stadium on October 10, 2024 in Kansas City, Missouri. | Photo by Jamie Squire/Getty Images This team is in win now mode Mere weeks after the Kansas City Royals beat the Baltimore Orioles in the Wild Card Series and pushed th...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 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 designate Hunter Renfroe for assignment
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• Royals take advantage of Astros miscues for 7-5 win

Photo by Bob Levey/Getty Images The Royals score seven runs on just five hits. The Royals scored seven runs on just five hits and defeated the Houston Astros for the third time in four tries with a 7-5 win on Friday night. The Royals jumped on Framber Valdez with four runs in the first inning. Maikel Garcia struck out to start the game, but reached first on a passed ball. Bobby Witt Jr. wo...2023
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• Big first inning is all Royals need in 12-5 win over Yankees

Denny Medley-USA TODAY Sports Bobby Witt Jr. joins the 30/30 club. The Royals piled on nine runs in the first inning off Yankees lefty Carlos Rodón on their way to a 12-5 win over the Yankees on Friday evening. Rodón faced eight hitters and failed to retire any of them before exiting the game. Bobby Witt Jr. also hit his 30th home run, joining the 30/30 club. Rodón signed a $162 million d...2023
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• Vinnie Pasquantino has broken thumb, will miss 6-8 weeks

Thomas Shea-USA TODAY Sports The Royals will lose their RBI machine down the stretch. The Royals announced today that first baseman Vinnie Pasquantino has a broken thumb and will miss 6-8 weeks. He sustained the injury when a throw from Lucas Erceg led him into a collision with baserunner Yainer Diaz in last night’s game against the Astros. Pasquantino immediately fell to the ground in pai...2024
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• Vinnie homers, Lugo dominates, and the Royals beat the White Sox again 2-0

Vinnie Pasquantino #9 of the Kansas City Royals tosses his bat after hitting a home run in the fourth inning against the Chicago White Sox at Guaranteed Rate Field on April 15, 2024 in Chicago, Illinois. | Photo by Jamie Sabau/Getty Images Vinnie! Vinnie! Man, the Chicago White Sox are so bad. Oh, yes, the Kansas City Royals have been very good this year. I’m just glad that they probably w...2024
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• Royals offense comes in 13-2 blowout win over Red Sox

Photo by Kyle Rivas/Getty Images The Royals score a season-high 13 runs. The Royals offense awoke with a start, scoring a season high in runs in a 13-2 blowout over the Red Sox Friday evening. Salvador Perez smashed two home runs and Nick Loftin went 2-for-3 with a run scored and RBI in his MLB debut. James Paxton had started eight times previously against the Royals and had given up jus...2023
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• Royals sign Adam Frazier to one-year deal

Adam Frazier #12 of the Baltimore Orioles plays second base against the Boston Red Sox at Oriole Park at Camden Yards on September 29, 2023 in Baltimore, Maryland. | Photo by G Fiume/Getty Images The 32-year-old left-hander has primarily played second base but can play all over the outfield and infield The Royals have signed second-baseman Adam Frazier to a one-year deal, according to Jon ...2024
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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 rally to avoid sweep in Twin Cities, win 2-1 in extras.
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• Royals designate Hunter Renfroe for assignment
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• TWitM: River Bandits pitching continues to shine
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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?
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• Royals add a pair of bats just in time for the final postseason push; Pham and Grossman to join team tomorrow

Tommy Pham #29 of the St. Louis Cardinals reacts after striking out in the eighth inning at Busch Stadium on August 20, 2024 in St Louis, Missouri. | Photo by Dilip Vishwanat/Getty Images The Royals couldn’t replace Pasquantino with one bat, so they will try two. After Vinnie Pasquantino’s season-ending broken thumb Thursday night, speculation began running wild about how the team could re...2024
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• In Michael Massey, the Royals see shades of the past
Peter G. Aiken-USA TODAY Sports The struggling second baseman brings a sense of deja vu If you’re ever in the market for property in the greater New Orleans metro, you could probably do worse than the Talbot Realty Group. The commercial real estate agency has operated in the New Orleans metro since 1967. It also offers a subtle connection to the Kansas City Royals. A realtor on the Talbot ...2023
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• Get to know your 2023 Royals non-roster invitees to spring training
Nick Loftin pre-game taken on September 6, 2022 | Minda Haas Kuhlmann Could any of these players make the Opening Day roster? Spring training is nearly here with Royals pitchers and catchers scheduled to report tomorrow with their first full workout the next day, and the first full team workout next Monday. Some players are already in Arizona, with several World Baseball Classic participan...2023
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