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• Royals Rumblings - News for April 12, 2025

Hunter Harvey heads to the IL. | Photo by Keith Gillett/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images Hunter Harvey hits the injured list. Happy Saturday folks. I think this may be my first time putting together a Rumblings...I honestly cannot remember if I did it during my previous stint as a writer here in the mid-2010s. I apologize if I forget something important or do something wrong. Vahe Gregoria...2025
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• Royals Rumblings - News for April 11, 2025

I’m pretty sure I used a Jonathan India picture last week, too | Photo by Scott Winters/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images Royals start a 10-game road trip today Anne Rogers was joined by Twins beat writer Matthew Leach. They wrote about old friends Cole Ragans and Twins pitcher Cole Sands: They pitched in the same high school starting rotation. They live down the street from each other. T...2025
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• Royals Rumblings - News for April 4, 2025

Currently, does Jonathan India have the best mane on the team? | Photo by Stacy Revere/Getty Images Time to get back to winning At The Star, Jaylon Thompson collected quotes from around the league concerning how teams feel about the Royals: “I think they understood the work that it took,” Los Angeles Angels manager Ron Washington said. “They are not going to let up on that side, with the ...2025
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• Royals Rumblings - News for March 28, 2025

It was a good start | Photo by Jamie Squire/Getty Images The quest for 161-1 begins tomorrow! Let’s be honest. You’re not here to read what I wrote today. You’re here to talk about the game yesterday. I’m not going to link to a bunch of different recaps posts. Matthew has got you covered with the RR recap. I won’t post too much more about that TOOTBLAN in the 8th (Pete Grathoff has me ...2025
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• Outside The Confines: The sights of Opening Day

Photo by Jeff Dean/Getty Images We missed you, baseball, welcome back! After a long, cold winter, an opening series on the other side of the world, and a ton of very intriguing free agency signings and trades, the 2025 baseball season is officially underway. There was plenty of action to keep an eye on for Opening Day, but as is usual with the start of the season, there was also a lot of ...2025
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• Royals Rumblings - News for March 25, 2025

Photo by Ed Zurga/Getty Images Bobby Baseball is the Major League Play Ball Ambassador! Anne Rogers writes more about Vinnie Pasquantino’s injury and a potential stint on the Injured List. “We haven’t talked about that, him and I, but I think he would understand the balance there,” manager Matt Quatraro said. “But that being said, it doesn’t mean he has to play all six games right out of ...2025
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• Royals Rumblings - News for March 21, 2025

Almost time to say farewell to Surprise | Photo by David Durochik/Diamond Images via Getty Images By next Friday’s Rumblings, we’ll have seen real baseball Bobby Baseball days away.— Kansas City Royals (@royals.com) 2025-03-20T16:30:15.121Z At the Star, Vahe Gregorian profiles Seth Lugo: For instance, an aunt likes to tell the story of taking him to a Texas Rangers game when he was 4...2025
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• Royals Rumblings - News for March 7, 2025

We don’t usually see Orioles in my neighborhood. Lots of blue jays, though. | Photo by Greg Fiume/Getty Images Today’s Rumblings is for the birds Yesterday, the Royals announced Workout Day at The K: As the Kansas City Royals prepare for the start of the 2025 season and Opening Day, we are giving all baseball fans the opportunity to watch the boys in blue warm up before the big day. On We...2025
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• Weekend Rumblings - News for November 1, 2024

Photo by Luke Hales/Getty Images Royals players hit free agency. Craig Brown looks at the new Royals free agents and whether they could return. Maybe if you squint, you can see a reunion with a couple of these guys. Michael Lorenzen could slot into the rotation. He will be 33 next year and pitched to a 1.57 ERA once joining the Royals. Beware the small sample though as that was just 28.2 ...2024
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• Royals Rumblings - News for November 1, 2024

Salvy! | Photo by Elsa/Getty Images Crashing from all the sugar last night? Per this completely unofficial website, it looks like 102 days until Pitchers and Catchers Report. It has the disclaimer of “Countdown is currently based on pitchers and catchers reporting on February 12, 2025”. That means roughly 3 months until we can start posting stories about who is in the best shape of their...2024
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• Royals Rumblings - News for October 1, 2024

Photo by Jess Rapfogel/Getty Images Today. Jaylon Thompson writes why the Royals are giving Cole Ragans the Game 1 start today. The organization trusts Ragans in the key role. And Ragans is prepared to take the baseball in perhaps the biggest game of the season. “It makes you feel good that they have that faith in you,” Ragans said. “It’s just, build off of it. They trust me, so it’s (pu...2024
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• Royals Rumblings - News for September 27, 2024

Winning more fun than losing, news at 11 | Geoff Burke-Imagn Images Hold onto your butts! Day games sometimes make for weird Rumblings. Many official outlets use the game thread to fill up their Royals quota for the day. Also, it’s harder to sift through Tweets for stories as there are a bunch of game thread-style Tweets. The last few weeks, I’ve been updating playoff odds here. However,...2024
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• Royals Rumblings - News for October 4, 2024

One more day of celebration before the ALDS | Tommy Gilligan-Imagn Images Let’s enjoy this ride one more day before the ALDS starts Make the playoffs and suddenly everyone wants to write about the Royals. Whereas normally, I’m looking for listicles and random tangential mentions of the team, I’m probably not going to be able to get to every single story posted yesterday. There’s just too...2024
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• Royals Rumblings - News for June 14, 2024

Yesterday was fun. Ok, the 8th inning wasn’t. But the rest of the game was. | Photo by David Eulitt/Getty Images Yesterday was a big win in a young(-ish) season already full of nice wins Roster move yesterday: Lynch down, Veneziano up We have made the following roster moves: pic.twitter.com/gjxt4TeqDP— Kansas City Royals (@Royals) June 13, 2024 As part of his series about Kansas Ci...2024
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• Royals Rumblings - News for April 23, 2024

Photo by Ed Zurga/Getty Images Salvy is playing some defense this year! Craig Brown was a bit worried about a long inning from Cole Ragans Saturday. I’m no sports scientist. In the discourse from earlier this month about the rash of elbow injuries among pitchers and talk about the impact of the pitch clock on those injuries, I found it interesting that there was discussion about load on t...2024
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• Royals Rumblings - News for December 22, 2023

Sorry, Santa. I hope you put coal in Noah Syndergaard’s stocking Only 4 shopping days left until CobraCy’s Christmas post will be late (please tell me he’s writing one) As talked about yesterday in other outlets, The Star’s Pete Grathoff explores the possibility of Royals games being on Amazon Prime in the future: According to the Wall Street Journal’s Lauren Thomas and Joe Flint, Amazon...2023
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• Royals Rumblings - News for November 3, 2023

I searched on “Kansas City Royals” and “Disney”. Why did I get Terry Pendleton? Pitchers and Catchers report in just over 3 months Max already covered that Salvy and Witt are Silver Slugger finalists. At the Star, Pete Grathoff compares them to the competition: Silver Slugger award winners will be revealed on the MLB Network on Thursday, Nov. 9 at 5 p.m. Max also covered all you need to kn...2023
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• Royals Rumblings - News for June 2, 2023
There are a ton of images in the archive when you search for “Kansas City Royals” and “Lost”. This one even has it twice. Sad trombone sound. | Photo by Jim Davis/The Boston Globe via Getty Images Royals looking to extend their unbeaten streak to 3 days! I haven’t been able to find the answer to this one. When was the last time the Royals had 2 off-days in a row in-season? Bonus points...2023
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• Royals Rumblings - News for February 24, 2023
This picture choice makes sense once you get to the OT section | Photo by Lachlan Cunningham/Getty Images (Spring Training) Baseball games start today! Kansas City takes on Texas in Surprise at 2:05pm Royals time today. The Royals get the Cactus League opener! The Spring Training opener, even! I don’t think this is something that’s officially noted, but I’m making this call for us. The...2023
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"com/PT8dDS0joX— Raising Royals (@KCRoyalsPD) January 30, 2025 At The Star, Pete Grathoff gives the details about the Royals paying for NLBM admission."

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"” According to the Kansas City Star’s Pete Grathoff and Joseph Hernandez, Lopez-Galvan was wearing a Butker jersey during the parade."

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"According to Pete Grathoff, their 18 scoreless innings to begin the season is the longest scoring drought in club history."

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"Via Pete Grathoff of the Kansas City Star, Jeff Chadiha recently explained on NFL Network that the [more]"

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"Via Pete Grathoff of the Kansas City Star, Rivers acknowledged one particular [more]"

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"“Yeah, I had a little ritual: Smoke two blunts before every game,” Smith said in a video, as transcribed by Pete Grathoff of the Kanas City Star."

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"Via Pete Grathoff of the Kansas City Star, Allen posted several tweets…"

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"The Kansas City Star’s Pete Grathoff assembled a collection of tweets from people purportedly staying at the same Providence, Rhode Island hotel that was housing Kansas City, in town ahead of Saturday’s playoff game at New England."

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" According to Pete Grathoff of the Kansas City Star, Moustakas is the sixth player over the last decade with at least nine RBI."

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"“It’s insane that four months ago I was sitting in a classroom,” Finnegan told Pete Grathoff of The Kansas City Star."

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• Royals Rumblings - News for January 31, 2025

Superb Owls indeed! | Photo by YASSER AL-ZAYYAT/AFP via Getty Images Superb Owls, one week early Like baseball and have musical talent? We are now accepting auditions for National Anthem and God Bless America performances for the 2025 season!— Kansas City Royals (@royals.com) 2025-01-30T18:00:51.567Z Raising Royals, the Royals player development account, put out two videos with highli...2025
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• Royals Rumblings - News for November 26, 2024

Photo by Ed Zurga/Getty Images What’s next for the Royals? Ben Clemens at Fangraphs reviews the Jonathan India-Brady Singer trade. Kansas City’s side isn’t quite so clear, because India makes the team’s DH and second base rotations tricky, but I still think it was worth it for a club that has great pitching but struggles to score runs. Like Cincinnati, the Royals are always going to be de...2024
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• Royals negotiating return to Diamond Sports

Photo by Joseph Weiser/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images Diamond emerges from bankruptcy with a re-brand. Royals fans may not be done with Bally Sports Kansas City quite yet. The name has changed - Bally Sports regional networks have re-branded as the FanDuel Sports Network - but the channel itself is still owned by Diamond Sports Group, which emerged from bankruptcy on Thursday. The group...2024
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• Royals Rumblings - News for September 20, 2024

DDJ modeling the number of games to go | Photo by Ron Vesely/MLB via Getty Images Nine huge games to go! Let’s look in on those playoff odds. Even though it may not seem like it, they’re still quite high as of 7pm last night: Baseball Prospectus: 86.5% to make playoffs, 0.0% to win division, 1.2% to win World Series Fangraphs: 90.0% to make playoffs, 0.1% to win division, 2.5% to win W...2024
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• Mike Moustakas Knocks in 9 RBI vs. Orioles: Stats, Highlights, Twitter Reaction
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• Kendrys Morales Has Gone from Castoff to Leading Man of Royals' Attack
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• Arrowheadlines: Chiefs are favorites to sign Mike Evans

Kim Klement-USA TODAY Sports Chiefs headlines for Thursday, February 22 The latest Chiefs favored to sign Mike Evans in free agency | Clutch Points Bet Online has Kansas City as the favorites to land Evans, assuming he doesn’t return to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers next season. The Chiefs are currently +200 to sign Evans. The New York Jets follow closely behind at +300, while the Chicago Bear...2024
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• Matt Quatraro finishes second in AL Manager of the Year vote

Photo by Jamie Squire/Getty Images Cleveland’s Stephen Vogt takes home the award. Royals manager Matt Quatraro finished second in voting for American League Manager of the Year, with Cleveland skipper Stephen Vogt taking home the award in his first season. Quatraro improved the Royals by 30 wins in his second year at the helm, winning 86 games and earning the first post-season appearance ...2024
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• Anemic Royals offense remains scoreless in 2-0 loss to Twins
Peter Aiken-USA TODAY Sports The Royals set a club record for offensive futility to begin the year. The Royals have played two games in the 2023 season and still have yet to score a run, as they dropped another 2-0 loss to the Twins on Saturday. According to Pete Grathoff, their 18 scoreless innings to begin the season is the longest scoring drought in club history. Building off research...2023
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• Cowboys news: Even with all the moves being made, team still has plenty of cap room to add more talent
Photo by Tom Pennington/Getty Images The latest news and notes surrounding the Dallas Cowboys. Cowboys cap update after Brandin Cooks restructure indicates more moves are coming - Jerry Trotta, The Landry Hat After restructuring Cooks contract, are more splashes in free agency incoming? Hours after the Cooks trade was made official, Dallas renegotiated the wideout’s contract, turning $8 m...2023
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• Philip Rivers left parting gift for one Kansas City heckler
Philip Rivers seemed to know there was a chance his Week 17 trip to Kansas City might be his last one as the Chargers quarterback. So he decided to leave a parting gift for a guy he got to know over the years. Via Pete Grathoff of the Kansas City Star, Rivers acknowledged one particular [more]...2020
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• Conspiracy theories abound as Chiefs hotel fire alarm goes off
Let the conspiracy theories begin after the fire alarm went off at the hotel the Kansas City Chiefs are staying at on Friday night. The Kansas City Star’s Pete Grathoff assembled a collection of tweets from people purportedly staying at the same Providence, Rhode Island hotel that was housing Kansas City, in town ahead of Saturday’s playoff game at New England. Apparently, the fire alarm went off....2016
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• Arrowheadlines: Travis Kelce not interested in a ‘vax war’ with Aaron Rodgers

Robert Deutsch-USA TODAY Sports Chiefs headlines for Saturday, October 7 The latest Travis Kelce ‘fully comfortable’ with Aaron Rodgers calling him ‘Mr. Pfizer’ | The Athletic Kanas City Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce isn’t bothered by New York Jets quarterback Aaron Rodgers calling him “Mr. Pfizer.” “I thought it was pretty good,” Kelce said when asked Friday what he thought of Rodgers’ c...2023
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• Royals Rumblings - News for September 6, 2024

I think we’re required by law to use a Mahomes and Witt picture today | Photo by Jason Hanna/Getty Images Six games left in The Gauntlet (TM) Manager Matt Quatraro missed some games earlier this week due his mother’s death. At the Star, Vahe Gregorian talked to the skipper about how her lessons influenced his managerial style: The last few days away from the team, he said, were “maddenin...2024
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• Royals Rumblings - News for August 23, 2024

Salvy and Shin-Soo Choo | Denny Medley-USA TODAY Sports I’m doing my part: Royals on a 7-week Thursday unbeaten streak! I was going to jump straight into the links but I think it’s time to stop and smell the context. The Royals are about to enter their 20-game gauntlet against some of the best teams in baseball: 3v PHI, 4@ CLE, 4@ HOU, 3v CLE, 3v MIN, and 3@ NYY. After that stretch, the r...2024
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Sure, it’s not a Royals highlight, but I liked the picture | David Reginek-USA TODAY Sports Anyone miss their 4000-word Fridays? At The Star, Jaylon Thompson sets the table for the playoff push over the next two months: The Royals have a chance to catch the Cleveland Guardians for first place in the AL Central but currently trail by six games. Later this month, the two teams will play a f...2024
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• Royals Rumblings - News for December 1, 2023

This is our second most recent picture in the archive for the “Kansas City Royals” | Evert Nelson/The Capital-Journal / USA TODAY NETWORK A surprisingly busy offseason link day and the first of our 3-part Asian Baseball Wrap Hey, some news news! The Royals hired Joe Dillon as an assistant hitting coach. Dillon, 48, spent the past two seasons as Washington’s Minor League hitting coordinator...2023
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• Royals Rumblings - News for April 28, 2023
I have no idea what is going on here. But somehow this image is in our archive I have a feeling today is going to be all NFL Draft talk. KC represented well last night The NFL Draft is sucking all the KC sports oxygen out of the room. See? I just used the word “sucking” and Kansas City sports in context and it wasn’t referring to the Royals 28th ranked offense or 27th ranked pitching. ...2023
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