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• Royals Rumblings - News for December 17, 2024

Photo by Luke Hales/Getty Images Do you like expanded playoffs? Bill Mitchell at Baseball America had a chat about Royals prospects. [$] Who are your picks for under-the-radar prospects (outside the top 20), who could stand out in 2025? Bill Mitchell For players who will likely rank in the latter part of the Top 30, 2024 4th round pick LP Langevin is very intriguing with a projected doubl...2024
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• Weekend Rumblings - News for December 7, 2024

Photo by Mary DeCicco/MLB Photos via Getty Images Is Maikel Garcia a trade candidate? Anne Rogers previews next week’s Winter Meetings. Potential Trade Candidates With Singer already gone, the Royals might be more reluctant to trade from their Major League team, but there are still names to discuss. Third baseman Maikel Garcia has popped up in conversations because of his ability to play s...2024
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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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• 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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• 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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• 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 August 27, 2024

David Richard-USA TODAY Sports Two wins are better than one! The Royals were in high spirits after a doubleheader sweep of first place Cleveland, writes Jaylon Thompson. “We all know what’s the goal,” Perez said. “You know, every time you play a really good team like Cleveland, and you get the first two on the first day, it’s pretty good.” Cole Ragans left the first game with a leg cramp, ...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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• Royals Rumblings - News for August 21, 2024

Photo by Ed Zurga/Getty Images The Royals are coming to a national TV audience. Cole Ragans wasn’t at his sharpest last night, writes Jaylon Thompson. “I had been going up and in all night,” Ragans said. “Threw it there the first time, fouled it off. Didn’t feel like he was on it and threw it there again. And, obviously, he was.” Logan O’Hoppe, Anthony Rendon and Kevin Pillar drove in tw...2024
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• Royals Rumblings - News for August 20, 2024

Photo by Ed Zurga/Getty Images Folks, we have a pennant race. Jaylon Thompson writes about Seth Lugo getting back on track last night. He said that fastball command was one of his key adjustments over the last few days. “I saw my fastballs were a little higher in the (strike) zone and trying to go down,” Lugo said. “The vert on my fastball wasn’t how I like it to be. So I think I fixed t...2024
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• Royals Rumblings - News for August 16, 2024 (CPBL)

You! Yeah, you in row 3! You should read today’s Rumblings | Brad Rempel-USA TODAY Sports Royals with a 6-week unbeaten streak on Thursday; Should push it to 7 next week! At The Star, Jaylon Thompson writes about how the Royals bullpen has 4 lefties: Across the majors, the Royals and Detroit Tigers are the only teams featuring four left-handed relievers on their respective active roster...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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"” 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 September 10, 2024

Photo by Gregory Fisher/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images Just keep showing up. New Royals outfielder Robbie Grossman had some words of wisdom for his new teammates, writes Pete Grathoff. The veterans also offered some advice to their new teammates, even though they joined the Royals during that ugly seven-game losing streak. “Just keep showing up. We’ve got a good team,” Grossman said of...2024
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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 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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• Weekend Rumblings - News for August 24, 2024

Photo by Ed Zurga/Getty Images Salvador Perez is a baseball treasure. David Lesky looks at the daunting schedule ahead for the Royals. So that’s it. That’s the next 20 days for the Kansas City Royals. They play five different teams in six series, and every single one of those teams is currently in a playoff position. The Royals are 15 games over .500 and hold a 3.5 game lead in the Wild Ca...2024
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• Royals Rumblings - News for August 23, 2024
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• Royals Rumblings - News for August 13, 2024

Photo by Rob Tringali/MLB Photos via Getty Images The playoff race is heating up. Pete Grathoff writes about how the Royals are scoreboard watching. “I’ve said multiple times, when we’re out here on the field, the scores are plastered all over the wall, so it’s hard to avoid them at times,” Quatraro said. “But I can’t speak for everybody, if they go in right away and look at what happene...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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• 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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• Rookie Brandon Finnegan Makes History with 1st NCAA, MLB World Series Double-Dip
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• Royals Rumblings - News for August 2, 2024

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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• Weekend Rumblings - News for January 20, 2024

Photo by David Berding/Getty Images Are the Royals plotting one more big move? The Royals and Chiefs respond to Jackson County Executive Frank White’s veto of the sales tax extension for the stadiums. In a letter sent late Friday to attorneys for the county legislature, obtained by The Star, the teams insist the “unresolved” issues on their projects are actually resolved. Or close to it. ...2024
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• Royals Rumblings - News for January 12, 2024

The caption says “George Brett - Kansas City Royals”. Is that a young-ish Brett pulling Santa’s beard like he was the little girl in Miracle on 34th Street? Anyone have a guess as to when it’s going to be above freezing again? Max already had the story yesterday about none of the Royals going to arbitration. Jaylon Thompson covered the news for the The Star: Singer will reportedly make $4....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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