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• Cole Ragans and the pitching staff dominates as Royals win 3-0 shutout over White Sox

Kansas City, Missouri, USA; Kansas City Royals pitcher Cole Ragans (55) throws in the first inning against the Chicago White Sox at Kauffman Stadium. | Peter Aiken-Imagn Images It was a great time. In their first game against the Chicago White Sox, the Kansas City Royals handed them their 25th loss in a 3-0 victory. The big story of the game was the return of Cole Ragans to the mound afte...2025
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• Game 36 Thread: White Sox vs. Royals

Kansas City Royals starting pitcher Cole Ragans (55) throws a pitch in the first inning against the Colorado Rockies at Kauffman Stadium. | Peter Aiken-Imagn Images Cole Ragans is back After missing one start due to a groin strain, Cole Ragans is back on the mound for the first game against the hapless Chicago White Sox, who are 10-24 and already 11.5 games back from first place. One would...2025
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• Royals add catcher Luke Maile as Salvador Perez deals with hip soreness

Peter Aiken-Imagn Images Maile is a nine-year MLB veteran. The Royals announced they have selected catcher Luke Maile from Triple-A Omaha and have optioned infielder Tyler Tolbert. To make room on the 40-man roster, pitcher Alec Mash has been transferred to the 60-day Injured List. The transaction was necessitated when Salvador Perez suffered a hip injury in Thursday’s game against the Ra...2025
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• Friday Rockpile: Despite Thursday’s HR, McMahon’s performance is unacceptable in heart of lineup

Peter Aiken-Imagn Images Colorado Rockies news and links for Friday, May 2, 2025 Just over a month into the season, things have been worse than imagined for the Colorado Rockies. Blame the youth, blame the injuries, blame the really good pitcher the Rockies seem to face daily, blame the veterans for not playing better, blame Bud Black, blame Bill Schmidt, or blame Dick Monfort. Maybe it’s ...2025
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• Thoughts on the Vikings UDFA Class

Matt Krohn-Imagn Images A few UDFAs could once again make the Vikings’ roster The Minnesota Vikings have been one of the better teams in recent years when it comes to adding future contributors from the ranks of UDFAs and as such it makes sense to take a closer look at the twenty players the Vikings added this year, as at least a few of them stand a decent chance to make the roster. Last ...2025
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• Colorado Rockies game no. 30 thread: Chris Sale vs. Chase Dollander

Peter Aiken-Imagn Images Rockies look to win finale of 0-5 home stand Seeing Chris Sale’s name on the lineup is worrisome for any team. The 8-time All-Star is one of the best in the game and not what a 4-25 team like the Rockies wants to see in their matchup today. After all, Sale went 18-3 with a 2.38 ERA in a Cy Young 2024 season when he also won the National League Comeback Player of t...2025
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• Friday Rockpile: Which Rockies should be the everyday players in the outfield?

Peter Aiken-Imagn Images Colorado Rockies news and links for Friday, April 25, 2025 Twenty-four games into a brutal start to the 2025 that’s shaping up to be the worst in franchise history by a mile with a 4-20 start, it seems like a good time to search for signs of hope. For my own sanity and to avoid another depressing diatribe, I thought I would look to see how the most unknown position...2025
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• Friday Rockpile: Which Rockies should be the everyday players in the outfield?

Peter Aiken-Imagn Images Colorado Rockies news and links for Friday, April 25, 2025 Twenty-four games into a brutal start to the 2025 that’s shaping up to be the worst in franchise history by a mile with a 4-20 start, it seems like a good time to search for signs of hope. For my own sanity and to avoid another depressing diatribe, I thought I would look to see how the most unknown position...2025
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• Unlucky 13: Rockies drop doubleheader, swept by Royals

Peter Aiken-Imagn Images The Rockies have now lost 13 in a row on the road Game 1: Royals 7, Rockies 4 The Rockies lost the first game of the doubleheader, dropping their 12th straight game on the road as the offense stalled and the starting pitching couldn’t find solid footing. Welcome Back, Brenton Doyle The Rockies have missed the presence of Brenton Doyle in the lineup. At the top of ...2025
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• Draft prospects I’d love to see the Rams land

Photo by Brooke Sutton/Getty Images These are the standouts that have caught my eye over the draft process and would be strong fits with Rams We are mere days away from the 2025 NFL Draft. These are my favorite prospects after months of review and anticipation, both from an overall perspective and in terms of fit for the Los Angeles Rams. Let’s take a look by position with a brief overview...2025
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• Colorado Rockies prospects: No. 26, Jackson Cox

Peter Aiken-Imagn Images Cox was the Rockies’ second-round pick in 2022, but had Tommy John surgery in 2023 and is still making his way back 26. Jackson Cox (103 points, 15 ballots) Cox was Colorado’s second-round pick in 2022, 50th overall, out of a rural high school in Washington state — the only high school player the Rockies drafted in that class. To get Cox out of his commitment to Or...2025
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• Projecting how Patrick Mahomes’ passing yards will be distributed in 2024

Photo by Scott Winters/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images How will Kansas City’s newest group of playmakers divide the team’s passing yards? 2024 will open a new era for the Kansas City Chiefs’ offense. With quarterback Patrick Mahomes as the starter, the team has been through two phases of playmakers surrounding tight end Travis Kelce: four seasons with star wide receiver Tyreek Hill, foll...2024
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• Cole Ragans and the pitching staff dominates as Royals win 3-0 shutout over White Sox
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• The Royals have been the Rockies before

Peter Aiken-Imagn Images It’s terrible as a baseball fan for it to be April and your team is already hopeless. It feels quite dramatic to say the season was on the brink for the Kansas City Royals before Tuesday’s game against the Colorado Rockies, but us fans were starting to get a little nervous. The Royals came into Tuesday’s game 9-14, fresh off an extremely disappointing road trip ag...2025
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• Weekend Rumblings - News for April 5, 2025

Peter Aiken-Imagn Images Is the offense turning things around? Jaylon Thompson writes about last night’s offensive explosion. KC finished with 11 hits. The increased scoring chances could bode well for the offense finding a rhythm moving forward. “I wasn’t concerned with the at-bats,” Royals manager Matt Quatraro said. “I mean, we are going to have stretches throughout the season where t...2025
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• Series Preview: Milwaukee Brewers vs. Kansas City Royals

Peter Aiken-USA TODAY Sports Brewers head to Milwaukee for home opener as they begin their second consecutive series against interleague opponents After a series to forget (no, seriously, we don’t talk about New York), the Milwaukee Brewers are headed to American Family Field for the first time in 2025, welcoming the Kansas City Royals for their second consecutive interleague series. A de...2025
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• Royals offseason rankings

A dynamite battery. | Peter Aiken-USA TODAY Sports With spring training around the corner, let’s check some vibes, both good and bad. They’re running it back. That’s my biggest takeaway from the Royals offseason. Moves were made, including trading a former first-round draft pick for a former Rookie-of-the-Year and adding another late-inning reliever, but nothing overly dramatic. No big sha...2025
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• A few odds and ends from covering the game on Monday

Kansas City, Missouri, USA; Kansas City Royals left fielder MJ Melendez (1) looks on during batting practice before a game against the Tampa Bay Rays at Kauffman Stadium. | Peter Aiken-Imagn Images Observations from your local Royals Review reporter On Monday, I packed my bag, went to the Royals’ credentials window by Gate D, picked up my lanyard and credentials, and walked into Kauffman S...2025
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• The Big 12 is messy and has women’s basketball’s most unpredictable conference tournament

Photo by Peter Aiken/Getty Images TCU is the favorite, but questions swirl about Sedona Prince. Meanwhile, Nicki Collen seems to have her best team at Baylor, while Kansas State continues on without Ayoka Lee. Determining the regular season champion of the Big 12 came down to the final day of the regular season in a winner-take-all game between TCU and Baylor. The Horned Frogs won 51-48, c...2025
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• Colorado Rockies prospects: No. 21, Dyan Jorge

Peter Aiken-Imagn Images The 21-year-old shortstop signed out of Cuba in 2022 21. Dyan Jorge (253 points, 25 ballots) Jorge, who signed in January 2022 out of Cuba as a 19-year-old, received a $2.8 million bonus from the Rockies — the largest such bonus they’ve ever handed out to a Latin American amateur free agent. The 6’3”, 170-pound 21-year-old shortstop is an athletic player with some ...2025
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• 2025 South Side Sox Top Prospect No. 60: Jackson Appel

Jackson Appel (right) is a backstop with pop at, and behind, the plate. | Peter Aiken/Getty Images Another quality backstop to add to what’s becoming a long list Jackson Appel Catcher6´0´´200 poundsAge: 23First Appearance on the South Side Sox Top 1002024 High Level Kannapolis (Low-A)Age relative to high level +1.5 yearsSSS rank among all catchers in the system 4 Overall 2024 MiLB stats 12...2025
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• Kauffman Stadium is great if you have young kids

Peter Aiken-Imagn Images If you want to take young children to a sporting event in Kansas City, The K is a friendly option My wife and I are both live events people; whether it’s sports, theater, music, anything that has talented people performing at the height of their skill. Just this week we went and saw Ben Folds perform with the Kansas City Symphony (great time), but that’s not a norm...2025
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• 2024 MLB Draft: Day 1 open thread

Christian Moore | Photo by Peter Aiken/Getty Images Who will the Cubs select in the first and second rounds of the MLB Draft? Tonight is the first round of the 2024 MLB Draft! The draft starts at 6 p.m. Central time and will take place as part of the All-Star Week festivities. The draft will be televised on both the MLB Network and ESPN, with a preview show on both networks starting at 5 p...2024
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• Brewers fall short in narrow loss to Royals

Brewers second baseman Brice Turang | Peter Aiken-USA TODAY Sports Brewers miss opportunities in close game Box Score The Milwaukee Brewers lost the rubber match against the Royals in a tight 4-2 loss. There were encouraging signs in the loss, but some self-inflicted mistakes left the team vulnerable. It was not quite a pitcher’s duel, but neither team’s offense was able to run away with...2024
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• Arrowheadlines: Reportedly, the NFL schedule will be released on May 15th

Photo by Peter Aiken/Getty Images Chiefs headlines for Wednesday, May 8 The latest 2024 NFL Schedule: Release Date, Team-by-Team Opponents and More | Bleacher Report It’s time for another round of Kansas City Chiefs against the rest of the league. The biggest storyline going into the 2024 NFL campaign is whether Patrick Mahomes’ squad can lift the Lombardi Trophy for the third consecutive...2024
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• Local product Phillip Brooks has sights set on special teams role with the Chiefs

Photo by Peter Aiken/Getty Images Undrafted free agent wideout from Kansas State University, Phillip Brooks, discusses the three-day rookie camp with the Chiefs. The Kansas City Chiefs recently concluded their three-day rookie minicamp, giving their newest additions a glimpse of what it will be like to practice at the NFL level. Among them was Kansas State wide receiver Phillip Brooks, a l...2024
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• Patrick Mahomes named to TIME’s 100 Most Influential People list for 2024

Peter Aiken-USA TODAY Sports It is the quarterback’s third appearance on the list. The Kansas City Chiefs’ championship seasons aren’t the only thing that went back to back. For the second straight year, quarterback Patrick Mahomes has been named to TIME’s Most Influential People list. Mahomes first cracked the list in 2020, returned to it in 2023 and now remains on it for 2024. It is the ...2024
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• Royals pick up first win in slugfest against the Blue Jays
Kansas City Royals first baseman Vinnie Pasquantino (9) reacts after hitting a double during the fourth inning against the Toronto Blue Jays at Kauffman Stadium. Mandatory Credit | Peter Aiken-USA TODAY Sports Extra base hits, stolen bases, oh my! On Monday night, the Royals finally got a notch in the win column via an excellent offense powered by four extra base hits—each by a different b...2023
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• Don’t trade Bobby Witt Jr.

Peter Aiken-USA TODAY Sports One transaction the Royals won’t make this year. On a Thursday in June 2004, the Kansas City Royals made perhaps one of their worst decisions so far this century. The team was 28-41 and 11.0 games back of the division-leading Minnesota Twins. The Royals would finish that season with an abysmal 58-104 record. That Thursday in June, they made a three-way trade wi...2023
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• Here’s what a Bobby Witt Jr. extension might look like

Bobby Witt Jr. #7 of the Kansas City Royals hits a two-run home run in sixth inning against the Chicago Cubs at Wrigley Field on August 18, 2023 in Chicago, Illinois. | Photo by Quinn Harris/Getty Images Witt is gonna make a ton of money. How much? Through June of this year, Bobby Witt Jr. had been a productive big league player but nothing like the generationally talented franchise corne...2023
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• Pasquantino, Pratto pilot pace of play party, potentates prevail 6-0
Peter Aiken-USA TODAY Sports Everything clicked for the Royals tonight In a ridiculously fast game at Kauffman Stadium, Vinnie Pasquantino and Nick Pratto each had three hits as the Royals shut out Baltimore in a 3-0 victory. This was the perfect storm for a rapid game: two starting pitchers that throw lots of strikes, two offenses that love to swing early in the count, and a pitch timer ...2023
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• Royals walk it off on a safety squeeze, win 4-3
Peter Aiken-USA TODAY Sports The most Royally way to win a game You know what they say. If you have Freddy Fermin, you’re never out of it. Well, I don’t know how many people actually say that, but it was true today. After over a month since their last series win, the Royals looked poised to finally get one, up 3-1 late. But after another blown save from Aroldis Chapman, Kansas City neede...2023
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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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• The Bobby Witt Jr. we were waiting for has probably arrived
Peter Aiken-USA TODAY Sports Bobby Witt Jr. is fixing things as he goes, and it is working. As a rookie, Bobby Witt showed that he had power. Since the year 2000 over five thousand rookies have debuted in the big leagues. He ranked 60th, top 1%, in extra base hits among those rookies as a 22 year-old by posting 57 in his first year. Unfortunately, his defense and lack of plate discipline m...2023
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• Salvador Perez’s 1st Inning homer powers Royals to a rain-shortened 2-1 win

Peter Aiken-USA TODAY Sports And Kyle Isbel’s freak play helped the Royals get past the finish line With rain in the forecast, the Royals’ window to get a win and leave Kansas City with a 3-1 series win over Toronto was small. Salvador Perez creaked it open before Kyle Isbel slammed it shut right as the rain came to end a five-inning 2-1 Royals win. Kansas City improves to 16-10 while the...2024
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• In latest ‘Reacts’ poll, Chiefs’ fans don’t want Bill Belichick in the AFC West

Photo by Peter Aiken/Getty Images Sign up here to join SB Nation NFL Reacts. Welcome to SB Nation Reacts, a survey of fans across the NFL. Each week, we send out questions to the most plugged-in Kansas City Chiefs fans. You can see all of the recent survey results here. And be sure to check out DraftKings Sportsbook, the official sportsbook partner of SB Nation. Chiefs’ fan confidence ...2024
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• Arrowheadlines: Travis Kelce’s dedication has ‘never been stronger’

Peter Aiken-USA TODAY Sports Chiefs headlines for Wednesday, January 3 The latest The People Who Brought You Travis Kelce | The New York Times Despite the growing pile of distractions, Mr. Kelce’s longtime trainer, Alex Skacel, said the star tight end’s dedication to football has never been stronger. Mr. Skacel likes to share the story of a visit to Paris Fashion Week a few years ago, whe...2024
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• White Sox 6, Royals 4: A win, you say?

Touki Toussaint delivered his first quality start for the White Sox. | Peter Aiken-USA TODAY Sports South Siders snap five-game skid on six strong innings from Touki Toussaint The White Sox mercifully ended their five-game losing streak with a solid win in Kansas City over the Royals that almost slipped away but, for the first time in what seems like ages, did not. It’ll bring them up to ...2023
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• Chiefs go EDGE in Mel Kiper’s new mock draft
Photo by Peter Aiken/Getty Images After going with an offensive tackle to Kansas City in February, the ESPN analyst goes a different way. ESPN analyst Mel Kiper released his latest mock draft on Tuesday. Kiper believes that four quarterbacks will be taken in the first five picks of April’s draft in Kansas City. He also thinks that before the Kansas City Chiefs are on the clock for the 31...2023
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