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• Royals Rumblings - News for March 11, 2025

Photo by David Durochik/Diamond Images via Getty Images The farm system shows improvement in rankings. Anne Rogers has her latest roster projection. If Bubic is in the rotation, it doesn’t mean that Lynch is automatically starting in Triple-A, because the club feels good about its depth there. Lynch embraced helping the Royals in a relief role at the end of last year, throwing 20 2/3 scor...2025
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• Royals Rumblings - News for March 10, 2025

Photo by Jeremy Chen/Getty Images Free Drew Waters! Jaylon Thompson writes about Kyle Wright’s efforts to get back on the mound. “Shoulders are a little tough,” Wright said. “This is kind of around, I think I’m at 16 months (post operation) here soon. That’s kind of, for this surgery, when you really start to feel like yourself again. From everything that I’ve heard, it can take up to 14 ...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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• Royals Rumblings - News for March 3, 2025

Photo by Chris Bernacchi/Diamond Images via Getty Images Jac Caglianone has big league power. Anne Rogers writes that Jonathan India is turning heads in camp. “Leadoff guy,” India said. “[I bring] a lot of fire and a lot of passion. A lot of energy. I’m an energy guy and hopefully they feed off that, because I’ll set the tempo for everyone.” India’s speed on the basepaths makes him the pe...2025
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• Royals Rumblings - News for February 26, 2025

Photo by Jeremy Chen/Getty Images The best slugger in Northwest Arkansas Naturals history is back in Kansas City. MLB.com’s Anne Rogers and David Adler look at some of the intense work from Kansas City Royals shortstop Bobby Witt Jr. this spring at getting better on the basepaths. They’re incorporating audio components along with the visual technology on when to react, as well as ways to o...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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• MJ Melendez is at the biggest turning point in his career

MJ Melendez #1 of the Kansas City Royals hits a two run home run against the New York Yankees during the fourth inning in Game One of the Division Series at Yankee Stadium on October 05, 2024 in New York City. | Photo by Luke Hales/Getty Images The clock is ticking From the moment a rookie steps onto a big league field for the first time, a clock starts ticking. That clock will eventually ...2025
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• Royals Rumblings - News for February 13, 2025

Photo by Joe Robbins/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images Did you report to Spring Training? ZiPS projected standings have the Royals finishing 82-80, third in the AL Central: I don’t want to harp too much on Kansas City’s offense, since I did that at length last week, but the fact is it’s a very Bobby Witt Jr.-reliant lineup with a ton of holes. This might be the best projected Royals pitchin...2025
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• Royals Rumblings - News for January 6, 2025

Photo by Jamie Squire/Getty Images Be safe out there! MLB.com lists one question each team must answer before spring training. Royals: Have they done enough to upgrade the lineup?The Royals were aggressive early on this offseason with their top priority of finding a leadoff hitter to help deepen the lineup and get someone on base for Bobby Witt Jr. Their answer is Jonathan India, whom the ...2025
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• Royals Rumblings - News for December 6, 2024

I’m pretty sure I’ve used this image before (probably multiple times) | Photo by John Sleezer/Kansas City Star/Tribune News Service via Getty Images Have the Royals signed Juan Soto yet? I know we’ve already talked about it, but at The Star, Jaylon Thompson wrote about the “golden at-bat” idea: “The player side of it is really difficult for the union,” Manfred said. “Obviously, you want co...2024
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• Royals Rumblings - News for November 27, 2024

Photo by Patrick Smith/Getty Images Royals players get their playoff share. Kevin O’Brien at Royals Reporter tries to figure out how Jonathan India affects the roster. Massey moving to left field would be a peculiar transition because it doesn’t seem to solve an immediate need for Kansas City. MJ Melendez is currently projected to be the Royals’ starting left fielder for 2025, but he’s a ...2024
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• Weekend Rumblings - News for November 16, 2024

Photo by Focus on Sport/Getty Images Royals legends get honored by the NLBM. David Lesky considers trading Freddy Fermin. It makes some sense because the Royals have Luca Tresh close to ready to be a backup catcher in the big leagues. Aside from him, they have Jensen working his way through the system and Mitchell not far behind him. There should theoretically be a market for a guy like F...2024
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• Royals Rumblings - News for November 12, 2024

Photo by Ed Zurga/Getty Images Will the Royals make a deal? Craig Brown reacts to rumors the Royals are willing to deal Alec Marsh or Kris Bubic for a bat. I’m also skeptical because I’m not sure either brings back the return that would be desired. Bubic, as noted above, seemed to break out before his injury but by the time he makes another start in the majors, it will be almost two years...2024
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• Royals Rumblings - News for February 26, 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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"Over at Farm to Fountains, Preston Farr wrote last October that MJ needed to heavily rework his swing to find success."

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"com/LMoFqfOWti— Preston Farr (@royalsminors) April 12, 2024 Outfielder Spencer Nivens exited Sunday’s game with an apparent hamstring injury after running down a fly ball in center field."

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"com/K32wdsQfnZ— Preston Farr (@royalsminors) June 1, 2023 Will Klein pitched four innings in two relief appearances this week, and struck out eight."

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• Royals Rumblings - News for February 14, 2025

John Sleezer/Kansas City Star/Tribune News Service via Getty Images Time to stretch! Jaylon Thompson reports on the pitchers and catchers in their first few days of camp. After helping the Royals return to the playoffs last season for the first time since 2015 — only to fall short in the American League Divisional Series against the New York Yankees — Perez wants to bring another champion...2025
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• Royals Rumblings - News for February 13, 2025

John Sleezer/Kansas City Star/Tribune News Service via Getty Images Time to stretch! Jaylon Thompson reports on the pitchers and catchers in their first few days of camp. After helping the Royals return to the playoffs last season for the first time since 2015 — only to fall short in the American League Divisional Series against the New York Yankees — Perez wants to bring another champion...2025
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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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• 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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• Kansas City Royals Top 15 Prospects: 6-10

We continue our dive into the Royals Top 15 Prospects with 6-10 We continue our rankings of the top prospects in the Royals’ farm system with #6-10. You can read previous rankings here: Honorable Mentions #11-15 The middle of the rankings features a number of Royals pitching prospects and a former first-round pick. Wolters was a curious case in 2024. Coming out of the draft, Wolters was heav...2025
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• Royals Rumblings - News for October 21, 2024

Photo by Ed Zurga/Getty Images The Royals have options. Kevin O’Brien at Royals Reporter looks at the contract options for Royals players. While Wacha will undoubtedly opt out of his deal, it will be interesting to see what approach the Royals take regarding a possible Wacha contract offer/extension. The Royals could offer Wacha a three-year deal, perhaps around the $60 million market val...2024
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• Royals Rumblings - News for October 18, 2024

Photo by Scott Winters/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images What’s the top off-season priority for the Royals? David Lesky writes about off-season priorities for the Royals. JJ Picollo and Matt Quatraro spoke on Monday in their season-ending press conference. A year ago, they did the same thing and told us that they were going after two starting pitchers, some veteran bullpen help and a corne...2024
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• TWitM: The pitchers shine, Omaha’s offense stays hot

Photo by Adam Glanzman/MLB Photos via Getty Images This Week in the Minors: Noah Cameron and Hunter Patteson looked fantastic and the Omaha offense was red-hot. ‘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” ...2024
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• Dairon Blanco always on base, always stealing
Dairon Blanco stealing third base in a game against the Memphis Redbirds. | Minda Haas Kuhlmann This Week in the Minors: Omaha OF Dairon Blanco vying for MiLB lead in steals; Carter Jensen still leads Minors in walks ‘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 t...2023
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• Storm Chasers on a roll to end first half of season
This Week in the Minors: no affiliate won the first half, but Omaha won a third straight series ‘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, June 20 to Sunday, June 25 AAA Omaha Storm Chasers ...2023
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• The Royals, regrettably, have once again chosen MLB-readiness over upside
Photo by Sam Hodde/Getty Images Was the lack of rotation depth a motivator? The Royals are well on their way to their seventh consecutive losing season, and are already looking to the future. Last week that meant trading reliever Aroldis Chapman to the Texas Rangers for pitcher Cole Ragans and outfielder Roni Cabrera. It was certainly not a surprise to see Chapman traded - it seemed the te...2023
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• Royals to call up former first-round pick Nick Loftin

Photo by Abbie Parr/Getty Images Rosters will expand in September. The Royals will call up former first-round pick Nick Loftin when rosters expand on September 1, according to MLB.com reporter Anne Rogers. Loftin was hitting .270/.344/.444 with 14 home run and six steals in 82 games for Triple-A Omaha. Loftin was selected as the 32nd overall pick of the 2020 draft out of Baylor, with Dayt...2023
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• A look at starting pitcher options for the 2024 Royals

Photo by Meg Oliphant/Getty Images The MLB roster needs at least two more starters The Kansas City Royals finished their 2023 season with a 56-106 record, good for 5th place in a very mediocre American League Central. The team’s General Manager and Executive Vice President, J.J. Picollo, discussed the state of the roster in an interview with the Royals Live Pregame Show on September 30. Je...2023
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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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• TWitM: The “Big Three” find their groove, crush dingers

Photo by Stacy Revere/Getty Images Cross, Mitchell, and Cags all go deep on the week. 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 13 to Sunday, August 18 AAA Omaha Storm Chasers ...2024
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• Royals Rumblings - News for December 2, 2024

Photo by Alex Slitz/Getty Images Is Alex Bregman out of reach for the Royals? Kevin O’Brien at Royals Reporter looks at Steamer projections for Royals pitchers. Steamer is high on Ragans to produce another stellar campaign in 2025. In 32 starts and 193 IP, Ragans will generate a 3.52 ERA, 19 QS, a 27.1% K%, an 18.1% K-BB%, a 1.24 WHIP, 3.52 FIP, and 3.8 fWAR. Thus, it’s unsurprising that ...2024
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• Royals Rumblings - News for January 23, 2024

Photo by Matthew Grimes Jr./Atlanta Braves/Getty Images The Royals bullpen will look different in 2024. Jaylon Thompson writes about the Royals’ bullpen situation. This offseason, the Royals have sought to address their bullpen woes with experienced veterans. KC signed World Series-champion relievers Will Smith and Chris Stratton. They also acquired reliever Nick Anderson, along with star...2024
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• Royals Rumblings - News for November 8, 2024

Eric Stout, anyone? Hey, this is relevant! | Photo by Keith Gillett/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images Asia Baseball recaps begin today with the CPBL! Slow news day. At least we got Spring Training game schedules: ⚾Step up to the plate, baseball fans! Game times for @Royals & @Rangers Spring Training are officially announced! Get ready to grab your tickets when they go on sale November ...2024
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• Royals Rumblings - News for January 19, 2024

When I searched “Comiskey” and “Royals”, I got “Tartabull” and I’m good with that | Photo by Focus on Sport/Getty Images A surprisingly busy mid-January news day Sigh. I guess I get to start with stadium talk again as that was the biggest news. We’ll start with The Star story on this: With only hours to spare Thursday, Jackson County Executive Frank White vetoed an ordinance that would h...2024
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• Royals Rumblings - News for January 17, 2024

We have once again arrived at Wednesday. On the team site, Anne Rogers talked to Daniel Lynch IV about what he got out of playing the Dominican Winter League: Lynch made five starts and threw 20 1/3 innings, recording a 2.66 ERA with 23 strikeouts and 13 walks. There wasn’t any specific plan for working on his pitches; his goal was simply to get outs. A different schedule and lack of routine put ...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 January 3, 2024

New year, same Wednesday Rumblings Anne Rogers made three predictions for the 2024 Royals, including Michael Wacha being a difference-maker: Health was an important factor in the turnaround from injury-riddled seasons from 2019-21, but Wacha also pointed to his arsenal when asked what the biggest difference has been the last two seasons. “If you really dive into it, I kind of mixed up my repertoi...2024
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• Royals Rumblings - News for December 11, 2023

Photo by Al Bello/Getty Images Here’s what Will Smith might look like in a Royals uniform. Anne Rogers covers the Will Smith signing for the Royals. The Royals view Smith as one option for the back end of the bullpen along with Nick Anderson, whom they acquired in a trade with the Braves last month. Younger right-handers James McArthur and Carlos Hernández also have potential to close game...2023
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• Weekend Rumblings - News for November 4, 2023

Photo by Michael Reaves/Getty Images Heat up the Hot Stove! aMLB Pipeline covers top Arizona Fall League performers. Royals: Diego Hernandez, OF (No. 15), Gigantes del Cibao Eric Cerantola, RHP (Unranked), Surprise Saguaros One swing of the bat was all it took for Hernandez to surpass his RBI total from his first 10 games for the Gigantes. After snapping a tie with a fielder’s choice grou...2023
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