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• Wednesday Rockpile: A deeper look into the struggles of Nolan Jones

Photo by Vaughn Ridley/Getty Images Colorado Rockies news and links for Wednesday, April 17, 2024 During spring training in 2023, the notable flaw in newly acquired Nolan Jones’s game was an overabundance of strikeouts. His inability to put the ball in play led the Colorado Rockies to option him to Triple-A Albuquerque to begin the year where he worked extensively with hitting coach Jordan...2024
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• You can buy in on these Royals

Kyle Isbel #28 of the Kansas City Royals is congratulated by teammates after scoring a run during the third inning against the Houston Astros at Kauffman Stadium on April 10, 2024 in Kansas City, Missouri. | Photo by Jay Biggerstaff/Getty Images The Royals have played fewer than 10% of their games, but it’s still had a huge impact Before the season started, I was the only Royals Review wri...2024
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• Historic 11-hit, nine-run first inning sweeps the Royals past Houston in a 13-3 win

Photo by Ed Zurga/Getty Images Kansas City sweeps the bad guys and wins every game of the home stand I watched a 2003 Royals team led by Darrell May and Angel Berroa open its season with nine straight wins. I watched a 2013 team that had never won 15 of 20 games in the Dayton Moore era win 15 of 17. I watched a 29-32 Royals team that was dead to rights win 10 straight games and eventually ...2024
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• What to know about the stadium tax ballot measure

Go out and vote! On Tuesday, April 2, Jackson County voters will decide whether to extend a 3/8 cent sales tax that is currently used to fund the 2006 renovations to the Truman Sports Complex for another 40 years, to fund improvements to Arrowhead and build a new downtown baseball stadium for the Royals. The campaigns on both sides have been intense with a flood of advertising slanted towards thei...2024
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• The Royals want your trust. Have they earned it?

The Royals are asking for a lot of money but are offering very little in the way of details about how they’ll spend it. Ordinarily in this space, you’d be reading right now A Noted Non-Overreactor’s over-reactions to Opening Day. I could be talking about how Cole Ragans is going to win the Cy Young and Maikel Garcia is going to be a huge breakout star this year and all manner of other more fun top...2024
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• Opening Day: Royals v. Twins

Photo by Ed Zurga/Getty Images Cole Ragans gets his first Opening Day start 2023 was miserable for Royals fans. Sandwiched between back-to-back championships across the parking lot, the other tenant of Truman Sports Complex lost 106 games, tying a franchise record. It was the third 100-loss season in five seasons, not including 2020. General Manager J.J. Picollo responded by being as acti...2024
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• Welcome to Royals Review in 2024!

Bobby Witt Jr. #7 of the Kansas City Royals advances to second base in the sixth inning during a spring training game against the Chicago Cubs at Surprise Stadium on March 05, 2024 in Surprise, Arizona. | Photo by Aaron Doster/Getty Images Hello, welcome! We hope you stay. Hello there, you. Yes, you, the reader! My name is Matthew LaMar; I’m a writer and editor for this here website, and I...2024
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• Royals Review Roundtable: The 2024 season

Photo by Julio Aguilar/Getty Images Our writers discuss the off-season and expectations for this year. After one of the busier off-seasons in recent Royals history, the 2024 regular season is finally here! The Royals spent over $100 million on free agents, adding infielder Adam Frazier and Garrett Hampson, outfielder Hunter Renfroe, starting pitchers Seth Lugo and Michael Wacha, and relie...2024
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• Royals trade partner history: The Marlins

Photo by Brad Mangin/MLB Photos via Getty Images The Royals don’t deal with Fish too much. This is a series that looks back at their trade history with each team in baseball. So far, we have looked back at trades with the Braves, Cubs, Diamondbacks, Orioles, White Sox, and Angels. Today we look at the history of deals with the Miami Marlins. Total number of Royals/Marlins trades: 13 The tw...2024
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• A deeper dive into Bobby Witt Jr.’s shiny new contract

Bobby Witt Jr. #7 of the Kansas City Royals runs the bases as he heads home for an inside-the-park home run in the fifth inning against the Seattle Mariners at Kauffman Stadium on August 14, 2023 in Kansas City, Missouri. | Photo by Ed Zurga/Getty Images As the best young Royals player since Hall of Fame talent Carlos Beltran roamed Kauffman Stadium’s outfield a quarter century ago, Bobby ...2024
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• Royals Rumblings - News for February 9, 2024

A Superb Owl! | Photo by Rasit Aydogan/Anadolu via Getty Images Ready to read some Superb Owl facts? This time next week, we’re going to be talking about how Pitchers and Catchers have already reported! The Royals signed a number of pre-arbitration contracts yesterday We have agreed to terms on 2024 contracts with the following players:RHP Jonathan BowlanRHP Steven CruzLHP Cole RagansLHP...2024
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• Royals Review Roundtable: The free-spending Royals

Photo by Ed Zurga/Getty Images What do we make of the flurry of moves this month? The Royals have had quite a month, adding free agents Seth Lugo, Michael Wacha, Chris Stratton, Will Smith, and Hunter Renfroe, spending $105 million. We gathered our writers to react to the flurry of transactions and whether they’ve changed the outlook for the Royals at all. What is your reaction to the Roya...2023
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• Remembering the life of Dick Drago

Photo by Focus on Sport via Getty Images The Royals first ace When the Royals participated in the expansion draft, they leaned heavily on pitchers taken from two successful organizations, the Baltimore Orioles and the Detroit Tigers. Both of those teams had assembled powerhouse squads in the late 1960’s that the baby Royals hoped to emulate. With the 31st pick in the draft, Cedric Tallis s...2023
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• The best former Royals player for each MLB team

Photo by Ron Vesely/MLB Photos via Getty Images What Royals were great with other teams? There is a lull in the baseball season, the perfect time to engage in frivolities and shenanigans. You may have played the internet baseball trivia game Immaculate Grid that asks you to find players that meet specified requirements, many times, “who played for these two teams?” I don’t know if that in...2023
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• The Royals Review Top 30 Prospects List

Photo by Leslie Plaza Johnson/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images What’s your opinion on the state of the farm at the end of 2023? The 2023 season for the Kansas City Royals was not a very good one, and with difficulty on the major league stage, some attention turned instead to the shape of the team’s farm system. Unfortunately, the shape of the farm system isn’t leaps and bounds better than ...2023
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• Former Royals pitcher Vida Blue dies at age 73
Photo by Ron Vesely/Getty Images Blue was one of 11 players to win MVP and Cy Young in the same year. Six-time All-Star pitcher Vida Blue died at the age of 73 over the weekend, according to a statement by the Oakland Athletics. Blue won 209 games over 17-year career and is one of 11 players to win both the Cy Young Award and MVP in the same year. He spent two years with the Royals in 1982...2023
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• Wednesday Rockpile: A deeper look into the struggles of Nolan Jones
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• The Royals want your trust. Have they earned it?
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• Welcome to Royals Review in 2024!
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• Remembering the life of UL Washington

Photo by Ron Vesely/Getty Images The toothpick guy Stringtown, Oklahoma, population 410, sits in the southeast corner of the state. For a small village, it has produced some interesting people, most notably country music superstar Reba McEntire and lead singer and guitarist Jerry Cantrell of the rock band, Alice in Chains. Stringtown also produced one UL Washington. That’s UL with no perio...2024
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• A deeper dive into Bobby Witt Jr.’s shiny new contract
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• Royals Rumblings - News for February 9, 2024
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• Royals Rumblings - News for February 2, 2024

There are a decent number of “Lego baseball” pictures in the archive | Photo by Brian Ekart/Icon SMI/Corbis/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images Happy Groundhog Day to those who celebrate I know we’ve mentioned both of these stories before but they’re relevant again today due to timing. First off, Royals Rally is this weekend: Memories that will last a lifetime!Join us this Saturday for Roy...2024
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• Remembering Billy Gardner

The former Royals manager died earlier this month. Former Royals manager Billy Gardner died on January 3 at the age of 96. Gardner enjoyed a ten-year career in the big leagues as an infielder before managing in the minors with the Royals. He would eventually serve as manager of the Minnesota Twins for six seasons, and skipped the Royals in 1987. Gardner grew up on a farm in Connecticut, signing wi...2024
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• Royals Review 2024 NCAA March Madness Bracket Challenge

Milan Momcilovic #22 of the Iowa State Cyclones shoots against Emanuel Sharp #21 of the Houston Cougars during the second half of the Big 12 Men’s Basketball Tournament championship game at T-Mobile Center on March 16, 2024 in Kansas City, Missouri. | Photo by Jay Biggerstaff/Getty Images Can YOU beat a bunch of other baseball fans at basketball prediction? It’s that time of year! We’ve go...2024
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• Want to write for Royals Review?

Photo illustration by Mairo Cinquetti/NurPhoto via Getty Images We’re hiring! Ever wanted to voice your opinions on the Royals on a platform of thousands of fans? Royals Review provides fans an opportunity to write about the team they love (and love to be mad at sometimes!) and we are hiring for the upcoming season! We are looking for all sorts of diverse backgrounds and viewpoints, but no...2024
• Cubs vs. Royals at Mesa and Angels at Tempe split squad preview, Saturday 3/16

Photo by John E. Moore III/Getty Images It’s another split squad day. MESA, Arizona — A pair of games today, splitting the squad for the second time this spring. The Mesa game begins at 3:05 p.m. CT, the Tempe game at 3:10 p.m. CT. There will be only one set of game threads covering both games. Here are today’s particulars. At Mesa: Cubs lineup: Let's play two!Here is today's split-squad...2024
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• Cubs vs. Royals at Surprise preview, Tuesday 3/5, 7:05 CT

Photo by Norm Hall/Getty Images It’s the Cubs’ first spring night game of 2024. Earlier today, Sara Sanchez did a deep dive into Cody Bellinger’s numbers. Bellinger will return to the Cubs lineup tomorrow in Mesa: Manager Craig Counsell announced Monday that the 2019 NL MVP will step in as designated hitter on Wednesday when the Cubs host the Angels at Sloan Park in Mesa at 3:05 p.m. ET/2:...2024
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• Cubs vs. Royals at Surprise preview, Monday 2/26, 2:05 CT

Allan Henry-USA TODAY Sports Another away game for the boys in blue. There have been a few questions raised about when Cody Bellinger might play in a spring game. First, we only know about the signing through Jeff Passan and some Cubs reporters who confirmed it via a source. The team has not officially announced the signing, though it was reported that Bellinger was in Cubs camp Sunday tak...2024
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• “Sports Night” and the death of slow news

It was a different time. We recently cut the cord and went to streaming. I know, I know. I’m late to the party, which I usually am on all things technology. My children are all early adopters. I’m more of a technological luddite. Eventually, I come around, usually kicking and screaming. I protested mightily at giving up my flip phone for a smartphone, but now can’t imagine life without it. The str...2024
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• Remembering Billy Gardner
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• The Best of Royals Review 2023

Photo by Richard Harbaugh - Handout/A.M.P.A.S. via Getty Images It was an evaluation year for us, too. The 2023 season may be one Royals fans would like to forget, but remember, it was an evaluation year! The ending was perhaps better than the baseball season, as the team finally splurged on some free agents and gave fans some hope going into 2024. Best opinion articles PrestonFarr wonder...2023
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• Remembering the life of Dick Drago
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• Royals Rundown: Jackson County’s counter & Max Rieper joins the show

Where is Kim Ng going to land after stunning departure? Royals Review editor Max Rieper joins Jeremy Greco and Jacob Milham on today’s episode. We break down the numbers behind Jackson County’s funding counteroffer to the Kansas City Royals. Plus, Dylan Coleman’s workouts with Tread Athletics could see a new pitcher in 2024. Thank you to our newest partner, Batchelder Family Farms. Use our exclu...2023
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• Royals Review Roundtable: We evaluate the evaluation season

Photo by Keith Gillett/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images How did the kids do? The season is over, and while the Royals didn’t expect to contend, they also probably didn’t expect to tie the club record of 106 losses. It was supposed to be an evaluation season, so with the season complete we brought together our writers to evaluate the team. J.J. Picollo said he didn’t feel like this was a 10...2023
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• The Royals want your trust. Have they earned it?
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• There’s no shortcut to the Royals’ biggest problem
Ronald Acuna Jr. #13 of the Atlanta Braves beats the tag by Michael Massey #19 of the Kansas City Royals during the eighth inning at Kauffman Stadium on April 16, 2023 in Kansas City, Missouri. | Photo by Kyle Rivas/Getty Images A lack of talent on the roster Internet slang changes all the dang time, with older phrases falling out of favor and new ones seemingly appearing out of nowhere. A...2023
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• Historic 11-hit, nine-run first inning sweeps the Royals past Houston in a 13-3 win
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• What to know about Royals 2023 Opening Day
Photo by LG Patterson/MLB Photos via Getty Images Baseball is back! Happy Opening Day! The 2023 MLB regular season begins today, with the Royals opening up at home in Kauffman Stadium against the Minnesota Twins. You can watch coverage on Bally Sports Kansas City beginning at 2 p.m. with Joel Goldberg and Jeff Montgomery hosting Price Chopper Royals Live pregame, plus pre-game festivities ...2023
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• Royals get walked off by the worst team in baseball

Kansas City Royals center fielder Kyle Isbel (28) reacts after a called strike three Oakland Athletics during the fifth inning at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum. | Neville E. Guard-USA TODAY Sports Bad pitching. Bad. The Kansas City Royals lost to the Oakland Athletics tonight via a walkoff home run by Brent Rooker, sending a tied 4-4 score to its final 6-4 count in the bottom of the nin...2023
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• Echoes of the Past: Lopez trade a warped reflection of Yuni trade
Deja vu, and not in a good way | Matthew Emmons-USA TODAY Sports An unpleasant trip down memory lane Ed Note 1: This is a weird spot for me. You’re used to seeing me on Fridays, dishing out links and writing massive screeds about something pop culture-y like video games or movies or some other random off topic, um, topic. However, I also fashion myself an amateur RR historian, if there i...2023
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• Zack Greinke has played for some bad Royals teams - is this the worst?
Rhona Wise-USA TODAY Sports Royals fans have seen some bad baseball. Longtime Royals Review reader Roy from Omaha posed an interesting question last week: Ask Zach Greinke which team was the worst team he played on - the 2005 or the 2023 Royals, since he played for both. Great question! Let’s do a breakdown and see if we can make any sense of this. The 2005 Royals finished an all-time Roy...2023
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• Royals Review Roundtable: The 2023 season begins
Photo by Ron Schwane/Getty Images What do our writers think of the upcoming season? The Royals made some big changes in the front office and the dugout, with general manager J.J. Picollo now in charge, and Matt Quatraro coming over from the Rays to lead the field staff. But aside from that and some other coaching changes, it was a quiet off-season for the Royals. They have staked their fut...2023
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• The Royals want your trust. Have they earned it?
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• Royals Rundown: Opening Day Extravaganza, with Max Rieper!

All this to answer one question: how will the Royals do in 2024? Jacob Milham and Jeremy Greco have a packed lineup for you today! Royals Review editor Max Rieper joins the duo for the full episode, plus hear from Royals Review writers, Farm to Fountains writers, and Jack Johnson of Locked on Royals for their 2024 outlook! All these people to answer one question: how will the Kansas City Royals pe...2024
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• Royals Rumblings - News for January 10, 2024

Sing to us the song of your people | Minda Haas Kuhlmann How about another snow day? In the latest Royals Beat newsletter, Anne Rogers looks ahead to what Bobby Witt, Jr. may have up his sleeve for 2024: So what type of numbers can we expect from Witt in 2024? “I feel like if you set a goal, then there’s no way you can keep going,” Witt said last season. “So whatever happens, happens. Jus...2024
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• Zack Greinke has played for some bad Royals teams - is this the worst?
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• Better know a draft prospect: 2023 primer
SCOTT CLAUSE/USA TODAY Network / USA TODAY NETWORK The draft will be here before you know it The 2023 MLB Draft will take place July 17-19 in Los Angeles. While that is still over three months away, teams have already begun preparations as colleges and high schools around the country begin their spring seasons. In that spirit, we will also begin preparations here at Royals Review. In the m...2023
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• Overreacting to Opening Day 2023
Photo by LG Patterson/MLB Photos via Getty Images That didn’t go great Baseball is back! And now that we are through the euphoria of the first meaningful baseball games of 2023 it’s time to react completely rationally and reasonably to the results thereof. Since many of you think I’m a robot, who is better positioned to do this? The pitch clock is amazing In our first regular season game ...2023
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