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• Royals Review and the SB Nation transition

Photo by Peter L. Gould/Images Press/Getty Images No recap tonight, here’s why! Royals Review is moving to a new platform that will lead to a cleaner front page, less annoying ads, and more promotion of Fanposts. This will require a new login system tomorrow on Tuesday, August 5, but it will also require all sites to go “dark” during the transition period. What does that mean? Well the sit...2025
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• Royals Rumblings - News for August 1, 2025

They’re teammates now | Photo by Ezra Shaw/Getty Images Pencils down. The trade deadline is over! Let’s talk about where the Royals are right now. They’re 54-55, a game under .500 with only 53 to play. Not great. They’re also 9th in the league - they’re closer to the bottom of the league than the top. Again, not good. If you look at the teams ahead of them, barring an insane hot st...2025
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• A new look coming for Royals Review in August

Our coverage remains the same but with a new look In just a couple of weeks, Royals Review is switching to a new platform as part of SB Nation’s network-wide move to a new publishing platform. This will change the look of the site and also make it faster and more reliable on any device you use. This is an upgrade. When you land on the site, it will look cleaner – less clunky, with more white space...2025
• Chicago Cubs vs. Kansas City Royals preview, Wednesday 7/23, 1:20 CT

Kamil Krzaczynski-Imagn Images The Cubs go for the series win. Wednesday notes... SPLITTING THE DIFFERENCE: This is the 20th of the Cubs’ 34 series in which they have split the first two games. They are 10-8 in all third games and 8-8 in games that completed series; they won two that were the third of four games and they split one two-game series.They are 4-7 after having lost, then won ...2025
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• Chicago Cubs vs. Kansas City Royals preview, Tuesday 7/22, 7:05 CT

Photo by Rob Tringali/MLB Photos via Getty Images The Cubs look to even up their series against the Royals. Tuesday notes... OLDER THAN RICH HILL: Rich Hill’s age today is 45 years and 133 days. Only three pitchers have been older when they made a start against the Cubs. Jamie Moyer did it five times, all with the Phillies. He was 47/239 when he made the last of the five, on July 15, 201...2025
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• The Royals should be deadline sellers

Seth Lugo #67 of the Kansas City Royals pitches against the Miami Marlins in the second inning of the game at loanDepot park on July 18, 2025 in Miami, Florida. | Photo by Megan Briggs/Getty Images No buying, only selling The July 31 MLB trade deadline used to be a soft deadline—trades could still happen in August, albeit through a more convoluted and limited manner. That is no longer true...2025
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• On The Horizon: Cubs vs. Royals series preview

Photo by Karen Hastings/MLB Photos via Getty Images The Cubs continue their sojourn through the American League. This is the Cubs’ fourth straight series against an American League team. So far, they are 5-4 in that stretch, and overall 19-11 vs. AL teams this year. They’ll continue that trek through the AL this weekend when they visit the White Sox on the South Side. For more on the Royal...2025
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• Royals to call up Rich Hill

Rich Hill, pitching for the Omaha Storm Chasers | Minda Haas Kuhlmann The 45-year-old would become the oldest player in club history The Royals will call up 45-year-old left-hander Rich Hill, according to Fansided reporter Robert Murray. He will likely make the Tuesday start against the Cubs, which is currently listed as “TBA” by the Royals. Hill was signed to a minor league deal by the R...2025
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• Hope Is a Hell of a Drug: The Kansas City Royals’ Midseason Mood Swing

Former Pop Tart fanatic Shaun Newkirk joins us for his yearly visit. It’s the All-Star break, but there’s no rest for Royals Rundown! Hosts Jacob Milham and Jeremy “Hokius” Greco are joined by former Royals Review writer Shaun Newkirk to break down the Kansas City Royals’ presence in the Midsummer Classic—and what it really means for the second half of the season. From Kris Bubic’s All-Star outing...2025
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• The Adam Frazier trade makes sense but you do have to squint a little

Adam Frazier #26 and Hunter Renfroe #16 of the Kansas City Royals celebrate after the team wins against the Washington Nationals at Nationals Park on September 26, 2024 in Washington, DC. | Photo by Jess Rapfogel/Getty Images It’s not as bad as it may seem When news broke that the Kansas City Royals had traded infielder Cam Devanney to the Pittsburgh Pirates for veteran utilityman Adam Fra...2025
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• Royals fandom and imagined communities

Denny Medley-Imagn Images Benedict Anderson has entered the chat A couple of weeks ago, I argued that the Royals should not sell at the upcoming deadline. Instead, with the American League wide open, and with the extra playoff spot, the Royals owe it not only to their fans but to their young core of players to make the most of this opportunity. To do that, the Royals need not sell but buy....2025
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• Royals Review Player of the Week: Noah Cameron

Kansas City Royals starting pitcher Noah Cameron (65) delivers a pitch against the Athletics during the first inning of the game at Kauffman Stadium. | Denny Medley-Imagn Images A great outing The trick about a Player of the Week post is that pitchers often get the short end of the stick. Most starting pitchers only get one game, and sometimes the team’s best relievers don’t necessarily ...2025
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• Royals Rundown: Kansas City Royals Gear Up for Twins Tilt After Giant Finale

The Kansas City Royals are rolling into an AL Central showdown with the Minnesota Twins, and Jacob Milham and Jeremy Greco are here to break it all down! Coming off a strong series finale win against the San Francisco Giants, the duo recaps key moments from the matchup and what it means for the Royals’ momentum. They also dive into injury updates, including Sam Long’s uncertain future, and discuss...2025
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• Kansas City Royals Win One, Lose Two Arms: A Mixed Bag against St. Louis

All hail Noah Cameron. The Kansas City Royals avoided a sweep and gave fans a reason to exhale on Sunday! Jacob Milham and Jeremy Greco break down the nail-biting win over the St. Louis Cardinals, highlighting key plays and pitching performances that sealed the deal. The duo discusses the latest roster shakeups, including the return of Dairon Blanco, and the bad news on the injury front with Seth ...2025
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• Royals Review Roundtable: The 2025 season

Bobby Witt Jr. #7 of the Kansas City Royals walks to the on-deck circle | Photo by Ron Jenkins/Getty Images Time to figure out which of the RR writers has the juice! Last year, the Royals went to the playoffs for the first time in almost a decade. This year, they have an opportunity to advance past the Division Round for the first time in a decade. The offseason wasn’t nearly as busy...2025
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• Off Day OT Thread: Travel, tech, and books

Sign at the entrance to a Barnes & Noble store in Manhattan. | Photo by Erik McGregor/LightRocket via Getty Images Let’s chat about something non-baseball related Believe it or not, but this is only the second off day of the entire year so far. The Royals have played in some unpleasant weather but have yet to be rained out, and with an unusual string of consecutive games so early in the ye...2025
• 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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• 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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"was the Royals Review player of the week last year, some commenters were unimpressed."

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"This year, I had the most faith in the team, picking them to bring home more wins than any other Royals Review writer."

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"As former Royals Review writer Shaun Newkirk pointed out on Twitter, this team was assembled via decisions made from two to four years ago."

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"He’s only 28, and Crasnick noted the interested parties believe Latos could regain his old form and become a viable contributor: There is a slight downside, however, as Latos has had a reputation as a clubhouse headache, which may turn some teams off, per Royals Review: Latos certainly won’t net the $9."

• Royals Rumblings - News for August 1, 2025
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• Chicago Cubs vs. Kansas City Royals preview, Tuesday 7/22, 7:05 CT
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• Hope Is a Hell of a Drug: The Kansas City Royals’ Midseason Mood Swing
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• The Adam Frazier trade makes sense but you do have to squint a little
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• Royals Review Reacts - Royals took a Gamble in their draft. Will it pay off?

Lily Smith/The Register / USA TODAY NETWORK Jac Caglianone has already reached the big leagues; Drew Beam and David Shields have looked good early. Can this draft compare? Welcome to SB Nation Reacts, a survey of fans across the MLB. Throughout the year we ask questions of the most plugged-in Kansas City Royals fans and fans across the country. Sign up here to participate in the weekly ema...2025
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• Royals Review Reacts: What should the Royals do at trade deadline?

Seth Lugo would be a hot commodity... | Peter Aiken-Imagn Images How do YOU think the Royals should behave the deadline? Welcome to SB Nation Reacts, a survey of fans across the MLB. Throughout the year we ask questions of the most plugged-in Kansas City Royals fans and fans across the country. Sign up here to participate in the weekly emailed surveys. The trade deadline is a less than a m...2025
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• A list of things the Royals have unsuccessfully tried to jumpstart the offense

Photo by Orlando Ramirez/Getty Images Any more ideas? On May 9, the Royals walked off the Red Sox for a 2-1 victory, giving them 16 wins in their last 18 tries. They improved to 24-16, tied for the second-best record in the American League. It was early, but it looked like last year’s surprise Royals playoff team was no fluke. Then the bottom dropped out. Since that point, the Royals have...2025
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• Royals Review Roundtable: The halfway point

Photo by William Purnell/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images The Royals are 38-43, what do we make of the first half of games? We are officially at the midpoint of the season, with the Royals sitting at 38-43. They’ve lost 15 of 22 this month, including nine games in a row at home. We gathered our writers together to discuss what was wrong with the club and what they might do going forward. T...2025
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• Chicago Cubs vs. Kansas City Royals preview, Monday 7/21, 7:05 CT

Photo by Geoff Stellfox/Getty Images The Cubs host an AL Central team. Today’s roster move: Here Monday notes... FIRST PLACE, STILL: The Cubs are tied for first place in the Central Division with the Brewers at 59-40. The Cubs had led at the end of the day after each of their last 82 games, beginning on April 12. That day, the Cubs posted their historic 16-0 demolition of the Dodgers at ...2025
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• Royals Review Reacts - All star snubs?

Jay Biggerstaff-Imagn Images The Royals got two All-Stars, should they have had more? Welcome to SB Nation Reacts, a survey of fans across the MLB. Throughout the year we ask questions of the most plugged-in Kansas City Royals fans and fans across the country. Sign up here to participate in the weekly emailed surveys. The results are in, and the Royals have enough talent on this roster to ...2025
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• Sweepless in Seattle: Royals lose 6-2 to Mariners

Randy Arozarena #56 of the Seattle Mariners reacts after hitting a three-run home run during the fifth inning against the Kansas City Royals at T-Mobile Park on June 30, 2025 in Seattle, Washington. | Photo by Alika Jenner/Getty Images A chance to take the Wild Card is slipping away Before moving to the Kansas City area when I was nine years old, my family and I lived in Berea, Ohio. As a ...2025
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• Royals Review Roundtable: The halfway point
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• Do the Royals really have a problem hitting with RISP?

Kansas City, Missouri, USA; Kansas City Royals catcher Salvador Perez (13) singles against the Detroit Tigers in the fourth inning at Kauffman Stadium. | Denny Medley-Imagn Images Or is it overblown? Covering a baseball season is a long, sometimes grueling marathon. Fans can tune in and tune out as they please, but the media apparatus attached to it must churn out Content no matter what is...2025
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• Royals should explore a bold move for Colorado’s Brenton Doyle

Jay Biggerstaff-Imagn Images The end of all our exploring Despite efforts to improve the outfield during the offseason, the Royals entered the 2025 season with a most underwhelming trio roaming the beautiful green grass of Kauffman Stadium. In left field, there was MJ Melendez, a former minor-league catcher who once popped 41 home runs in a season across AA and AAA, but who’s never found ...2025
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• What is the panic level for the struggling Royals hitters?

Wendell Cruz-Imagn Images Introducing the official, highly objective and very serious Royals Panic Level Scale Do you ever have to face a fact about yourself so true and yet you so don’t want it to be true that it takes awhile for you to fully process it? One of my oldest friends hit me with one of those facts this winter when he called me out as a “fan who enjoys when my teams suck and ca...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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• Royals Review Roundtable: The 2025 season
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• The Adam Frazier trade makes sense but you do have to squint a little
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• Sweepless in Seattle: Royals lose 6-2 to Mariners
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• Royals Rundown: Kansas City Royals Gear Up for Twins Tilt After Giant Finale
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• No Roses for Kansas City Royals on Mother’s Day Weekend

It’s a special Mother’s Day edition of Royals Rundown, and while the flowers were blooming, the Kansas City Royals’ bats... were not. Jacob Milham and Jeremy Greco are back to recap a tough series against the Boston Red Sox, including a frustrating 3-1 loss on Sunday and ongoing offensive inconsistency that continues to drag this team down. From missed opportunities at the plate to pitching woes, ...2025
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• What is the panic level for the struggling Royals hitters?
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• Royals Review Roundtable: The 2025 season
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• Please welcome new writer Matt Chabot!

Photo by Keith Gillett/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images Chabot is not a chatbot! We continue to add to our staff to prepare for the upcoming season! I’m proud to announce the addition of Matt Chabot. You may already be familiar with his work at Farm to Fountains. Hello everyone! My name is Matt Chabot and I am a new recap writer here for Royals Review. I grew up in Annapolis, Maryland an...2025
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• Please welcome new writers Connor Moylan, Trenton Kraxner, and Kevin Ruprecht

Old friend alert! The Royals still have yet to add the big bat to their lineup, but we went ahead and added a few of our own. Straight from the University of Kansas, please welcome Trenton Kraxner. He has written for the University Daily Kansan and will be writing recaps and other articles. Hi, my name is Trenton Kraxner, I am a senior at the University of Kansas currently. I will be graduating t...2025
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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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• 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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• 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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• 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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• Chiefs-Saints rapid reaction: Undefeated into the bye

Jay Biggerstaff-Imagn Images Kansas City battled its way through a lot of adversity to head into its bye week with a 5-0 record. The Kansas City Chiefs defeated the New Orleans Saints 26-13 on “Monday Night Football,” The Chiefs’ defense stays golden. The Chiefs’ defense has had an outstanding start to the 2024 season, holding opponents to 17 points a game. If there was anything to compla...2024
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• The Royals offense and season goes out with a whimper, falling 3-1 to the Yankees

Jay Biggerstaff-Imagn Images It was a heckuva season, friends Had every Kansas City Royals fan been asked how they would feel if the 2024 season ended with a loss to the New York Yankees in the American League Divisional Series, we would have all taken it in a heartbeat. Fangraphs projected 75 wins for Kansas City this season, a significant 19-game improvement off their 56 in 2023, but sti...2024
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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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• 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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• Chicago Cubs vs. Kansas City Royals preview, Monday 7/21, 7:05 CT
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• Hope Is a Hell of a Drug: The Kansas City Royals’ Midseason Mood Swing
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• The Adam Frazier trade makes sense but you do have to squint a little
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• Royals Review Reacts: What should the Royals do at trade deadline?
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• Royals Review holiday mailbag

Photo by Fabian Sommer/picture alliance via Getty Images You give the gift of questions about the Royals! December can be the most wonderful time of the year for baseball fans. Michael Wacha realized there’s no place like home for the holidays, and the Royals acquired Jonathan India as a present without a bow. But since then, baby, it’s cold outside. It has been a silent night for Royals f...2024
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• The Royals Review Hall of Fame ballots

Photo by Jim McIsaac/Getty Images Who deserves enshrinement in Cooperstown? Baseball writers are currently mulling over this year’s Hall of Fame candidates, with selections to be announced on January 21. None of us at Royals Review have a vote but who would we vote for if we did? You can see the list of eligible candidates and their career statistics here. Here are our ballots with some wr...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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• 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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• 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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