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• FanGraphs paints a bleak outlook for Royals prospects

Carter Jensen #4 of the Suprise Saguaros bats during the 2024 Arizona Fall League Home Run Derby | Photo by Norm Hall/MLB Photos via Getty Images Honestly, it’s not looking much better for anyone else, either. Last week, FanGraphs kicked off their Prospect Week for 2025. It’s a week of numerous articles providing excellent insight into FanGraphs and their view of prospects. The very first ...2025
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• Royals sign catcher Luke Maile to minor league deal

Photo by Jason Mowry/Getty Images The nine-year MLB vet will provide catching depth. The Royals announced they have signed catcher Luke Maile to a minor league deal with an invite to spring training. The 34-year-old Maile is a nine-year MLB veteran as a backup catcher with a lifetime line of .208/.274/.319. Maile was originally drafted by the Rays in 2012 out of Kentucky. He made his MLB d...2025
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• Royals Sign Luke Maile To Minor League Deal
The Royals announced that catcher Luke Maile was signed to a minor league contract. Maile will receive an invitation to Kansas City’s big league Spring Training camp. Salvador Perez and Freddy Fermin are locked in as the catching tandem on the Royals’ active roster, so Maile projects as a depth piece for their minor league…...2025
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• Give us your Royals Opening Day roster predictions!

Photo by Jamie Squire/Getty Images Who do you have on the team by the March 27 opener? Royals pitchers and catchers have begun workouts in Arizona, and hitters will report on Monday. The Royals will spend the next six weeks preparing for the season and shaping the roster that will take on the Guardians in the season opener on March 27. That gives us some time to speculate on who might be o...2025
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• The Royals (good) catching prospect problem

The Royals are loaded with catching prospects and this is a good thing For a couple of years, the Kansas City Royals farm system has been trying to rebuild itself from the graduations of many top prospects, including Bobby Witt, Jr., Michael Massey, Vinnie Pasquantino, and many others. Today, they are slowly getting back there with the addition of many top prospects like Jac Caglianone. Their real...2025
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• Can Royals star Salvador Perez stave off Father Time for another year?

Perez not only maintained in 2024, he thrived. Can he keep in going in 2025?...2025

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• KC Royals Rumblings - News for February 12, 2025

What do Scott Pelley and the Royals have in common? They are reporting. The wait is finally over. Today marks the beginning of spring training for the Kansas City Royals, with pitchers and catchers reporting to Surprise, Arizona, for the first official workout. Former Royals manager Ned Yost is back in Kansas City, now serving as senior advisor to the general manager. “My deep love for the Royals...2025
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• Royals Rumblings - News for February 7, 2025

I was just searching for random stuff and came across a grinning Salvy from 2021 | Photo by Ed Zurga/Getty Images Pitchers and catchers report next week! Guys (and gals), we’re to this point of the offseason: Here’s three minutes and twenty-seven seconds of Vinnie Pasquantino hitting sacrifice flies.Because why not? pic.twitter.com/c9WhyjG0mh— Kansas City Royals (@Royals) February 6, 202...2025
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• Kansas City Royals: The state of the farm system

Photo by Zac BonDurant/MLB Photos via Getty Images We dive into the strengths and weaknesses of the Royals farm system Over the last few weeks, we have dove deep into the Kansas City Royals' top 15 prospects and honorable mentions who just missed the cut. Each one of the articles linked below includes an in-depth analysis of each player, including scouting grades and more. Honorable Ment...2025
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• Pre-preseason Royals roster predictions

Bobby Witt Jr. #7 and Salvador Perez #13 of the Kansas City Royals celebrate | Photo by Greg Fiume/Getty Images Who will start the year on the 26-man roster? By the time you’re reading this, there is less than a fortnight before pitchers and catchers report to Surprise, Arizona to begin the Royals’ Spring Training. The Royals made a couple of really splashy moves at the beginning of the of...2025
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• Remaining opportunities to help the outfield this off-season

Photo by Matt Dirksen/Getty Images Will the Royals add to this bunch? The Royals had a pretty good offense last year, finishing sixth in the American League in runs scored despite a September swoon. But that performance was largely carried on the strength of an MVP-season by Bobby Witt Jr. and solid hitting from catcher Salvador Perez and first baseman Vinnie Pasquantino. Meanwhile, the o...2025
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• Can The Royals (Mostly) Run It Back?

Denny Medley-Imagn Images The 2025 plan is very similar to the 2024. The success plan for the Kansas City Royals in 2024 was pretty simple. Have good starting pitchers every day, let Bobby, Salvy, and Vinnie power the offense, rebuild the bullpen, and hope everything else works out. The plan worked far better than any of us expected. The goal was not to be a laughingstock. By June, the goa...2025
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• The best international signings in Royals history

Photo by Brandon Sloter/Image Of Sport/Getty Images Baseball is international. Today marks the beginning of a new international signing period, as teams will welcome fresh-faced young players - mostly from Latin America - into their organizations. The international market can be a crapshoot - teams are gambling on teenagers who are barely old enough to drive in the United States, hoping th...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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• We have to get Witt back to the playoffs

Bobby Witt Jr. #7 of the Kansas City Royals walks through the dugout after a loss to the New York Yankees during Game Four of the Division Series at Kauffman Stadium on October 10, 2024 in Kansas City, Missouri. | Photo by Jamie Squire/Getty Images A great player deserves a stage A young superstar, not yet 25 years old, stands watching the opposing team celebrate an American League Divisio...2024
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• Royals Rumblings - News for January 24, 2025

Slugerrr shreddin’ it! | Photo by Scott Winters/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images These are hard to come up with at this point in the offseason Orientation continues for first year players: Words of wisdom from our big league skipper, Matt Quatraro. #RaisingRoyals x pic.twitter.com/WBOK8ZaWuU— Raising Royals (@KCRoyalsPD) January 23, 2025 Dan Szymborski (Szymborski! Szymborski!) pos...2025
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• It’s time for Bobby to play some ball

Photo by Elsa/Getty Images The phenom has been given a large platform, but has failed to deliver thus far. What if they held a playoff series, and no stars showed up? The American League Division Series was hyped as a platform for two of the game’s best players - Aaron Judge and Bobby Witt Jr. Each of them also had a second banana in the lineup worthy of the spotlight as well - Juan Soto h...2024
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• Royals win ALDS game 2 with one big inning and excellent pitching

Kansas City Royals catcher Salvador Perez (13) reacts after a solo home run against the New York Yankees in the fourth inning during game two of the ALDS for the 2024 MLB Playoffs at Yankee Stadium. | Brad Penner-Imagn Images And a Salvador Perez home run! This series was supposed to be a quick and easy one for the New York Yankees. It has not been. New York barely managed to escape the fi...2024
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• Ragans rejects runs, relievers repel rallies, Royals romp 4-0
Photo by Ed Zurga/Getty Images Outstanding pitching offset many missed opportunities offensively Cole Ragans shoved and Kansas City rode early offense to a 4-0 win over the New York Mets this evening at Kauffman Stadium. Ragans got off to an inauspicious start, putting the first two batters of the game on base. However, he managed to bear down and retire the next three to snuff the threat....2023
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• Scott Miller's Starting 9 (+6): Who Has the Edge in Royals-Mets World Series?
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2025
"Salvador Perez #13 of the Kansas City Royals looks on during Game 3 of the Division Series presented by Booking."

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"and Pasquantino, then got away with a mistake when Salvador Perez just got under a fastball down the middle for a long fly ball out."

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"It wasn’t pretty—Cuas hit Luke Raley, and Salvador Perez couldn’t handle MJ Melendez’s home to home plate, resulting in an error."

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"The Royals say All-Star catcher Salvador Perez is expected to begin a rehab assignment Tuesday with Triple-A Omaha."

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"Salvador Perez hit his 46th home run Monday to break Johnny Bench's record for most homers by a catcher in one season."

2020
"Royals fans will have to wait just a little longer to see long-time backstop Salvador Perez back in a Royals’ uni."

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"After missing all of 2019, Kansas City Royals catcher Salvador Perez will see extended stretches of time at first base in 2020, per The Athletic’s Alec Lewis (via Twitter)."

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"Eventually, the emergence of Salvador Perez provided the American League with its own perennial All-St"

2017
"Salvador Perez and Mike Moustakas hit back-to-back home runs in the 12th inning, powering the Royals to their sixth straight win with a 5-3 victory over the Tigers on Monday night at Comerica Park."

2016
"The 2016 All-Star Game presented by MasterCard quickly became a Royal affair, as Eric Hosmer and Salvador Perez powered the American League to a 4-2 victory on a festive Tuesday night in San Diego's East Village."

2015
"Catcher Salvador Perez earned the World Series Most Valuable Player Award presented by Chevrolet following the Royals' 7-2 Game 5 victory on Sunday night."

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"Salvador Perez is a player who doesn't want to make a stink."

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• Royals sign catcher Luke Maile to minor league deal
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• Give us your Royals Opening Day roster predictions!
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• Keep an eye on Joey Wiemer this year

Joey Wiemer #28 of the Milwaukee Brewers warms up prior to a game against the Pittsburgh Pirates at PNC Park on April 25, 2024 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. | Photo by Nick Cammett/Diamond Images via Getty Images An intriguing power/speed hitter The Kansas City Royals are mostly running it back next year. Their makeup will be similar: through pitching strength, the singular talent of Bobby ...2025
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• KC Royals Rumblings - News for February 12, 2025
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• Royals Rumblings - News for February 7, 2025
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• Pre-preseason Royals roster predictions
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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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• Weekend Rumblings - News for January 25, 2025

Photo by Jim McIsaac/Getty Images New year, new swing? Anne Rogers writes about the outfield situation. Melendez is the most interesting part here, because he still boasts tremendous power potential. It hasn’t clicked in his first three seasons, and the 26-year-old slashed .206/.273/.400 with 17 homers in 2024. The Royals, thinking back to Melendez’s 41-homer Minor League season in 2021, b...2025
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• Royals Rumblings - News for January 24, 2025
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• Vinnie Pasquantino might have been the best RBI guy in baseball last year

Vinnie Pasquantino #9 celebrates with Salvador Perez #13 of the Kansas City Royals after Perez hit a grand slam during the sixth inning of game two of a doubleheader against the Cleveland Guardians at Progressive Field on August 26, 2024 in Cleveland, Ohio. | Photo by Jason Miller/Getty Images Looking at RBIs from a different angle and adding some context can show who the truly elite run p...2025
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• The Royals have a decision to make about Salvador Perez

Salvador Perez #13 of the Kansas City Royals looks on during Game 3 of the Division Series presented by Booking.com between the New York Yankees and the Kansas City Royals at Kauffman Stadium on Wednesday, October 9, 2024 in Kansas City, Missouri. | Photo by Mary DeCicco/MLB Photos via Getty Images Should he return after next year? Salvador Perez is a Kansas City Royals institution. The fu...2025
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• Salvador Perez wins Roberto Clemente Award

Photo by Jayne Kamin-Oncea/Getty Images Salvy is the best! Salvador Perez has been named the 2024 winner of the Roberto Clemente Award, given to a player with extraordinary character, community involvement, philanthropy, and positive contributions, both on and off the field. Salvy is known for his big home runs, but he has also shown a big heart. According to the Royals, Salvy has distribu...2024
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• FanGraphs paints a bleak outlook for Royals prospects
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• Royals Rumblings - News for January 24, 2025
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• Vinnie Pasquantino might have been the best RBI guy in baseball last year
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• Please welcome new writer Jared Perkins

Photo by Keith Gillett/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images A new year brings a new writer. A new year means some new writers here at Royals Review. Some of you may be familiar with Jared Perkins from his time writing at Royals Farm Report and other publications. He has a lot of experience writing about Royals prospects and he’ll continue to cover the farm system here. Here is more from Jared...2025
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• Kan Diego: RoyALs power All-Star win
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• Sox play role as AL wins Papi's final ASG
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• Kan Diego: KC key to AL's All-Star win
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• Seager, Jansen see action, as NL falls
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• NL drops All-Star Game to Royal-powered AL
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• Betances brings the heat during AL's All-Star win
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• AL secures All-Star win in San Diego
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• J.T. Is Keeping It Realmuto
Jerry Tomato Realmuto (5-for-5, 2 runs, 2 RBIs and his 20th homer, hitting .278) is leading the pack for catchers once again on the Player Rater. Jerry Tomato, just sitting on the top of the heap, telling everyone to ketchup. The cream of the crap hasn't smelled this bad in a while. Salvador Perez flew so close to the sun last year, that Sal Icarus made us forgot what good catchers are actually ca...2022
• Top 100 Hitters: The July Heat
Welcome to July where we are only two weeks away from the All-Star game and fantasy baseball owners are trying to gear up for the second half. This week, our rest of the season rankings take on a little shake up thanks to injury (sorry, Bryce Harper and Salvador Perez) and the continued breakout of young stars like Julio Rodriguez and Bobby Witt Jr. In the coming weeks, we also hope to welcome b...2022
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• Top Dynasty Keepers – Two Cards And A Royal
Thanks the the new collective bargaining agreement between Major League Baseball and the players union, teams are no longer hiding their top prospects in the minors to delay their service time and ability to hit arbitration and free agency earlier in their careers. The Mariners (Julio Rodriguez) and Astros (Jeremy Pena) have had top rookies in their starting lineup since the start of the season. ...2022
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• Rolling In The Deep: Be Leury Of Late-Season Free Agent Options
Last week here at RITD, we talked a bit about a few low-ownership National League hitters who'd had a great month or so in terms of fantasy stats, and how that might impact their value for what's left of this season as well as 2022. This week we'll do the same with a few AL hitters, though as I peruse the numbers it's immediately clear that there are not as many hidden gems at the top of the lead...2021
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• Points Leagues: Playoff Gems
What is up party people? Fantasy football may have kicked off but there are still fantasy baseball championships to be won, so focus up. Well, I suppose that if you're here you're already focused. And for that, I appreciate you. It's been a thrilling game so far but that's nothing compared to the thrill of taking home a championship trophy in fantasy baseball. One of the best and worst things abou...2021
• Certified Clubber Boy
Yesterday, Salvador Perez hit his 41st homer. Today, you get a Salvador Appreciation Post, or SAP. You might be asking yourself the same as every Y! Answers when you google SAP, "How do I turn SAP off?" You can't turn it off. It's going into your eyeballs and, with each passing word, it becomes harder to turn back. If you remove all pitchers, the top home run hitter in the major leagues is Salvado...2021
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• Fantasy baseball: How early is too early to draft a catcher?

J.T. Realmuto and Salvador Perez are the top-ranked catchers this season, but Eric Karabell explains why fantasy managers need to use caution before selecting a catcher in the top 100 picks....2021
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• FanGraphs paints a bleak outlook for Royals prospects
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• Royals sign catcher Luke Maile to minor league deal
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• Keep an eye on Joey Wiemer this year
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• What to know about Royals’ 2025 spring training

Photo by Jennifer Stewart/Getty Images Get ready to baseball! Happy Pitchers and Catchers Report Day! The winter in Kansas City may be especially cold with several inches of snow on the ground, but in warm and sunny Arizona, Royals players are assembling to begin spring training. It is a season of renewed hope after a surprising post-season run last year, with the highest pre-season expect...2025
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• Royals Rumblings - News for February 7, 2025
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• Nobody deserves playoff baseball more than Salvador Perez

Anthony Gruppuso-Imagn Images Salvy stayed with Kansas City through the wilderness and made it to the other side On a brisk October night in 2010, Citizens Bank Park buzzed with anticipation and nervous energy. The back-to-back National League champs entered the seventh inning down a run against the Cincinnati Reds, facing rookie phenom Aroldis Chapman. They rallied. Chase Utley hustled P...2024
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• The greatest baseball game of all time was played 10 years ago

The Kansas City Royals celebrate their 9 to 8 win over the Oakland Athletics in the 12th inning of their American League Wild Card game at Kauffman Stadium on September 30, 2014 in Kansas City, Missouri. | Photo by Dilip Vishwanat/Getty Images Long live the Wild Card Game My favorite memory of the 2014 Wild Card Game between the Kansas City Royals and the Oakland Athletics is not, in fact,...2024
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• It’s okay to believe once again

Jay Biggerstaff-USA TODAY Sports Maybe this year is different. Blind optimism isn’t easy to find for fans of the Kansas City Royals. The team hasn’t finished above .500 since 2015 when they won the World Series. Although the losses have far outweighed the win total, there has still been some reason for hope to close out nearly every season in that span. Just as the Royals have an uncanny a...2023
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• Picollo: “We have no intention of trading Salvy.”
Photo by Megan Briggs/Getty Images The Royals captain is unlikely to be traded. After an awful start to begin the year, the Royals will certainly be sellers at the trade deadline, and speculation has already begun on who they might trade. Ken Rosenthal of The Athletic wrote a piece last week where he reported that the Royals are already talking to teams about Aroldis Chapman, with the poss...2023
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• World Series MVP Salvador Perez Is Heart and Soul of Royals' Comeback Machine
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• Royals' Under-the-Radar Offense Outshining Star-Studded Blue Jays
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• Overpowering Edinson Volquez Could Be Huge Addition for Title-Hopeful Royals
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• 2015 MLB All-Star Roster: Starting Selections and Top AL, NL Snubs
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• Inside a Beanball War: How One Play Turned into Three Days of Royals, A's Rage
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