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• Rays 2, Royals 8: Royally swept

Kim Klement Neitzel-Imagn Images This game was not fun. The Rays were facing off against the Royals in the final game of a three-game outing, just hoping to avoid being swept at home before heading to the Bronx to take on red-hot division rivals in the Yankees. Shane Baz was on the mound for the Rays up against Seth Lugo for the Royals. In the first, Bobby Witt Jr. got a one-out walk, bu...2025
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• Game Thirty Two; 8-2 Royals win in Tampa Bay

Photo by Julio Aguilar/Getty Images Royals sweep the Rays and have now won nine of their last ten In a classic Thursday 12:10 game, the Royals took on the Rays in game three of their series looking for a sweep. Kansas City came into the game having won eight of their last nine and finished the month of May one game above .500. Kansas City remained hot, getting the win and the sweep with a ...2025
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• Royals at Rays, game three, game thread

Photo by Kyle Rivas/Getty Images The Royals look for the sweep in Tampa Coming off a big win with an incredible debut by Noah Cameron last night, the Royals are looking to remain hot with a sweep of the Rays in Tampa this afternoon. The pitching has been elite, as the Royals pitching staff has looked like the best in baseball over the last two weeks. But the bats are still relatively quiet...2025
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• Games of the Day
Just a quick one today. Find a place for lunch with the MLB package so you can watch Colin Rea of the Cubs with his 0.96 ERA take on Paul Skenes of the Pirates with his 2.39 ERA. Seth Lugo leads the Royals against undefeated Shane Baz of the Rays. Slugfest of the day may […]...2025
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• Top end projections

Photo by Nick Cammett/Diamond Images via Getty Images What could this team be? “You don’t have a right to the cards you think you should have been dealt. You have an obligation to play the hell out of the ones you’re holding”. - author Cheryl Strayed I just love this quote from Cheryl Strayed, the author of the book Wild. If you’re unfamiliar with Strayed, she’s a woman who pulled her lif...2025
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• The Seth Lugo conundrum

Rick Osentoski-Imagn Images In which the pesky player option rears its fickle head. Seth Lugo dominated Friday night. Facing the Houston Astros in his sixth start of the season, Lugo threw a gem, having by far his best outing of the season as the Royals prevailed 2-0. During his previous starts, Lugo had tossed no more than 6.2 innings, but this time he went a full eight while completely s...2025
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• Series Preview: Rays vs Royals

Photo by Julio Aguilar/Getty Images Twenty-eight games down, one-hundred thirty-four to go We are officially one month into the 2025 regular season and the Tampa Bay Rays have gone through the longest homestand in franchise history and a west coast swing against two of the toughest teams in the National League. They’ve endured playing at the newest hitter’s haven in baseball. They’ve suffe...2025
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• Game thread XXVIII - Astros at Royals

Mark Canha #21 of the Kansas City Royals bats | Photo by Jamie Squire/Getty Images The Royals will try to win their sixth straight against a tough lefty. While everyone was giving up on the Royals thanks to a tough road trip that saw them go 2-8, the Royals have now gone 9-2 in the 11 home games surrounding the road trip and find themselves 10-4 at home overall this season. Today would be ...2025
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• Royals Rumblings - News for April 25, 2025

Leigh Guidry/USA TODAY Network Prior to yesterday’s game, I was 6th on the Royals in position player fWAR for 2025. And so were you! Suddenly, the Royals are on a 4-game winning streak and only 2 games under .500. Huzzah! Going back to Wednesday, Pete Grathoff talked about the rain delay the started well before the rain. Roth was correct as the rain didn’t start for more than 90 minute...2025
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• Royals Rumblings - News for April 23, 2025

Photo by Tanner Gatlin/MLB Photos via Getty Images The stoppable force meets the movable object in Kauffman Stadium. David Lesky takes a long look at Kansas City Royals trade candidates (as buyers) at Inside the Crown. [$] Last year, two of the 12 teams in the postseason were under .500 after 23 games. The bar simply isn’t as high to get in, which means more times are in it a lot longer. B...2025
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• The Royals might only have 16 games to right the ship

Photo by Duane Burleson/Getty Images April has not gone well for the Royals so far. I, for one, am already a little tired of talking about the lack of offensive output. We are at the point where the old adage you can’t win the World Series in April, but you can certainly lose it is coming into play. Part of the problem for the Royals of 2025 is that they did not get to beat up on the White...2025
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• Shoddy Twins defense opens door to Royals 2-1 win

William Purnell-Imagn Images Cole Ragans had another stellar outing. The Twins committed three errors that led to two unearned Royals runs, allowing them to win a tight 2-1 game on Tuesday night. Cole Ragans struck out 11, his seventh double-digit strikeout game with the Royals, passing Danny Duffy for most by a lefty in club history. Ragans and Twins starter Pablo López were as-advertise...2025
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• The hope of baseball

Photo by Mitchell Layton/Getty Images Hope is a great thing A couple of weeks ago I was at the hospital in Iowa City, doing some research on my dead ears. My ears are strictly ornamental now, only good for holding up my glasses. Hopefully, the research is beneficial to future generations. I’m amazed at how closely the hospital and the university have shoehorned buildings together. From the...2025
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• Perfectly reasonable reactions to the Royals’ opening weekend

I know is for hype, but it looks like they’re trying to put out the tire fire his time in KC has become | Photo by Daniel Shirey/MLB Photos via Getty Images This is fine The Royals lost their opening weekend series to the Guardians two games to one. They’ve already played three games and they’ve lost more than they’ve won! Some people are telling me the season isn’t over, but, well, I see ...2025
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• Royals fans, let us enjoy the ride in 2025

Ragans deals. | Brad Penner-Imagn Images Each time I find myself flat on my face, I pick myself up and get back in the race Welcome to 2025, Royals fans, the first time since—what?—2016 that there are high expectations for our beloved franchise. That’s the blessing and curse of winning baseball: itt leads you to believe that more winning baseball is on the horizon. And it very well might b...2025
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• Royals Rumblings - News for March 20, 2025

Photo by Norm Hall/Getty Images One week until Opening Day. Daniel Lynch IV’s last Spring Training outing could hint at his role this season: Lynch will get a few appearances out of the bullpen this week as the Cactus League schedule wraps up, with an inning Wednesday and two scheduled on Friday, while Kris Bubic remains in the rotation and is scheduled for his sixth spring game (fifth st...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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"The Royals traded away Brady Singer, but re-signed Wacha to join a rotation with Seth Lugo and Cole Ragans."

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"On the pitching side of things, Seth Lugo was pristine, sharp, and every bit of he quintessential veteran rotation anchor the Royals wanted him to be."

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"Wacha joins a rotation that includes former Padres teammate Seth Lugo, Cole Ragans, Brady Singer, and Jordan Lyles."

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"Right-hander Seth Lugo has been drawing interest as a starting pitcher and Jon Heyman of The New York Post reports that working as a starter is Lugo’s preference as well, with the Padres one of several teams interested in him."

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"Syndergaard and Seth Lugo will begin minor-league rehab assignments this week"

2020
"The Mets have moved left-hander Steven Matz to the bullpen and will shift setup man Seth Lugo back into a starting role, manager Luis Rojas revealed after last night’s game (Twitter link via Deesha Thosar of the New York Daily News)."

2019
"It’s unclear who else would be in the trade, but Andy Martino of SNY tweets that it wouldn’t feature Mets right-hander Seth Lugo, whom the Astros have shown interest in this offseason."

2018
"Seth Lugo allowed five runs in five innings as the Mets fell to the D-backs 7-3 on Friday for their fourth straight loss."

2017
"Gavin Cecchini and Michael Conforto homered for the Mets, while Seth Lugo and two other New York pitchers held Boston hitless for six innings of Friday's 3-2 win over the Red Sox at JetBlue Park."

2016
"Mets pitcher Seth Lugo and Twins outfielder Eddie Rosario have committed to play for Puerto Rico in the 2017 tournament, sources told MLB."

2015
"The Mets added Nimmo as well as right-handers Seth Lugo, Jeff Walters and Robert Gsellman before Friday's 8 p."

• Royals at Rays, game three, game thread
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• Royals Rumblings - News for April 28, 2025

Photo by Mikayla Schlosser/Getty Images Royals pitching continues to impress. Seth Lugo was sensational Friday against the Astros, writes Jackson Stone. “To me, that was probably the best game I’ve seen him pitch, to be honest,” manager Matt Quatraro said. “ ... Right from the get-go it looked like he was incredibly sharp. To go through that lineup three times, they made him work a little ...2025
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• Game thread XXVIII - Astros at Royals
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• Braves News: Atlanta wins on the road, trade rumors (already), Craig Kimbrel, and more

Photo by Christian Petersen/Getty Images Atlanta Braves news and notes from Friday Last night was a rare sight, indeed — at least as far as this season is concerned. The Atlanta Braves ended up cruising to a victory, on the road, in the NL West, no less. Indeed, this looked more like the Braves that we’re used to seeing in Cobb County — especially considering that they had a big eighth inn...2025
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• Royals Rumblings - News for April 25, 2025
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• Royals Rumblings - News for April 23, 2025
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• The Royals might only have 16 games to right the ship
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• Royals Rumblings - News for April, 21, 2025

Photo by Duane Burleson/Getty Images The Royals return home looking to hit. The Royals had a “big time win” Sunday, but it was still a rough road trip. “Look, we know we’re going to go through some tough stretches,” manager Matt Quatraro said. “This was a tough road trip against good teams. We’re going to play better than we’ve played this week, that’s for sure. You just don’t know when it...2025
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• Royals Rumblings - News for April 25, 2025
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• Royals Rumblings - News for April 23, 2025
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• Royals Rumblings - News for April, 21, 2025
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• Not Crews-ing Yet - April 14th, 2025
Dylan Crews (OF - WAS) - Crews is 5-47 with 5 singles and a 2:18 BB:K ratio after another 0-4 on Monday against former college teammate Paul Skenes, so I went in to check his Statcast data and plate discipline/contact numbers, and the results are.....not awful? Above average exit velo, only two fewer barrels than he has hits, an average chase rate and slightly below average contact. He hasn't been...2025
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• 5 things that stick out over the Royals’ first 10 games of 2025

Hunter Renfroe #16 of the Kansas City Royals takes the field during the game between the Cleveland Guardians and the Kansas City Royals at Kauffman Stadium on Sunday, March 30, 2025 in Kansas City, Missouri. | Photo by Daniel Shirey/MLB Photos via Getty Images The bullpen? Nice. The outfield? Not exactly so. There’s a metaphorical magnifying glass hovering above the beginning of each MLB s...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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• MLB Opening Day 2025: The Purple Row community offers their season predictions

Photo by AAron Ontiveroz/MediaNews Group/The Denver Post via Getty Images What do you all think will happen during the 2025 MLB season? It’s Opening Day! Rockies baseball is back! Earlier today, we shared our Purple Row staff predictions, and for the second-straight year, we asked the community to offer their same predictions! We received 35 responses, up from 28 in 2024, and here’s what y...2025
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• Royals fans, let us enjoy the ride in 2025
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• MLB Power Rankings: Which teams can challenge the Dodgers?

Photo by Mary DeCicco/MLB Photos via Getty Images The Dodgers look like the cream of the crop but there are several teams that could challenge for their crown. Every Major League Baseball team begins a brand new baseball season with hope. In the spring of 1993, as a fresh-faced 16-year-old Phillies fan living in suburban bliss, I had no right to believe that summer was going to be anythin...2025
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• 2025 Royals season preview: They didn’t come this far just to come this far

Photo by Scott Winters/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images The Royals had a surprise run, but the taste of the post-season left them wanting more. A year ago, even the most optimistic Royals fans would have had a hard time envisioning the season playing out the way it did. The team was coming off its seventh consecutive losing season - three of which were 100-loss seasons, including a 2023 se...2025
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• Royals Rumblings - News for April 28, 2025
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• Royals Rumblings - News for April 25, 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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• Spring Training finale gamethread

Mark Canha #21 of the Milwaukee Brewers bats | Photo by Dylan Buell/Getty Images The Royals will show off their new outfielder at the last possible moment. Well, it took the Royals until literally the last day of Spring Training, but they finally added some help to their outfield in the form of right-hander Mark Canha. Canha is 36 years old and if he finishes the season on the team, either...2025
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• Royals Rumblings - News for March 21, 2025

Almost time to say farewell to Surprise | Photo by David Durochik/Diamond Images via Getty Images By next Friday’s Rumblings, we’ll have seen real baseball Bobby Baseball days away.— Kansas City Royals (@royals.com) 2025-03-20T16:30:15.121Z At the Star, Vahe Gregorian profiles Seth Lugo: For instance, an aunt likes to tell the story of taking him to a Texas Rangers game when he was 4...2025
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• Royals Rumblings - News for March 20, 2025
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• Royals Rumblings—News for March 5, 2025

Photo by Jeremy Chen/Getty Images Which will come first, the end of Kansas City’s winter or Opening Day? David Lesky at Inside the Crown stacks up the Kansas City Royals pitching room ahead of Opening Day. The change started at the end of June that year when the Royals acquired Cole Ragans, but to their credit, they didn’t stop. We know about them adding Seth Lugo and Michael Wacha, but th...2025
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• Royals Rumblings - News for February 26, 2025
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• Cecchini, Conforto homer; Mets 2-hit Red Sox
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• Cecchini, Conforto HRs back sharp Lugo, Mets
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• Hanley has 1 of Sox's 2 hits, Owens scuffles vs. Mets
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• Reyes homers twice to back solid Lugo in win
Seth Lugo may not have completely quieted criticisms of his ability to pitch deep into games, but he took a notable step forward Friday in the Mets' 5-1 win over the Reds at Citi Field....2017
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• Reyes homers twice to back solid Lugo in win
Seth Lugo may not have completely quieted criticisms of his ability to pitch deep into games, but he took a notable step forward Friday in the Mets' 5-1 win over the Reds at Citi Field....2017
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• Lugo hurts cause, allows 3 homers against Nats
Max Scherzer struck out seven in five scoreless innings and was backed by a pair of Bryce Harper home runs (his seventh and eighth of the spring) and two solo shots by Trea Turner in the Nationals' 6-0 win over Seth Lugo and the Mets on Monday....2017
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• Harper, Turner homer twice; Scherzer stifles Mets
Max Scherzer struck out seven in five scoreless innings and was backed by a pair of Bryce Harper home runs (his seventh and eighth of the spring) and two solo shots by Trea Turner in the Nationals' 6-0 win over Seth Lugo and the Mets on Monday....2017
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• Lugo spins stellar debut as Mets edge Braves
Michael Conforto provided the early spark and Seth Lugo showed no rust on the mound or at the plate as his successful season debut helped the Mets claim a four-game series victory with Sunday afternoon's 2-1 win over the Braves at SunTrust Park....2017
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• Royals Rumblings—News for March 5, 2025
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• Kansas City Royals Fantasy Outlook with Eric Cross: Witt Jr., Garcia, and Pitching Prospects

The award-winning fantasy mind joins the podcast as fantasy baseball season chugs along. Fantasy baseball season is here, and we’re diving deep into the Kansas City Royals! With Jeremy out due to technical issues, Jacob Milham is joined by fantasy baseball expert Eric Cross from RotoBaller for an insightful breakdown of the Royals’ top fantasy prospects and sleepers for 2025. The duo discusses Bob...2025
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• Royals at Rays, game three, game thread
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• Series Preview: Rays vs Royals
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• Astros vs. Royals odds, predictions: MLB best bets Friday

Seth Lugo will lead the host Royals past the Astros on Friday night, Stitches predicts....2025
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• What a difference competent leadership makes

Photo by Chris Bernacchi/Diamond Images via Getty Images Kansas City Royals pitching has gone from an expectation of bottom feeding to the top half of the MLB very quickly. Fangraphs finished their positional power rankings for 2025 last week and the one thing that really stood out to me was the opinion on the Royals pitching as a whole. Royals pitching has been bad to terrible for a very ...2025
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• Royals Opening Day roster prediction one week into Spring Training

John Rave #96 of the Kansas City Royals cannot catch a ball hit by Josh Smith #47 of the Texas Rangers in the seventh inning at Globe Life Field on March 27, 2023 | Photo by Tim Heitman/Getty Images No trade = blander projection Can you believe the Royals have already played more than a week of Spring Training? Regular season baseball will be on us in less than a month, and while many rost...2025
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• This year’s Royals are better on paper but will that translate to more wins?

Photo by Ed Zurga/Getty Images The Royals look better on paper, but they might not win as many games as the 2024 version. The roster that the Royals having heading into the 2025 regular season is just better than what they started with last season. That does not mean they will win more games than the 2024 Royals, but I do like that this front office seems to improve the roster yearly. Let’...2025
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• Pitching rotation candidates for Padres

Matt Waldron | Photo by Denis Poroy/Getty Images A look at five players who could win a job The current pitching rotation for San Diego consists of Yu Darvish, Dylan Cease and Michael King. The fourth and fifth spots in the rotation are vacant and need to be filled prior to Opening Day. The Padres have several options on their 40-man roster and each has potential to make an impact as a sta...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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• 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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• The 2024 Royals roster looks immensely better, but what about beyond?

Photo by Matt Thomas/San Diego Padres/Getty Images After 2024, many of the recent free agent deals include opt-outs. Let’s get it out of the way early: the 2024 Kansas City Royals — as the roster stands right now — aren’t likely to make the playoffs. The recent flurry of free-agent additions has sparked the fanbase in ways we haven’t seen in quite some time. Fans are optimistic and whisper...2023
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