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• Lugo, Ragans finish top four in Cy Young voting

Photo by Ed Zurga/Getty Images Detroit’s Tarik Skubal wins unanimously. The Royals had some of the best starting pitching in baseball in 2024, and Cy Young Award voting reflected that. Seth Lugo and Cole Ragans each finished in the top four ,the first time two Royals pitchers have finished in the top four in voting since 1985 when Bret Saberhagen won and Dan Quisenberry tied for third (Ch...2024
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• 2024 Season in Review: Lucas Erceg

Lucas Erceg #60 of the Kansas City Royals throws a pitch during the sixth inning against the New York Yankees during Game Four of the Division Series at Kauffman Stadium on October 10, 2024 in Kansas City, Missouri. | Photo by Ed Zurga/Getty Images Great stuff, great performance Kansas City Royals fans, myself included, were blown away by the skill and dominance of the 2014 and 2015 Royals...2024
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• Monday Rockpile: The Colorado Rockies’ looming austerity is a direct consequence of poor payroll decisions

Photo by Dustin Bradford/Getty Images Colorado Rockies news and links for Monday, November 4th, 2024 You may think from Colorado Rockies owner Dick Monfort’s comments on high-spending teams like the New York Mets and San Diego Padres that he would run his baseball team in the most miserly manner possible. The expectation would be that the Rockies would rank in the league’s lowest payrolls ...2024
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• Royals Rumblings - News for November 1, 2024

Salvy! | Photo by Elsa/Getty Images Crashing from all the sugar last night? Per this completely unofficial website, it looks like 102 days until Pitchers and Catchers Report. It has the disclaimer of “Countdown is currently based on pitchers and catchers reporting on February 12, 2025”. That means roughly 3 months until we can start posting stories about who is in the best shape of their...2024
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• Baseball history unpacked, October 18

Happy birthday, Allen Ripley! A M-W-F digest, replete with #Cubs, #MLB, and #MiLB content, gathered from reputable sources. Happy birthday, Allen Ripley, and other stories. Believe it or not! On Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, Bleed Cubbie Blue is pleased to present a light-hearted, Cubs-centric look at baseball’s colorful past, with plenty of the lore and various narratives to foll...2024
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• Baseball history unpacked, October 11

Photo by Ezra Shaw/Getty Images A M-W-F digest, replete with #Cubs, #MLB, and #MiLB content, gathered from reputable sources. A great Chicago playoff classic and other stories. Happy birthday, Rick James! On Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, Bleed Cubbie Blue is pleased to present a light-hearted, Cubs-centric look at baseball’s colorful past, with plenty of the lore and various narra...2024
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• Is the Royals’ bullpen....good now?

Photo by Frank Jansky/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images The beleaguered relievers have been getting the jobs done in September. Kansas City fans know the importance of a good bullpen on a contending team. The 2014-15 Royals rode a dominant pen to two pennants and a title with All-Stars Greg Holland, Wade Davis, and Kelvin Herrera playing prominent roles. For this year’s contending Royals, ...2024
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• I wish the Royals could have moved Kris Bubic and Daniel Lynch IV to the pen earlier

Kris Bubic #50 of the Kansas City Royals throws in the eighth inning against the Minnesota Twins at Kauffman Stadium on September 08, 2024 in Kansas City, Missouri. | Photo by Ed Zurga/Getty Images They’re doing well there. The 2018 Kansas City Royals MLB Draft was a huge opportunity to reshape the franchise. The Second Golden Age was officially over, as the core position player group was ...2024
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• What might a Brewers postseason pitching staff look like?

Max Correa / The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel / USA TODAY NETWORK With Milwaukee closing in on the division title, let’s take a look at who might pitch in the playoffs We’ve reached a point in the season where I feel like I can say this, with confidence, without fear of something wild and terrible happening: the Brewers are going to make the playoffs. They are going to win the National Leagu...2024
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• Friday Rockpile: Rockies bullpen needs a Jaden Hill and Tyler Rogers infusion

Photo by Steph Chambers/Getty Images Colorado Rockies news and links for Friday, August 30, 2024 With 27 games left, the Rockies are 15 losses away from consecutive 100-loss seasons. Whether it’s 99 losses or 104, it’s not a step in the right direction. So, the question is what could the Rockies do in the final month of the 2024 season to move the team forward in 2025? With active rosters ...2024
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• Past All-Star games with four or more Royals

Royalty comes to the All-Star Game. This year, the Royals will have four representatives at the 2024 All-Star Game to be played at Globe Life Field in Arlington, Texas. Salvador Perez earns All-Star honors for the ninth time while Bobby Witt Jr., Seth Lugo, and Cole Ragans are part of the 32 players going to the All-Star Game for the first time. It is just the seventh time in Royals history the te...2024
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• Tuesday Rockpile and Weekly Pebble Report: The Rockies are not an appealing destination for MLB players

Photo by Thearon W. Henderson/Getty Images Colorado Rockies news and links for Tuesday, June 11th, 2024 The results are in. The Athletic ran an MLB Player poll with questions covering a variety of topics, ranging from “Who is the best player in baseball?” (Shohei Ohtani) to “Who has the best vibes?” (Mookie Betts) and even the age-old question “Is the MLB season too long?” (No). The Ath...2024
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• Burnt ends
Photo by Gerry Angus/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images What’s new, what’s old? Groundhog day. Much ink has already been spilled about the Royals abysmal start to the season. For many of us, it feels like the season is already over, from a contention standpoint. Or even from a being halfway competitive standpoint. Look, I think we all understood that this team had no chance of garnering a pl...2023
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• Nothing new under the sun
Photo by Presley Ann/Getty Images The Yellowstone baseball edition. The other day I was standing in my bathroom, wondering who the old man was looking at me in the mirror, when I came to the realization that the Yellowstone series is nothing more than Sons of Anarchy on horses. For some reason I get most of my ideas in the shower. My lovely wife, who is a big baseball fan, has me on a Yell...2023
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• Rockies sign Brooks pounders to minor league deal
The Rockies announced a host of invitations to Major League Spring Training on Monday, including a new minor league contract with right-hander Brooks Pounders.Pounders, 27, has appeared for the Royals and Angels in the past two seasons, totaling a combined 23 innings but struggling to a dismal 9.78 ERA in that time. The former second-round pick has logged an impressive 25-to-8 K/BB ratio in that t...2018
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• Relentless Royals Can't Wait to Swing—and They Rarely Miss
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• Scott Miller's Starting 9 (+6): Who Has the Edge in Royals-Mets World Series?
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• 2015 ALCS Will Be a Battle of the Powerful Blue Jays vs. the Powerhouse Royals
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"Having rigid roles makes some sense if you have three dominant relievers like Kelvin Herrera, Wade Davis, and Greg Holland."

2023
"“Fulmer’s path reminds Tommy Hottovy of the way that Wade Davis reinvented himself."

2022
"The Royals trade closer Wade Davis to the Cubs in return for OF Jorge Soler and the Giants send P Chris Heston to the Mariners for a player to be named."

2021
"Kansas City moved fellow righties Brad Keller and Wade Davis from the 10-day IL to the 60-day IL in a pair of corresponding 40-man roster moves."

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"That Wade Davis has been named the Rockies’ closer in and of itself isn’t shocking."

2019
"Free-agent reliever Adam Ottavino, who had a breakout 2018 season as the setup man for closer Wade Davis with the Rockies, has agreed to sign with the Yankees, sources told ESPN."

2018
"Carle was designated for assignment last week when the Rockies signed Wade Davis."

2017
"Javier Baez hit a tying two-out single in the ninth, Wade Davis escaped a bases-loaded jam to force extra innings and Kris Bryant's two-run home run in the 10th sent Chicago to a 5-3 win in the opener of a four-game series that could decide the National League Central."

2016
"The Cubs, adding more depth to the bullpen and possibly a new closer, completed a deal Wednesday to acquire Wade Davis from the Royals for outfielder Jorge Soler."

2015
"After Madson walked Edwin Encarnacion, Yost hooked him for closer Wade Davis."

2014
"2 innings before Wade Davis and Greg Holland came in to slam the door shut."

• Monday Rockpile: The Colorado Rockies’ looming austerity is a direct consequence of poor payroll decisions
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• Royals Rumblings - News for November 1, 2024
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• Is the Royals’ bullpen....good now?
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• I wish the Royals could have moved Kris Bubic and Daniel Lynch IV to the pen earlier
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• The boys are playing some ball and could make some noise

Bobby Witt Jr. #7 of the Kansas City Royals rounds third base before scoring a run during the third inning of the game against the New York Yankees at Yankee Stadium on September 10, 2024 in New York City. | Photo by Dustin Satloff/Getty Images If you’re a Yankees fan, you’re probably pretty nervous about facing the Royals in the playoffs. There are 15 games left in the season and the Roya...2024
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• Friday Rockpile: Rockies bullpen needs a Jaden Hill and Tyler Rogers infusion
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• Lucas Erceg is having a moment

Photo by Keith Gillett/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images The 29-year-old took a long road to get here, but he’s here Kansas City has a decent history of dominant closers over the past 20 seasons. Since 2005, a relief pitcher who pitched at least 60 innings has logged an ERA of 1.60 or lower 54 times. Six of those seasons have been by Royals closers - good for 11 percent. From Joakim Soria ...2024
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• A few thoughts about the Cubs and the MLB trade deadline

Photo by Jamie Sabau/Getty Images The deadline is four weeks from today. The first thing I’m going to say is that you’re probably not going to like what you read here. Nevertheless, I ask you to at least read and consider. Before I get started, I think MLB has really missed an outstanding opportunity surrounding the trade deadline. The CBA signed in 2022 gives the Commissioner the right to...2024
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• 2024 Cubs Heroes and Goats: Game 67

Jonathan Dyer-USA TODAY Sports The Cubs bullpen fails in a 5-2 loss to the Rays. Seven very good innings. One bad inning. One horrendous inning. This isn’t some bizarre match play or Stableford scoring system. So the net of that equation is another loss. Four of five, six of 10, et cetera, et cetera. No one wants to hear it and I’m tired of saying it. The free fall continues. We can disse...2024
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• Tuesday Rockpile and Weekly Pebble Report: The Rockies are not an appealing destination for MLB players
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• I think, perhaps, it’s time to forgive Jeff Bridich

Mark J. Rebilas-USA TODAY Sports The former GM had a tumultuous career, but we should recognize his successes *puts on hazmat suit* Hindsight is a wondrous thing, able to be utilized in both positive and negative ways. There is no greater “I told you so” tool, no more humbling “See?” application available. We must wield it carefully, but in doing so we can see things in an entirely new way...2024
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• This day in Braves History: Adam Duvall pinch-hits Braves into tied NLDS with Cardinals

Set Number: X162965 TK1 2019 was fun, until it wasn’t Braves franchise history 1917: After the Brooklyn Robins beat the Boston Braves, 5-1 in the first game of a doubleheader, Boston responds with a 4-2 victory in the nitecap. The 40-inning scoreless streak of Art Nehf ends when a walk followed by a single and a sacrifice fly in the 8th inning produces a run for Brooklyn. Nehf holds on fo...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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• Relive the 2014 Royals season with a short film by Eric Hosmer’s media company

Photo by Jeff Moffett/Icon Sportswire/Corbis/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images Has it already been ten years? Ten years have already passed since the Royals won the 2014 American League pennant, their first playoff appearances in 29 seasons. Members of that team reunited in Kansas City earlier this summer, captured in a short film by the Royals and MoonBall Media, a production company heade...2024
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• Lucas Erceg is having a moment
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• Royals trade partner history: The Cubs

Photo by Jon Durr/Getty Images Who have the Royals sent to the “friendly confines”? This is a series that looks back at their trade history with each team in baseball. The first entry was a look at trades between the Royals and Atlanta Braves. Today, we’ll look back at the history of trades between the Royals and the Chicago Cubs. Total number of Royals/Cubs trades: 19 The Cubs didn’t call...2024
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• Cedric Tallis belongs in the Royals Hall of Fame

Time to right a wrong Last year I made a vow to write an annual story about why the Royals’ first General Manager, Cedric Tallis, should be in the Royals Hall of Fame. Like it or not, it’s that time of year. Many of us have speculated as to why Tallis has been snubbed. His credentials are far too impressive for just a plain oversight, so there must be another underlying reason. The most common the...2024
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• A look at Cubs trades in the expansion era: 2017

Getty Images The Cubs tried a couple of “win now” deals. They didn’t work out. Coming off the World Series title in 2016, the Cubs had a rough first half and were under .500 at the All-Star break. Then they won 14 of 17 after the break and became buyers, after rumors they might have traded Jake Arrieta and Wade Davis if that hadn’t happened. The Cubs made the postseason, but were eliminate...2024
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• BCB After Dark: How many saves for Alzolay?

Charles LeClaire-USA TODAY Sports The late-night/early-morning spot for Cubs fans asks if Adbert Alzolay will record 30 saves this season. Welcome back to BCB After Dark: the merriest meeting of night owls, early risers, new parents and Cubs fans abroad. Come on in out of the cold. Let us check your coat. We’re looking to spread some holiday cheer. Come sing with us. We’ve still got a few...2023
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• Bryant's HR in 10th puts Cubs 4 1/2 up on Crew
This was not the postseason, but it sure felt that way Thursday night at Miller Park as the Cubs and the Brewers traded late-inning blows in Milwaukee's most charged September ballgame in years. Javier Baez hit a tying two-out single in the ninth, Wade Davis escaped a bases-loaded jam to force extra innings and Kris Bryant's two-run home run in the 10th sent Chicago to a 5-3 win in the opener of a...2017
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• Report: Davis strikes three-year deal with Rox
The Rockies have agreed to a deal with Wade Davis, the biggest-name closer on the free-agent market, according to a report from Yahoo Sports' Jeff Passan on Friday....2017
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• Back to the Future in the AL as Kansas City Royals Keep Their Pennant
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• Joba Chamberlain, Wandy Rodriguez to Royals: Contract Details and Reaction
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• 2015 ALCS Will Be a Battle of the Powerful Blue Jays vs. the Powerhouse Royals
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• Cubs acquire Davis from Royals for Soler
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• Royals Advance to 2015 World Series: Celebration Highlights and Twitter Reaction
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• Cubs’ Deal For Wade Davis Possibly Hits Snag
7:44: There could be a “snag,” and the deal is not a sure thing, Passan tweets. 7:20pm: The Cubs are close to a trade that would land Royals closer Wade Davis, Yahoo! Sports’ Jeff Passan tweets. Passan wrote earlier today that the Royals might soon deal Davis. Davis, like several other key Royals, is set to become…...2016
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• Davis not concerned with save streak
Wade Davis was more concerned about his fantasy football team after he picked up his 31st save on Sunday. That pretty much sums up the Cubs closer, who would prefer to count his saves once the season is over, which he's hoping won't be until sometime in November....2017
• Royals Still Have All the Ingredients of Their Championship Formula in 2016
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• Greg Holland Injury: Updates on Royals Pitcher's Pectoral and Return
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• Rookie Brandon Finnegan Makes History with 1st NCAA, MLB World Series Double-Dip
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• Can Royals Become 1st Undefeated Champion in Modern MLB Postseason History?
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• Lugo, Ragans finish top four in Cy Young voting
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• 2024 Season in Review: Lucas Erceg
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• Baseball history unpacked, October 11
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• Is the Royals’ bullpen....good now?
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• The All-Star Game is coming Part 2: Votepocalypse

Bobby Witt Jr. #7 of the Kansas City Royals celebrates with Salvador Perez #13 after hitting a home run in the sixth inning against the Tampa Bay Rays at Tropicana Field on May 26, 2024 in St Petersburg, Florida. | Photo by Julio Aguilar/Getty Images This democracy can be dominated by royalty Last week we talked about what would have to happen to get a Royals catcher or baseman into the Al...2024
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• Weekend Rumblings - News for March 23, 2024

Photo by Aaron Doster/Getty Images The last weekend before regular season baseball. Jaylon Thompson writes about the Royals demoting Nick Pratto despite a hot spring. “Frankly you know, Vinnie (Pasquantino) is going to play first (base) most of the time,” Quatraro said. “Nick had a phenomenal spring. It was just a little bit of a logjam. He can do other things in playing the outfield. But ...2024
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• Cedric Tallis belongs in the Royals Hall of Fame
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• Cold Stove thoughts

76 days until spring training There’s not a lot going on in the world of baseball during the post-Thanksgiving week. A few minor trades and signings and a lot of speculation on where several Japanese stars may sign. I thought it would be a good time to enjoy the resurgence of the Detroit Lions before they imploded against the Packers, and to fret about the Chiefs pass dropping woes. I might also m...2023
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• Rockies manager Bud Black names Wade Davis closer
That Wade Davis has been named the Rockies’ closer in and of itself isn’t shocking. Davis is one of the most accomplished closers of this era, changing the game with an incomparable three-year run of dominance with the Royals from 2014 to 2016. Over that span, Davis appeared in 185 contests, posting a 1.18 ERA/1.86 FIP. He gave up just three home runs in that time, and along with running mates Gre...2020
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• Bud Black Names Wade Davis Closer
That Wade Davis has been named the Rockies’ closer in and of itself isn’t shocking. Davis is one of the most accomplished closers of this era, changing the game with an incomparable three-year run of dominance with the Royals from 2014 to 2016. Over that span, Davis appeared in 185 contests, posting a 1.18 ERA/1.86…...2020
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• Rockies looking to pursue trades for its underperforming relievers
The Rockies have signed relievers Wade Davis, Jake McGee and Bryan Shaw to expensive contracts in recent offseasons. Those deals haven’t worked out for the team, though, and now buyer’s remorse may be setting in regarding at least a couple of those pitchers. The club’s “investigating trades” involving McGee and Shaw, per Patrick Saunders of the Denver Post, though he notes it’s unclear whether the...2020
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