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• 2024 Season in Review: Nick Pratto

Nick Pratto #32 of the Kansas City Royals makes his pitching debut against the New York Yankees during the ninth inning at Kauffman Stadium on June 11, 2024 in Kansas City, Missouri. | Photo by Kyle Rivas/Getty Images The most bizarre season Getting to the big leagues at all is an incredible accomplishment. Among the millions of college and professional baseball players who have stepped on...2024
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• The Royals still have a lot of work to do this offseason

Photo by Lachlan Cunningham/Getty Images What’s next? The Royals have been one of the more active teams early this off-season, re-signing a major free agent in Michael Wacha and engineering a good ol’ fashioned baseball trade when they swapped Brady Singer for Jonathan India. General manager J.J. Picollo identified adding an on-base hitter as the top priority, and India has been one of the...2024
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• What to know about the MLB off-season

Photo by Ed Zurga/Getty Images Let the Hot Stove season begin. Now that the World Series is complete, the off-season can begin in earnest. Here is what you need to know about the Royals’ off-season. Which players become free agents? The Royals have seven players that automatically become free agents now - Paul DeJong, Yuli Gurriel, Garrett Hampson, Tommy Pham, Robbie Grossman, Michael Lor...2024
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• 2024 Season in Review: The best Royals games

Photo by Mark Goldman/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images Royals games were better this year. It was a remarkable season for the Royals with 30 more wins this year than in 2023, one of the biggest improvements ever. That gave Royals fans a lot more games to be excited about! Here are the best Royals games of the year. March 31 - Royals blow out the Twins The Twins were expected to be the clas...2024
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• Lessons the front office can learn from this year

Photo by Ed Zurga/Getty Images The Royals improved this year - let’s do it again! The Royals had one of the best off-seasons in baseball last year, improving a 106-loss team enough to make the playoffs and advance to the ALDS. By adding Seth Lugo and Michael Wacah, the Royals featured one of the best rotations in baseball, and although some other acquisitions - Hunter Renfroe, Adam Frazier...2024
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• Where do they go from here?

Denny Medley-Imagn Images Looking ahead to 2025 That was fun, wasn’t it? Isn’t that what we’re trying to convince ourselves? That the 2024 season was a blast? In a lot of ways, it was. I mean think about it, they went from 106 losses in 2023 to 86 wins and a playoff berth in 2024. What’s not to like about that? Maybe I’m alone in this thought, but for some nagging reason, I didn’t enjoy t...2024
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• The ideal White Sox lineup for 2025

Yes, Minnie is our inspiration for the 2025 Sox. | David Banks/Getty Images Time to go with the flow of fandom In the entertainment industry, whether on stage or on a screen, you often hear of people, especially members of minority groups, saying they wish they could see more people who look like them. Bear that in mind, and also bear in mind that spectator sports are first and foremost en...2024
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• What comes next for the Royals?

Kansas City Royals take batting practice prior to the game against the New York Yankees during Game Four of the Division Series at Kauffman Stadium | Photo by Jamie Squire/Getty Images The 2024 season has come to an end, but that just means the pre-2025 offseason has begun! The Royals playoff dreams died Thursday night. We could sit and mope around about the team. And, believe me, you’re g...2024
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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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• Yankees to start Clarke Schmidt instead of Luis Gil

Photo by Jim McIsaac/Getty Images Don’t expect their starter to go deep in the game. The Yankees will start Clarke Schmidt for Game 3 against the Royals, instead of rookie Luis Gil with the series tied at one-game apiece. Schmidt was very solid this year when he was available, with a 2.85 ERA in 16 starts, but he missed three months with a right lat injury. He returned in September and had...2024
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• Outside The Confines: Bad blood

Photo by Harry How/Getty Images Bad blood reigns in the Dodgers/Padres series. The Tigers shocked the Guardians. And other news from around the playoffs. Good morning. I suppose it’s a good morning if you’re a Mets or Padres fan. I assume you know the scores of those games yesterday, so I’m not linking to any game recaps. I will link to the brouhaha that took place at Dodger Stadium durin...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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• Top First Basemen To Get Before ADP And FAAB
Welcome Back! You made it just in time before we embark on a long awaited journey it seems like right? I can't wait for all the starting pitchers on my team to make it 4 2/3 innings before they get pulled for their pitch count and I scream for Kolten Wong to stop fouling off balls off Kyle Hendricks so he can at least be in line for the win. I mean I probably only have 1 share of Hendricks but we ...2022
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"Yuli Gurriel led off the fifth inning with a single to center to snap a streak of 12 straight batters retired by Burnes."

2023
"Bellinger hit a comebacker, but Marlins first baseman Yuli Gurriel dropped the throw and Bellinger was safe at first."

2022
"The Astros removed Yuli Gurriel (knee injury) from the World Series roster ahead of Game 6, replacing him with catcher Korey Lee."

2021
"The Astros are set to exercise their $8MM club option to bring Yuli Gurriel back for 2022, the first baseman himself announced on Twitter."

2020
"Just hours before postseason play begins, the Astros announced that they’ve extended first baseman Yuli Gurriel on a one-year deal that includes a club option for the 2022 season."

2019
"Yuli Gurriel has been an invaluable piece."

2018
"Houston Astros first baseman Yuli Gurriel had surgery on a bone in his left hand Wednesday, and will miss the start of the regular season."

2017
"Astros first baseman Yuli Gurriel has been suspended without pay for the first five games of the 2018 regular season by Major League Baseball, Commissioner Rob Manfred announced on Saturday afternoon before Game 4 of the World Series."

2016
"HOUSTON -- Astros infielder Yuli Gurriel, a Cuban who was dealing with the sudden death of Marlins pitcher Jose Fernandez, hung an Astros jersey with Fernandez's name and Number 16 in the dugout during Monday's game against the Mariners to honor his fellow countryman."

• The Royals still have a lot of work to do this offseason
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• Where do they go from here?
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• The ideal White Sox lineup for 2025
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• What Royals payroll looks like for 2025

Jay Biggerstaff-USA TODAY Sports Will John Sherman continue spending? The Royals made waves last winter by being one of the biggest spenders of the winter, pushing their Opening Day payroll to $115 million, the highest it had been since 2018. While J.J. Picollo says the budget has not been set for next year, he expects owner John Sherman to offer the same kind of payroll flexibility the Ro...2024
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• Some quick knee-jerk reactions now that the season is over

Photo by Jamie Squire/Getty Images What’s next? The season is over, as the Royals fell in four games to the Yankees in the ALDS. The Royals had an incredible bounceback season after losing 106 games, but also face a lot of questions as we begin the off-season. Just a few quick thoughts. The Royals did have an amazing season that they should be proud of, and no one expected them to get thi...2024
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• 2024 Season in Review: Nick Pratto
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• Royals Rumblings - News for September 27, 2024

Winning more fun than losing, news at 11 | Geoff Burke-Imagn Images Hold onto your butts! Day games sometimes make for weird Rumblings. Many official outlets use the game thread to fill up their Royals quota for the day. Also, it’s harder to sift through Tweets for stories as there are a bunch of game thread-style Tweets. The last few weeks, I’ve been updating playoff odds here. However,...2024
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• Robbie’s RBI rip reinforces Royals relief retinue in 3-0 rout

Geoff Burke-Imagn Images The magic number is down to 3. In a matchup of two struggling offenses, the Kansas City Royals scored more runs than they had in the previous four games combined in a 3-0 victory over the Washington Nationals. The starting pitchers were in control early, with Michael Lorenzen and DJ Herz allowing just three combined baserunners across the first two innings. In the...2024
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• The lightning is escaping the bottle

Salvador Perez shares our pain. | Jay Biggerstaff-Imagn Images Time’s is tough. At the end of last year’s horrible season, if a person from the future had arrived and told me that on September 23, 2024, the Royals would be 82-74 with a one game lead in the Wild Card standings and only six games to go, and nothing else at all about how the season played out, I would’ve been ecstatic. Now, t...2024
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• Previewing the Royals’ postseason roster

Tommy Pham #22 of the Kansas City Royals reacts after striking out in the first inning against the San Francisco Giants at Kauffman Stadium on September 20, 2024 in Kansas City, Missouri. | Photo by Ed Zurga/Getty Images Who makes the cut? What’s their role? Two weeks ago I wrote an article, “The Royals are definitely going to the playoffs.” Since that time the Royals have gone ...2024
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• Royals lose seesaw affair, 6-5

Kansas City Royals pitcher John Schreiber (46) reacts during the fifth inning against the New York Yankees during game one of the ALDS for the 2024 MLB Playoffs at Yankee Stadium. | Brad Penner-Imagn Images Neither team’s best MVP candidate could come up with a hit in this one From the first inning it was obvious that neither team was going to be content to have one of the low-scoring affa...2024
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• Royals Rumblings - News for October 3, 2024

Tommy Gilligan-Imagn Images Postseason baseball is coming to Kansas City! Bobby Witt Jr. has led the Royals to the ALDS: That set up Witt’s sixth-inning moment. Kyle Isbel singled with one out in the sixth, and Massey followed with two outs as the Royals lineup turned over. Once again, the Orioles faced a decision of whether to pitch to Witt with a man on third and a base open. Once again...2024
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• Braves Prospects Weekly Report: JR Ritchie and Garrett Baumann dominate in Augusta

Photo by Daniel Shirey/MLB Photos via Getty Images The young Augusta GreenJackets had their fair share of big performances on a fun week in the system It was a fun week on the Atlanta Braves farm system as the top three levels all went 5-1 and Augusta had some interesting pitching performances. Across the system the pitching made the difference, with Drue Hackenberg, Blake Burkhalter, Ian ...2024
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• Braves Prospects Weekly Report: Jhancarlos Lara strikes out 12

Photo by Brandon Sloter/Image Of Sport/Getty Images Lara has kicked his season into gear, dominating since the beginning of July This past week was one of the best in the Atlanta Braves system this year, as there were multiple dominant pitching performances to talk about. All throughout the system — from Lucas Braun in Mississippi to JR Ritchie down in Augusta — the pitching was on fire, b...2024
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• Gurriel suspended for first 5 games in 2018
Astros first baseman Yuli Gurriel has been suspended without pay for the first five games of the 2018 regular season by Major League Baseball, Commissioner Rob Manfred announced on Saturday afternoon before Game 4 of the World Series. Gurriel was seen making an inappropriate gesture toward Dodgers pitcher Yu Darvish in the second inning of Houston's 5-3 win in Game 3 of the World Series on Friday....2017
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• Gurriel suspended for first 5 games in 2018
Astros first baseman Yuli Gurriel has been suspended for five games during the 2018 regular season by Major League Baseball, Commissioner Rob Manfred announced on Saturday afternoon before Game 4 of the World Series. Gurriel was seen making an inappropriate gesture toward Dodgers pitcher Yu Darvish in the second inning of Houston's 5-3 win in Game 3 of the World Series on Friday....2017
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• Yuli Gurriel won't miss any World Series games
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• Astros’ Yuli Gurriel Apologizes After a Racist Gesture Aimed at Yu Darvish
Gurriel made the gesture after hitting a home run off Darvish in Game 3 of the World Series. He is facing possible discipline from Major League Baseball....2017
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• Yuli Gurriel suspended five regular-season games for racist gesture in Game 3
Gurriel admitted he knew his actions in Game 3 were offensive to Asians...2017
• Astros come from behind to stun Yankees
Astros first baseman Yuli Gurriel knocked a two-run double in the eighth inning, completing Houston's four-run comeback and stealing the second game of the series, 7-6, from New York at Minute Maid Park, spoiling some Yankees' firsts after Didi Gregorius hit his first career grand slam and Clint Frazier homered in his first MLB game....2017
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• Injured Astros 1B Gurriel out for rest of series

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• Didi's slam, Frazier's big debut go for naught
Astros first baseman Yuli Gurriel knocked a two-run double in the eighth inning, completing Houston's four-run comeback and stealing the second game of the series, 7-6, from New York at Minute Maid Park, spoiling some Yankees' firsts after Didi Gregorius hit his first career grand slam and Clint Frazier homered in his first MLB game....2017
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• Houston Knocks Down Nathan’s Offerings Like It’s A July 4th Contest
Kyle Tucker (2-for-5, 6 RBIs and his 6th and 7th homer) has three asses, because he's -- count them with me now -- an unassuming assassin. Kyle Tucker, who looks like he just walked in from the library and wants to watch TV but his roommate is having people over, homered again. pic.twitter.com/JTg5reVE4K — Razzball (@Razzball) May 18, 2022 That photo of him brings me so much joy. He's like, "I'...2022
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• Top 25 First Basemen for 2022 Fantasy Baseball
Closer and Closer we can see the light beaming ever so strongly as we make our way to the start of our baseball journey. April Day baseball will be upon us soon, DFS lineups to pour over, lineup decisions hmmm do I start Jace Peterson or Josh Harrison this week can't wait right? Man I've never been so interested in the Chicago weather when I wake up than I do from April-Sept. Well we all ...2022
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• 2024 Season in Review: Nick Pratto
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• Is there hope for the White Sox future?

Exclusive imaging of the White Sox analytics department. Other turnarounds don’t suggest it As the season creeps forward to the magical question, “To be 120+ or not to be 120+?” it behooves us to consider other teams that have recently been in dire straits ... though, of course, not necessarily quite as dire. There are four teams to examine that represent a relatively quick turnaround, ea...2024
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• Braves Prospects Weekly Report: AJ Smith-Shawver strikes out seven

Photo by Michael Reaves/Getty Images Smith-Shawver’s changeup was dominant, but the Bulls clocked him for three home runs It’s been a few weeks since we’ve had a weekly report as I’ve been working on the draft and the our top 30 list, but it’s time again to talk about the observations over the past week in the Atlanta Braves minor league system (or past two, or three, wherever I see fit to...2024
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• MLB rumors: Marlins closing in on Yuli Gurriel; Trevor Story hopeful he can be back in 2023

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• The Pieces Around Them Change, but Houston’s Core Sets the Tone

Jose Altuve, Yuli Gurriel and Alex Bregman have reached the A.L.C.S. in six straight seasons. Through triumph and scandal, they have taught a rotating cast of teammates how to win....2022
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• Six Pack of Stats: Astros 3, White Sox 2
FanGraphs Valdez rolls for 20th consecutive game; Houston prevents Chicago offense from taking off Ah, well, five’s a good number, right? The White Sox winning streak came to an end tonight, finally falling to an Astros team that probably wasn’t going to get mopped for four games under any circumstance. At the very least, they almost certainly weren’t going to lose three consecutive games ...2022
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• The terrible agony of hope
Dylan didn’t have his best, but the White Sox won. | Matt Marton-USA TODAY Sports Liveblogging how much every moment contains the universe As I start this article, on Tuesday, shortly before the (presumed) pitching match of the year and the latest in the Most Important Game of the Year for the White Sox, my dog scrabbling at the floor, desperately trying to retrieve a ratty tennis ball th...2022
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• Yu Darvish delivers savage response to Astros fan on Twitter
Yu Darvish has a lot of questions about the Houston Astros’ cheating scandal, but he’s managed to take it in stride despite being one of its biggest victims. That continued Sunday. Darvish voiced his opinion that the Astros should be stripped of their World Series title in light of the cheating they engaged in. Naturally, some Astros fans on Twitter who were happy to blindly defend their organizat...2020
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• The Astros' apologies did little to repair their image
Shortly after Astros owner Jim Crane, new manager Dusty Baker and players Alex Bregman and Jose Altuve addressed the media in a press conference regarding their sign-stealing scandal on Thursday, the clubhouse was opened up for the entire roster to offer comments on the ordeal. Their comments created quite the contrast with those still emerging from others around the league. George Springer, Josh ...2020
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