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• Another big inning gives Royals 7-1 win over Rangers

Photo by Ed Zurga/Getty Images Keep. The. Line. Moving. The Royals have been the masters of the big inning this year, and they kept that going with a six-run seventh inning, capped off by a huge home run by Salvador Perez to defeat the Rangers 7-1 on Friday evening. The Rangers struck first off starter Brady Singer with an RBI single by Corey Seager in the third. Texas starter Michael Lore...2024
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• Tigers repay big inning late, Royals lose 6-5

Kansas City Royals pitcher Chris Stratton (35) pitches in the eighth inning of an MLB game between the Toronto Blue Jays and Kansas City Royals on Apr 24, 2024 at Kauffman Stadium in Kansas City, MO. | Photo by Scott Winters/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images Kansas City was winning until a well-rested Chris Stratton came on to pitch. In today’s game thread, I alluded to the fact that Chris ...2024
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• Royals call up Will Klein, Alec Marsh to the Injured List

Photo by Adam Glanzman/MLB Photos via Getty Images The right-hander will make his MLB debut The Royals have called up right-handed reliever Will Klein and have placed Alec Marsh on the Injured List with a right elbow contusion. Marsh was struck in the forearm by a line-drive in his start last night, although X-rays were negative. Klein was originally a fifth-round pick in 2020 out of Easte...2024
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• Royals shutout for the first time this year, fall 5-0 to Orioles

Photo by Scott Winters/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images The Royals lose their second series against the Orioles this year. The Royals managed just five hits and were shut out for the first time this year in a 5-0 loss to the Orioles Sunday afternoon. Seth Lugo hadn’t given up more than two runs in a start this year, but he gave up twice that in his fifth start of the year. He worked aroun...2024
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• Royals refuse to surrender, still lose 9-7

Salvador Perez #13 of the Kansas City Royals reacts after hitting a home run during the sixth inning against the Baltimore Orioles at Kauffman Stadium on April 20, 2024 in Kansas City, Missouri. | Photo by Kyle Rivas/Getty Images Anyone who turned the game off after the second inning missed a heck of a contest. Well, when I wrote in the game thread that we should all expect a good game ton...2024
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• Nitpicking the Royals

Kansas City Royals relief pitcher Will Smith (31) throws the ball in the sixth inning during game one of a double header against the Chicago White Sox at Guaranteed Rate Field. | Melissa Tamez-USA TODAY Sports The team isn’t perfect. Let’s examine the flaws. The Royals made it as high as sixth on the MLB Power Rankings this week. They’re still projected to 32.5% playoff odds per FanGraphs ...2024
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• Royals call up Will Klein, Alec Marsh to the Injured List
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• Royals Review Roundtable: The 2024 season

Photo by Julio Aguilar/Getty Images Our writers discuss the off-season and expectations for this year. After one of the busier off-seasons in recent Royals history, the 2024 regular season is finally here! The Royals spent over $100 million on free agents, adding infielder Adam Frazier and Garrett Hampson, outfielder Hunter Renfroe, starting pitchers Seth Lugo and Michael Wacha, and relie...2024
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• 2024 Royals season preview: It’s time to win

Photo by Omar Rawlings/Getty Images The Royals want to win on the field and at the ballot box Royals fans have seen their fair share of rebuild movements. Sometimes they pan out, like when they “flipped the switch” in 2011 with Salvador Perez, Eric Hosmer, Mike Moustakas, Alcides Escobar, and Lorenzo Cain, the group that went on to win two pennants and a championship. But more often than n...2024
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• The narrow path to 90 wins

Denny Medley-USA TODAY Sports The path to the playoffs is narrow, and it’s unlikely the Royals will find it. Every year, I put the Royals’ schedule into a spreadsheet and follow a simple formula to create a path to a 90-win season: Win or split series at home. Win or split road series against weaker teams. Don’t get swept. I don’t figure in any sweeps and split all four-game and two-game...2024
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• Royals Rumblings - News for March 22, 2024

Sure, it’s not the KBO, but it’s in Korea | Photo by Gene Wang/Getty Images I tried to write as much as I could of this ahead of time, but if it descends into madness by the end, I blame basketball Max and Jeremy already covered the big stories yesterday. I guess I’ll just link to other stories below that cover the same ground. First, Max: Alec Marsh makes the rotation, Jordan Lyles to th...2024
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• Cole Ragans named Royals Opening Day starter

Photo by Ric Tapia/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images The Royals name their ace. On Opening Day of 2023, Cole Ragans was not in the Royals organization, nor in a Major League rotation. This year, he’ll be an Opening Day starter for the Royals. The Royals officially tabbed Ragans as their starter for the March 28 opener against the Twins, according to MLB.com reporter Anne Rogers. He’ll be th...2024
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• Spring training battles: The bullpen

Photo by Christian Petersen/Getty Images Matt Quatraro will have more options this year. The Royals had the third-worst bullpen ERA in baseball last year, shuttling through 31 different relievers, most in franchise history (in fairness, this is in part from using the opener). They are looking to provide more stability in the late innings this year, with the addition of veteran relievers t...2024
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• A look at the Royals’ darkhorse lefty reliever, Walter Pennington

Photo by Christian Petersen/Getty Images Can he crack the Opening Day roster? The Kansas City Royals have added depth this offseason, especially in the bullpen. Newcomers Nick Anderson, Chris Stratton, Will Smith, and John Schreiber have rebuilt the entire pen. They’ve also pushed other arms down the depth chart, such as Will Klein and Carlos Hernandez. One thing the front office hasn’t do...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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"1 scoreless innings followed by scoreless innings from Nick Anderson and Angel Zerpa before Salvador Perez made things interesting."

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"com/LBJC2uxcIC— Kansas City Royals (@Royals) August 3, 2023 Ragans gave way to Angel Zerpa to begin the seventh."

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"Also coming to the Majors are catcher Sebastian Rivero, infielder Maikel Garcia and lefty Angel Zerpa, who’ve been recalled from Double-A Arkansas."

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"The Royals announced the promotion of southpaw Angel Zerpa to start this evening’s game against the Indians."

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• A few knee-jerk reactions from one game

Photo by Kyle Rivas/MLB Photos via Getty Images Only 161 games left to go. The Royals dropped their season opener on Thursday against the Twins, a 4-1 loss on an otherwise gorgeous (albeit windy) afternoon. The baseball season is a marathon, not a sprint, and we have 161 games left to react to, but with an off-day today, there is only one game to chew on for the next 24 hours, so why not o...2024
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• Royals Review Roundtable: The 2024 season
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• Royals Rumblings - News for March 22, 2024
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• Royals Rumblings - News for March 21, 2024

Photo by Steph Chambers/Getty Images One week until Opening Day! Several spots on the roster remain up for grabs with a week left of Spring Training: The locks right now include Will Smith, Nick Anderson, John Schreiber, Chris Stratton and James McArthur. It seems likely that Angel Zerpa is going to make the team, giving the Royals a durable multi-inning reliever. One bullpen spot should ...2024
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• Royals Review Roundtable: The 2024 season
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• 2024 Royals season preview: It’s time to win
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• Royals Rumblings - News for March 22, 2024
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• Spring Training Game Thirteen: Seattle Mariners at Kansas City Royals

Photo by Christian Petersen/Getty Images A win and a Dodgers loss would vault the Royals to the top of the Cactus League standings. One week after the first skirmish in this year’s Battle of Grass Creek, the Seattle Mariners and Kansas City Royals will clash once again, this time in Surprise. The Royals won the first meeting 9-7, contributing to Seattle’s Cactus League worst 1-9 showing th...2024
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• A look at the Royals’ darkhorse lefty reliever, Walter Pennington
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• Royals Roster prediction take two: missing in action

Where’s Hunter? A week of Spring Training games have been played and some things that haven’t happened may matter more than some things that have It’s been a whole week of Spring Training. By the time you’re reading this, it’s March and Opening Day happens later this month. I can almost smell the fresh cut grass and hear the pop of leather and the infielders whip the ball around following ...2024
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• A look at decisions looming this spring for the Royals

Photo by George Kubas/Diamond Images via Getty Images What are the biggest questions facing the team before Opening Day? Pitchers and catchers have officially reported to Arizona and the start of spring training games is fast approaching. Position players will report on February 18 and the Royals’ first exhibition game is against the Texas Rangers on February 23. After a strong offseason —...2024
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• Royals Rumblings - News for March 22, 2024
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• Royals Rumblings - News for March 1, 2024

I got 5 images when I put in “Probably Sucking”, my new motto for the 2024 Royals. This is my favorite image | Photo by CHOO YOUN-KONG/AFP via Getty Images I hope everyone survived Leap Day If you didn’t see yesterday, a former Royal passed away: Hector Ortiz, who spent the past 18 years as a manager and coach in the Texas Rangers organization, has died after a long cancer battle.https:...2024
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• A look at this year’s starting pitching free agent class

Photo by Ezra Shaw/Getty Images Who wants some arms? The Royals will seek to improve on this year’s last place disaster, and the area they will most look to address is the pitching. The Royals got a 5.12 ERA from their starting pitchers, fourth-worst in baseball with the third-worst strikeout rate. General Manager J.J. Picollo has stated that he expects next year’s rotation to feature Cole...2023
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• Bobby Witt Jr. and Brady Singer to represent Team USA at the World Baseball Classic
Photo by Brace Hemmelgarn/Minnesota Twins/Getty Images Salvy, MJ Melendez, Nicky Lopez, and Vinnie Pasquantino will also participate Bobby Witt Jr. and Brady Singer will get a chance to represent the United States of America at the World Baseball Classic next month. The two were part of the Team USA roster that was unveiled today in anticipation of the tournament that begins March 7. The U...2023
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• Ragans rejects runs, relievers repel rallies, Royals romp 4-0
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• Waters, Massey and the Royals thump the Red Sox 9-3

Eric Canha-USA TODAY Sports Didn’t get Carapazza’d tonight! After having Monday night’s game decided by umpire Vic Carapazza, the Royals responded with a resounding 9-3 win on Tuesday night. The victory snapped a three-game skid. To halt their losing streak, Kansas City sent the red-hot Brady Singer to the bump. Going back to the beginning of the second half, the 27-year-old seemingly re...2023
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• Royals send off Wainwright in a farewell full of fireworks, win 12-8

Jay Biggerstaff-USA TODAY Sports Wainwright’s last start in Kansas City was a good one...for the Royals Adam Wainwright started his 404th game as a big league pitcher tonight, and likely his last in Kauffman Stadium. The Royals gave him the shortest start of his career. He went 1+ innings, but never recorded an out in the second leaving after giving up 8 runs, all earned. The Royals lineup...2023
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• Royals balk-off AGAIN and win 7-6

Denny Medley-USA TODAY Sports How did that happen twice? After bludgeoning Chicago on Labor Day, the Royals used their bats and luck again for a comeback win 7-6 on Tuesday. The victory marks No. 44 on the year. It was another rough start for Brady Singer on the bump. Following his six-pitch first inning, Singer was tagged for five runs — including two home runs — to give the White Sox a ...2023
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• Royals refuse to surrender, still lose 9-7
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• Spencer shelled, Seth stymies ‘Stros, series secured 11-2

William Purnell-USA TODAY Sports A complete victory to win the series. The Kansas City Royals took a big lead early on over the Houston Astros tonight and did not let up as they secured a series victory with an 11-2 win. I was unable to watch most of this game as I was recording a podcast on my primary computer and my backup computer was being absurdly slow, but I tried my best to follow a...2024
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• Alec Marsh makes the rotation, Jordan Lyles to the pen

Photo by Christian Petersen/Getty Images The Royals round out their starting rotation. The Royals will have 25-year-old right-hander Alec Marsh in their starting rotation, according to manager Matt Quatraro, with veteran Jordan Lyles to pitch out of the bullpen. Marsh pitched in 17 games with 8 starts last year with the Royals, posting a 5.69 ERA and 85 strikeouts in 74 1⁄3 innings. A for...2024
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• Royals win slugfest 11-7

Bobby Witt Jr. #7 of the Kansas City Royals is doused with water by MJ Melendez #1 of the Kansas City Royals after a 13-3 win over the Houston Astros at Kauffman Stadium on April 11, 2024 in Kansas City, Missouri. | Photo by Ed Zurga/Getty Images Bobby Witt Jr. won’t stop scoring runs Despite the lopsided score, this game had a lot of ups and downs in it. Things started off well for Kansas...2024
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• Another big inning gives Royals 7-1 win over Rangers
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• Tigers repay big inning late, Royals lose 6-5
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• Royals call up Will Klein, Alec Marsh to the Injured List
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• Spencer shelled, Seth stymies ‘Stros, series secured 11-2
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• Royals defeat White Sox 5-3, complete first four-game sweep since 2021

Photo by Kyle Rivas/Getty Images Sweeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeep! The Royals came back late against the White Sox to win 5-3 and complete the sweep of the White Sox. It was their first sweep of a four-game series since they beat the Tigers on April 23-26, 2021. Garrett Crochet has been one of the best starting pitchers in baseball over the first week and a half, and he continued his great star...2024
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• Royals offense struggles against Lopez in 4-1 Opening Day loss to Twins

Jay Biggerstaff-USA TODAY Sports Positively, Cole Ragans struck out nine, a Royals Opening Day record Kansas City’s excitement levels headed into today’s Opening Day festivities were as high as they had been since 2017. The roster featured several newcomers, including much-needed help in the starting rotation and bullpen, as well as the return of Vinnie Pasquantino. Facing a Twins team fa...2024
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• Royals Rumblings - News for March 22, 2024
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• Royals Rumblings - News for February 15, 2024

Photo by LG Patterson/MLB Photos via Getty Images Did you go to the parade yesterday? Craig Brown at Into the Fountains recaps the stadium site announcement: There are several buzzy words in just that portion of his statement that I want to point out. “A neighborhood ballpark” is one of them. Small business owners currently located on the site may disagree, but the Crossroads is doing jus...2024
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• Royals Rumblings - News for January 10, 2024

Sing to us the song of your people | Minda Haas Kuhlmann How about another snow day? In the latest Royals Beat newsletter, Anne Rogers looks ahead to what Bobby Witt, Jr. may have up his sleeve for 2024: So what type of numbers can we expect from Witt in 2024? “I feel like if you set a goal, then there’s no way you can keep going,” Witt said last season. “So whatever happens, happens. Jus...2024
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• Weekend Rumblings - News for January 6, 2024

Photo by Michael Reaves/Getty Images How much will Salvy play behind the plate? Sam McDowell writes about why ballpark negotiations are at an impasse. How wide is the gap with White? Multiple sources familiar with the negotiations told The Star that as recently as this week, White, a member of the Royals’ team Hall of Fame, requested the county receive upwards of $25 million annually to o...2024
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