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• Tigers series preview: A pitcher’s duel

Photo by Mike Carlson/Getty Images Hey, who scheduled this to go opposite the NFL Draft? The Royals and Tigers both underwent rebuilds at about the same time, and after some fits and starts, they are both off to good starts in 2024 that could signal a new era for each franchise. Both have had success through dominant pitching early on. The Tigers largely developed theirs in-house, while th...2024
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• Game XXVI: Royals v. Blue Jays

Denny Medley-USA TODAY Sports Kansas City goes for the series win Back-to-back 3-2 wins put the Royals back in the win column after their first losing streak of the season and this afternoon, they look for their 4th series win. Alec Marsh cruised through four innings before an injury forced him out of the game after giving up just four hits and no runs in 4.1 innings. The Royals announced ...2024
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• Games of the Day
Jose Berrios leads the Blue Jays against the Royals and Cole Ragans. Berrios is off to a great start. He leads the AL in wins with four and stands second in ERA with a 0.85 mark. Ragans posted outstanding three-true outcomes this year, but his .414 opposition BABIP may indicate his defense let him down […]...2024
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• Royals stymie Blue Jays bats, win yet another 3-2 game

Photo by Scott Winters/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images Starter Alec Marsh left the game early, but the bullpen had his back. I had a good feeling when Wednesday’s game started off with a 1-2-3 inning from Alec Marsh. Then Salvador Perez started the scoring, and I had a great feeling. The Kansas City Royals held the Toronto Blue Jays in check, thanks to another scoreless Marsh start and so...2024
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• Royals Rumblings - News for April 23, 2024

Photo by Ed Zurga/Getty Images Salvy is playing some defense this year! Craig Brown was a bit worried about a long inning from Cole Ragans Saturday. I’m no sports scientist. In the discourse from earlier this month about the rash of elbow injuries among pitchers and talk about the impact of the pitch clock on those injuries, I found it interesting that there was discussion about load on t...2024
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• Royals Rumblings - News for April 22, 2024

Photo by Alex Pena/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images Happy Earth Day! Anne Rogers writes about the series loss against the Orioles. “I would evaluate it as competitive but not where we want to be,” first baseman Vinnie Pasquantino, who extended his hitting streak to 10 games, said. “These are the series you really want. It’s tough to do that. … It sucks losing this series. We’re not happy wi...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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• The Royals have a real shot to win the AL Central now

Vinnie Pasquantino #9 of the Kansas City Royals reacts after being doused with water by Bobby Witt Jr. #7 after defeating the Houston Astros at Kauffman Stadium on April 10, 2024 in Kansas City, Missouri. | Photo by Jay Biggerstaff/Getty Images They’ve started brilliantly This offseason, the Kansas City Royals wanted to compete in 2024. Not in the technical sense of the word; the 2023 Roya...2024
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• Royals Rumblings - News for April 17, 2024

Another Wednesday! The Royals announced a series of events and giveaways to celebrate the 10-year anniversary of the 2014 playoff run. Cole Ragans answered questions for Dan Connolly of sportskeeda, including reflecting on his journey through two Tommy Johns after he was awarded this year’s Opening Day start: It’s hard not to reflect. My wife the other day told me that Opening Day was six years to...2024
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• Ragans again sharp, but Royals lose 2-1 on some questionable umpiring

Photo by Adam Hunger/Getty Images Salvy exits the game with an injury. The Royals managed just three hits in a pitcher’s duel, but it was some questionable ball/strike calls that led to four Chris Stratton walks in a 2-1 loss to the Mets Sunday afternoon. After a pre-game ceremony honoring Mets great Dwight Gooden, starter José Buttó pitched like Doc, mowing down Royals hitters over six sh...2024
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• Five things that stick out over the Royals’ first ten games

Apr 3, 2024; Baltimore, Maryland, USA; Kansas City Royals manager Matt Quatraro watches action in the first inning against the Baltimore Orioles at Oriole Park at Camden Yards. | Mitch Stringer-USA TODAY Sports They’re way better! It takes a long time for just about anything to stabilize in baseball, and just about anything can happen in one game. So while it certainly is fun to react (or ...2024
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• Royals Rumblings - News for April 23, 2024
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• Royals relievers ruin Ragans’s ruby, rupture 4-3

Mitch Stringer-USA TODAY Sports The bullpen collapsed late. In a game delayed over five hours by rain, the Kansas City Royals led for most of the game before collapsing in the eighth and ninth innings as the Baltimore Orioles rallied for a 4-3 walk-off victory. The Royals wasted little time in getting the party started. After Maikel Garcia went down on strikes, Bobby Witt Jr. roped a doubl...2024
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• What to know about 2024 Royals Opening Day

Photo by LG Patterson/MLB Photos via Getty Images Baseball begins Thursday! Baseball season is back and Royals fans have reason to be hopeful for the first time in several years with a legit MVP candidate in Bobby Witt Jr., a Cy Young Award candidate in Cole Ragans, and one of the bigger spending sprees in free agency this off-season. The Royals will begin the 2024 season on Thursday, Mar...2024
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• Royals Rumblings - News for March 13, 2024

Happy Eras Tour Movie on Disney+ Eve! Two things from the team site today: Tuesday’s roster moves were options to Omaha for outfielder Tyler Gentry and RHP John McMillon. Anne Rogers took advantage of the rare opportunity to dig into Spring Training Statcast date on Cole Ragans’s game: The max 99.5 mph velocity from Cole Ragans was more of the same from the Royals starter looking to build on his ...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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"The Royals improve to 13-7 and will take on the Orioles again tomorrow evening at 6:10 when Cole Ragans takes on Corbin Burnes."

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"Photo by Quinn Harris/Getty Images Cole Ragans was sharp in Wrigley."

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"Texas placed southpaw Cole Ragans on the 15-day injured list, retroactive to August 23, due to a left calf strain."

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"Left-handed pitcher Cole Ragans, who was the Rangers' Number 1 pick in the 2016 MLB Draft, has a torn ligament in his elbow and will undergo Tommy John surgery."

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"Cole Ragans did not make it a secret when the Rangers made him their first-round pick in the 2016 Draft."

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"The Rangers have agreed to terms with their first-round Draft pick, left-hander Cole Ragans."

• Tigers series preview: A pitcher’s duel
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• Game XXVI: Royals v. Blue Jays
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• Royals Rumblings - News for April 23, 2024
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• Royals Rumblings - News for April 2, 2024

Photo by Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images Yes? Or No? Jaylon Thompson writes about the tough loss in the series opener in Baltimore. “It was a really good ballgame throughout,” Royals manager Matt Quatraro said. “It was exciting to get back and tie it off (Orioles closer Craig) Kimbrel. He is one of the best closers in recent history. “Obviously, to lose in that fashion is heartbreaking....2024
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• The Royals want your trust. Have they earned it?

The Royals are asking for a lot of money but are offering very little in the way of details about how they’ll spend it. Ordinarily in this space, you’d be reading right now A Noted Non-Overreactor’s over-reactions to Opening Day. I could be talking about how Cole Ragans is going to win the Cy Young and Maikel Garcia is going to be a huge breakout star this year and all manner of other more fun top...2024
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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 Rumblings - News for March 29, 2024

Good news! There’s more Royals baseball tomorrow! | Photo by Jamie Squire/Getty Images The quest for 161-1 begins tomorrow! Ed note: I mentioned this in the comments yesterday - I could probably just write “Hey, yesterday was Opening Day - What do you think?” and we’d get 200 comments here today. I’d like to think I do a marginally better job than that, so you get 2000 characters instea...2024
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• Aces Dominate on Opening Day - March 29th, 2024
Opening Day finally came and went, and the top pitchers took care of business for the most part. Here are four starting pitchers who were exceptionally dominant on Thursday, along with a bullpen situation to monitor. Shane Bieber, SP, Guardians Shane Bieber looked like his former Cy Young self, striking out 11 batters over six scoreless innings on opening day. It's important to note that it was ...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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• Royals stymie Blue Jays bats, win yet another 3-2 game
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• Royals Rumblings - News for April 22, 2024
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• Royals Rumblings - News for April 19, 2024

I believe this is my first Nick Loftin picture | Photo by Quinn Harris/Getty Images Early season winning makes for a busy off day No game yesterday, but there was a roster move: INF Nick Loftin has been optioned to Omaha (AAA). A corresponding move will be announced tomorrow.— Kansas City Royals (@Royals) April 18, 2024 This clears the way for Michael Massey to return from his reha...2024
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• The Royals have a real shot to win the AL Central now
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• Five things that stick out over the Royals’ first ten games
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• Royals Rumblings - News for April 2, 2024
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• Game thread XXI - Happy Ragans Day!

Cole Ragans #55 of the Kansas City Royals pitches against the New York Mets during the second inning at Citi Field on April 14, 2024 in New York City. | Photo by Adam Hunger/Getty Images The Royals ace takes the mound in what should be a fantastic matchup If early-season MLB had schedule shifting such as exists in the late-season NFL, this game would definitely have been shifted to a natio...2024
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• The obsession begins

Many readers have probably been bracing for this year. They know my love for 1975 Topps and that I have been looking forward to 2024 Heritage for that reason for as long as the blog has been going.For the rest of you? I apologize for my behavior in the months ahead. This is the first of many obsession posts about 2024 Heritage. The checklist was released yesterday and, well, I absolutel...2024
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• 2024 AL Central preview: The search for signs of life beyond Minnesota

Photo by Frank Jansky/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images The Twins needed only 87 wins to take the division title in 2023. The ceiling probably won’t be much higher. In 2023, the AL Central was easily the worst division in baseball. It wasn’t in danger of going full 1994 AL West or anything, but at the All-Star break, the Cleveland Guardians were in first place at a dead-even 45-45. All four...2024
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• The Royals’ new Community Benefits Agreement lacks one important element: the community benefits

Kansas City Royals owner John Sherman is seen on Opening Day prior to a gam against the Minnesota Twins at Kauffman Stadium on March 30, 2023 in Kansas City, Missouri. | Photo by Ed Zurga/Getty Images The Royals may have been negotiating on both sides of the agreement and have provided only the vaguest promises which they will enforce themselves. The Royals and Chiefs announced they have c...2024
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• Royals Rumblings - News for March 13, 2024
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• Royals Rumblings - News for March 8, 2024

We have an Alec Marsh quote below to go along with this picture | Photo by Aaron Doster/Getty Images A jam packed Rumblings Jaylon Thompson (The Star, of course) is writing about MLB and their new Spring Breakout games. The short version is that MLB is having a set of games in a couple of weeks with only prospects: The Royals prospects will play top prospects from the Milwaukee Brewers’...2024
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• Bobby does it again! Homer lifts Royals to 4-3 win over Cubs

Photo by Quinn Harris/Getty Images Cole Ragans was sharp in Wrigley. Cody Ragans was strong for six innings but it was a Bobby Witt Jr. two-run home run gave the Royals a lead they would not relinquish in a 4-3 win over the Cubs Friday afternoon. The Royals got on the board in the third inning off Cubs starter Jameson Taillon when Drew Waters led off with a single and stole second, setting...2023
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• Ragans rejects runs, relievers repel rallies, Royals romp 4-0
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• Braves break out of slump in 12-0 beatdown of Rangers
Andrew Dieb-USA TODAY Sports The Braves got back into the win column and did so in incredibly emphatic fashion with a huge night at the plate and a shutdown night on the mound. While tonight's game between the Atlanta Braves and the Texas Rangers may not have had anything to do with what transpired over the weekend in Canada, it sure was gratifying to see the Braves snap their losing strea...2023
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• Cole Ragans, Bobby Witt Jr. lift Royals to 4-0 shutout win over Athletics

Photo by Ezra Shaw/Getty Images Ragans is throwing fire! Cole Ragans pitched perhaps his best MLB game, tossing six shutout innings while Bobby Witt Jr. went 2-for-3 with a walk and a home run as the Royals shut the Athletics out 4-0 to salvage the series in Oakland. The Royals got on the board in the third inning off A’s starter Adrian Martinez when Dairon Blanco hit a solo home run, the...2023
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• Rangers Acquire Aroldis Chapman
The Rangers announced they’ve acquired Aroldis Chapman from the Royals. Left-hander Cole Ragans and outfield prospect Roni Cabrera are going back to Kansas City in return. It’s the biggest trade of the season thus far. It’s one that has seemed a natural fit for some time. Chapman was arguably the top rental reliever available this summer. Texas has…...2023
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• Cubs 4, White Sox 3: Christopher Morel walks it off

Kamil Krzaczynski-USA TODAY Sports ... and, my friends, this was the game of the year. So far, anyway. As baseball fans, each and every one of us lives for moments like we had at Wrigley Field Wednesday evening, a game in which our team seems headed for an inevitable, crushing defeat and then in a matter of just a few seconds, we are all sent into indescribable joy. Or, as a friend of mine...2023
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• Royals come up clutch with two outs, Marsh sharp in 9-4 win over Orioles

Photo by Kyle Rivas/Getty Images The Royals have won nine straight at home. Alec Marsh tossed 5 2⁄3 innings of scoreless baseball and the offense erupted for eight runs in the sixth and seventh innings as the Royals defeated the Orioles 9-4 on Friday evening. The Royals scored all nine runs with two outs in the inning. Marsh hit Gunnar Henderson to begin the game, then gave up a single to...2024
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• First-round left-hander Ragans signs for $2M
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• Royals Rumblings - News for March 20, 2024

Did you wake up early for the Seoul Series? By the time this post goes up, there will be MLB action that counts well underway in Seoul. What do you think of the pre-season regular season games? If you are in a fantasy league, are you allowed to put Dodgers and Padres in lineups now, or is your league waiting til the rest of MLB gets underway? Reliever Jake Brentz has a left hamstring strain that w...2024
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• 2024 Fantasy Baseball Sabermetric Notes: Pitchers
In our continuing series on the Sabermetric analysis that shapes our Player projections in our 2024 Player Projections Draft Advisor. Today we'll take a look at some of the indicators that are defining our 2024 Pitcher projections: George Kirby (SP-SEA) ended 2023 recording a 3.52 ERA, 8.1 K/9, 0.8 BB/9, and 3.63 xFIP in his 31 starts (190 IP) this season. While his K/9 isn't exactly impressive, h...2024
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• Fantasy Baseball Draft Prep - February 22, 2024
Adley Rutschman - The former number one overall pick and mega prospect posted an excellent sophomore season, being the only catcher with 80 runs and 80 RBI, leading all qualified catchers in BB% (13.4) and xwOBA (.373), and having the second lowest K%(14.7). While Rutschman is the runaway leading catcher and made improvements in the contact department, reducing his Whiff rate by 2.3%, the main con...2024
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• Royals stymie Blue Jays bats, win yet another 3-2 game
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• Royals refuse to surrender, still lose 9-7
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• Game thread XXI - Happy Ragans Day!
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• The Royals have a real shot to win the AL Central now
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• Brady Singer As A Royals X-Factor

Photo by Ed Zurga/Getty Images The Royals brought in a lot of pitching help, but a Singer rebound might be the best help they have The Royals were as active this offseason as any offseason in recent memory, specifically with their pitching rotation. In 2023, Kansas City starters finished with a 7.6 fWAR and a 5.17 ERA, both the second-worst mark in the American League. They responded by si...2024
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• Royals Rumblings - News for February 29, 2024

Photo by Ed Zurga/Getty Images Happy leap day! Michael Wacha reigned the zone in his spring debut: His own criticism aside, Wacha looked the part in the small sample Tuesday, pounding the strike zone and using all his pitches to get ahead of the three batters he faced. The velocity was there, with his fastball in the low-to-mid 90s, and his changeup continued to throw hitters’ timing off....2024
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• This may be the best Royals rotation in a long, long time

Denny Medley-USA TODAY Sports The bar has not been high in a while either, but this rotation looks like the best of this century if things break right. The Royals starting rotation has not been very good recently, although that has been true of the whole team so I am not really picking on them in particular. With the addition of Seth Lugo and Michael Wacha, they have a different look than...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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