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The Royals have a lot of work to do this offseason to get back to contention. One of the first things they will need to do when the offseason officially begins after the World Series is determine which arbitration-eligible players should be tendered a contract. MLB Trade Rumors has released its annual arbitration salary projections […]
Vahe Gregorian writes about what he wants to see the Royals change this offseason. There’s another issue, though, that I hope the Royals will delve deeper into as they audit their processes. Heck, maybe they could even form a task force for the cause: Solve why so many of their seasons get wrecked within weeks. […]
Plus Reid Easterly's education, Mike Chernoff on Cleveland's potential postseason boost, Bryan Hudson on getting back in sync, Zyhir Hope on simplicity, facts and stats galore, and more.
The Royals picked up a point against automatic-promotion-chasing Bradford City in a 1-1 draw at the SCL Stadium on Saturday. The visitors took an early lead through Jake Beesley before Udoka Godwin-Malife equalised for Reading in the second half to ensure the points were shared. Here is what Royals boss Leam Richardson had to say […]
“Aggressive in acquisitions” is one of those phrases that sounds great in a press conference and means almost nothing until someone actually writes a check. Jacob Milham and Jeremy Greco spend this episode picking apart J.J. Picollo’s end-of-season comments to figure out what the Royals are really signaling for this winter, and whether aggressive and […]
David Lesky looks at what the Royals can learn from teams in the playoffs. I’m not saying the Royals suddenly have a playoff offense, but some health and an addition or two could make the offense good enough with the right pitching in place. A guy like Vinnie Pasquantino getting back to where he was […]
Vinnie Pasquantino has spent enough time facing the Chicago White Sox to know their bullpen presents a tougher task than the name recognition might suggest. That experience has the Kansas City Royals first baseman believing Chicago can push the Cleveland Guardians to the limit in the ALDS. The White Sox head into Saturday afternoon’s opener […] The post Why Royals’ Vinnie Pasquantino believes White Sox are ‘built’ for playoffs appeared first on ClutchPoints .
Slow news week, busy Friday roundup, as the saying goes. (I didn’t say it was an old saying.) Roger Goodell and a Chicago Bears minority owner met this week with Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker and state legislative officials, and if you want to take that as a sign that the league and team want a better […]
At The Star, Sam McDowell looked at some of what went wrong this season: They will not become a playoff team merely by getting healthier. (And shouldn’t this season prove there is no guarantee they will get healthier anyway?) The Royals were indeed decimated by injuries, to be clear, but they decimated their own season […]
The Royals assigned left-hander Luke Little outright to Triple-A Omaha, according to the MLB.com transaction tracker. The log indicates that Kansas City technically designated him for assignment on Monday, though the team never announced the move. Kansas City claimed Little off waivers from the Cubs at the beginning of August. He spent the rest of the […]
Welcome to OCTOBER BASEBALL. We have for you another Thursday baseball discussion thread, but this time, featuring 100% more playoffs! Which, of course, means no Royals 🙁 Only one game today as three of the four Wild Card series ended in sweeps yesterday. First, the White Sox knocked out the Astros. Crane’s Boys are out! […]
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After a disappointing 93-loss season, Royals president of baseball operations J.J. Picollo said the team plans to be “aggressive in acquisitions.” But that aggressiveness, he cautioned, should not be confused with a willingness to spend aggressively on the payroll. He addressed the media along with manager Matt Quatraro in the team’s annual end-of-year press conference […]
Here is a decent recap of things that were said at the Royals end of year press conference yesterday. Also, shoutout to my former classmate and friend Maddie Hartley for writing this story. Royals general manager J.J. Picollo didn’t shy away from his assessment of their 2026 season. “I think it goes without being said, […]
The Royals had hoped to contend this year, and instead fell flat on their face to begin the year, eventually losing 93 games. It was a season that included blown leads, cold lineups, but also some bright spots like the emergence of Carter Jensen and Jac Caglianone, the ageless Michael Wacha, a turnaround by Noah […]
Jaylon Thompson covers the reports that Alec Zumwalt is out as Royals hitting coach. The offense struggled at key points. The Royals got off to a slow start this spring with a 22-37 record entering June. The club posted a .650 OPS in May as the offense couldn’t get into an early season rhythm. Things […]
The Royals are planning to replace hitting coach Alec Zumwalt, reports Ken Rosenthal of The Athletic. He’s being reassigned within the organization and not fired, however. Zumwalt will continue on in his role as the team’s senior director of hitting performance but apparently won’t be in uniform and working with the big league staff on […]
The Royals will reassign Alec Zumwalt from his duties as hitting coach, according to Ken Rosenthal of The Athletic. He will retain his position as senior director of hitting performance. Zumwalt has been with the organization for nine years, and has been hitting coach and senior director of hitting performance since 2022. The Royals averaged […]
The Wild Card round begins today, and while the Royals didn’t even sniff the postseason, some former Royals will get a chance at playoff glory. Here are some old friends you can watch chase a ring this postseason. Phillies vs. Braves Jonathan Bowlan, Phillies Bowlan was the big beefy pitcher the Royals took out of […]
Before we get to the four main minor league clubs of the Kansas City Royals, we are going to look at the Arizona Complex League and Dominican Summer League for Royals prospects. The ACL Tyson Moran, a 2025, 13th round pick by the Royals from Canada, spent most of his season in the ACL. The […]
The Royals closed out the season with a winning home record, which is either a real building block or the world’s most bittersweet consolation prize, depending on who you ask. Jacob Milham and Jeremy Greco land somewhere in between as they dig into the offseason question that might matter more than any other: what do […]
Jaylon Thompson wrote about the now-wrapped season. The Royals have a long way to go. Their 2026 campaign was an utter disappointment. The Royals entered the year with high expectations but fell short of their intended goals. A slow start and a slew of injuries sent them tumbling down the American League Central standings. KC […]
The 2026 Royals season did not go as expected. After back-to-back winning seasons, the Royals felt they had the core of a team that could return to the postseason with a few minor tweaks to the roster. No team in the division won more than 85 games, so even a mediocre season would have put […]
When the 2026 Kansas City Royals season came to a close on Sunday, there were only three words bouncing around in my head: “Well, that sucked.” Objectively, this year’s Royals squad was awful. They lost 93 games and were bad in pretty much all facets of the game. Though they improved from last year at […]
Kansas City has revealed the dimensions of the mega-TIF district where all increases in sales and income tax receipts, and half of all increases in hotel tax receipts, would be siphoned off and given to Royals owner John Sherman to pay off a new stadium, and it looks like this: The city didn’t provide an […]