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The AL Central 4th place 22-31 Royals play at home on Memorial Day against the 31-22 Yankees, who are in 2nd place in the AL East behind the Rays. I was at the game yesterday and got to see all the good parts. I skipped the bad parts at the end to go home. In […]
The Royals will shut down starting pitcher Cole Ragans for a few days after he experienced discomfort with his elbow in his rehab start for Omaha. Manager Matt Quatraro addressed the setback with the media today, telling them, “He did not recover well from his start, so he’s gonna be shut down for a couple […]
Pre-season prognosticators were virtually unanimous: The Seattle Mariners will win the AL West. And they may well do so, but if they win the division it will not be on the strength of the season’s first 1/3. The Mariners completed their 54th game yesterday, an 8-6 loss to the Royals that left them 25-29 for […]
Good morning! The Mariners suffered another disappointing defeat yesterday as some defensive miscues led to a 6-8 loss to the Kansas City Royals. Bryan Woo finished his 4.2 innings of work with four earned runs on six hits and four strikeouts as the Royals took advantage of a fifth-inning rally to secure their series win. […]
The last time the Royals beat the Yankees was on October 7, 2024 – Game 2 of the American League Divisional Series. The Royals dropped the last two games of that series, and have not won a regular season game against the Bronx Bombers since in nine tries. They were swept in New York against […]
The Yankees’ weekend series against the Rays had plenty of buildup and ultimately left us with a taste of wanting more, as a postponement on Saturday prevented either team from actually gaining a game on the other in the AL East. All the excitement of Aaron Judge’s walk-off, two-run blast on Sunday would have been […]
[Verse 1] You may find yourself Living in the strike zone And you may find yourself in another part of the country (Kansas City) And you may find yourself Behind the wheel of another late-game loss And you may find yourself on a beautiful day With a beautiful team And you may ask yourself “Well…how […]
Through 4 and half innings, the Royals looked like they were bound for a disappointing, low scoring loss, which many fans have been accustomed to this season. But Michael Massey battled back from a 1-2 count to earn a walk to start the bottom half of the 5th. Kyle Isbel bunted on a 2-2 pitch, […]
Royals 8, Mariners 6 Going 1-5 against the Royals: Bryan Woo, -.22 WPA; Luke Raley, -.11 WPA At least it ended fun: Colt Emerson, +.14 WPA Game thread comment of the day: (Kids, Google him if you don’t understand that reference. Also, to be fair, the entire defense looked sloppy today. Our thoughts and prayers […]
The Kansas City Royals, who have been scuffling since the first week and a half of May, got a much-needed win yesterday against the Mariners, behind a complete game shutout from Stephen Kolek. The Royals evened the series, and clinched a season series win against Seattle. Today, right-hander Seth Lugo takes the bump for the […]
In today’s game thread, I wrote that Stephen Kolek’s second-best career start probably came against the Mariners last September, and we might need him to do even better if they were going to win today. As it turned out, they probably didn’t need him to be quite that good, but he absolutely was anyway. Things […]
Royals 5, Mariners 0 Good: Luke Raley, +.07 WPA Bad: George Kirby, -.22 WPA Game Thread Comment of the Day:
The Mariners will look to make it back-to-back series wins Saturday. George Kirby takes the mound for the Mariners. He’s looking to bounce back after a shelling against the Padres last week. Kirby has been good overall this year with a 3.54 FIP, but he’s done it in a weird way, with a career-low strikeout […]
Well, the Royals won’t be getting a series sweep against the Mariners this time. But perhaps they could still win the series and begin to right the ship that is their rapidly sinking season. If they can do it, a lot will depend on the offense finally getting going again. But it will also depend […]
The Kansas City Royals sit at 20-30 with nine losses in their last ten games, and Jacob Milham and Jeremy Greco are not here to sugarcoat it. This episode of the Royals Rundown Podcast takes an unflinching look at a team that has the talent to compete but has struggled to put it together consistently […]
San Diego Padres catcher Rodolfo Durán signed with the Friars in January of 2025 as a minor league free agent after playing in the Philadelphia Phillies, New York Yankees and Kansas City Royals organizations after signing with the Phillies in 2014. An international free agent signing at the age of 16 out of Santo Domingo, […]
Good morning, foLLks, and happy Saturday! We apologize for the programming delay. The Mariners played a surprisingly normal game in Kauffman Stadium last night, winning 2-0 over the Royals. What does the quintessential “normal” baseball game look like in your mind? In Mariners news: Around the league:
Cole Ragans will begin a rehab assignment at Omaha, writes Jaylon Thompson. He is set to start Saturday’s game for the Storm Chasers against the St. Paul Saints — the Triple-A minor-league affiliate of the Minnesota Twins. “We have him scheduled for four to five innings,” Royals manager Matt Quatraro said. “(It’s) 65 pitches, something […]
The Royals had four hits tonight, all singles. Vinnie Pasquantino’s single in the first inning was the only hit they would have until the sixth. Bobby Witt Jr. struck out swinging in each of his first two at-bats. The Royals’ best chance to score came in the bottom of the eighth when Michael Massey led […]
As Seattle rolls into town, they’re having a really rough time. Even so, I think most Royals fans would trade places with them in a heartbeat. After coming so tantalizingly close to their first World Series appearance as a franchise last fall, the Mariners had a lot of expectations for this season. They even made […]
The Mariners begin a six-game road trip today in Kansas City and hope to find a little more consistency between series. The Royals swept the Mariners clean at home over three games. Since then, the Mariners have mastered the art of the “It’s so over/We are so back.” This team has put on such a […]
The Mariners fell one win short of their first pennant last year, and came into this season with high hopes for contention. Like the Royals, they have had a disappointing start. They seemed close to righting the ship a few weeks ago, nearly reaching .500. But a sweep at the hands of the Padres last […]
The Royals announced they have designated catcher Elías Díaz for assignment and recalled infielder Tyler Tolbert from Triple-A. Díaz appeared in 10 games and hit .227/.261/.591 with two home runs in 23 plate appearances. The Royals added him as a third catcher when Salvador Perez was experiencing hip problems that prevented him from catching, but […]
After the sweep at the hands of the Padres last weekend, the Mariners managed to get things back on track a bit with a series win over the White Sox. Seattle hasn’t won back-to-back series since going 5-1 on their road trip at the end of April. They’ve been mired in an unfortunate rut, unable […]
The Kansas City Royals are in midst of an awful streak, having lost 11 of their last 14 games. During the streak, the main culprit has been the offense, as they’ve scored 3.07 runs per game. Unfortunately, this inability to score runs is also part of a season-long struggle to put together runs. On the […]