The Kansas City Royals are on a roll in the second half of the season. They just swept the San Francisco Giants, and a record-tying 437-foot home run became the biggest talking point of their 5-4 victory in the series finale. While Salvador Perez was celebrating franchise history after tying the Royals’ all-time home run […]
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Free of charge for the discerning reader. Happy birthday to Miguel Socolovich, and a mighty host of others. Today in baseball history, in 1983 – In the memorable “Pine Tar Game” at Yankee Stadium, George Brett hits an apparent two-run home run off Rich Gossage to give the Kansas City Royals a 5-4 lead with two outs in the 9th inning, only to […]
Welcome to Box Score Banter, your daily dose of the previous day’s games, with a preview of what’s to come. All season stats mentioned are entering yesterday’s games. The Melton Mambo Detroit 4, Kansas City 3 IP ER H BB K PO Melton 5 2 5 4 5 2 This is not normally the kind...
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WEEI’s Rob Bradford suggested that the Boston Red Sox target Kansas City Royals shortstop Bobby Witt Jr. ahead of the trade deadline.
Despite striking first, the Royals dropped the opening game of their four-game series against the Detroit Tigers, 4-3. The result drops Kansas City’s record to 43-61 while Detroit improves to 49-54. On the bright side for the Royals, starting pitcher Randy Dobnak threw a fine game. Looking for his first win since May 21, 2021, […]
Detroit Tigers (48-54) vs. Kansas City Royals (43-60) Time/Place: 6:40 p.m., Comerica ParkSB Nation Site: Royals ReviewMedia: Detroit SportsNet, MLB.TV, Tigers Radio NetworkPitching Matchup: RHP Troy Melton (5-1, 1.80 ERA) vs. RHP Randy Dobnak (0-0, 1.93 ERA)
After winning five of six at home to begin the second half of the season, the Royals hit the road for a ten-game road trip with the first four taking place against the Detroit Tigers. Checking out the Tigers’ X page, it looks like they’re celebrating 125 years of baseball. This old-timey scorecard looks kind […]
This week’s MLB Mailbag will tackle questions on a potential (likely?) deadline sell-off for the Jays, the extent to which starting pitchers can hurt their stock with poor outings leading into the deadline, some possible White Sox targets, the Giants’ veteran trade candidates, the Pirates’ closing need, Royals outfielder Lane Thomas and more! Let’s get […]
Game #103. Some runs would be nice. Some defense too. The Jays made another move, picking up outfielder Rudy Martin off waivers from the Orioles. The Orioles had just picked him up in trade from the Royals and DFAed him, which I imagine we’ll be doing soon enough. He is a 30-year-old left-handed hitting outfielder […]
Tarik Skubal has won the last two AL Cy Young Awards while also capturing consecutive ERA titles and leading baseball in strikeouts over that span. But when the Royals open a four-game series in Detroit this week, they may be seeing Skubal in a Tigers uniform for the final time. With Detroit well back in […]
The Royals recently added their newest draft picks to the organization, so it seems like a good time to look back and how their past draft classes have fared. Five years later, how are their 2021 draftees performing? Unlike drafts in the NFL and NBA, the MLB Draft isn’t simply a matter of taking the […]
It’s been a disaster in Queens. The Mets are no longer the second-worst team in baseball, now merely tied with the Royals for the fourth-worst record. There’s some kind of a reset coming, with the team itself leaking that outside of Juan Soto and a couple young building blocks, anyone who can be moved is […]
Salvador Perez ignited a 5-run inning, with his franchise tying 317th home run yesterday. After the game he thanked his mom and Kansas City. The home run ball landed in the fountains, a fan went after it and was arrested Royals catcher Salvador Perez hit the 317th home run of his career in the seventh […]
The Detroit Tigers earned their second straight series win on Wednesday night with a 5-1 win over the Chicago Cubs at Wrigley Field. Keider Montero matched his career-high of eight strikeouts and Hao-Yu Lee’s three-run home run in the fourth inning helped power the offense to the victory. The Motor City Kitties now head home […]
The Royals signed infielder Alejo Lopez to a minor league contract and assigned him to Triple-A Omaha. He backfills the organizational infield depth, as the Royals called up Andrew Velazquez when they placed Bobby Witt Jr. on the injured list this morning. Lopez had been playing in Triple-A in the Seattle system this year. He was released a […]
In the top of the 7th, Royals first baseman Vinnie Pasquantino pulled a fastball from Landen Roupp into the right field corner. Jung Hoo Lee got to the baseball quickly and fired an accurate throw into Willy Adames at second base as a hard-charging Pasquantino slid into the bag, beating the throw by plenty. But […]
Winnable series against the Athletics and Kansas City Royals could determine which direction the Minnesota Twins take at the deadline.
A very explosive seventh inning accounted for all but two of the runs today including a 2-run homer from Salvador Perez to tie George Brett’s franchise record. Kansas City scored five in that inning to complete the sweep 5-4 this afternoon. Both the Royals and the Giants were unable to do almost anything offensively for […]
Kansas City has come out of the All-Star break 4-1 and are going for the sweep today. Unfortunately, everyone is getting hurt and the run differential is still negative over those five games because of the blowout on Sunday. Jac Caglianone is out after hurting his shoulder last night and Bobby Witt Jr. is going […]
Things have gone from bad to worse for the Kansas City Royals
The Royals announced Wednesday that they’ve acquired right-hander Nate Pearson from the Astros in exchange for minor league righty Max Martin. Houston had designated Pearson for assignment over the weekend. Kansas City designated outfielder Kameron Misner for assignment in order to get Pearson onto the roster (more on that DFA here). Pearson, 29, was once […]
Today, the Houston Astros announced they have traded reliever Nate Pearson to the Kansas City Royals in exchange for righthanded pitching prospect Max Martin. Martin, 22, has posted a 6-2 record with a 2.01 ERA in 26 relief appearances across two levels of Class A ball in the Royals system this season. Martin was a […]
The Royals announced Wednesday that outfielder Kameron Misner has been designated for assignment. His spot on the 40-man roster will go to righty Nate Pearson, whose previously reported acquisition from the Astros has now been confirmed by the team. Misner, 28, was the No. 35 overall draft pick by the Marlins back in 2018. He’s been […]
The search for pitching depth continues. According to Astros beat reporter Chandler Rome, the Royals have acquired pitcher Nate Pearson from Houston. Royals beat reporter Anne Rogers reports the compensation is minor league pitcher Max Martin. The Astros designated Pearson for assignment last week after he appeared in 16 games in the bullpen with a […]
The injuries have piled up for the Royals this year, and now they’ve affected their best player. Bobby Witt Jr. was placed on the Injured List for the first time in his career on Wednesday, after missing the last two games with lower back tightness. The Royals selected infielder Andrew Velazquez from Triple-A Omaha and […]