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The Royals announced this morning that they’ve placed star shortstop Bobby Witt Jr. on the 10-day injured list due to lower back tightness. They’ve selected the contract of infielder Andrew Velazquez from Triple-A Omaha to step onto the big league roster in his place. In order to open a 40-man roster spot for Velazquez, Kansas […]
It’s hard to believe that this coming January will mark ten years. I remember when I heard the news. It hit me like a slug hitting a deer. I had to sit for a few minutes, reading and re-reading the story. My brain refused to believe that the news was true, but eventually reality set […]
When you picture one of the premier arms on the market this coming trade deadline, a soft-tossing 30-year-old rookie doesn’t immediately come to mind. In the summer of 2014, the Kansas City Royals selected Foster Griffin out of high school 28th overall. Griffin never quite captured the first-round-pick pedigree over his six-year minor league career, […] The post Foster Griffin: MLB’s Most Unique Trade Deadline Rental appeared first on Just Baseball .
The San Francisco Giants conclude this road series against the Kansas City Royals this morning. Since it’s a brunch game, I figured we’d just combine the BP and game thread for today. Taking the mound for the Giants is right-hander Landen Roupp, who enters today’s game with a 3.98 ERA, 3.33 FIP, with 106 strikeouts […]
Baseball games, even walk-offs, are not decided by one play. And, more pertinent to the sweeping point that I will eventually make at some point in this story, baseball games certainly are not decided by one lack of a play, even though our minds often wander the “what if” caves all night. There’s some damn […]
The All-Star break may have been just what the Royals needed. Kansas City won their fourth game in five tries since the Midsummer Classic with a 3-2 victory over the Giants on Tuesday night. Luinder Avila was solid over 6.1 innings, and Nick Loftin provided the go-ahead run as Alex Lange was able to slam […]
The San Francisco Giants continue this three-game road series against the Kansas City Royals this afternoon. Taking the mound for the Giants will be right-hander Tyler Mahle, who enters today’s game with a 5.31 ERA, 4.46 FIP, with 73 strikeouts to 32 walks in 78 innings pitched. His last start was in the Giants’ 4-2 […]
The San Francisco Giants made a move ahead of Tuesday’s game against the Kansas City Royals, and it was a very predictable one. A few hours before their second game of the three-game series, the Giants announced that right-handed pitcher Trevor McDonald had been placed on the 15-Day Injured List with a right elbow strain. […]
According to Susan Slusser of The San Francisco Chronicle, the Phillies had a scout present for Monday night’s Kansas City […]
The San Diego Padres took plenty of momentum into their series opener against the Atlanta Braves after beating the Kansas City Royals, 19-2, on Sunday afternoon. Unfortunately, it wasn’t enough. The club fell short versus the Braves despite Manny Machado and Ty France slugging two solo shots against Atlanta. Multiple poor decisions by manager Craig […]
Monday evening, Royals fans rose to their feet in anticipation of Alex Lange recording the final out to seal a win over the Giants. Instead, Wily Adames deposited a sinker over the right field fence for a two-run home run to tie the game. The Royals rallied to win in the bottom of the inning, […]
The Kansas City Royals followed up a series win with a surreal 19-2 Sunday blowout, and this episode of the Royals Rundown Podcast sorts through all of it as the trade deadline inches closer. Jacob Milham and Jeremy Greco open with the series recap, balancing the positives of the win over the San Diego Padres […]
Royals prospect Kendry Chourio combined with Emmanuel Reyes to throw a no-hitter. Chourio, 18, was acquired during the 2025 international signing period, and he quickly ascended to the Royals’ top prospect in Major League Baseball’s rankings. “His change-up and his curveball were both good pitches with higher ceiling,” Royals senior director of pitching performance Paul […]
Down to their last out, the San Francisco Giants rallied to tie the game on a two-run, 380-foot home run from Willy Adames. Then the Kansas City Royals walked them off with two bunts that traveled about 38 feet each. The Royals sent the Giants to their third straight loss after Nick Loftin bunted home […]
On the 57th anniversary of the moon landing, the Royals and Giants celebrated by playing a baseball game on the surface of the sun that the Royals won 4-3 on a walkoff squeeze bunt. It was 97 F at first pitch. Thankfully, the Royals gracefully managed to avoid all the extra innings while burning on […]
The San Francisco Giants head to Missouri today to take on the Kansas City Royals. Taking the mound for the Giants will be right-hander Trevor McDonald, who enters tonight’s game with a 5.02 ERA, 4.05 FIP, with 54 strikeouts to 21 walks in 66.1 innings pitched. His last start was in the Giants’ 3-1 loss […]
Well, let’s forget that yesterday ever happened. The Royals now continue their NL West tour of duty. Today, one of the other California teams, the San Francisco Giants, comes to Kansas City for a three-game series. At 42-57, the Giants are not much better than the 40-60 Royals. The Royals have a slightly better group […]
The Royals have signed veteran lefty Aaron Bummer to a minor league contract and assigned him to Triple-A Omaha. Bummer has appeared in 406 career MLB games with the White Sox and Braves with a 3.94 ERA. He was let go by Atlanta earlier this year after posting a 7.36 ERA in 19 games. Bummer […]
After two disappointing losses to the Kansas City Royals, the San Diego Padres felt due for a win like this one. They beat down on Kansas City in a 19-2 victory that felt a bit like payback for the tough-to-swallow loss in Game 1. The Friars hit five home runs, with Ty France and Jackson […]
The Royals and left-hander Aaron Bummer have agreed to a minor league deal, reports Jon Heyman of The New York Post. The lefty reported to Triple-A Omaha today and should be in that club’s bullpen once the paperwork is officially completed, if it hasn’t been already. Bummer, 32, has a strong track record but his […]
It wasn’t supposed to be like this for either of these teams. Two years ago, the Royals stormed out of the cave of irrelevance and into the Wild Card, winning that first series before losing to the Yankees in the division series. They followed that up with an 82-80 season of no playoffs and this […]
Last week, the Royals selected the newest players to the organization, headed by #6 overall pick outfielder Zion Rose out of the University of Louisville. Now the team will get signatures on contracts and begin assigning players to minor league rosters. The team introduced Rose to the media after he signed for $5.8 million. Each […]
This week's Hot Sheet is topped by Royals righthander Kendry Chourio, who tossed the first five innings of a no-hitter on Sunday. The post Ranking The 10 Hottest MLB Prospects | Hot Sheet (7/20/26) appeared first on College Baseball, MLB Draft, Prospects - Baseball America .
An inning before Jackson Merrill and Ty France connected on their second home runs of the game, both coming off a position player in the top of the ninth, France connected on a grand slam home run that all but ended the game between the San Diego Padres and the Kansas City Royals at Kauffman […]
Jaylon Thompson writes about the blowout loss on Sunday. “It stinks for everybody to be out there in that situation,” Royals manager Matt Quatraro said. “You never want to be in that spot (late in the game), but that’s the spot we put ourselves in. And you know, with seven more games before an off-day, […]