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Left-handed pitcher Kris Bubic has won his salary arbitration case against the Royals, according to MLB.com reporter Mark Feinsand, and will receive his requested salary of $6.15 million. The Royals had offered $5.15 million. Bubic had a breakout season last year, posting a 2.55 ERA in 20 starts, with 116 strikeouts in 116.1 innings, earning […]
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Most readers here love the game of baseball and love our Royals, but there are some seasons that truly test us. The hitters can’t hit, the pitchers can’t throw strikes, the ball gets kicked around the field, and the losses pile up. By June, you already have an eye towards Chiefs training camp. You’re a […]
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The 2026 Winter Olympics are in full swing, and like many other people, I’ve gotten heavily invested in people that I did not know one week ago and sports that I don’t think about but once every four years. I’m trying my best to be self-aware when I watch these events, marveling over these athletes […]
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Spring training always brings a mix of optimism, overreactions, and genuine roster dilemmas, especially when young players are pushing for jobs, and the front office has real decisions to make at the margins. So let’s turn it over to you. If you were setting the roster for Opening Day, who makes your 26 and why? […]
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Now is prime time for the first stab at a Kansas City Royals roster projection. David Lesky started his take over at Inside the Crown with a good layout of the process. Every year at the start of spring, I like to take stock of where the Royals roster is at that moment. What we […]
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We’re trying a new series at Royals Review, a daily mid-day question of the day to hear about your opinions on a fun or pressing question affecting the Royals or baseball in general. Chime in and drop your answers below! Spring training is here! Pitchers and catchers report today, and will have their first workout […]
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Computers are objective, uncaring, inanimate objects using input and variable to spit out output, stats, and projections. The Player Empirical Comparison and Optimization Test Algorithm (PECOTA) system devised by Baseball Prospectus doesn’t “hate” any team. It does not care. And yet, despite being named for former Royals infielder Bill Pecota, the model has seemed to […]
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Football is over, the weather in Kansas City is spring-like, and today we can say one of the sweetest sentences you can hear in February. No, it’s not “Happy Valentine’s Day,” it’s “pitchers and catchers report today.” Pitchers and catchers will have their first workout tomorrow, while the rest of the squad will have their […]
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In this episode of the Royals Rundown Podcast, Jacob Milham and Jeremy “Hokius” Greco welcome the return of baseball with a wide-ranging discussion that blends spring training excitement, roster analysis, and the broader culture surrounding the game. The show opens with reflections on spring training energy, recent MLB trades, MJ Melendez’s fresh start with the […]
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Players are beginning to report to Spring Training, and while there is still time for big moves – as I write this, the Red Sox just traded away a top pitching prospect for a shiny new starting third-bagger – the look of teams is really beginning to shake out in a way that lets us […]
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With spring training starting soon, Anne Rogers gives her Opening Day roster prediction. Outfielders (4): Isaac Collins, Kyle Isbel, Jac Caglianone, Lane ThomasThe Royals will have a ton of outfielders in camp this spring, but it’s pretty clear that Collins will play left and Isbel will play center. Thomas will be on the team, it’ll just depend on the […]
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We’re trying a new series at Royals Review, a daily mid-day question of the day to hear about your opinions on a fun or pressing question affecting the Royals or baseball in general. Chime in and drop your answers below! The Royals made a surprise postseason appearance in 2024, a 30-win improvement. But last year […]
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Baseball is all about probabilities, and that theorem also applies to prospects trying to become big leaguers. All players in professional ball have talent, of course; it’s just that the competition level is so high and the margin for error so thin that there is a chance of failure for just about everyone. So what […]
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Anne Rogers writes about the tragic death of former Royals outfielder Terrance Gore at the age of 34. “The fans were almost waiting for him and [Jarrod Dyson] whenever someone got on,” Royals president of baseball operations and general manager J.J. Picollo said. “You could just feel the energy in the stadium go up a […]
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Terrance Gore, Royals postseason legend and three-time World Series champion, died last night. He was 34 years old. Gore is survived by his wife, Britney, and three children. Gore leaves behind an incredible baseball legacy as one of the greatest baserunning specialists of recent memory. Despite rarely coming to the plate, Gore stole 48 bases […]
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Vahe Gregorian talks to players at Royals Rally about moving in the fences at the K. While Pasquantino perceives a vast number of ways to try to process what this means, he is exhilarated by the concept in terms of individual production — “you kidding me?!” — and appreciates the move in the context of […]
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We’re trying a new series at Royals Review, a daily mid-day question of the day to hear about your opinions on a fun or pressing question affecting the Royals or baseball in general. Chime in and drop your answers below! The leadoff man has to set the table for the big boppers who will drive […]
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Royals baseball will soon be back, which means watching the boys in blue, but also getting FREE STUFF at the K. The Royals released their 2026 promotional schedule today, and there is plenty of swag for fans. The Royals will give away bobbleheads throughout the year, a Nickelodeon Slime Jersey, a Bobby Witt Jr. sliding […]
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In this episode of the Royals Rundown Podcast, Jeremy “Hokius” Greco is joined by Royals Review Managing Editor Max Rieper to discuss how worried Royals fans should be about Framber Valdez joining the Tigers, John Wathan entering the Royals Hall of Fame, how fans can watch the team this year, and more! Will the Brandon […]
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Royals Review is part of the fanbase, so it’s important to get the pulse of the fans. One way is through the terrific comments and discussion we have in articles, but since we’re stat nerds, we can quantify responses too! We’ve done fan surveys before, but it’s been a minute since we’ve done the last […]
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At The Athletic ($), Keith Law published his 2026 Royals Top 20 Prospects list. When the Royals took Jensen out of a Kansas City high school in the third round in 2021, his body wasn’t great and the assumption was he’d move out from behind the plate and just go be a power-hitting DH, but […]
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March means spring training, roster battles, and this year, a reminder that baseball is very much a global sport. The World Baseball Classic is back, with players representing their native land (or, in some cases, the lands of their ancestors). So many Royals players won’t be in camp early on, they’ll be playing in games […]
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We’re trying a new series at Royals Review, a daily mid-day question of the day to hear about your opinions on a fun or pressing question affecting the Royals or baseball in general. Chime in and drop your answers below! News broke late last night that the Tigers had signed the best remaining free agent, […]
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The Royals announced they have brought back catcher Luke Maile on a minor league deal with an invitation to spring training. Maile appeared in 25 games with the Royals last year, hitting .244/.346/.356 with one home run in 54 plate appearances. The 34-year-old has played in parts of ten seasons in the big leagues with […]
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John Wathan, who served as a player, coach, manager, broadcaster, and front office executive in Kansas City from 1971 to 2022, has been elected into the Royals Hall of Fame. “After 52 years in baseball and 47 with the Royals, I can honestly say I have always bled Royal blue,” Wathan said in a statement. […]
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