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Kansas City Royals news: MLB draft still coming into focus
MLB.com’s Anne Rogers provided some insight into the Kansas City Royals’ draft approach for later this week, including speaking with scouting director Brian Bridges. The Royals have been linked to shortstop Jacob Lombard out of Gulliver Prep (Fla.) — if he makes it that far — left-hander Gio Rojas out of Stoneman Douglas (Fla.) HS, […]
Tyler Tolbert matches MLB record for consecutive hits in bonkers win
Do you like offense? I hope you like offense. One day after scoring 15 runs against the Philadelphia Phillies, the Kansas City Royals topped that by scoring even more in a 16-12 win over the New York Mets. So much happened tonight that it would be a very long and very boring blog if I […]
Royals vs. Mets July 7 game discussion
For how bad the Kansas City Royals have been, for how disappointing they have been, they have nothing on the New York Mets. Not only have the Mets been equally as bad as the Royals, but the Mets have done so with a whopping $354 million Opening Day payroll—more than double the Royals’ payroll. Yikes! […]
Mets series preview: An expensive, catastrophic season
The New York Mets will play host to the Royals the next games as both teams look to salvage what’s been a disappointing first half of the season. For the Mets, though, it’s even worse, as the team entered the year with quite a lofty payroll to go with those World Series aspirations. Instead, heading […]
Is JJ Piccolo good at trading?
Being transactional was a thing that JJ Picollo said this organization wanted to be when he took over the operations side as POBO/GM. We now have almost four years of trades to see if at least that part of transacting is going well as we near the 2026 trade deadline. I am not going to […]
Royals’ Trade Deadline Pressure, Injury Woes Overshadow All-Star Honors
The trade deadline is approaching, and the Kansas City Royals have decisions to make. Jacob Milham and Jeremy Greco use this episode of the Royals Rundown Podcast to work through every angle of what should be one of the most consequential stretches in the organization’s near-term future. The episode opens with a look at the […]
This Week in the Minors: Steven Zobac has a good week
This Week in the Minors is our weekly look at notable performances from all over the system, from big-name prospects and less-heralded guys alike. The mission is to answer this simple question: “Who had a good week?” Triple-A Omaha Storm Chasers (38-48, 13.5 games back) The Storm Chasers lost 4 of 6 in their series […]
Mid-Season Burnt Ends
A couple of weeks ago I read a hilarious and brilliant piece on Substack comparing each major league franchise to a bird. The story is called: Thirty teams. Thirty birds. It was written by someone who goes by the name of 9inningnomad and if you can find it, I highly recommend it. The descriptions were […]
Kansas City Royals News: Royals outburst yesterday was historic
Anne Rogers wrote about yesterday’s offensive outburst. Against one of the best pitchers in baseball this season in Cristopher Sánchez, the Royals scored six in the first inning and forced the Phillies’ ace out of the game after 3 1/3 innings, not letting up in their 15-1 rout to earn a series victory. Monday’s 15 runs were […]
Royals unleash barrage of hits in series-clinching win over Phillies
You dolt. You idiot. You rube. You fool. You know nothing. This guy said it looked bad for the Royals in today’s game thread. Who is that guy? He sucks. *Getting a message in my earpiece* Oh, well, uh. I’m being told that the Royals put together 22 hits in a 15-1 complete drubbing of […]
Royals vs Phillies, July 6 Game Discussion
This afternoon the 36-54 Royals will play their last home game against the 50-40 Phillies before the All-Star break next week. After this game, the Royals will travel to New York and then Baltimore to finish out this disappointing first half of a season. Noah Cameron takes the bump for the Royals. He was last […]
Better know a draft prospect: Jackson Flora
Pitching is the currency of baseball, and if you’re drafting, college pitchers tend to be a safer bet than high school pitchers. The Royals have had some recent success drafting college arms like Brady Singer, Kris Bubic, Daniel Lynch IV, and in the later rounds, Noah Cameron. If the Royals are looking for a college […]
Kansas City Royals news: John Wathan inducted into Royals Hall of Fame
Our fearless leader is on vacation this week, so I will be pinch-hitting a few Rumblings when he’s gone. I’ll try my best to keep the seat warm for him. The Kansas City Royals officially inducted John Wathan into the Royals Hall of Fame on Sunday, the 32nd inductee to receive that honor. Wathan spent […]
Royals beat Phillies on hot day in Sunday matinee
The Royals got 2 runs in the bottom of the first inning, tacked on one in the fifth inning and added two insurance runs in the eighth to take game two of the series 5-2. Bobby Witt Jr. singled with one out in the bottom of the 1st inning, he was on the move with […]
Royals vs Phillies, July 5 game discussion
The Royals have lost 4 in a row and 8 of their last 9, they are the worst team in all of the Major Leagues. If you told me that on March 25th, I thought you were crazy. Yes, they have a lot of key players hurt currently, but they weren’t that good when they […]
Phillies bring all the fireworks to Royals’ fourth straight loss
The Royals fell to the Phillies 6-1 after Michael Wacha allowed four runs on three homers in six innings. This was Wacha’s first start after being named a 2026 American League All-Star. While it was among his worst starts of the season, it wasn’t a terrible start overall. He even struck out 7! But the […]
Bobby Witt Jr., Michael Wacha named All-Stars
It’s about dang time, but MLB announced today that Bobby Witt Jr. will finally start an All-Star Game. This will be Bobby’s first All-Star start, but third All-Star appearance. He was the runner-up at shortstop in each of the past two seasons. He was first prevented from starting by Gunnar Henderson in 2024 because he […]
Royals vs Phillies, July 4 game discussion
I don’t know about you, but whenever I think of Independence Day, I think about Independence Day, the 1996 film. And I always first remember President Whitmore’s grand speech ahead of the climactic battle against the aliens. What a speech. We used to be a gorram country with gorram movies. Anyway. The other thing I […]
Phillies series preview: Rebounding from a bad start
As the United States celebrates its 250th birthday, players representing the city where much of it began will arrive in Kansas City to play a three-game set. Of note to many fans will be the fact that the Phillies started the season 9-19. At that point, they fired their manager, Rob Thomson. They then hired […]
Independence Day discussion thread
It’s the Fourth of July. Independence Day. America’s birthday. The country turns 250, if you assert that the birth of the nation happened specifically on July 4, 1776—which a lot of people do. It’s as good a day as any, I suppose, though those days and months and years leading up to that point are […]
Royals Reacts Results: Blame the roster construction
Welcome to SB Nation Reacts, a survey of fans across the MLB. Throughout the year, we ask questions of the most plugged-in Kansas City Royals fans and fans across the country. Sign up here to participate in the weekly emailed surveys. Earlier this week, we asked who bore the most blame for the Royals becoming the “proud” owners of […]
The injuries just keep coming, plus Rapsodo’s Brian Page joins the show!
The Royals just can’t beat the AL East. They also can’t stop getting hurt. And they can’t stop giving up home runs to Junior Caminero, either. Or, well, they can now that they’re done playing the Rays for the year. I hope. Later, Jeremy is joined by Brian Page of Rapsodo to talk about all […]
Better know a draft prospect: Gio Rojas
Every MLB draft seems to feature one high school pitcher who separates himself from the rest of the prep class. In 2026, that pitcher appears to be Gio Rojas. The Florida prep left-hander has been one of the premier amateur arms in the country for several years, and evaluators from every major outlet view him […]
Kansas City Royals news: Tied for worst in baseball
Royals captain Salvador Perez was out of Thursday night’s lineup with elbow soreness, causing a flurry of roster moves Catcher Luke Maile was selected to the 40-man roster and called up from Triple-A Omaha, offering a reinforcement behind the plate if something were to happen to Carter Jensen and the Royals needed another catcher during […]
Rays roll Royals in rerun
There must be a glitch in the Matrix because for the second time this week, Carter Jensen hit a leadoff home run to get his team up early, only for the Royals to fall to the Rays. This time Tampa won 5-2. Let’s take a look at that Carter jack, though, shall we? That was […]