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The Royals were glad to snap a four-game losing streak on Sunday, writes Jaylon Thompson. “We’ve lost these games recently, and it’s been really frustrating, but these guys are competing their butts off,” Royals manager Matt Quatraro said. “Every one of these games in this homestand was a tough game one way or the other. […]
The Royals shut out the Astros on Sunday after allowing 18 runs the first two games. Stephen Kolek was great in the Royals 4-0 victory. The Royals record moves to 29-43 on the series after a 2-4 homestand. The Royals got on the board early and often against Spencer Arrighetti, who is having a great […]
The Royals have lost 4 straight after winning the first game of this homestand. It hasn’t come against stiff competition either. The Rangers and Astros aren’t good teams by any stretch of the imagination. The Royals have lost 2 games because they blew leads late. Vinnie Pasquantino is now out for an extended period of […]
As expected, Vinnie Pasquantino has been placed on the 10-day IL following a pop-up that appeared to injure his right hand during last night’s game. The injury is being described as a right hamate fracture, which is quite bad for the Royals’ first baseman and another brutal injury blow for a team that wasn’t playing […]
Noah Cameron had a rough start, the bullpen couldn’t hold it together, and finally, the defense let the Royals down. In a game where the Astros scored seven of their runs via home run, they finally defeated the Royals with a groundball hit right to Bobby Witt Jr. that the Royals failed to convert into […]
The Royals are going to take the field again tonight, and there’s nothing you or I can do to stop them. So we might as well see if they can find a win. The good news is that Noah Cameron is pitching for the Royals. After being so bad early that fans were ready to […]
Kris Bubic had a setback in his rehab. “He will not make his start on Sunday,” Royals manager Matt Quatraro said. “His forearm feels good (but) his shoulder didn’t respond as well to the previous start. So he is going to see a doctor sometime this weekend, and we’ll know more at that point.” Seth […]
Before the Royals took an at-bat in the first inning, they were down 9-0. Before the Astros took their second at-bat, the Royals had made it 9-5. Neither starter made it through the first inning, but the bullpens held it there until the eighth, when the Royals added 3 more to make 9-8. The Astros […]
The Royals start the final series of their Texas homestand tonight, hosting the Houston Astros. Most analysts figured the Royals needed to go 4-2 on this homestand if they wanted to continue to work their way back from the depths they sank to with all their early-season losing. That’s still technically on the table if […]
The Astros missed the playoffs last year for the first time since 2016, but still finished with 87 wins. This year, the bottom may be dropping out, as they are tied for the eighth-worst record in baseball and are headed to their first losing season since 2014. Their dynasty run that included nine playoff appearances, […]
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 how the Royals should handle Kris Bubic as the trade deadline approaches in […]
The big news yesterday was the Kyle Isbel injury. Anne Rogers reported it: On Thursday, he was diagnosed with a Grade 3 tear of a portion of his left plantar fascia, which is a severe tear and will take some time to heal before he gets back to baseball activity. The Royals are hoping to […]
The Rangers series started out so promising, but the Royals dropped the final two games of the series, including a 4-2 loss on Thursday afternoon. The game started after a delay of over two hours over concerns relating to local storms, although no rain ever fell at the stadium. The Royals managed just six hits […]
The start of Thursday afternoon’s game between the Royals and Rangers was delayed for over two hours while the skies remained sunny in most of the Kansas City area. Kansas City was under a severe thunderstorm watch this afternoon, and some parts of the metro saw brief showers, although it doesn’t appear the stadium was […]
The Royals still have a chance to win the series this afternoon. Michael Wacha get the start. He gave up six runs in five innings against the Rangers in Texas, his worst start of the year. Jac Caglianone gets moved up to the cleanup spot and Kameron Misner gets his first start in a Royals […]
The MLB draft is a month away, to be held during All-Star week in Philadelphia beginning on July 11. The Royals benefitted from the draft lottery, moving them up to the #6 overall pick. This is considered a fairly strong draft class with good impact talent, with a terrific class of college hitters at the […]
The Kansas City Royals are heating up, and we break down what is driving the surge and whether it can last long enough to force some interesting decisions before the trade deadline. Jacob Milham and Jeremy Greco open with a recap of Tuesday’s win and the momentum building into the middle of the month. Salvador […]
Seth Lugo was cruising along before taking a comebacker off the forehead in the 4th inning last night In the fourth inning, Royals starter Seth Lugo was struck in the head by a 106.6 mph line drive off the bat of Rangers star Brandon Nimmo. It was a scary moment as both Nimmo and the […]
3 ties, 4 lead changes, 24 hits, 13 pitchers, and a partridge in a pear tree. This game had it all, except for a Royals win that is. Texas pulled out a 6-4 extra inning affair on a wild night of baseball. The first three innings only had three major events before the game really […]
Kansas City has a chance to win three series in a row for the first time this season. All they need to do is win tonight or tomorrow to keep the ball rolling. Texas is not a great team, which is something that can be said about basically all the teams in baseball this year, […]
The Royals have called up outfielder Kameron Misner from Triple-A Omaha and placed Kyle Isbel on the Injured List with a left foot plantar fascia injury. He injured himself diving into first base in last night’s contest against the Rangers. Misner is a native of Poplar Bluff, Missouri and was a standout at Mizzou. The […]
Welcome to SB Nation Reacts, a survey of fans across the MLB. Throughout the year we ask questions of the most plugged-in Royals fans and fans across the country. Sign up here to participate in the weekly emailed surveys. Kris Bubic has been a hot topic of conversation lately. Bob Nightengale reported that the Athletics […]
We were traveling through southern Missouri last week. Interesting country. Super nice people. Loved the scenery. On Highway 160, we drove past what appeared to be an old salvage yard, and on the chain-link fence was a sign that said: Business closed Do not enter Dog will bite I loved the simplicity of that sign. […]
There is something in my DNA that makes me prefer certain types of players more than others, which I am sure is true for all of you as well. What my inclinations push me toward are not a single loud skill, but rather the players who are kind of good at everything. I think it […]
The Kansas City Royals emphatically returned to Kauffman Stadium with a 5-3 win over the Texas Rangers. That was in large part due to a career game from outfielder Jac Caglianone. MLB.com’s Anne Rogers looks at how the lefty slugger found success on Tuesday night. After Jac Caglianone’s 11-pitch walk in the second inning and […]