\"A dim view of humanity\" -Lee Judge
As we enter the season’s third month, with the Royals all but technically eliminated from playoff contention but still a bit too early to speculate about the trade deadline, it seems like a good time to take stock of how they could have handled the offseason better. Matthew LaMar already looked at how some of […]
Nick Loftin chose a really good time to hit his first home run on the season. The Royals found their resilience to go with a few desperately needed bullpen answers Wednesday night at Great American Ball Park. Nick Loftin belted his first home run of the season in a three-run ninth as the Royals claimed […]
Stephen Kolek gave up just two runs over seven innings and Michael Massey’s ninth inning gave the Royals a lead in a 5-2 win over the Reds on Wednesday night. The win in Cincy gave the Royals just their second road series of the year. Both starters were dealing tonight, but the Royals were able […]
After yet another heartbreaking loss yesterday, the Royals will attempt to win the series against the Reds this evening. Getting the series would be a nice way to start this road trip for a team in desperate need of some positive momentum. It will be Stephen Kolek taking the ball for Kansas City today. He […]
Online All-Star voting has begun, allowing fans to send their favorite players to the 2026 MLB All-Star Game, to be held Tuesday, July 14 at Citizens Bank Park in Philadelphia. Here are the Royals on the online ballot, which you can find at royals.com/allstar. Fans can vote up to five times per day. Voting will […]
Many announcers and writers have called Salvador Perez a future Hall of Famer, but I do not think that he is going to make it to Cooperstown. Two things have kept him in that tier just below elite. First, he is a free-swinger in an era where on-base percentage is valued higher than batting average, […]
The Kansas City Royals came together in support of fan Sarah Nauser on Lou Gehrig Day. Sporting “Fight Like A Girl” T-shirts, players, coaches and staff surrounded Sarah Nauser and her supportive husband, Lonnie, in her customized wheelchair, designed to take her wherever her beloved Royals are playing. Tuesday night, on Lou Gehrig Day across […]
Tonight, the Kansas City Royals lost to the Cincinnati Reds, 4-3. The Royals blew a 3-0 lead and were walked off for the sixth time on the season. It is June 2. Kansas City is now on pace for 16 walkoff losses on the season, which is a lot. The last time they even had […]
Better late than never? Royals lineup Reds lineup
The Royals announced they have called up pitcher Beck Way from Triple-A Omaha and claimed outfielder Matthew Lugo off waivers from the Angels. Lugo has been assigned to Omaha, and the Royals optioned reliever Eli Morgan to the Storm Chasers as well. The Royals also announced Bailey Falter has cleared waivers and has been outrighted […]
The Royals have lost 16 of 20 games, and are now just a half game from having the worst record in baseball in early June. The season has been a huge disappointment for a team that largely returned a roster coming off back-to-back winning seasons and was expecting to contend for a post-season spot. When […]
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 (26-30, 8.5 games back) The Storm Chasers lost 5 of 6 at home to […]
Kansas City is keeping stadium negotiations private for now and not revealing any figures. Lucas and Vasquez have both said newly generated sales taxes from a taxing district around the proposed stadium would primarily pay for the bonds. Lucas told reporters that Kauffman Stadium’s sales taxes were used to help project how much that might […]
The Royals have been looking for answers, trying to find something, ANYTHING, to break the horrid stretch of baseball recently. They finally found something tonight. And they did not have to do a bunch of small ball for it. The Reds were starting a little-used reliever with control problems as an opener. The Royals made […]
The 22-37 Royals last won a game on Sunday, May 24th, against the Seattle Mariners. I attended that game and left when the score was 8-3 Royals. They tried to lose the game but failed. Since then, the Royals have been very successful at losing, as they suffered consecutive sweeps at the hands of the […]
The Reds have not finished in first place since 2012, but were in first place in the National League Central after a hot start had them 20-11 by the end of April. They have lost 17 of 27 since then and their only series wins since have come against the struggling Astros, Phillies, and Mets. […]
The 2026 Kansas City Royals are an indisputably bad baseball team. On pace for an eye-watering 102 losses, they have one of the worst bullpens and one of the worst offenses in baseball. They run into a bunch of outs on the bases. They have lost 16 out of their last 19 games one month […]
The Kansas City Royals are in a tailspin, and this episode of the Royals Rundown Podcast does not look away. Jacob Milham and Jeremy Greco take stock of a team that has two consecutive series sweeps and gone 3-10 over the last fifteen days, a stretch that has raised serious questions about accountability at every […]
There is a man close to my age who works at a grocery store in my neighborhood. Often, when the weather is nice, I’ll see him sitting outside his SUV during his lunch break playing his guitar. He’s not busking for tips; he’s just enjoying the sunshine and playing because he loves to play. Every […]
Jaylon Thompson looks at the ugly numbers this month. “I think we don’t hit a lot of homers, we don’t hit for extra bases,” Garcia said after the game. “So we have to figure out how to score more runs. (It’s) like playing the small game and trying to do something different. “That’s Royals baseball. […]
It was another tough day of Royals baseball. They were promptly swept for the third time in their last four series. They have lost 6 straight and 16 of their last 19. They are one of the worst teams in all of baseball. A four-run first inning, all with two outs, doomed Michael Wacha and […]
The Royals are in complete disarray. They have lost 15 of their last 18 games and are trying to avoid being swept for the third time in the last four series. I don’t really have many positive things to say, Michael Wacha starts today, he’s been one of the few bright spots this season. With […]
Just when you thought the Royals had run out of ways to lose baseball games. In case you’re too young to understand the reference in the headline, there was an old Newpaper comic strip called Peanuts by Charles Schulz. One of the running gags was that Charlie wanted to kick a football. Lucy would always […]
I don’t really know what to put here anymore. I mean, sure, I can preview the pitching matchup and offer some thoughts about the lineup. And I will. But I also like to contextualize the play of the team and the importance of the game. And… there’s just no context worth offering, and there is […]
The Royals are searching for answers, writes Anne Rogers. “We felt like there’s a core here that we could rely on for offense,” Picollo said. “Surrounding them with a deeper, better group and more balanced group was the goal. I think we did that. But I’m accountable, too. There are some evaluations made that haven’t […]