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Kansas City Royals News / Royals Review / 5 minutes ago

Royals Rundown: Royals drop Motor City series, prospects debuting?

Kansas City is still WINLESS in rubber matches. Jacob Milham and Jeremy Greco come to you today with a new episode on all things Kansas City Royals! The Royals dropped another series, so what trend is concerning Jacob?

Kansas City Royals News / Royals Review / 1 hour ago

Blowing big leads

We’ve been there The 2024 edition of the Royals has gotten off to an encouraging start. After losing their first two games of the season, the young Royals put together ten wins in their next thirteen games.

MLB News / Field Level Media / 8 hours ago

After snapping skid, Jays welcome Royals

The Toronto Blue Jays have a chance to exact some revenge on the visiting Kansas City Royals when the teams open a three-game series Monday night. The Blue Jays won the opener of a four-game series at Kansas City last week before dropping the next three games.

Jonathan Bowlan News / Royals Review / 15 hours ago

Royals to promote Jonathan Bowlan for start Monday

Bowlan replaces Alec Marsh in the rotation The Royals will promote pitcher Jonathan Bowlan to the big leagues to make his MLB debut in Toronto on Monday, according to several reports.

Tarik Skubal News / Royals Review / 15 hours ago

Skubal too much for Royals hitters in 4-1 loss

The Royals drop the series in Detroit. The Royals managed just five hits and one run in a 4-1 Sunday afternoon loss to the Tigers to lose the series. The Royals have had four series where they split the first two games, and in all four now they have dropped the finale to lose the series.

Kansas City Royals News / Royals Review / April 27

Are the Royals starting pitchers good or lucky?

The results have been really good, but can it continue? Prior to yesterday’s action, the Royals’ starting rotation had combined to pitch the second-most innings in MLB, they had allowed the second-fewest home runs per nine innings which has allowed them to achieve the third-best ERA, fourth-best FIP, and third-most fWAR.

Kansas City Royals News / Just Baseball / April 27

What’s Behind the Kansas City Royals Impressive Turnaround?

The Kansas City Royals are winning baseball games. They’re currently in second place in the American League Central, only 1.5 behind the first-place Cleveland Guardians.

MLB News / Field Level Media / 20 hours ago

Royals bust out with 7 in the 9th to rout Tigers

Seth Lugo pitched seven dominant innings and the visiting Kansas City Royals scored seven ninth-inning runs to notch an 8-0 victory over the Detroit Tigers on Friday afternoon.

Kansas City Royals News / Royals Review / April 26

Big inning turns pitcher’s duel into 8-0 Royals laugher

The Royals put up a crooked number in the ninth inning. The Royals and Tigers were engaged in a tense pitcher’s duel for eight innings before Kansas City broke the game wide open in the ninth inning leading to an 8-0 win in the series opener on Friday afternoon.

MLB News / Field Level Media / April 25

Royals make plays to edge Blue Jays in five innings

Salvador Perez homered as the host Kansas City Royals outlasted the weather and the Toronto Blue Jays to win a rain-shortened 2-1 contest on Thursday afternoon.

Kansas City Royals News / MLB Trade Rumors / April 25

Royals place pitcher on IL

Selected with the 70th overall pick in 2019, the pitcher won the Royals’ fifth starter job over veteran Jordan Lyles in spring training and has had a fine start to his season.

Which MLB players have the most career games played?

The 'Manager of every MLB team in 2007' quiz

Mike Brosseau News / MLB Trade Rumors / April 25

Royals release veteran IF from minors pact

He has enough of a track record that he might be able to find another minor league deal elsewhere.

Royals take advantage of Blue Jays' miscues in win

Royals' skid: Just a blip or a sign of things to come?

The best minor leaguers never to enjoy MLB success

The 'Manager of every MLB team in 2007' quiz

MLB News / Action Network / April 25

MLB best bets for Thu. 4/25: Odds, picks, predictions for Brewers vs. Pirates, Blue Jays vs. Royals

The Action Network's MLB staff experts break down their MLB best bets for Thursday, April 25.

MLB best bets: Brewers vs. Pirates odds, picks, prediction for Thu. 4/25

Watch: Brewers pitcher had brutal first career pitch in Majors

Which MLB players have the most career WAR?

MLB News / Action Network / April 24

MLB betting: Royals vs. Blue Jays odds, pick and prediction for Thu. 4/25

Tony Sartori of the Action Network shares his Royals vs. Blue Jays prediction for the series finale on Thursday, April 25, including MLB odds and picks.

Royals take advantage of Blue Jays' miscues in win

The '1992 & 1993 Toronto Blue Jays' quiz

Which MLB players have the most career WAR?

Kansas City Royals News / Last Word On Sports / April 23

Club Broadcaster Discusses the Royals Chances to Contend

The Kansas City Royals are off to a good start led by Bobby Witt Jr. and a young core. Since the Royals won the World Series in 2015, they’ve not had a single winning season.

Kansas City Royals News / Yardbarker / April 23

Royals' skid: Just a blip or a sign of things to come?

The Kansas City Royals were one of the feel-good stories of the early 2024 baseball season, but have hit a rough patch recently. Is the downturn just a normal blip in a long season or sign the team is regressing towards preseason expectations?

Watch: Brewers pitcher had brutal first career pitch in Majors

Tarik Skubal is unbeatable if the Tigers give him run support

Bobby Dalbec has one last chance to prove himself for the Red Sox

Red Sox first baseman facing lengthy absence due to rib fracture

Orioles pitcher wins game for first time in nearly eight years

Tyler Duffey News / MLB Trade Rumors / April 22

Royals To Select Tyler Duffey

Veteran right-handed reliever Tyler Duffey will join the Royals for tonight’s game against the visiting Blue Jays, reports Jon Heyman of the New York Post.

Kansas City Royals News / Larry Brown Sports / April 21

Watch: Royals announcers left speechless after umpire botches first strike call

MLB umpires are going to sometimes miss borderline calls, but it would be nice if they got the gimmes right.

Big inning helps Orioles stave off Royals, 9-7

Aaron Judge doesn't seem bothered by Yankee Stadium boos

Watch: Brewers rookie goes yard again to make impressive MLB history

The most unexpected MLB pitchers who threw a no-hitter or perfect game

Bobby Witt Jr. News / Just Baseball / April 18

Bobby Witt Jr. Has Carried the Royals to Their Fast Start

Few teams were more active during the 2023-2024 MLB offseason than the Kansas City Royals. Not only did the club swing some minor trades and land some notable free agents, but they locked up star shortstop Bobby Witt Jr.

NFL News / Gridiron Heroics / April 17

Andy Reid cracks joke about Patrick Mahomes wanting to join Royals for spring training

The Kansas City Chiefs have had it pretty good with the tandem of quarterback Patrick Mahomes and head coach Andy Reid. But Mahomes recently broached the idea of joining another team in a future offseason, and his head coach joked he might have to follow him.

Seth Lugo News / Yardbarker / April 16

Seth Lugo paying early dividends for upstart Royals

Lugo has been all the Royals could have hoped for and more through the first few weeks of the season.

Three lesser-known pitchers off to dominant starts to 2024 season

Patrick Mahomes still wants to accomplish something on baseball field

NFL News / Larry Brown Sports / April 16

Patrick Mahomes still wants to accomplish something on baseball field

Patrick Mahomes could have played professional baseball had he chosen that career path rather than focusing on football, and the Kansas City Chiefs star still has something he'd like to accomplish in that sport.

Patrick Mahomes reveals big expectations for Chiefs' new playmaker

The most notable two-sport professional athletes of all time

Kansas City Royals News / Yardbarker / April 11