The Kansas City Royals officially named Cole Ragans as the team’s Opening Day against the Minnesota Twins on March 28. This will mark Ragan’s first career Opening Day assignment while 2024 will serve as his first full season as a big league starter.
Speed is back in Major League Baseball since the new rules have encouraged players to run wild on the basepaths. With larger bags and strict pickoff regulations, there has never been a better time to be a thief in baseball.
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Jacob Milham and Jeremy Greco are counting down the days until MLB Opening Day, so let’s talk some Kansas City Royals!
Read Jeremy’s mailbag here: https://www.royalsreview.com/2024/3/16/24102507/spring-training-mailbag
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They look like a Major League team this year. Is that enough?
Kansas City sports fans are in an interesting spot right now. The gap between the city’s best professional sports team and its worst team may be wider than any other city in the history of American professional sports. The Chiefs are the only NFL team that is Super Bowl or bust every season. It would be unreasonable to expect less at this point. That is their measurement....
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Alec Marsh makes his case.
Jaylon Thompson writes about improved confidence from Alec Marsh.
“He went from a guy that was in Double-A to making his debut and making adjustments at the major-league level,” Sweeney said. “Then, (he’s been) totally confident in every situation. … I’m completely impressed with what he has done.”
Marsh pitched four innings against the Chicago Cubs on Saturday. He threw 59 pitches (38 strikes) and allowed...
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The Royals name their ace.
On Opening Day of 2023, Cole Ragans was not in the Royals organization, nor in a Major League rotation. This year, he’ll be an Opening Day starter for the Royals.
The Royals officially tabbed Ragans as their starter for the March 28 opener against the Twins, according to MLB.com reporter Anne Rogers. He’ll be the first left-handed Opening Day starter for the Royals since Danny Duffy in 2020.
Cole Ragans:...
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The prospects get a chance to shine.
Royals prospects get their showcase this afternoon as they take on Brewers prospects in the Spring Breakout. Mason Barnett gets the start with top prospects Gavin Cross, Blake Mitchell, and Tyler Gentry in the lineup.
Spring Breakout Sunday. pic.twitter.com/hsNWtNbPhr
— Kansas City Royals (@Royals) March 17, 2024You can watch the game on MLB.com.
The big leaguers take on the big league...
Cam Devanney #99 of the Kansas City Royals poses for a photo during the Kansas City Royals Photo Day at Surprise Stadium on Thursday, February 22, 2024 in Surprise, Arizona. | Photo by Adam Glanzman/MLB Photos via Getty Images
We’re still doing this?
Why isn’t it the regular season yet? It definitely should be. Here’s your spring training lineup.
Spending our Saturday at Sloan Park. pic.twitter.com/6l6NF5E0Or
— Kansas City Royals (@Royals) March 16, 2024I hope nobody going...
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Answers to your burning questions
Spring Training continues to drag on and rather than do another roster preview (that will come next week) it seemed like now would be a good time to answer your questions. I put...
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Could there be a battle for the fifth starting pitcher role?
Anne Rogers writes that Gavin Cross is ready for a breakout season.
As he was beginning his Double-A stint, Cross fell ill with a 103 degree temperature and mental and physical fatigue. After three separate trips to the emergency room, doctors finally diagnosed Cross with a serious tick-borne illness called Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever.
Cross was immediately treated with antibiotics, but the disease...
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The Royals vs. The Buckeye State
The Royals will split the squad up to take on both Ohio teams - the Reds and Guardians. Brady Singer takes on Cleveland, and the lineup will feature former first-round picks Gavin Cross and Blake Mitchell with veterans Bobby Witt Jr. and Salvador Perez.
Alec Marsh is making a bid to make the bullpen, but he’ll start against the Reds this afternoon. Maikel Garcia and Vinnie Pasquantino will start, Nick...
Blake Mitchell was born in Clear Lake, Texas, on August 3, 2004. He played high school baseball at Sinton High School in Sinton, TX. He was the top-ranked catcher and the top overall player in Texas in 2023.
Dairon Blanco #44 of the Kansas City Royals celebrates with teammates after his walk-off bunt in the ninth inning against the Seattle Mariners at Kauffman Stadium on August 14, 2023 in Kansas City, Missouri. The Royals won 7-6. | Photo by Ed Zurga/Getty Images
Let’s dream.
When the Kansas City Royals went out and signed Bobby Witt Jr. to the largest contract in club history, they ended up making a few statements. First, it was a statement that the team was willing to open their...
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There have been some lean years.
Flags fly forever, but do they cover up a lot of losing? Stephen J. Nesbitt of The Athletic wanted to evaluate how each team has fared in the Wild Card era (since 1995), using metrics like championships, pennants, playoff appearances, and 90+ loss seasons as metrics. What he found was that despite their 2014-15 stretch where they won two pennants and a championship, the Royals are the second-worst team in baseball over...
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Asia Baseball Previews start today!
Max was, of course, all over the notable news that last couple of days. On Wednesday, the big story was that Bo Jackson would be inducted into the Royals HOF. Yesterday, it was announced that former GMs Cedric Tallis and John Schuerholz would join him.
Just wanting to link to some stories about this that we haven’t yet from The Star. Jaylon Thompson wrote the Bo Jackson profile while...
The Arizona Diamondbacks, now 0-6-1 in their last 7 games, suffered a 6-0 shutout loss to the Kansas City Royals. Taking the mound for Arizona was Tommy Henry, who allowed 5 earned runs in 2.2 innings of work, bringing his spring training record to 0-3.
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Michael Wacha is on the bump
The Royals’ bats are hot. Six Royals enter today’s game with OPS’ over 1.000, led by Salvador Perez and Bobby Witt Jr, who both have three homers so far.
Salvy gets the day off today with Freddy Fermin behind the plate.
Here are the lineups for today’s game against the defending National League champion Arizona Diamondbacks.
Michael Wacha heads to the mound in Scottsdale as we take on the...
Bo knows the Hall of Fame now too.
Jacob Milham And Jeremy Greco bring you up to speed on the Kansas City Royals down in Suprise, Arizona. Hear about the team’s probable pitchers for this split-squad weekend and Kansas City’s newest Hall of Fame member. Also, we run through some important Royals and see if their stock has risen or fallen this spring training.
If you have a mailbag question for Jeremy, comment below or hit him up on X!
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The two men helped build the Royals franchise
Two of the men that helped build the Royals from the ground up into an eventual world champion will be honored by the organization this year. The Royals announced that former general managers Cedric Tallis and John Schuerholz have been elected into the team’s Hall of Fame. They will both be honored at a private luncheon on June 28, followed by a pre-game ceremony that evening before the game against the Cleveland Guardians. The Royals...