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Zero extra-base hits and 2-9 with RISP won’t give you many runs.
The Kansas City Royals put together some good rallies tonight but, much to my chagrin, couldn’t sustain any of them or come up with a big hit as they fell 3-2 to the Seattle Mariners tonight at T-Mobile Park.
The Royals jumped on Logan Gilbert early. After a hard 6-3 by Jonathan India, Bobby Witt Jr. ripped an opposite field single. He promptly swiped second against the slow-to-the-plate...
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Salvy knows the significance of this matchup.
The Kansas City Royals take on the Seattle Mariners tonight in the third installment of this year’s Battle for Grass Creek. They split the first two games with the winning team plating six in each of them. A victory tonight would secure at least a split in this rare four-game series.
Kansas City will start Noah Cameron. In his first nine starts in the majors, Cameron has surpassed even the most...
Seth Lugo would be a hot commodity... | Peter Aiken-Imagn Images
How do YOU think the Royals should behave the deadline?
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.
The trade deadline is a less than a month away. The Royals had winning months of April and May, but an awful June. Still, they’re...
Drew Beam, pitching for the Quad Cities River Bandits | Chris Shepard
Could we see him in the rotation before long?
The Kansas City Royals struggled to develop pitchers for years before they tabbed J.J. Picollo to lead the organization and hired new pitching coach Brian Sweeney. The team was determined to flip the script and change their reputation when it came to developing young arms. The 2024 MLB draft was loaded with pitching talent from top to bottom, and the Royals organization...
The Science of hitting
With the Royals hitting woes causing considerable gnashing to teeth in Royals Nation, I figured it was a good time to check in with Teddy Ballgame and get some advice. Not literally of course, since the Greatest Hitter who ever lived has been gone for 23 years. His body is gone. His head, unfortunately, is resting in some Arizona cryogenic facility, hoping that someday technology will exist to place Williams’ head on some younger, athletic body.
Williams’...
While Cal Raleigh seemingly has put a stranglehold on the mantle of best catcher in baseball this season, Salvador Perez showed he's not done yet. Perez went 3-for-5 with two doubles and three RBIs to lead the visiting Kansas City Royals to a much-needed 6-3 victory against Raleigh and the Mariners on Tuesday.
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“Well, there is always next year,” Kansas City Royals fans have said for the past ten years.
The Athletic’s latest power rankings feature Levi Weaver comparing today’s Kansas City Royals more to the 2023 squad than last year’s. [$]
The stories of the Tigers and Royals were twin flames last year — two AL Central teams ascending from the mire to claim a surprise playoff spot. But while the Tigers have continued to improve this year, the...
Salvador Perez went 3-for-5 with two doubles and three RBIs as the Kansas City Royals defeated the host Seattle Mariners 6-3 on Tuesday. Five Royals combined for 4 1/3 innings of scoreless, one-hit relief as Kansas City won for just the second time in the past 10 games.
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Runs!
Salvador Perez smacked two doubles, part of a three-hit, three-RBI night as the Royals topped the Mariners 6-3 Tuesday night.
The Royals didn’t want to pounce on Mariners starter Emerson Hancock with Jonathan India lacing a double in the gap to start the game. Maikel Garcia continued his All-Star caliber season with an RBI single to make it 1-0 Royals in the first.
Kansas City kept the line moving in the second when Jac Caglianone led off with a...
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At least the Royals are enjoying a beautiful view.
The Royals will try to get back on the winning side of the ledger in game two against the Mariners. Michael Lorenzen (4-8, 4.91 ERA) takes the hill this evening hoping to win his first start since June 8.
Here's how we're taking the field behind Michael Lorenzen tonight in Seattle. pic.twitter.com/VDpNrNrjeA
— Kansas City Royals (@Royals) July 1, 2025Emerson Hancock (3-4, 5.30 ERA)...
Let's take a look at three potential landing spots for Lugo as the trade deadline approaches.
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The Cubs have a loaded farm system that could help the Royals.
The Royals have dropped 30 of their last 45 games, falling seven games below .500. As July begins, it’s increasingly likely Kansas City will pivot toward selling at the trade deadline.
One of the most coveted players will likely be All-Star pitcher Seth Lugo, and according to Matthew Trueblood of North Side Baseball, the Royals and Cubs have already engaged in talks.
According to...
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The odds are going, going.....
June has ended with the Royals winning just 8 out of 26 games. They have plummeted to seven games below .500, scoring just 3.27 runs per game. It was not fun to watch, as many of you already know. This team had hopes to make the postseason, and going into June they were still burning fairly bright. Now it has dimmed to the point where only the most optimistic fan could believe for a number of reasons.
Right now, the Seattle...
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Any more ideas?
On May 9, the Royals walked off the Red Sox for a 2-1 victory, giving them 16 wins in their last 18 tries. They improved to 24-16, tied for the second-best record in the American League. It was early, but it looked like last year’s surprise Royals playoff team was no fluke.
Then the bottom dropped out.
Since that point, the Royals have lost two-thirds of their games and have been one of the worst teams in baseball.
Worst...
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Carter Jensen hits his first Triple-A home run.
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 (2-4, 3 games back)The Storm Chasers began the second half by dropping four of six to Indianapolis. They went on an offensive barrage with a...
Happy Bobby Bonilla Day!
Craig Brown digs into the Royals’ offensive woes.
What’s funny is that once the Royals fall behind 0-1, they turn into a league average offense. Collectively, this team hits .234/.268/.336, good for a 102 OPS+ after they fall behind 0-1.
When they get ahead in the count, they’re terrible. Overall, the team is hitting .242/.343/.374 when they jump ahead 1-0. Yes, those numbers are better than when they fall behind 0-1, which they should be. But the split of...
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A chance to take the Wild Card is slipping away
Before moving to the Kansas City area when I was nine years old, my family and I lived in Berea, Ohio. As a result, I spent a few firsts in Cleveland, and I still have a soft spot for the area and some friends...
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A battle for the soul of Wyoming
On April 27, 2007, Royals Review founder Will McDonald penned a tongue-in-cheek article about the Mariners/Royals lineup. The comments are lost. The images he lovingly created in Microsoft Paint? Also lost.
But the text, yes, the text remains. Will talked about the war tearing...
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Another college pitcher with a very projectable future
Over the last several years, Alabama baseball has been one of the premier college baseball programs, winning at least 30 games in six straight years (excluding the 2020 Covid year) with a record of 41-18 this season. The reputation for success down in Tuscaloosa has translated to the MLB draft, where they have seen six players selected in each of the last two years. This year,...
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Good luck hitting at T-Mobile Park!
For a team struggling offensively like the Royals, the last place they want to go is T-Mobile Park in Seattle. It ranks as the hardest park to hit in, according to Park Factors at Statcast. That hasn’t prevented the Mariners from fielding a pretty decent offense - they’re in the middle of baseball in runs scored. But they have a significant home/road split, with the team scoring over a run per game more on the...