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The Royals will have $15,954,000 to spend on draftees this summer, the sixth-largest draft bonus pool in baseball. The Pirates will have the most money to spend, with a record pool of $19,130,700. The Royals benefit from being selected for the sixth pick through the MLB Draft lottery, the measure instituted to discourage tanking. The MLB […]
Fans have been wondering where Royals color commentator Rex Hudler is, he will be back, but maybe not as much as you would’ve hoped. For the most part, the reviews for Major League Baseball’s production of Royals games have been positive. It’s a small sample size (three games), but the picture seems clearer, the graphics […]
The bottom third of the Kansas City lineup has taken care of business for the second consecutive game, but in much more spectacular fashion tonight. Scoring started in the second with two out and no one on when Jac Caglianone hit a 110.1 mph rocket to center for a double. Collins hit the next ball […]
Standin’ in the rain, in a frigid pour;Couldn’t start the hittin’; it was a wretched score.There at Kauffman was loud, from the bleachers they scream;KCR gave their all, they’ve got a better team.It was one to twelve, just blew us away;There were stars on the rise, but not for Minny today: They came to beat […]
After the day off following the home opening win, the Royals are hopefully not going to get rained out for their second game in the Twins series. A win tonight would mean that Kansas City would win their first in division series of 2026 with a potential sweep set up for tomorrow. Standing in the […]
Game night, all night;Here we go; I don’t know what to feel.Been a long flight, an early-spring blightIn the Show where they go out with zeal. Long time under the lightTo watch a flailing team of the sorriest sight;Goodbye, nine; when crossing the line,Should we start up this game or go down in flame? Bored […]
4-2 sure beats the crap out of 0-7, right? Indeed, the Atlanta Braves have gotten their season off on the right foot following a successful homestand to get things going. Atlanta took the opening series with two straight wins over the Royals to start things off and now they’ve kept things going in the right […]
The Royals announced they have placed closer Carlos Estévez on the 15-day Injured List with a left foot contusion and have called up pitcher Steven Cruz. Estévez was hit by a line drive in his only appearance of the year on Saturday and has been wearing a walking boot since then. Estévez looked off in […]
Welcome to SB Nation Reacts, a survey of fans across 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. Carlos Estévez led all of MLB in saves in 2025. He also had a very bad, no-good, […]
The beginning of the season is often a time for signing young, pre-free agency-eligible players to long-term deals. Teams have increasingly become more aggressive signing players just as their careers are beginning, and in some cases, before they have even made their big league debuts. This week, the Brewers signed infield prospect Cooper Pratt to […]
Last season, I was fascinated with Drew Waters and how he would perform when the Kansas City Royals called him back up to the big-league club. It seemed to me that Waters would never get a better chance to establish himself in the majors than with the 2025 Royals. The outfielders the Royals started the […]
It was not a great opening weekend for the Omaha Storm Chasers, as they played on the road, against the Louisville Bats and were swept. The Bats are the AAA affiliate for the Cincinnati Reds. The Storm Chasers lost a pair of one run games, 2-1 and 6-5 (in 10 innings), but were routed in […]
If you missed anything about the Home Opener yesterday, everyone’s got you covered. Jaylon Thompson covers the emotional aspect of the game. There was a wide range of emotions — from jubilation to heartwarming moments. The Royals honored late outfielder Terrance Gore with his family in attendance. His son, Zane, threw out the ceremonial first […]
I did NOT have that on my bingo card. In the game preview for today’s home opener, I wrote that the unusually warm March weather, pushed-in fences, and fly-ball prone Twins pitcher could result in a little fun for the fans. I did not expect that fun to come from Kyle Isbel and Isaac Collins. […]
After showing some good life in games two and three against the Orioles, the bats fell silent once again with left-handed Kris Bubic on the mound. For seemingly the 10th season in a row, the Twins simply can’t manage to string together any offense left-handed starting pitchers. The Twins had some early traffic with a […]
Baseball returns to Kansas City today as the Royals host the Twins for their 2026 home opener. After going 1-2 over the weekend against the Braves, the Royals will look for a win today to reach .500, as sort of meaningless as it is this early in the season. Max has you covered on the […]
First Pitch (CT): 3:10 PMTV: Twins.TVRadio: TIBN/830 WCCO/102.9 The Wolf /Audacy AppKnow Yo’ Foe: Royals Review After a back-and-forth game against the Orioles, the Twins are back in action this afternoon against Bobby Witt Jr. and the Kansas City Royals. The Royals are running back largely the same squad as 2025 and banking on better […]
The Twins won the division in 2023, and appeared to be on their way to a playoff spot in 2024 before the bottom fell out and they finished with 82 wins. Things went even worse last year, and they traded away several key players, losing 92 games, their worst season since 2016. The Royals took […]
For the third straight season, the Royals opened the year by dropping two out of three in their first series. In 2023, they were swept by the Twins to open the year. In each of the past two years, they have ultimately won more games than they lost and stayed in the playoff hunt until […]
The season is underway — and the Royals are already giving fans plenty to talk about. In this episode of the Royals Rundown Podcast, Jacob Milham and Jeremy Greco break down the Kansas City Royals’ season-opening series against the Atlanta Braves, including a detailed look at the series finale win and what it reveals about […]
One of the most consistent storylines in the Kansas City Royals world this spring was about their closer, Carlos Estévez. Looking out of sorts for the duration of Spring Training, Estévez threw an uneven five innings where he walked more batters than he struck out and gave up three home runs and four runs overall. […]
The boys are back in town! The Royals come home from their season-opening series in Atlanta to begin the home portion of their schedule. They will host the Twins for a three-game set, beginning on Monday, March 30 at 3:10 CT. Here is what you need to know! Heading out to the K today? Parking […]
Anne Rogers talks to Carlos Estévez about blowing the game Saturday night. “I feel like even if I execute my pitches at the velocity that I have, I’m going to get my outs,” Estévez said. “… If I can dominate at 92, pounding the strike zone, and I can do the same thing at 98, […]
The season is finally underway and it’s always fun to talk about a winning series to get things going, right? It certainly beats the stuffing out of the way last season started, right? Anyways, it was truly exciting to be in the building for Opening Night on Friday and it was even more encouraging to […]
The game started like the first two for the Royals, scoreless innings. However, a leadoff walk in the third to Jac Caglianone started the scoring. Nick Loftin would hit into a double play, but the Royals would successfully overturn the out call at first base. So, they still had a runner on first with one […]