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Last year the Braves suffered their first losing season since 2017, dropping 86 games amid a myriad of injuries. New manager Walt Weiss is hoping for better health this year, but the team is already missing catcher Sean Murphy, infielder Ha-Seong Kim, and pitchers Spencer Strider, Spencer Schwellenbach, and Joe Jiménez to begin the season. […]
The Royals open their 2026 season tonight against the Atlanta Braves and manager Matt Quatraro has posted the first lineup of the season. The lineup is right-handed heavy against Braves left-hander Chris Sale, with Jac Caglianone and Kyle Isbel on the bench. Lefties hit just .162/.250/.302 against Sale last year. 3B Maikel Garcia (R) SS […]
Kansas City has a favorable April schedule and needs to take advantage The schedule to begin 2026 is a bit of a gift for a Royals team that has not gotten off to the strongest starts historically. Last year’s team made it to the end of April at 16-15 and even stayed above .500 through […]
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. Earlier this week, we asked Royals fans if the team was going to win the AL Central. The […]
Opening Day is here — and it’s time to make some bold calls. In this episode of the Royals Rundown Podcast, hosts Jacob Milham and Jeremy Greco break down the upcoming start of the Kansas City Royals’ season while diving into the biggest storylines shaping baseball both on and off the field. From early-season reactions […]
The value of the Royals increased over 25 percent, according to estimates released this week by Forbes, putting their valuation at $1.64 billion. MLB teams overall enjoyed a 12 percent increase in valuations league-wide, the largest jump since 2017. The Royals moved up to #27 among 30 MLB teams in valuation, with only the Pittsburgh […]
A couple of social media posts from yesterday Indeed. But then I saw this and did an “awwww”: Let’s get this season started! Addi Weakly at KSHB writes about some new innovations for the Royals broadcast crew: Fourteen MLB.TV or Royals.TV teams have wire cams this season, including the Royals. However, what makes Kansas City […]
Another baseball season is here! Can the Kansas City Royals build on their back-to-back winning seasons and win the American League pennant? That’s the goal, and we’ll have to watch and see. There’s the rub, of course: watch. As has been the case really since Fox Sports Kansas City ceased existing (and arguably even before […]
Happy Opening Day! With the season about to begin, we brought together our writers to preview the season and discuss what concerns them, what they are hopeful about, and how the Royals will perform in 2026. Did the Royals do enough this offseason? Brian Henry: What is enough? To go to the playoffs, yes. To […]
The Royals took a small step backward in 2025, but they still finished with back-to-back winning seasons for the first time since they won pennants in 2014 and 2015. With the core of the team that fell five games out of a playoff spot last year intact, the front office made a bet on consistency […]
In case you missed it, here is the Opening Day roster for your 2026 Kansas City Royals Below this tweet on X, the Royals announced a series of roster moves. Here is everything you need to know about the Royals opening day contest against the Atlanta Braves. Also, on Friday, the AAA teams will have […]
The 2026 MLB season kicks off tonight at 7:05pm tonight on ESPN Fox Sports Netflix, because of course we are starting with some streaming. It is the first day of the new season, but there are only two teams playing, which never quite feels like an actual opening day. Either way I’m excited that we […]
In 1989, the Royals had the third-best record in baseball, but fell short of a playoff spot because of the “Bash Brothers” Oakland Athletics and the lack of a Wild Card in baseball. They had an emerging superstar in Bo Jackson, a future Hall of Famer in George Brett, the reigning AL Cy Young winner […]
The Royals made a flurry of moves to finalize their 26-man roster, including placing infielder Michael Massey and pitchers Stephen Kolek and James McArthur on the Injured List. Those moves allowed speedster Tyler Tolbert to make the team. The Royals also designated outfielder Drew Waters for assignment, and added reliever Eli Morgan to the 40-man […]
Baseball begins today! The season kicks off with Opening Night between the Yankees and Giants. The Royals open the season tomorrow in Atlanta against the Braves. With the season beginning, it is time to put out the predictions. Earlier this week we asked readers to give their predictions on the season, and over 200 of you responded […]
Charlie O. Finley had a lot of crazy ideas during his time as owner of the Athletics. Some of the ideas, like having a designated hitter for the pitcher, night games for the World Series, ball girls manning the foul lines, and brightly colored uniforms, were ahead of their time. He also had radio broadcasts […]
Baseball America tosses in Kansas City Royals pitching prospect Kendry Chourio as a candidate for the next overall top pitching prospect. Under the sweltering heat in Goodyear, Chourio proved to be every bit as advertised. And so far in the backfields and in spring training this year, it’s been more of the same, suggesting a […]
Well, I don’t think the Royals are going to end up with the Cactus League Crown this year. At 9-20, the Royals have not exactly played great during Spring Training. The good news is twofold: first, that all of Kansas City’s best players were playing in the World Baseball Classic. Two, that Spring Training doesn’t […]
Welcome to SB Nation Reacts, a survey of fans across the 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. The season starts Friday, and it’s time for everyone who hasn’t yet made their projections for […]
Over the course of the offseason, I settled on a new framing device for how to look at a baseball team and its chances of making the playoffs. The common thought around baseball goes like this: “You’re going to win 54 games, you’re going to lose 54 games. It’s what happens in the other 54 […]
Jaylon Thompson writes about Carlos Estévez’s decreased velocity, but the Royals trust his process. The performance was staggering. Estévez didn’t allow a run but issued three walks. His velocity was down and it set off a few alarms. Estévez did pitch better two days later against the San Francisco Giants — but there’s still a […]
Cactus League play has wrapped up, so the Royals begin their seemingly-annual exhibition trip to Dallas to play the Rangers at Globe Life in advance of Opening Day. It’s not spring training, it’s not the regular season, it’s…baseball purgatory I guess. I’ve heard you don’t want to be flying around Atlanta right now anyway. Huge […]
By the time we hit Friday, March 27th, it’ll be 180 days since the Kansas City Royals played a regular-season game. So much has changed since then; the Royals have been active, trading and signing players to fill the holes in their roster from last season. In fact, three different Royals who started that afternoon […]
The Twins had a purported “fire sale” last summer, but they didn’t completely clear out the racks of all their talent. They still have All-Star outfielder Byron Buxton on the field – while he’s still healthy – and All-Star pitcher Joe Ryan. However, they have decimated much of their depth, and it will be up […]
The season is here — and it’s time to ask the big question: How good can the Royals actually be? In this episode of the Royals Rundown Podcast, Jacob Milham and Jeremy Greco deliver a full Kansas City Royals season preview, breaking down the starting rotation, offensive projections, and key roster battles shaping the team […]