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After a 13-14 June, it looks like the Royals main focus is now moving to 2027. But for today, we can still enjoy watching some baseball. Old friend Jose Cuas is back pitching for KC for the first time since 2023 and Randy Dobnak has arrived with him. Jac Caglianone will be back in right […]
The Royals are having a hard time keeping pitchers on the roster in the dog days of summer. The team had a 5.60 ERA during the month of June, third-worst in baseball. Today the continued the roster churn, calling up veteran relievers José Cuas and Randy Dobnak from Triple-A Omaha. The team optioned Eric Cerantola […]
The Royals announced a handful of roster moves ahead of their game tonight against the Rays. Right-handers Jose Cuas and Randy Dobnak are joining the team in place of fellow righties Eric Cerantola and Connor Seabold. Cerantola has been optioned to Triple-A Omaha, while Seabold has been placed on the 15-day injured list. Dobnak was […]
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 2026 Royals are bad. This fact is inescapable. Some will argue that they’ve had some […]
Baseball America presents July 2026 updates to Top 30 prospects rankings for every team, featuring new additions, risers, fallers and more. The post Top 30 MLB Prospects July 2026 Updates For All 30 Teams appeared first on College Baseball, MLB Draft, Prospects - Baseball America .
The San Diego Padres need starting pitching, and Bleacher Report's Zachary D. Rymer predicts they will solve the problem with a familiar face. Rymer projects the Padres to reacquire Kansas City Royals right-hander Michael Wacha ahead of the August 3 trade deadline. "The Padres needed a starter even before they put Lucas Giolito on the injured list on Tuesday, and Wacha is a guy they know well," Rymer wrote. "He had a 3.22 ERA as a Padre back in 2023." Why San Diego Needs an Arm The Padre...
Yesterday’s off day following five straight wins wasn’t enough to slow down the Tampa Bay Rays on Tuesday night in Kansas City. The offense remained hot putting up a ten spot on the Royals as the Rays rolled to their sixth consecutive victory. The Rays trailed early in this one as Griffin Jax surrendered a […]
Jac Caglianone is back in the lineup, but he’s only at DH, so Salvador Perez is batting sixth at first base. Nick Loftin is back, too, so at least the Royals have their second-string 3B in there again. The Royals already lost to this starter last week, and after a brilliant stretch where Noah Cameron […]
Not much has gone the way of the Kansas City Royals this season. The American League has been a bit of a train wreck, with a sub-.500 record often being good enough for the final postseason spot. However, at 35–50 and seven games back of that final wild-card position, the Royals find themselves firmly at […] The post Jac Caglianone’s Heater Is a Welcome Sight for the Royals appeared first on Just Baseball .
Back in April, the Royals announced plans for a new downtown stadium at Crown Center. Details were sparse at that press conference, but this week engineering firm Olsson submitted a rezoning application with the city that sheds more light on what the proposed stadium development. The application shows a stadium facing due north, consistent with the […]
Kansas City Royals execs have submitted a rezoning plan for their proposed new stadium development at Crown Center, which Fox4KC, citing the team’s application, describes as “a vibrant mixed-use destination that supports a wide variety of year-round activities – including professional sporting events, concerts, festivals, community gatherings, private events, sponsorship activations and other programmed experiences.” Or […]
Chris Higgins at the Kansas City Star has details on a permit filing for the new Royals downtown stadium. The plans suggest stadium construction could start this year and last through 2031, with dates subject to change. Construction in other areas have suggested timeframes lasting between 2035 or 2040. “We are pleased to continue the […]
Griffin Jax took the ball in Kansas City on July 3, 2021, for what was his fifth career appearance, only this time it did not come via a long trot from the bullpen. Jax had moved into the rotation and was being tried as a starter for Minnesota. It was an experiment that did not […] The post Griffin Jax’s Move to the Rotation Is Paying Off appeared first on Just Baseball .
The Kansas City Royals salvaged the final game against the Chicago White Sox, but the series as a whole told a familiar story: a team fighting through injuries, inconsistency, and organizational questions that do not have easy answers. Jacob Milham and Jeremy Greco break it all down with the kind of honest, detailed analysis Royals […]
The Royals have traditionally coveted speedy outfielders, to cover the spacious grounds at Kauffman Stadium. But as the game has evolved and the stadium dimensions have shrunk, will the team still pay a premium for speed? If they still want to wreak havoc on the basepaths, Mississippi prep star Eric Booth Jr. is one of […]
The White Sox and Royals played two games this afternoon, but squeezed them both into nine innings. For the first 3 1/2 innings, it looked like the game would last until roughly Thursday and end up 46-44. For the next 5 1/2, both relief staffs did really good Mark Buehrle imitations, so the game ended […]
Anthony Kay didn't have it, and the White Sox offense couldn't quite bring it. Kay gave up runs in each of the four innings he started, immediately squandering a pair of early leads provided by the Sox offense. Five White Sox relievers kept the Royals scoreless to keep the game within reach, but five Royals relievers kept the White Sox scoreless, and so the 5-4 final score was frozen in place after 3½ innings. The post Royals 5, White Sox 4: Not Anthony Kay’s day appeared first on Sox Mach...
The Royals rallied early in a back-and-forth game, to beat the White Sox 5-4. It ends a 4-game losing streak and a 6-game losing streak to the White Sox. Lane Thomas led off the game with a single and stole second. He went to third on Bobby Witt Jr.’s deep flyout to center. Carter Jensen […]
Fresh off their seventh walk-off win of the year, which followed the second-biggest win margin in team history, the White Sox try to sweep the Royals out of the palace this afternoon and send them back to Kansas City, where the song says everything is up to date, but the baseball team isn’t. Facing a […]
The Royals have followed up winning 5 of 6, by losing 4 games in a row. In those 4 losses they’ve scored 7 runs, allowed 42. Been no hit for 8.1 innings in one of them and lost 13-2 and 22-1. To say the least, ever since Tuesday night, it’s been rather painful to watch […]
At the mathematical halfway point, the 2026 White Sox are on pace to finish 86-76. An entire half of work remains, but as long as they sit in a postseason spot, they’re free to play the “nobody believed in us” card like Davis Martin did after Saturday’s 2-1 victory over the Kansas City Royals. “We… The post Doubling the 2026 White Sox’s numbers at the halfway point appeared first on Sox Machine .
A strong broadcast from a crew consisting of Ryan Spilborghs, Jeff Huson, and Cory Sullivan at one point tonight turned their attention to their favorite songs by Minnesota musical legend Prince. It seems fitting, then, that baseball’s favorite purple team decided to bring the rain down at Target Field in a win that made up […]
A laugher akin to their 22-1 blowout on Friday night wouldn't have suited a tribute to the 1983 White Sox . A game-ending Jacob Gonzalez single preceded by one of the strangest mistakes you'll ever see? Now that's winning ugly. The post White Sox 2, Royals 1: Winning incredibly ugly appeared first on Sox Machine .
Against the White Sox this afternoon, the Royals lost their fourth straight game, this one a 2-1 comedy of errors in which the Royals failed to bunt home a run, had a runner thrown out at third after scoring their lone run, had an infielder trip on second base, and had an infielder leave after […]
This afternoon’s ballgame marks the halfway point of the 2026 season: Game 81. Coming off a performance the Chicago White Sox haven’t seen since 1970, we also haven’t seen such an exciting and winning franchise on the South Side for five years, though at times it feels like it’s been five decades (2005 and 1983 […]