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The offense is killing it right now despite losing the best three hitters from last season for varying lengths of time. In June it is the young guys carrying the load. Jac Caglianone’s wRC+ this month is 232! Carter Jensen is at 122. It has been fun to watch. If only this had started in […]
The Yankees broke their losing streak on Tuesday, narrowly defeating the Tigers 4-3 thanks to a timely two-run shot from Jazz Chisholm Jr. to go ahead for good in the sixth inning. Carlos Rodón did enough to keep them in the game, pitching into the sixth inning and allowing all three of Detroit’s runs, and […]
Jac Caglianone had a huge two-homer night playing near his hometown, writes Jaylon Thompson. “It was pretty cool,” Caglianone said. “I had one of my best friends pretty close to home plate. So no, I hit it and I knew he was pretty fired up about it. It’s cool. You can see like on the […]
Sometimes past results do not predict today’s performance. Shane McClanahan came into the night having allowed only two home runs over his last 56.0 innings pitched. Six pitches into Tuesday night’s game, he allowed two more. The game didn’t immediately start with doom and gloom. Taylor Walls made a diving play on a grounder from […]
Tonight, the Kansas City Royals dismantled the Tampa Bay Rays in a cathartic 12-5 victory. It was a full-team showing, with Carter Jensen extending his hit streak to 14 games, Nick Loftin swatting a home run on a four-hit night, and Luinder Avila navigating his way through five tough innings of one-run ball in front […]
The Kansas City Royals play Spring Training in Arizona, but here in St. Pete, Florida, the lineup they’re running out might as well be a Spring Training lineup. No Bobby Witt Jr., no Maikel Garcia, no Kyle Isbel, no Vinnie Pasquantino, no Jonathan India, no Cole Ragans. That’s because all of those players are injured. […]
Don’t expect Cole Ragans back anytime soon for the Royals. The All-Star left-hander has been out since May 6 with an elbow impingement, and the update provided by manager Matt Quatraro today was not exactly encouraging. The skipper indicated that they expect Ragans will need elbow surgery. The Royals will seek a second opinion, but […]
The Royals announced Tuesday that third baseman Maikel Garcia has been placed on the 10-day injured list due to a muscle strain in his left hand. Veteran infielder Josh Rojas was recalled from Triple-A in his place. Garcia has been trying to play through discomfort in his hand for some time now but apparently reached […]
The Kansas City Royals have dealt with injuries this season. Bobby Witt Jr. has been dealing with an injury concern, while Vinnie Pasquantino is currently on the injured list. On Tuesday, the Royals placed star third baseman Maikel Garcia on the IL as well with a left hand muscle strain. Garcia was placed on the […] The post Royals’ Maikel Garcia joins Vinnie Pasquantino on injured list appeared first on ClutchPoints .
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. Jac Caglianone is fully in the running for AL player of the month for June, with […]
Maikel Garcia has been banged up for the last month, and today the Royals finally placed him on the 10-day Injured List with a left hand muscle strain. Before that, Garcia had been dealing with a hamstring strain earlier this month. Infielder Josh Rojas was recalled from Triple-A Omaha. Garcia told reporters he had been […]
In these divided times, there aren’t that many things that we can all agree on. But in Kansas City Royals land, there are at least a few: that Bobby Witt Jr. is the franchise’s best position player since George Brett, that keeping him healthy is important for the short and long term, and that it […]
A 5-3 final score does not feel super lousy if you’re just hearing about it in passing. But if you watched any of the Yankees’ game last night in Detroit, it sure felt lousy. A brief 1-0 lead was lost due to an ineffective Gerrit Cole, as he gave up an uncharacteristic nine hits and […]
Brian Murphy at MLB mothership has an update on Bobby Witt Jr’s recovery. Bobby Witt Jr.’s sprained right knee kept him out of the Royals’ lineup for the third straight game Monday. But prior to the team’s series opener against the Rays, the star shortstop went through what manager Matt Quatraro called a “very encouraging” […]
If you were looking for offense tonight, you should have turned into the winner-take-all game three of the College World Series between Oklahoma and North Carolina, during which the Sooners scored 13 runs in a route of the Tar Heels to secure their third national championship. If instead you were looking for a low scoring […]
Michael Wacha went seven complete innings and gave up only one run in a 2-1 win over the Rays to open the four-game series. He was quite efficient – of those 21 outs in 7 innings, 16 of them were by strikeout (5) or groundout (11, including a double play). The only truly punished mistake […]
The Royals may become one of baseball's biggest trade deadline sellers as Seth Lugo and Michael Wacha draw growing interest from contenders. The post Royals Emerging as Team to Watch Ahead of Trade Deadline appeared first on HEAVY .
Jac Caglianone had 5 hits, 4 of them homers, against the Cardinals this past weekend in a high-scoring series in which the Royals took 2 of 3 while scoring 30 runs. I hope the 32-46 Royals bring that offense to Tampa Bay to face off against the 43-31 Rays. It will be a four-game series […]
The Kansas City Royals took the series from the St. Louis Cardinals, but the celebration comes with a significant asterisk with Bobby Witt Jr.’s injury as the conversation around player health in Kansas City is only getting louder. Jacob Milham and Jeremy Greco open with the series win and what it represents for a team […]
A week ago, my wife and I checked out our local independent league team, the Waterloo Bucks. They play in the Northwoods League, a summer wood-bat college league. Friday night was perfect for baseball, 80 degrees and sunny with a slight breeze from the south. One of Waterloo’s players is MJ Sweeney, son of Royal […]
Stephen Kolek struggled from the start in his outing Sunday against the Cardinals. “Those days are going to happen,” Kolek said. “Ideally, they’re definitely not as bad as they were today.” The Cardinals sent eight batters to the plate in the first inning. In total, Kolek faced 15 batters, allowing nine hits and a walk. […]
Kansas City Royals first baseman Jac Caglianone had quite a Saturday, as his performance in the series finale against the St. Louis Cardinals put him in the same exclusive company with Philadelphia Phillies star slugger Kyle Schwarber and others. The 23-year-old Caglianone went 2-for-3 with two walks and two home runs to go along with […] The post Jac Caglianone’s 2-HR game puts him in elite Kyle Schwarber company appeared first on ClutchPoints .
The Cardinals jumped the Royals for 5 runs in the top of the first inning and held on to defeat the Royals 12-10 in a Father’s Day matinee, salvaging the series and avoiding the sweep. Stephen Kolek has been dynamite for the Royals in his tenure, but he simply didn’t have it today. Three pitches […]
The St. Louis Cardinals saw a performance for the ages on Sunday, from rookie JJ Wetherholt. Wetherholt hit two home runs as St. Louis went on to defeat the Kansas City Royals, 12-10. His epic performance puts him in some elite company. “JJ Wetherholt recorded his second career multi-HR game today against the Royals. He’s […] The post JJ Wetherholt’s multi-HR Father’s Day puts him in Albert Pujols company appeared first on ClutchPoints .
Dustin May was not in his finest form Sunday, but it didn’t matter as JJ Wetherholt, Iván Herrera and the St. Louis Cardinals offense absolutely unloaded on the Kansas City Royals Sunday afternoon eventually winning a slugfest. The St. Louis Cardinals bullpen would be worn out by the end of it, though. It only took […]