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Royals Injury Update: Cole Ragans surgery, Kris Bubic setback, Vinnie Pasquantino, Kyle Isbel returns

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Game Recaps

Rays vs. Royals (07/02/2026)

Full highlights from Tampa Bay Rays' 5-2 win vs. Kansas City Royals 🎥

Rays vs. Royals (07/01/2026)

Full highlights from Tampa Bay Rays' 4-0 win vs. Kansas City Royals 🎥

Rays vs. Royals (06/30/2026)

Full highlights from Tampa Bay Rays' 10-4 win vs. Kansas City Royals 🎥

Royals vs. White Sox (06/28/2026)

Full highlights from Kansas City Royals' 5-4 win vs. Chicago White Sox 🎥

Royals vs. White Sox (06/27/2026)

Full highlights from Chicago White Sox' 2-1 win vs. Kansas City Royals 🎥

Royals vs. White Sox (06/26/2026)

Full highlights from Chicago White Sox' 22-1 win vs. Kansas City Royals 🎥

Royals vs. Rays (06/25/2026)

Full highlights from Tampa Bay Rays' 13-2 win vs. Kansas City Royals 🎥

Royals vs. Rays (06/24/2026)

Full highlights from Tampa Bay Rays' 5-3 win vs. Kansas City Royals 🎥

Royals vs. Rays (06/23/2026)

Full highlights from Kansas City Royals' 12-5 win vs. Tampa Bay Rays 🎥

Royals vs. Rays (06/22/2026)

Full highlights from Kansas City Royals' 2-1 win vs. Tampa Bay Rays 🎥

What's Buzzing

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No bubbles, no troubles, just doubles. A look back at a record-setting night, courtesy of @DrinkSurfside.

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"Two teams that we believe will be putting their relievers on the market... the Rockies and the Royals." - @jonmorosi highlights the reliever market with exactly one month to go until the Trade Deadline

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The injuries just keep coming, plus Rapsodo’s Brian Page joins the show!

Enough Royals’ baseball for a minute, let’s talk baseball technology!

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Better know a draft prospect: Gio Rojas

Could the Royals go for a high school pitcher?

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Kansas City Royals news: Tied for worst in baseball

What a disaster

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Return of forgotten Royals catcher only makes Salvador Perez's role look even shakier

Salvador Perez's nightmare season took another ugly turn on Thursday after it was revealed he's dealing with elbow soreness. Is his role in KC in jeopardy?

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Rays roll Royals in rerun

Carter Jensen’s lead-off home run preceded another loss.

Rays vs. Royals (07/02/2026)

Full highlights from Tampa Bay Rays' 5-2 win vs. Kansas City Royals 🎥

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Luke Maile and Stephen Kolek return to Royals, plus more bad injury news for Cole Ragans

It never rains but it pours.

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Insanely ill-timed dig at Vinnie Pasquantino seems to have cursed Royals' offense

The Royals' once red-hot offense has gone ice cold, and while some may've thought Vinnie Pasquantino's absence wasn't felt, this past week has proven otherwise.

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Royals' quest to bolster diminishing pitching depth leads to reuniting with former closer

In their ongoing search for more pitching depth, the Royals signed former closer Scott Barlow to a minors deal and it couldn't have come at a better time.

Jensen's 449-FT MOONSHOT 🌕

Royals catcher leads off game with no doubt HR vs. Rays 🎥

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The Royals need to hold themselves to a higher standard

Trying isn’t enough.

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The 2026 mid-season Royals prospects list

How is the farm system looking?

Bleacher Report•1d

Ranking MLB's Top 25 Players 📊

How Ohtani, more stars stack up after three months ➡️

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Latest Baseball America mock hints Royals may be forced into dangerous draft strategy

Carlos Collazo pairs Kansas City with a Georgia Tech outfielder at sixth overall, a departure from the prep names buzzing around the Royals all spring.

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Predicting Top Pick Debuts 🔮

Calling our shot on when this year's draft stars will hit the majors ➡️

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Kansas City Royals news: Where’s Kris Bubic?

With a holiday Friday, Thursday is the new Friday

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Trade Deadline Teams to Watch 👀

Predicting the busiest clubs ahead of August 3 ➡️

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Royals get blanked by Rays

The offense had an off night, and the Royals lost yet again.

Rays vs. Royals (07/01/2026)

Full highlights from Tampa Bay Rays' 4-0 win vs. Kansas City Royals 🎥

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José Cuas, Randy Dobnak called up

The pitching carousel continues.

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Kendry Chourio, Blake Mitchell named to MLB Futures Game

You can see the future!n

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Royals Reacts Survey: Who is to blame for this mess?

Your best source for quality Kansas City Royals news, rumors, analysis, stats and scores from the fan perspective.

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MLBPA Proposes CBA Rule Changes

Players association wants change to roster size, options and more

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Better know a draft prospect: Drew Burress

Burress may provide the higher floor, but does he have the upside the Royals need?

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Kansas City Royals news: Rays cleats made for walking

When the Kansas City Royals can’t raid the zone, the zone raids them.

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Royals Blake Mitchell's prospect pedigree takes brutal hit after MLB Pipeline's Top 100 update

Kansas City's catching prospect didn't just slide, he fell out of the rankings entirely. Here's why Pipeline's reasoning makes sense even if the drop stings.

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The sky is blue, the grass is green, the Royals lose

Another laugher

Rays vs. Royals (06/30/2026)

Full highlights from Tampa Bay Rays' 10-4 win vs. Kansas City Royals 🎥

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Royals lineup protection reality could help KC get even more out of Jac Caglianone

A move to the top worked for Carter Jensen. How can the Kansas City Royals lineup shuffle help Jac Caglianone?

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Rays series preview: Small market success

The Rays don’t spend, but they win.

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Red-hot Royals outfielder is finally making most of his major league opportunities

Rave posted a 125 wRC+ in Omaha before his call-up, and now he's showing Kansas City exactly why they shouldn't have waited this long to give him a real look.

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New documents reveal details on downtown stadium development

The Royals begin the stadium development process.

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This Week in the Minors: Spencer Nivens continues to impress

The outfielder continues to rake

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Grades for Every Team 🔠

How every club has fared through the season's midway point ➡️

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All-Rookie Team Through 1st Half 🤩

McGonigle, Murakami, more first-year standouts ➡️

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Latest MLB All-Star Votes 🌟

Judge and Trout headline with two days of fan voting left. Tap for full list 📲

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3 reasons Royals' Bobby Witt Jr. finally deserves his first All-Star starting nod

Twice a reserve, twice snubbed at the position. Witt enters Phase 2 with a commanding lead — here's why 2026 should finally be the year that changes.

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Lineup protection is real for the Royals and Carter Jensen's data proves it

Jensen's pitch hittability jumped from the 10th to the 75th percentile after moving to leadoff in front of Witt. The numbers only prove this effect is real.

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Kansas City Royals News: Downtown Stadium Details Emerge

We finally get some details about the Crown Center development.

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Outrageous Nationals bullpen stat gives Royals ideal trade partner for expendable relievers

Not many things have gone the way of the Kansas City Royals this season, especially when it comes to their bullpen. They hold the fourth-highest amount blown sa

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Blue Jays fans’ wild All-Star voting turnout should remind Royals fans of their own 2015 frenzy

The Royals may be amongst those in shock in of how Blue Jays fans stuffed the ballot boxes in Phase 1 of All-Star voting, but they once did the same in 2015.

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Updated Power Rankings 📊

Where every MLB team stands halfway through 2026 ➡️

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Remembering the career of Gus Zernial

Ozark Ike was a hitter

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10 Predictions for 2nd Half 🔮

Calling our shot on trades, firings, playoff and awards races, more ➡️

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Royals top prospect finally giving reason for KC to feel good about first-round draft faith in him

After a brutal start, Gamble has a 112 wRC+ in June with 19 steals on the year. Kansas City's most scrutinized 2025 pick is starting to look like the real deal.

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Jensen’s Streak, Witt’s Return, and a Royals Season That Keeps Testing Patience

The Chicago White Sox have the Royals’ number this season, another low for Kansas City.

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Better know a draft prospect: Eric Booth Jr.

That’s what speed do.

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Royals could be nearing trade deadline implosion if Bleacher Report predictions prove true

Bleacher Report sees Kansas City blowing up the rotation at the deadline. With 50 losses already in the books, it's hard to argue they're wrong about any of it.

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Kansas City Royals news: Carter Jensen sets Royals rookie record

And Cole Ragans will have surgery.

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Royals take finale on southside against White Sox

A happy flight home

Royals vs. White Sox (06/28/2026)

Full highlights from Kansas City Royals' 5-4 win vs. Chicago White Sox 🎥

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MLB Midseason Check-In 📝

1 sentence to describe every team halfway through 2026 📲

Jensen Makes Royals History 🙌

19-game hit streak breaks rookie record

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Why the Royals haven't cut ties with Mitch Spence despite his disastrous 2026

A 21.21 ERA and a 10-run outing against the White Sox — yet Spence is still in the organization. Kansas City's reasoning says more about this season.

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In a comedy of errors, the Royals lose again to the White Sox

Even Moe, Larry, and Curly couldn’t come up with this.

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Latest Cole Ragans update offers Royals next steps but still no real clarity on return

Ragans hasn't pitched since early May, and late June still hasn't brought the answers Kansas City was hoping for. The uncertainty around the ace is only worse.

Royals vs. White Sox (06/27/2026)

Full highlights from Chicago White Sox' 2-1 win vs. Kansas City Royals 🎥

Ragans to Have Elbow Surgery

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Cole Ragans will undergo elbow surgery this coming Wednesday (July 1) with Dr. ElAttrache. The extent of the surgery will be determined once they get inside and see exactly what’s going on. Once that happens, they’ll have a clearer idea of just how long Ragans will be sidelined.

Michael Wacha's 1,500th K 👏

14-year veteran reaches career milestone against White Sox 🎥

Bleacher Report•6d

Pulse Check on 2025 1st-Rounders 🩺

How every team's picks are doing now 📲

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Kansas City Royals news: Is Kris Bubic on the trading block?

And vote for Bobby!

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Mitch Spence may've just proved Royals made terrible offseason trade mistake

The Royals were brutally embarrassed on Friday in a 22-1 beatdown. And after giving up 10 runs, perhaps Mitch Spence is giving KC some offseason trade regret.

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Grading MLB's Highest-Paid Players 🔠

Have MLB's biggest earners been living up to their contracts? 📲

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MLB Pipeline's praise for top Royals pitching prospect proves KC doing something right on farm

Shields is 19 years old, pitching in High-A, and just struck out 20 batters in two starts. Kansas City's long-term future suddenly looks a lot more exciting.

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Trade Packages for Red Sox Stars 🤝

Where could Aroldis Chapman, Sonny Gray and others end up next? 🤔

White Sox Put BTA on Royals 😭

Chicago scores 22 runs for the first time since 1970

White Sox 10-Run Inning ‼️

Chicago hangs double digits on the Royals in the 3rd

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Royals may not have clear trade deadline strategy yet, but 3 players aren't making things any easier

The Royals have yet to make their trade deadline approach official, but if they are to be sellers, these names aren't doing them any favors right now.

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White Sox series preview: The biggest surprise in baseball?

The White Sox have some staying power.

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Carter Jensen's red-hot stretch making it easy for Royals to mask Salvador Perez's downfall

The Royals may still be floundering at the bottom of the AL, but it hasn't been because of Carter Jensen, who may be forcing a changing of the guard at catcher.

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Blue Jays fans' All-Star voting frenzy cost thriving Royals star rightful chance at starting nod

The strong wave of Blue Jays fans showing up for MLB All-Star voting claimed many victims after Phase 1 closed, including Royals rising star Jac Caglianone.

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Derby Dreams and Hitting Streaks: Bright Spots in a Dark Royals Season

The Kansas City Royals steal a split from the Tampa Bay Rays, but the injury decisions still make heads spin.

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Better know a draft prospect: Jacob Lombard

Gotta love those bloodlines!

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Kansas City Royals news: Seth Lugo’s Decade of Baseball

I had to cancel my “I got as many hits as the Royals yesterday” dek with 2 outs to go

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Kansas City Royals news: Seth Lugo’s Decade of Baseball

I had to cancel my “I got as many hits as the Royals yesterday” dek with 2 outs to go

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Royals News: Bobby Witt Jr. All-Star voting, Stephen Kolek absence, Bailey Falter rebound

The hectic month of July is nearly upon us and there's plenty of headlines Royals fans ought to be aware of.

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MLBPA Eyeing Prop Bet Ban

Players Association aiming to combat harassment from disgruntled gamblers (Passan)

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Royals' New Concession Item 🫐

Where do we begin with this? 📸

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Surging Royals reliever has gone from DFA candidate to potential major trade deadline asset

The Royals have had many weak points this season, but one name has gone from that to a major bright spot and potential prime trade candidate ahead of Aug. 3.

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3 potential post-first round MLB Draft Combine prospects Royals fans should watch closely

Kansas City's draft class won't be made or broken at No. 6. These combine arms could be the under-the-radar finds that actually reshape the Royals' farm system.

Bleacher Report•1w

Reacting to All-Star Voting Results 📊

Breaking down who won and lost in MLB's Phase 1 vote 📲

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Latest Power Rankings 📊

Where every MLB team stands as Marlins soar and Guardians plummet 📲

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MLB All-Star Game Finalists ⭐

Ohtani and Clement receive the most votes and automatically qualify as starters 📲

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Royals nearly get no-hit, end up blasted by Rays

That was ugly.

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MLB Proposes Contract Limits

League suggesting five-year max contract for players switching teams, six years for teams retaining own players

Rays Get Near No-Hitter 🤏

Kimbrel gives up hit in 9th in 13-2 final

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Kimbrel Blows No-Hit Bid 😱

Rays had combined no-no blown up by homer in 9th

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Royals Reacts Results: Put Jac in the Derby!

His prodigious power deserves a national stage!

Rays vs. Royals (07/02/2026)

Full highlights from Tampa Bay Rays' 5-2 win vs. Kansas City Royals 🎥

TRENDING ON B/R

Ranking MLB's Top 25 Players 📊

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Buzz: Cutch Joins New Team

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Trade Deadline Teams to Watch 👀

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Predicting Top Pick Debuts 🔮

Bleacher Report1d

Padres Pitcher Hospitalized After Fainting

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Rays vs. Royals (07/02/2026)

TRENDING ON B/R

Ranking MLB's Top 25 Players 📊

Bleacher Report1d

Buzz: Cutch Joins New Team

Bleacher Report8h

Trade Deadline Teams to Watch 👀

Bleacher Report2d

Predicting Top Pick Debuts 🔮

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Padres Pitcher Hospitalized After Fainting

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Royals

Royals Injury Update: Cole Ragans surgery, Kris Bubic setback, Vinnie Pasquantino, Kyle Isbel returns

Final All-Star Game Roster Predictions 🔮

Royals Reacts Results: Blame the roster construction

Fresh Trade Ideas 1 Month from Deadline ⏰

Game Recaps

What's Buzzing

The injuries just keep coming, plus Rapsodo’s Brian Page joins the show!

Better know a draft prospect: Gio Rojas

Kansas City Royals news: Tied for worst in baseball

Return of forgotten Royals catcher only makes Salvador Perez's role look even shakier

Rays roll Royals in rerun

Luke Maile and Stephen Kolek return to Royals, plus more bad injury news for Cole Ragans

Insanely ill-timed dig at Vinnie Pasquantino seems to have cursed Royals' offense

Royals' quest to bolster diminishing pitching depth leads to reuniting with former closer

The Royals need to hold themselves to a higher standard

The 2026 mid-season Royals prospects list

Ranking MLB's Top 25 Players 📊

Latest Baseball America mock hints Royals may be forced into dangerous draft strategy

Predicting Top Pick Debuts 🔮

Kansas City Royals news: Where’s Kris Bubic?

Trade Deadline Teams to Watch 👀

Royals get blanked by Rays

José Cuas, Randy Dobnak called up

Kendry Chourio, Blake Mitchell named to MLB Futures Game

Royals Reacts Survey: Who is to blame for this mess?

MLBPA Proposes CBA Rule Changes

Better know a draft prospect: Drew Burress

Kansas City Royals news: Rays cleats made for walking

Royals Blake Mitchell's prospect pedigree takes brutal hit after MLB Pipeline's Top 100 update

The sky is blue, the grass is green, the Royals lose

Royals lineup protection reality could help KC get even more out of Jac Caglianone

Rays series preview: Small market success

Red-hot Royals outfielder is finally making most of his major league opportunities

New documents reveal details on downtown stadium development

This Week in the Minors: Spencer Nivens continues to impress

Grades for Every Team 🔠

All-Rookie Team Through 1st Half 🤩

Latest MLB All-Star Votes 🌟

3 reasons Royals' Bobby Witt Jr. finally deserves his first All-Star starting nod

Lineup protection is real for the Royals and Carter Jensen's data proves it

Kansas City Royals News: Downtown Stadium Details Emerge

Outrageous Nationals bullpen stat gives Royals ideal trade partner for expendable relievers

Blue Jays fans’ wild All-Star voting turnout should remind Royals fans of their own 2015 frenzy

Updated Power Rankings 📊

Remembering the career of Gus Zernial

10 Predictions for 2nd Half 🔮

Royals top prospect finally giving reason for KC to feel good about first-round draft faith in him

Jensen’s Streak, Witt’s Return, and a Royals Season That Keeps Testing Patience

Better know a draft prospect: Eric Booth Jr.

Royals could be nearing trade deadline implosion if Bleacher Report predictions prove true

Kansas City Royals news: Carter Jensen sets Royals rookie record

Royals take finale on southside against White Sox

MLB Midseason Check-In 📝

Why the Royals haven't cut ties with Mitch Spence despite his disastrous 2026

In a comedy of errors, the Royals lose again to the White Sox

Latest Cole Ragans update offers Royals next steps but still no real clarity on return

Pulse Check on 2025 1st-Rounders 🩺

Kansas City Royals news: Is Kris Bubic on the trading block?

Mitch Spence may've just proved Royals made terrible offseason trade mistake

Grading MLB's Highest-Paid Players 🔠

MLB Pipeline's praise for top Royals pitching prospect proves KC doing something right on farm

Trade Packages for Red Sox Stars 🤝

Royals may not have clear trade deadline strategy yet, but 3 players aren't making things any easier

White Sox series preview: The biggest surprise in baseball?

Carter Jensen's red-hot stretch making it easy for Royals to mask Salvador Perez's downfall

Blue Jays fans' All-Star voting frenzy cost thriving Royals star rightful chance at starting nod

Derby Dreams and Hitting Streaks: Bright Spots in a Dark Royals Season

Better know a draft prospect: Jacob Lombard

Kansas City Royals news: Seth Lugo’s Decade of Baseball

Kansas City Royals news: Seth Lugo’s Decade of Baseball

Royals News: Bobby Witt Jr. All-Star voting, Stephen Kolek absence, Bailey Falter rebound

MLBPA Eyeing Prop Bet Ban

Royals' New Concession Item 🫐

Surging Royals reliever has gone from DFA candidate to potential major trade deadline asset

3 potential post-first round MLB Draft Combine prospects Royals fans should watch closely

Reacting to All-Star Voting Results 📊

Latest Power Rankings 📊

MLB All-Star Game Finalists ⭐

Royals nearly get no-hit, end up blasted by Rays