This will be a brief post, but I wanted to share a couple of items I’ve produced, including my latest post on Just Baseball and my Sleeper MLB picks for tonight’s games. Just Baseball: Breaking Down Vinnie’s Hot Second Half and Future in Kansas City Today, my second post for Just Baseball dropped this morning,… Read More Just Baseball: Do the Royals Think Extension With Vinnie? (Plus: Sleeper MLB Picks)
The Royals clinched a key series win over the Cleveland Guardians at Kauffman Stadium on Sunday, beating their division rival 4-1 on a hot KC Summer afternoon. It was a similar-feeling but not a typical Royals win in the rubber game of the series. In terms of similar, Noah Cameron and the Royals bullpen shut… Read More The Royals Lock Down Seth Lugo; So What Happens Next?
President’s Day was the Kansas City Royals’ first team workout. However, before workouts took place in the Surpris complex, the Royals announced a significant move in their front office in a press conference by extending general manager JJ Picollo. In this press conference, owner John Sherman emphasized the great work Picollo has done since taking… Read More Royals Emphasize Their Trust (And Rightfully So) in GM JJ Picollo and Manager Matt Quatraro
The Royals made some news on Friday night. Unfortunately, it wasn’t the addition of another hitter to the lineup. Instead, it was a contract extension of their best-starting pitcher. Jeff Passan broke the news of Cole Ragans‘ three-year extension on social media. MLB Network Insider Mark Feinsand further broke down the contract details on Twitter,… Read More Three Takeaways from Cole Ragans’ Extension With the Royals
We are 75 days away from Opening Day, so it’s probably time for me to shift from hockey “mode” to baseball “mode” regarding my fan and writing focus. With pitchers and catchers reporting next month, I wanted to focus on one Royals starting pitcher who’s mainly stuck out from the past two seasons: Cole Ragans.… Read More Should the Royals Explore An Extension for Cole Ragans?
On Sunday afternoon, the Royals announced on Twitter that they would be re-signing Michael Wacha to a three-year deal with a club option for the 2028 season. According to MLB.com Royals beat writer Anne Rogers, Kansas City will pay Wacha roughly $51 million over the first three years with a $14 million club option in… Read More Three Takeaways from the Michael Wacha Extension With the Royals
After an overall solid Royals Rally event on Saturday, the Royals made sure to continue to be in the news on Monday, even with the Chiefs settling in Las Vegas for the Super Bowl week festivities. Around noon on Monday, Jeff Passan of ESPN dropped an enormous bomb that captured the attention of not just… Read More Bobby Witt, Jr.’s Extension And Why the Future of the Royals Feels Different
On Friday night, Bobby Witt, Jr. made Royals history, as he hit his 30th home run of the season, a 423-foot bomb off of the Yankees’ Kenyan Middleton. The home run made Witt the first 30 HR-30 SB player in Royals franchise history (and consequently the first 30 HR-40 SB player and possibly 30 HR-50… Read More Bobby Witt, Jr. Makes Royals History…And He Needs to Be Their Priority This Offseason
Ever since the Mariners agreed to first-year sensation (and Rookie of the Year frontrunner) Julio Rodriguez on a multi-year extension, a lot of the chatter among Royals fans on Twitter and other social media has centered on who of their young core the Royals should look to extend this offseason. While it may be cheaper… Read More Nick Pratto Needs to Be a Serious Extension Candidate for the Royals
Today is a big one for Whit Merrifield, the Royals’ biggest “franchise” player currently on the roster, beyond Salvador Perez. The two-time All-Star turned 33-years-old on Monday, which was celebrated by his agency team on Twitter: A 9th round pick by the Royals in the 2010 draft out of the University of South Carolina, Whit… Read More Will the Royals Keep Whit Merrifield Around After 2022?