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Struggles in the Lower Minors Likely Sparked Hitting Changes in Royals Organization

Much has been made on Royals Twitter about the Royals’ parting ways with assistant hitting coaches Keoni DeRenne and Joe Dillon this week. While Kansas City retained Alec Zumwalt as lead hitting coach, the changes with DeRenne and Dillon demonstrate that Royals GM JJ Picollo is committed to making changes in the hitting department, as… Read More Struggles in the Lower Minors Likely Sparked Hitting Changes in Royals Organization

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Three Important Tidbits From the Royals’ End of Year Press Conference

Royals GM JJ Picollo and manager Matt Quatraro held their end-of-the-year press conference on Tuesday, September 30th, at Kauffman Stadium. The full press conference can be found on YouTube in the embedded video below. With the Wild Card games beginning on Tuesday afternoon, it was disappointing to see Picollo and Quatraro in the press room… Read More Three Important Tidbits From the Royals’ End of Year Press Conference

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Early Adjustments From Royals Players to Pay Attention to This Spring

Spring Training is less about individual or team success and more about observing players’ adjustments at the plate or on the mound before Opening Day. Cactus or Grapefruit League games are often the initial test ground for changes that players had been working on in the offseason, hoping that those differences will translate to success… Read More Early Adjustments From Royals Players to Pay Attention to This Spring

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Nelson Velazquez Has Serious Potential (But the Royals Still Need to Be Cautious)

Today on this cold, chilly, post-Chiefs victory Sunday, Farm to Fountains’ Jared Perkins’ posted this poll to get a gauge of who Royals fans were thinking would be a breakout player in 2024. As of 4 p.m. on Sunday, Velazquez leads the bunch with 35.2% of the vote while Michael Massey is currently in 2nd… Read More Nelson Velazquez Has Serious Potential (But the Royals Still Need to Be Cautious)

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Analyzing the Royals’ coaching staff for the upcoming 2022 season

On Friday morning, the Kansas City Royals formally announced their coaching staff for the upcoming 2022 season, as evidenced by the graphic that they shared on Twitter: As expected, there weren’t any major shake ups on the staff, especially from the main assistant coaches (i.e. hitting coach, pitching coach, and bench coach). That being said,… Read More Analyzing the Royals’ coaching staff for the upcoming 2022 season

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