In the last game of the 2025 season, the Kansas City Royals beat the Sacramento Athletics 9-2 in a comfortable victory. The win brought their season record to 82-80, the Royals’ second consecutive winning season, following their 86-game win total in 2024. There’s no question that this season was a bit of a disappointment, especially… Read More Royals Finish Off 2025 Season On Positive Note
It’s been a heck of a week for me at work, which explains the lack of posts in the past few days, despite it being a crucial series against the rival Guardians. In fact, I wasn’t able to watch one game in this four-game series, which is pretty rare for me, even when school is… Read More That’s All for the Royals’ Playoff Hopes, Folks
It was a frustrating series finale for Royals fans on Sunday afternoon at Kauffman Stadium. After evening up the series on Saturday night with a 3-1 victory, the Royals’ bats couldn’t solve the reigning AL Cy Young winner, Tarik Skubal, in a 5-0 loss. In seven innings of work, Skubal didn’t allow a run and… Read More After Disappointing Sunday Against Tigers, Royals Make Waves With Moves
The Royals won a big series over the White Sox in Chicago this week, improving their record to 69-65 and Fangraphs playoff odds to 13.2%, as of Thursday. While the postseason is still a bit of an uphill battle for Kansas City, they are just three games behind Seattle in the Wild Card race and… Read More Four Important Royals Roster Questions For September
There was a different anticipation for this weekend’s 2025 edition of the I-70 Series at Kauffman Stadium. The Royals were celebrating the anniversaries of the 1985 and 2015 World Series, with major ceremonies taking place before first pitch on Friday and Saturday. Furthermore, they were going into this weekend’s series against the Cardinals with a… Read More Three Questions After the Royals’ Loss to the Cardinals in Game 1 of the I-70 Series
On Saturday night, the Royals had a tough one, as the Kansas City pitching staff allowed 11 runs to the Chicago Cubs (the game was entering the ninth at the time of this post and ended up being the final number in an 11-1 loss). Even though pessimistic Royals fans may be concerned about such… Read More Royals Three-Star Pitch Plot Analysis: March 1st
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
Yesterday was the start of the International Signing Period for MLB Teams. That meant many MLB teams on January 15th announced the signings of their young and promising international prospects, many hailing from Latin America (especially the Dominican Republic and Venezuela). Ben Badler and Baseball America have kept a running tracker of all prospects who… Read More The Royals’ Top-30 Prospects to Watch for 2025: 20-11
On Tuesday, the Royals added three arms to the 40-man roster. MLB teams had until 6 p.m. to protect eligible prospects from the Rule 5 Draft. With the addition of Evan Sisk earlier in November, the Royals have added four new arms to the 40-man roster this offseason, bringing their 40-man roster total to 37.… Read More Three Takeaways From the Royals’ Latest 40-Man Roster Moves
On Friday afternoon, the Royals selected the contract of Minor League reliever Evan Sisk. Sisk has pitched the last two seasons in Omaha and was acquired from the Twins, along with Steven Cruz, in the Michael A. Taylor trade after the 2022 season. Sisk had a solid season last year in Omaha after a subpar… Read More Royals Select Sisk; What Other Arms Could Be Added?