Royals Review

Ginger Gonzaga, Taylor Williamson, Aisling Bea and Tim Heidecker pose for a photo with Sluggerrr before the Celebrity Softball game during the Big Slick Celebrity Weekend benefitting Children’s Mercy Hospital on June 2, 2023 at Kauffman Stadium in Kansas City, Missouri. | Photo by Kyle Rivas/ The Royals need some goodwill, but they let the cupboard go bare. The one constant of sports fans is that they will complain. One need look no further than across the parking lot where football fans - who currently cheer for a team that has made five straight AFC championship...

Stephanie Amador / The Tennessean / USA TODAY NETWORK Are the Royals on the verge of making some moves? David Lesky at Inside the Crown responds to recent trade rumors. I actually do think the trade market is what opens up over the next few weeks. I may be way off here, but it sort of feels like if a free agent doesn’t sign by the winter meetings, they hold off for a bit to re-engage. Now, that’s an opportunity for the Royals to swoop in, but I would bet that we’ll get quite a few trade rumors. I had pegged the Yankees as a good MJ Melendez landing spot, but...

Ed Szczepanski-USA TODAY Sports Lugo is drawing a lot of interest. Ken Rosenthal of The Athletic wrote this morning that the Royals are “surprisingly aggressive in trying to add starting pitching” and this afternoon he named a specific free agent the Royals are pursuing - Seth Lugo. The Royals reportedly pursued Lugo last off-season before he signed a one-year, $7.5 million deal with the Padres. He flourished as a full-time starter with the Padres, posting a 3.57 ERA in 26 starts with a career-high 140 strikeouts in 146 1⁄3 innings, a 2.8 fWAR season. His 6...

Mark J. Rebilas-USA TODAY Sports The Royals have been “surprisingly aggressive in trying to add starting pitching.” The Royals have been “surprisingly aggressive in trying to add starting pitching” according to a report from Ken Rosenthal of The Athletic. He writes they are looking to add two starters, and that one could come through a trade, with the team reportedly engaged in talks with the Mariners and Marlins over their young starting pitchers. According to Rosenthal, Vinnie Pasquantino, Maikel Garcia, and Bobby Witt Jr. are likely off-limits, but MJ...

Wheee! | Photo by Chung Sung-Jun/ The KBO always looks like the most fun baseball league The Royals wished everyone a Happy Hanukkah as the festival started yesterday: Wishing a #HappyHanukkah to all who celebrate! pic.twitter.com/Hh2EzWchWk— Kansas City Royals (@Royals) December 7, 2023 For The Star, Jaylon Thompson writes about the end of the Winter Meetings: “I think we’ve seen some markers in the starting pitching, but then there’s a big gap between what potentially could happen at the top in the market and what’s happened so far,” Royals general...

Photo by Michael Reaves/ Moar depth! The Royals announced today they have signed infielder Mike Brosseau, and pitchers Dan Altavilla, Tyler Duffey, and Sam Long to minor league deals. The Altavilla deal was reported yesterday. Brosseau was originally signed by the Rays as an undrafted free agent, and broke through to the big leagues in 2019. He enjoyed a breakout season in a very limited sample size in 2020, hitting .302/.378/.558 in 98 plate appearances. The Rays traded him to the Brewers after the 2021 season and he hit .255/.344/.418 in 69 games for them in 2022. He...

Photo by Owen C. Shaw/ The feature airs tonight on MLB Network. George Brett had the kind of baseball career nearly every player who ever played the game would envy. 3,154 career hits. Three batting titles. American League MVP. A world championship. 13 All-Star appearances. National stardom. The adoration of an entire city. But it didn’t satisfy Jack Brett. “Fear is what drove George Brett, and no question it originated with his father,” explains former Kansas City Star columnist Joe Posnanski near the beginning of the documentary “Brett”, which debuts...

Nashville is not kind to the Royals. Jacob Milham and Jeremy Greco have a lot of ground to cover this week! News is pouring from Nashville, but where do the Kansas City Royals stand after the Winter Meetings? Plus, did they win or lose the Rule 5 Draft? All that and more! You can follow the team on Twitter with Jeremy Greco at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@hokius⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, Jacob Milham at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@JacobMilhamKC⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, and Greg...

MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred announces Frank Mozzicato as the seventh overall pick for the Kansas City Royals during the 2021 Major Leauge Baseball Draft at Bellco Theater at Colorado Convention Center on Sunday, July 11, 2021 in Denver, Colorado. | Photo by Daniel Shirey/MLB Photos via No talent, poor track record, bad combo In its second year of existence, the MLB Draft Lottery did to the Kansas City Royals what it did in its first year of existence: shafting the beleaguered franchise with a much worst draft pick than they expected. This year, the Royals matched a...

Photo by Mitchell Layton/ Happy Pearl Harbor to those who celebrate (this sounds very insensitive to anybody who didn’t go to school in Rolla). Vinnie Pasquantino was in attendance at the Winter Meetings in Nashville: Pasquantino met with Royals brass for a bit before talking with reporters and then appearing on MLB Network. He stays fairly locked into transactions and rumors around the game in the offseason, which is why he wanted to check out the scene. “I would say, in terms of being a big league player, I probably follow it more than most,” Pasquantino said....

Photo by Jennifer Stewart/MLB Photos via The Royals add to the organization. The Royals selected pitcher Matt Sauer from the Yankees in the Rule 5 draft on Wednesday, adding him to the 40-man roster. He must remain on the active MLB roster all season or be offered back to the Yankees. The 24-year-old California native was a second-round pick by the Yanks out of high school in 2017. He has consistently put up strong strikeout numbers in the minors as a starter, but has also battled injuries. This year he was limited to just 74 innings, posting a 3.42 ERA in Double-A...

Brett Davis-USA TODAY Sports Would O’Neill be an upgrade to the outfield? The Royals are reportedly interested in trading for Cardinals outfielder Tyler O’Neill, according to Jeff Jones, a Cardinals beat writer for the Belleview News. Also on the front: I believe Ben Fred mentioned this in his chat yesterday, but count the Kansas City Royals among the teams with interest in Tyler O’Neill.— Jeff Jones (@jmjones) December 6, 2023 The 28-year-old outfielder is a former Gold Glover who was a 6 WAR player as recently as 2021 when he hit .286/.352/.560 with a...

Eric Canha-USA TODAY Sports The Royals open up a spot on the 40-man roster for the Rule 5 draft. The Royals have traded reliever Dylan Coleman to the Houston Astros, according to reporter Anne Rogers. The move opens up a 40-man roster spot, allowing the Royals to make a selection in the Rule 5 draft. In return, the Royals receive pitcher Carlos Mateo, a 19-year old pitcher who spent last year in the Florida Complex League. The 27-year-old Coleman had spent parts of three seasons with the Royals, with a 3.88 ERA in 92 1⁄3 innings. He had an electric fastball and a...

Jonathan Dyer-USA TODAY Sports The Royals currently have a full 40-man roster. The Rule 5 draft will be held at 1 p.m. CT today at the Winter Meetings in Nashville, presenting an opportunity for teams to acquire talent blocked in other organizations. Players can be selected if they are not on a 40-man roster and meet eligibility requirements, outlined here by MLB Pipeline. For this year, that means an international or high school Draft pick signed in 2019 had to be protected. A college player taken in the 2020 Draft was in the same position. Teams must pay $100,000 to...

Photo by Tim Warner/ He has missed the last two years with injury. The Royals have signed veteran reliever Dan Altavilla to a minor league deal, according to reporter Jon Heyman. Altavilla is a 31-year-old right-hander who has spent parts of six years in the big leagues. He has a career 4.03 ERA in 116 career innings, although he has never made more than 50 appearances in a season. Veteran reliever Dan Altavilla agreed to terms with Royals on a minor league deal with a spring invite. He’s coming back from two lost seasons due to injury. Altavilla was up to 98 mph in...