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2024 Royals season preview: It’s time to win

2024 Royals season preview: It’s time to win

Photo by Omar Rawlings/ The Royals want to win on the field and at the ballot box Royals fans have seen their fair share of rebuild movements. Sometimes they pan out, like when they “flipped the switch” in 2011 with Salvador Perez, Eric Hosmer, Mike Moustakas, Alcides Escobar, and Lorenzo Cain, the group that went on to win two pennants and a championship. But more often than not, the youth movement has sputtered, prospects failed, people lost their jobs, and fans lost hope. The Royals underwent a youth movement in 2018 when the core of their championship team left...
Royals Review Mar 27, 2024
Royals Rumblings - News for March 27, 2024

Royals Rumblings - News for March 27, 2024

Minda Haas Kuhlmann Anne Rogers contributed to this list of one big question facing each MLB team: Royals: Will the bullpen have enough power?The Royals remade their bullpen with strike-throwers who know how to pitch. Will Smith will be their closer to begin the season, but others will get opportunities, including James McArthur. To be clear, all have good stuff, and McArthur sits 94-95 mph with nasty secondary pitches. They all pound the zone and will be reliable in the back end of games. But the Royals are missing a fireballer — somebody who can dominate hitters...
Royals Review Mar 26, 2024
What to know about Royals Opening Day

What to know about Royals Opening Day

Photo by LG Patterson/MLB Photos via Baseball begins Thursday! Baseball season is back and Royals fans have reason to be hopeful for the first time in several years with a legit MVP candidate in Bobby Witt Jr., a Cy Young Award candidate in Cole Ragans, and one of the bigger spending sprees in free agency this off-season. The Royals will begin the 2024 season on Thursday, March 28 at 3:10 CT against the Minnesota Twins at Kauffman Stadium. Here’s what you need to know about Opening Day. Team Workout First, there will be a team workout open to the public at Kauffman...
Royals Review Mar 26, 2024
The 2024 MLB season predictions thread

The 2024 MLB season predictions thread

Photo by George Rose/ You can’t predict ball! With the baseball season upon us, it’s prediction time! Last week we asked readers to give their predictions on the season, and over 200 of you responded with your selections. Here are the results, plus the selections of our current and former writers. You can also review all of our predictions from last year. Reader vote Royals wins: More than 90: 2.0% 85-89: 8.8% 80-84: 22.5% 75-79: 38.7% 70-74: 23.0% Less than 70: 4.9% Royals position player WAR leader: Bobby Witt Jr. 92.2%; Vinnie Pasquantino 2.4%; Maikel Garcia...
Royals Review Mar 26, 2024
The narrow path to 90 wins

The narrow path to 90 wins

Denny Medley-USA TODAY Sports The path to the playoffs is narrow, and it’s unlikely the Royals will find it. Every year, I put the Royals’ schedule into a spreadsheet and follow a simple formula to create a path to a 90-win season: Win or split series at home. Win or split road series against weaker teams. Don’t get swept. I don’t figure in any sweeps and split all four-game and two-game series. What I usually end up with is something like a 50-win home record and a 40-win road record. The same map can be used for different benchmarks. For example, a .500...