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Royals Review 27 mins ago
Royals Review Roundtable: The 2024 season

Royals Review Roundtable: The 2024 season

Photo by Julio Aguilar/ Our writers discuss the off-season and expectations for this year. After one of the busier off-seasons in recent Royals history, the 2024 regular season is finally here! The Royals spent over $100 million on free agents, adding infielder Adam Frazier and Garrett Hampson, outfielder Hunter Renfroe, starting pitchers Seth Lugo and Michael Wacha, and relievers Will Smith and Chris Stratton, as well as trading for relievers Nick Anderson and John Schreiber. But all that was overshadowed by a long-term deal for star shortstop Bobby Witt Jr., giving...
Royals Review 57 mins ago
Welcome to Royals Review in 2024!

Welcome to Royals Review in 2024!

Bobby Witt Jr. #7 of the Kansas City Royals advances to second base in the sixth inning during a spring training game against the Chicago Cubs at Surprise Stadium on March 05, 2024 in Surprise, Arizona. | Photo by Aaron Doster/ Hello, welcome! We hope you stay. Hello there, you. Yes, you, the reader! My name is Matthew LaMar; I’m a writer and editor for this here website, and I’m pleased to welcome you to Royals Review, a website by Kansas City Royals fans for Kansas City Royals fans. There’s a lot of stuff happening in the Royals baseball world right now. The...
Royals Review Mar 27, 2024
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...