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KANSAS CITY -- With two on and nobody out to begin the seventh inning, the Royals bullpen was stirring, preparing to help starter Michael Wacha out of a sticky situation in a tie ballgame. Wacha turned to his defense for help instead, watching the infield turn an atypical 3-4-5 double

After setting the single-season (35) and career (75) home run records at Florida this year, it was a matter of time before Jac Caglianone brought his light-tower power to the Minors. He just didn't draw up his first professional home run looking like this. The sixth overall pick in July's

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KANSAS CITY -- Chris Stratton thought he was out of the inning. The Royals’ infield thought it had just turned a key double play. The Royals’ dugout was convinced, too. But after a replay review found Tommy Pham safe at first base instead of the second out of a double

In 2023, four MLB players recorded at least 30 home runs and 30 stolen bases. Helped in part by the introduction of bigger bases and the limit on mound disengagements, that tied the AL/NL record for most 30-30 seasons in a single year. This season may break it. Four players,

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KANSAS CITY – Big hits in big games are becoming Bobby Witt Jr.’s thing. The Royals shortstop homered twice and knocked a go-ahead two-run double in the Royals’ 8-4 win over the Red Sox on Wednesday night at Kauffman Stadium, salvaging the series with a victory over the team chasing

Looking for a fast, easy way to catch up on all the scores and biggest stories? To hear wild stats? To learn which player dominated? To discover wacky, decades-old records that were broken the night before? MLB.com’s Morning Lineup podcast is the place for all that, and you can listen

I was in Kansas City last week, and even though they were talking about the Chiefs -- because so would you if you lived in Kansas City and Patrick Mahomes and Travis Kelce played for your team -- they were talking a lot about the Royals, too. It meant they

MLB Pipeline will unveil its new Top 100 Prospects list and revamped Top 30s for every farm system next Tuesday. We won't let any specific ranks slip just yet, but we'll give you a sneak preview by identifying the prospect who has boosted his stock the most on each team's

Consistency is elusive over the long haul of an MLB season. Fortunes rise and fall, for teams and players alike. Well, not so much for Aaron Judge and the Hitter Power Rankings. Yes, the Yankees slugger started a bit slowly in 2024. But once he got going, he did not

KANSAS CITY -- In a game of inches, the Royals did not measure up on Tuesday night in their 6-5 loss to the Red Sox at Kauffman Stadium. Despite a comeback effort in the eighth inning with MJ Melendez’s clutch two-run double, the turning point of Tuesday’s game came on

KANSAS CITY -- Brady Singer had worked around jam after jam with the Red Sox hitting him around Monday night, including a massive double play in the fifth inning that kept the score tied and ended another threat on the bases. That earned Singer a chance to go back out

KANSAS CITY -- Jac Caglianone, the Royals’ first-round Draft pick, will make his professional debut on Tuesday for High-A Quad Cities. After he was selected No. 6 overall in last month’s MLB Draft, Caglianone officially signed with the Royals on July 24 and headed to Arizona the next day to

The two southpaws dominating their respective leagues are still the favorites in the first MLB.com Cy Young Award poll of the second half. Tarik Skubal and Chris Sale led the way in our last poll heading into the All-Star break. And they remain in the No. 1 spots now. But

DETROIT -- Outside of wins and losses, perhaps the biggest difference between this season’s Royals and the 2023 squad is a feeling of hope. Kansas City might lose, but it won’t roll over. And more often than not, the club will keep grinding until it finds a way to win.

"He has been great all year long." You'll hear that kind of compliment bestowed upon many players throughout an MLB season -- and it's often not entirely true. Not to disparage any of the game's great hitters, but even the best of the best go through peaks and valleys over

This story was excerpted from Anne Rogers’ Royals Beat newsletter, written this week by Dawn Klemish. To read the full newsletter, click here. And subscribe to get it regularly in your inbox.

With the All-Star Game and Trade Deadline behind us, the race to October is on. But let’s quickly take one last look back to July, when we saw some players get as hot as the summer sun. Here are the month's standout performances, starting with the Players of the Month,

DETROIT -- Sometimes, a loss is just that. There’s no blowup, no glaring error or mistake. There are good days and bad during a 162-game season, and there are also days that are neither. Such was the case on Saturday night at Comerica Park, when the Royals were simply eager

DETROIT -- Salvador Perez is a legend, both in his native Venezuela and his adopted home of Kansas City. He’s earned nine All-Star nods, five Gold Gloves and four Silver Slugger Awards. His name is as synonymous with the Royals as it is with the catching position. He’s one of