Out of an abundance of caution due to the potential for inclement weather, the Kansas City Royals announced that first pitch for Saturday night’s game vs. the San Francisco Giants will be moved to 4:10 p.m. CT from our regularly scheduled game time of 6:10 p.m. CT. All Gates will

This story was excerpted from Anne Rogers’ Royals Beat newsletter. To read the full newsletter, click here. And subscribe to get it regularly in your inbox. KANSAS CITY -- In the span of one year, the Royals have gone from matching a franchise record with 106 losses to guaranteeing a

KANSAS CITY -- By the time the second inning ended on Wednesday night, Alec Marsh had thrown 52 pitches, and the Royals bullpen was beginning to stir. By the time the third inning ended, the Tigers had built a three-run lead and forced Marsh out of the game after just

Way back in early April, we published our first Hitter Power Rankings of 2024. A lot -- but certainly not everything -- has changed since then. There have been injuries, slumps, hot streaks and resurgences, each exerting their influence on the results of this poll. A dozen editions later, here

The 2024 Minor League regular season comes to a full close this week when Triple-A play concludes Sunday. Double-A, High-A and Single-A postseasons are well underway, and the Northwest League has already crowned a champion. This is typically a time when baseball honors its standout performers from the year that

KANSAS CITY -- The Royals felt like they were on the verge of breaking Tuesday’s game open all night with traffic all over the bases and pressure on the Tigers’ pitching. Double plays, key strikeouts and a clutch Tigers’ bullpen made the opportunity to do so disappear in the Royals’

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The Roberto Clemente Award, considered baseball's most prestigious individual honor for Major Leaguers, annually recognizes the MLB player who best represents the game through extraordinary character, community involvement, philanthropy and positive contributions, both on and off the field.

KANSAS CITY – Tuesday night was another history-making game for Bobby Witt Jr., which is becoming a common phrase when talking about the rising star shortstop. After drawing a walk in the first inning against Tigers starter Casey Mize, Witt swiped his 30th base of the season, giving him his

KANSAS CITY -- One of the Royals’ top rotation arms could not stop the Tigers on Monday night. Neither could Bobby Witt Jr.’s grand slam and, later, his 200th hit of the season.

With the regular season winding down, our panel of MLB.com experts convened once again to vote on which players they think will make up the All-MLB Team presented by MGM Rewards at the end of the campaign. As usual, there’s no shortage of deserving candidates for the prestigious honor, which

You remember the relief heroes of last postseason, right? No, we're not talking about Craig Kimbrel or Aroldis Chapman. We are of course referring to household names Kevin Ginkel and Josh Sborz. What about the year before, when it was Nick Martinez, among others -- or in 2021, when the

The MLB Postseason opens with Wild Card games on Oct. 1, but eager fans can go ahead and get into playoff mode right now. At the Rookie and A-ball levels, titles have already been decided or will be in the next couple days. At the Double-A and Triple-A levels, the

PITTSBURGH -- The Royals’ weekend in Pittsburgh started strong but fell flat on Sunday with a 4-3 loss to the Pirates on Sunday at PNC Park. Starter Brady Singer walked four and allowed four runs in five innings, while the Royals’ offense went 1-for-12 with runners in scoring position and

PITTSBURGH -- When the Royals signed a 16-year-old catcher named Salvador Perez out of Venezuela back in 2006, they didn’t know at the time that their franchise would be changing forever. Nine All-Star appearances, five Gold Glove Awards, four Silver Slugger Awards and a World Series title and MVP Award

PITTSBURGH -- Bobby Witt Jr. not only met the century mark with his RBI total on Saturday afternoon but also surpassed it by driving in three of the Royals’ five runs in their 5-1 win over the Pirates.

At the onset of the 1983 season, Cleveland traded an infielder named Jerry Dybzinski (career WAR of 2.0) to the White Sox for first baseman Pat Tabler. Five years later, Tabler was dealt to the Royals for pitcher Bud Black, who was traded to the Blue Jays two years later

PITTSBURGH -- The Royals wasted no time swinging their way to a big inning, a big lead and a big win in their series opener against the Pirates on Friday night. Six runs in the second inning from Kansas City's offense and a career-high-tying 11 strikeouts from starter Alec Marsh

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In a recent sit-down with MLB.com at Yankee Stadium, Royals first baseman Vinnie Pasquantino spoke on a wide range of topics from his broken right thumb to Bobby Witt Jr. MLB.com: The obvious question: How’s your thumb holding up? Vinnie Pasquantino: It’s getting better. We are working on it. We

NEW YORK -- If by some chance the Royals and Yankees face each other in the postseason, it’s going to be a battle. On Wednesday night, fans at Yankee Stadium may have seen a glimpse of what could happen in October. The game had that playoff atmosphere, similar to when