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What's in store for the Royals in 2025?

@anne__rogers
1:28 PM CST

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.

One potential breakout prospect for each organization in 2025

@SamDykstraMiLB
January 1, 2025

Every year as the calendar flips, we at MLB Pipeline gaze into crystal balls and turn our collective attention to potential breakout prospects for the coming season. Last year in this space, we listed Josue De Paula (Dodgers), Bryce Eldridge (Giants), Kevin McGonigle (Tigers), Jacob Melton (Astros), Lazaro Montes (Mariners),

Happy New Year! 1 prediction for each team in 2025

January 1, 2025

As the calendar flips to the new year, it's a time for everyone to set new goals and make predictions for the months ahead -- and MLB teams are no different. With that in mind, each of our beat reporters was asked to make one prediction for their respective team

Each team's breakout player for 2025

December 30, 2024

Each Major League season is a stage for players to raise their game to previously unseen heights. Perhaps a blossoming star becomes unquestionably elite. Or perhaps a big league newcomer makes the most of his opportunity. Regardless, these types of breakout seasons can help turn an under-the-radar club into a

Every team's representative(s) on the HOF ballot 

Franchise cornerstones? Forgotten cameos? They all count
@AndrewSimonMLB
January 2, 2025

When a baseball player reaches the pinnacle of the sport, a place in Cooperstown, his Hall of Fame plaque does not discriminate. If that player spent 20 seasons with a team, it gets listed under his name; if a player spent 20 games with a team, it also gets listed.

Royals have bolstered bats, but is it enough for a big '25?

@anne__rogers
December 27, 2024

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.

Here are 25 prospect storylines to follow in 2025

@SamDykstraMiLB
January 2, 2025

We’ve officially turned over the calendar to 2025 this week. Of course in baseball, it feels like we began to flip the calendar the moment Dodgers right-hander Walker Buehler struck out Yankees outfielder Alex Verdugo in Game 5 to end the World Series on Oct. 30. Here at MLB Pipeline,

Injuries & Moves: Royals add pair of RHPs on Minors deals

December 20, 2024

The Royals' injuries and roster moves page will be updated throughout the offseason.

Everything to know about 2025 Royals tickets

@anne__rogers
December 25, 2024

KANSAS CITY -- With 2025 right around the corner, those who want to get into the baseball spirit can buy Royals single-game tickets, which are on sale now. Fans can buy all tickets on the Royals’ website or through the MLB Ballpark app. Single-game tickets start as low as $15.

One prospect to watch for each team in 2025

December 29, 2024

A new season brings new opportunities for every player in a team’s system. This is especially true for a team’s Minor League prospects, who look to build on the previous season’s accomplishments and continue to make a name for themselves as they forge a path to the Majors. Here’s a

1 (realistic) free-agent target to fit every team

December 28, 2024

At this point in the offseason, every team could still use some help -- and plenty of top free agents remain available. But taking into account age, position, skill set and projected cost, who is the perfect fit for each club? To answer that question, we enlisted the help of

1 stat for every team to marvel at from 2024 season

@SlangsOnSports
December 27, 2024

Part of what makes baseball the best are the feats and amazing stats accruing left and right, every single day. We chronicle them throughout the year, but there’s no better time than before the calendar flips to take a look back. It’s hard to pick just one per team after

The 30 most exciting endings of 2024

@HarriganMLB
December 27, 2024

From stunning rallies and memorable walk-offs to game-saving defensive plays, the 2024 Major League Baseball season was packed with exciting endings that kept fans on the edge of their seats all year long. As part of its year-end countdown highlighting the best moments of 2024, MLB Network took a look

Every team's longest home run of 2024

@bmags94 and @ssc627
December 26, 2024

At the end of the day, a home run's distance has no impact on its usefulness. From the shortest (which, in 2024, traveled 318 feet) to the longest (480 feet), it's still just a run on the board, give or take a few baserunners. But let's be real -- moonshots

Here are the best bat flips of the year

@HarriganMLB
December 27, 2024

How do you make a big home run even more memorable? With an epic bat flip. As part of its year-end countdown highlighting the top moments of 2024, MLB Network took a look at the best bat flips we saw this past season. There were plenty to choose from as

12 players who reached big-time milestones in 2024

@SlangsOnSports
December 24, 2024

Every season is another chance for MLB’s incredibly talented players to show us all that they can accomplish. Entering the year, it’s always fun to anticipate which career milestones might be reached or surpassed in the upcoming round of 162 games. But over the course of the season, there are

Each team's prospect whose stock improved most in '24

@SamDykstraMiLB
December 25, 2024

Kristian Campbell entered 2024 as a supplemental fourth-round pick the previous July who had fashioned a nice pro debut. He ended it as the No. 10 prospect on MLB Pipeline's Top 100 Prospects list, not to mention its Hitting Prospect of the Year and the MiLB Breakout Player of the

Revisit one signature win for every MLB team from 2024

December 23, 2024

From stunning comebacks to thrilling walk-offs to dominant pitching performances, every team had its share of memorable triumphs in 2024. But what was each club’s signature win of the season?

Predicting every team's No. 1 prospect a year from now

December 24, 2024

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The 10 signature players of the 2024 season

@williamfleitch
December 23, 2024

2024 was a thrilling, downright giddy year of baseball, with historic individual seasons, riveting playoff chases, hair-raising postseason games and a World Series with the biggest stars in the sport. But to our eyes, there were 10 players who made their mark on the sport more than any other, 10

Every team's best single-game performance of 2024

@bmags94
December 22, 2024

There was no shortage of storylines in the 2024 season, which featured some of the best individual seasons and performances that baseball has ever seen -- we're looking at you Shohei Ohtani and Aaron Judge. Which single-game performances were the best? We asked each of our 30 beat writers which

Bubic welcomes competition for former role

@anne__rogers
December 20, 2024

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.

These free agents could be fits for KC's pitching staff

@anne__rogers
December 17, 2024

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.

3 tiers to the Royals' bullpen heading into 2025

@anne__rogers
December 13, 2024

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.