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Twins series preview: Let’s get it started

Royals Review (Max Rieper) — Photo by LG Patterson/MLB Photos via Getty Images The road to a Central Division title goes through the Twins. The Twins are the defending Central Division title champs and the odds-on favorite to win this year, but as of today they are tied with the Royals with a 0-0 record. The Twins won 87 games and their first post-season series in over 30 years last year, but made no...
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Storm Chasers release Opening Day roster

Royals Review (PrestonFarr) — Photo by Scott W. Grau/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images The first game of the season is Friday, March 29 With the start of the Major League season, much of the attention on Thursday will surround the Kansas City Royals . They’ll take on the Minnesota Twins at Kauffman Stadium this afternoon behind pitcher Cole Ragans. Beyond Kansas City, this week also marks the start of the 2024...
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Royals release Opening Day lineup

Royals Review (sterlingice) — It’s Opening Day! | Photo by LG Patterson/MLB Photos via Getty Images This is the team that will lead us to 162-0! The Royals have released their lineup for Opening Day today. Let me get my glasses out and see what it says: 2B Sax 3B Boggs RF Strawberry... Oops, my bad. Wrong lineup . Here it is. Cole Ragans heads to the mound to start our 2024 campaign! ...
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Royals Rundown: Opening Day Extravaganza, with Max Rieper!

Royals Review (Jacob-Milham) — All this to answer one question: how will the Royals do in 2024? Jacob Milham and Jeremy Greco have a packed lineup for you today! Royals Review editor Max Rieper joins the duo for the full episode, plus hear from Royals Review writers, Farm to Fountains writers, and Jack Johnson of Locked on Royals for their 2024 outlook! All these people to answer one question: how will the Kansas City...
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Royals Review Roundtable: The 2024 season

Royals Review (Max Rieper) — Photo by Julio Aguilar/Getty Images 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,...
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Welcome to Royals Review in 2024!

Royals Review (Matthew LaMar) — 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/Getty Images 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,...
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Royals Rumblings - News for March 28, 2024

Royals Review (Greg Walker) — L.G. Patterson/MLB Photos during the game between the Minnesota Twins and the Kansas City Royals at Kauffman Stadium on Thursday, March 30, 2023 in Kansas City, Missouri. (Photo by LG Patterson/MLB Photos via Getty Images Happy Opening Day! Kansas City’s busy offseason set the tone for 2024 , writes Anne Rogers: The small-market Royals were one of the busiest teams this winter in...
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2024 Royals season preview: It’s time to win

Royals Review (Max Rieper) — Photo by Omar Rawlings/Getty Images 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...
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Royals Rumblings - News for March 27, 2024

Royals Review (Minda Haas Kuhlmann) — 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...
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What to know about 2024 Royals Opening Day

Royals Review (Max Rieper) — Photo by LG Patterson/MLB Photos via Getty Images 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...
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The 2024 MLB season predictions thread

Royals Review (Max Rieper) — Photo by George Rose/Getty Images 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...
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The narrow path to 90 wins

Royals Review (Suff76) — 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...
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Royals Rumblings - News for March 26, 2024

Royals Review (Max Rieper) — Photo by Brian Davidson/Getty Images Two more days! The Royals get some good news on Michael Wacha after he was hit in the finger by a comebacker. “We are really lucky, he is really lucky,” Quatraro said of Wacha, whose X-rays came back negative on Monday morning. “We feel fortunate that it wasn’t anything worse.” “It was a little bit of a bruise probably, but in terms of pain,...
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Royals Rundown: Opening Day excitement & April 2 disappointment

Royals Review (Jacob-Milham) — Did the Royals pick the right Nick for the Opening Day roster? Jacob Milham and Jeremy Greco are back in your feed once again! Hear about the probable Kansas City Royals roster, and how Nick Pratto and Nick Loftin factor in! Plus, what further details does Jeremy have regarding the stadium tax extension vote? Find out all that and more today! You can follow the team on Twitter with...
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Marsh over Lyles shows a promising direction for the club

Royals Review (Matthew LaMar) — Alec Marsh #48 of the Kansas City Royals poses for a portrait during photo day at Surprise Stadium on February 22, 2024 in Surprise, Arizona. | Photo by Christian Petersen/Getty Images It’s the right move! I’m not generally one to get worked up about Opening Day rosters. Yes, it’s a nice honor to make that squad and suit up for the first game of the year. But consider: last year, 58...
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