Happy Thanksgiving, everyone. In the words of a great bird I once met, “Gobble, gobble.” Thanksgiving is not a holiday traditionally associated with baseball, but if you’re reading a baseball site on Thanksgiving Day, you know that in a just world, every holiday is one associated with baseball. So, today,

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A year ago, we provided one Rookie of the Year candidate for every team. How’d we do? We nailed the NL top rookie (Paul Skenes) and also picked out two others who received votes (Jackson Chourio and Mason Miller). That’s a good enough success rate to try the whole exercise

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Now that the Arizona Fall League has crowned a new champion and MLB's awards season is winding down, the baseball world in the United States is preparing to turn its attention to the Hot Stove. But that doesn't mean baseball isn't being played. There are plenty of exciting and talented

KANSAS CITY -- The Royals have been clear that their priority this offseason was focusing on upgrading the offense, and their first big move to do so came on Friday when they acquired second baseman Jonathan India and outfielder Joey Wiemer from the Reds. Heading to Cincinnati in the deal

One day after finishing as the runner-up for the American League MVP Award, Royals superstar Bobby Witt Jr. was named the 2024 recipient of the Heart & Hustle Award on Friday morning.

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

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 -- Bobby Witt Jr. didn't win the American League Most Valuable Player Award, but a second-place finish to Aaron Judge’s otherworldly offensive

KANSAS CITY -- A historic 2024 season that saw Bobby Witt Jr. establish himself as one of the stars of the game also netted the shortstop the highest finish in American League Most Valuable Player voting by a Royal in 39 years. Witt was named the MVP runner-up on Thursday,

KANSAS CITY -- The Royals’ remarkable turnaround from 56-106 in 2023 to 86-76 and a postseason berth in ’24 was fueled by their starting pitching. Kansas City boasted one of the best rotations in baseball, which included a dynamic one-two punch at the top in Seth Lugo and Cole Ragans.

Though the quality of pitching in the Arizona Fall League continued to decline, the developmental circuit's best prospect did his work on the mound. Phillies right-hander Andrew Painter returned to competition after missing the entire 2023 and 2024 seasons and quickly re-established himself as the most promising young arm in

KANSAS CITY -- Matt Quatraro’s first year as a big league manager didn’t go very well, at least in terms of a win-loss record. Matching a franchise record with 106 losses certainly wasn’t in the vision he, general manager J.J. Picollo or anyone within the organization had for 2023. In

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SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. -- When the Royals selected Jac Caglianone with the sixth overall pick in July, fans and the front office alike saw the vision: a power-hitting middle-of-the-order bat with prolific collegiate slugging exploits teaming with Bobby Witt Jr. at the heart of the lineup for years to come. Those

KANSAS CITY -- The Royals added three players to their 40-man roster ahead of Tuesday evening’s deadline to protect eligible players from the Rule 5 Draft. If Rule 5-eligible players -- those who signed at age 18 or younger five seasons ago or who signed at age 19 or older

The 2025 Baseball Writers’ Association of America Hall of Fame ballot was released on Monday. It is headlined by one of baseball's best hitters (Ichiro Suzuki), one of its best starting pitchers (CC Sabathia) and one of its best closers (Billy Wagner), each of whom could be in the same

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. -- And just like that, the curtain has fallen on the 2024 Fall League campaign. The Salt River Rafters thwarted the Surprise Saguaros’ attempt at a three-peat in unconventional fashion as the road club in their home park (by virtue of Surprise finishing with the regular season’s best

Bobby Witt Jr. hit 30 home runs and stole 49 bases in 2023. Yet somehow, he had an even better ’24 season. The superstar shortstop, who turned 24 in June, had an MVP-caliber campaign, ultimately getting named as one of three AL MVP finalists. He led the Majors with a

The Negro Leagues Baseball Museum is set to enshrine five Royals legends -- Hal McRae, John Mayberry, Amos Otis, Willie Wilson and Frank White -- into its Baseball Hall of Game on Saturday night at the Starlight Theatre in Kansas City. It will be NLBM’s eighth induction class since 2014.

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SURPRISE, Ariz. -- Watching Chase DeLauter hit a double can be a thing of beauty. And at the Arizona Fall League this season, the entertainment didn't stop when he got to second. MLB's No. 41 prospect, as well as his Surprise Saguaros teammates, would strike a saguaro cactus-like pose to

KANSAS CITY -- Award season is continuing on this week with All-MLB Team honors presented by MGM Rewards, and three Royals have received some new hardware for their standout 2024 seasons. Bobby Witt Jr. was named the All-MLB First Team’s shortstop, while catcher Salvador Perez and starter Seth Lugo received

MESA, Ariz. -- Three years into his Major League career, Bobby Witt Jr. has already had 2,035 regular-season plate appearances. That’s a lot of chances to make an impression. But when it comes to your wedding, you only get one chance to hit it out of the park.