Kansas City Royals Mailbag: Bobby Witt Jr.’s ROY Chances, Trades, Outfield Picture

The Baltimore Orioles had a very exciting 2023. Mike Elias and company have successfully rebuilt the franchise from the ground up through incredible drafting and player development. He has also acquired veteran players who have played key roles in the team's recent success. While he has yet to sign a free agent to a multi year contract, several of…

The offseason is back to its traditional Thanksgiving crawl. The holiday has slowed much of the momentum it gained around the 40-man roster deadline. That should change over the coming weeks as the Winter Meetings kick off in early December. The first two weeks of December are usually busy with trades and free-agent signings. For the Royals,…

The Cincinnati Reds (32-35) visit the Kansas City Royals (18-48) for the second of their three-game series. First pitch commences Tuesday at 8:10 p.m. ET. The Reds jumped out to an early series lead thanks to their 5-4 win in yesterday's opener. Below we continue our MLB odds series with a Reds-Royals prediction, pick, and how to watch. Here are…

The Royals made some big changes in the front office and the dugout, with general manager J.J. Picollo now in charge, and Matt Quatraro coming over from the Rays to lead the field staff. But aside from that and some other coaching changes, it was a quiet off-season for the Royals. They have staked their future on a core of young players that began…

2022 record: 65-97, fifth in American League Central Offseason headlines: Mike Matheny is out and Matt Quatraro is in as Kansas City's manager. The former Tampa Bay Rays bench coach is being heralded as someone who listens to his players and is in tune with the analytics world. "There's a ton of information to start, and it works its way to the…

Chicago White Sox vs Kansas City Royals 3/8/2023 Picks Predictions Previews The Chicago White Sox will go against the Kansas City Royals in MLB action at Surprise Stadium in Surprise, AZ, at 9:05 PM ET. Dylan Cease placed second in the voting for the AL Cy Young. José Abreu contributed nearly 4 fWAR during his best season since 2017. The injury was…

Let's flash back in time to 2015. The Kansas City Royals had just won the World Series. The year before they nearly won it again. A strong core of talented players, a dedicated fan base, and a franchise that had bucked the trend of mega markets winning the World Series. Life was good. That was a long time ago. The year after their title, the Royals…

Nearly impossible to separate in any discussion about the 2023 KC Royals are Vinnie Pasquantino and Nick Pratto. They are, after all, the leading candidates to play first base for the Royals this season. Their power at the plate is what makes these two young Royals part of the same conversation. Pratto became the likeliest heir apparent to 2022 KC…

Anne Rogers details some adjustments Kris Bubic has made throughout the season: Still, Bubic was pleased with his second consecutive quality start, despite both of them turning into losses for the 25-year-old. The small sample size of success has been a result of better command, and there's been at least one reason for that. After Bubic's start at…

The Chicago White Sox will finish their four-game series with the Kansas City Royals on Thursday afternoon. With that said, it's a good time to check out our MLB odds series, which includes our White Sox-Royals prediction and pick we have laid out below. The Chicago White Sox are squandering a great opportunity in this series. Losing two of the…

I think there was probably a split second (or more) of fear in Royals fans hearts on Monday when it was announced the owners and players couldn't come to a deal on an international draft. Why the fear? It meant that the qualifying offer was back on the table for pending free agents. With that, combined with the Royals playing better baseball, I…

With the draft in the rearview window, and the August 2 trade deadline fast approaching, it is a good time to assemble our writers to discuss what could be a very important month for Royals baseball. What did you think of how the Royals approached the draft? Cullen Jekel: I liked everything about it except what they did in the first round. Gavin…

The 2022 season has not gone according to plan for the Kansas City Royals. The Royals signaled its plans to compete by signing starting pitcher Zack Greinke in the offseason and debuting the team's top prospect, shortstop Bobby Witt Jr. , on Opening Day. As recently as a couple of weeks ago, the Royals' general manager, J.J. Picollo *, stated that…

Sometimes a team has to be backed into a corner before they do the smart thing that ends up working out in the end. It wouldn't be the first time that's happened to the Royals. Zack Greinke forced a trade and that's how they got Lorenzo Cain, Alcides Escobar and Jake Odorizzi (who then was part of the deal to get James Shields and Wade Davis).…

Let's take a look at three members of the Kansas City Royals organization this season: Player A: .105/.217/.105, 13.0 BB%, 21.7 K%, 4 wRC+ Player B: .159/.312/.254, 18.2 BB%, 10.4 K%, 76 wRC+ Player C: .260/.387/.531, 16.0 BB%, 10.9 K%, 144 wRC+ Player A is Ryan O'Hearn, Player B is Carlos Santana and Player C is Vinnie Pasquantino. O'Hearn clearly…

Pickswise provides exclusive sports betting content to MLive.com, including picks, analysis, tools, games and sportsbook offers to help bettors get in on the action. Please wager responsibly. Both the Tigers and Royals have struggled out of the gate, posting a combined 5-8 record through the first week of the 2022 season. While that isn't expected…

This is likely to be the last year where we have to see our divisional rivals 19 times a season, with the 2023 season promising to see more diversity in match-ups with every team facing each other at least once every year. Still 2022 is a classic year where we'll be seeing a lot of our four divisional rivals, so we figured for the first clash…

Well, that was certainly something. The Kansas City Royals went through as many ups and downs in their first series as one could expect. The Cleveland Guardians have owned the Royals the past few seasons so being able to get out of the first set of the year with a split isn't disastrous, but it is disappointing after Kansas City took the first two…

As the Kansas City Royals are slated to begin their Opening Day festivities later on Thursday, the team is poised for an exciting season. For better or worse, a youth movement is expected to sweep through the big-league club and shape how the year unfolds. Don't tell that to those projecting the team's record, though: Everyone is familiar with the…

After finishing the 2021 campaign with a 74-88 record, the Kansas City Royals didn't make a ton of changes over the course of the offseason. With that said, there are many reasons to expect a better team to be fielded in 2022. Not only is Zack Greinke headlining a starting rotation filled with hungry youth looking to make their long-term presences…

Kansas City's young stash of talented arms already has arrived in the big leagues - minus potential ace Asa Lacy, a 2023 rotation candidate, and Jonathan Bowlan, who is recovering from Tommy John surgery. This will be the year Kansas City's stash of positional talent - shortstop Bobby Witt Jr., first baseman Nick Pratto and catcher MJ Melendez -…

There are just 24 days until Opening Day, but as spring training opens up, most teams aren't even sure who will be in their organization by then. A 99-day transaction freeze has caused teams to compress what would usually take most of an off-season into a few weeks. The Royals may have a bit more stability than other teams, hoping to improve the…

Flags fly forever. The Kansas City Royals haven't had a winning season since winning it all in 2015. In fact, their only three winning seasons since 2003 were grouped in a row: 86-76 in 2013, 89-73 in 2014 and lost in the World Series, 95-67 in 2015 and won the World Series. Kansas City hasn't finished higher than fourth in any of the last four…