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Kansas City Royals New Manager Matt Quatraro has some significant tasks in front of him. He has to try to make this organization respectable again, get them back to their winning ways, and get their fans interested in this team again. They have not had a winning season since their 2015 World Series win. The […] READ MORE
Dayton Moore has been relieved of his role as president of baseball operations for the Kansas City Royals. Royals owner, John Sherman, announced the firing at a press conference Wednesday afternoon. Moore’s departure signals that this could be the first of many sweeping changes. For a team that’s fallen short of expectations since 2015, Moore […] READ MORE
The 2022 MLB Rookie of the Year race is coming to a close. With two weeks left of the season, these rookie players have performed best as part of a strong first-year class. Both leagues feature a few up-and-comers who have the potential to be future stars of the game. Here’s a final look at […] READ MORE
Inquiring minds would like to know. Can the Kansas City Royals be relevant again? That question has been asked since the first month of the season. This team started off winning seven, and losing twelve. They followed that up by winning only nine of 29 games in May, and quickly fell out of any chances […] READ MORE
The second half for the Kansas City Royals is looking very similar to their first—trouble getting timely hits, lack of quality pitching, and an overused bullpen. The Royals are currently in last place in the American League Central and will be battling the Detroit Tigers to stay out of the cellar. They are on pace […] READ MORE
Diamondbacks 9, Royals 5 PHOENIX, May 23 — Down 4–0 after a half-inning, the Arizona Diamondbacks clubbed 10 hits en route to a come-from-behind 9–5 victory over the Kansas City Royals Monday night. This came in the return of starting pitcher Zack Greinke to Chase Field for the first time since the Diamondbacks traded him […] READ MORE
Royals 8, Rangers 2 ARLINGTON, Texas, May 11 — The Kansas City Royals evened their series against the Texas Rangers on Wednesday. Kansas City third baseman Bobby Witt Jr. and second baseman Whit Merrifield both stepped up on this night. The final score was 8–2. On a night where Rangers fans were hoping to […] READ MORE
Young MLB stars are ready to make an impact. Bobby Witt Jr., the top prospect in baseball, came up huge to help the Kansas City Royals defeat the Cleveland Guardians 3-1. Witt Jr. was hitless in his first three at-bats; he hit a double to deep left field to score Michael Taylor. Andrew Benintendi drove in it Witt […] READ MORE
2022 Kansas City Royals Preview The Kansas City Royals are looking to contend with the added spots in the expanded playoffs. Do they have enough? Zack Greinke returns, and they have some young prospects ready to contribute. The success this year is going to be based on the improvement of their starting pitching and some […] READ MORE
This past offseason was the first time in quite awhile that so many losing teams went all in gearing up for the next season. The Kansas City Royals were not really one of those teams. However, that doesn’t mean that they should be ignored in 2022. With young ballplayers that have immense upside, intriguing veterans, […] READ MORE
Braden Herb is a writer for Last Word On Baseball, a Communications Major at UTSA, Blog Owner of SportsTakeThisWeek.com, and MLB fan. Residing in the great state of Texas, his passions are music and sports (especially baseball!). Other sports interests are the Pittsburgh Steelers and the San Antonio Spurs.