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The Kansas City Royals have signed first baseman Carlos Santana. The deal is for two years and will earn Santana $17 million. This is the third signing for Kansas City since late November after Michael A. Taylor and Mike Minor. The team announced the signing Tuesday afternoon. We have signed 1B Carlos Santana to a […] READ MORE
The Kansas City Royals have bolstered their rotation going into 2021. They have added left-hander Mike Minor to the roster pending a physical. The deal is for multiple years, but the financial terms are not known at this time. Jeff Passan of ESPN first broke the news late Sunday evening. Left-handed starter Mike Minor and […] READ MORE
Royals 2020 Season In Review The Kansas City Royals concluded the regular season with a 26-34 record. That was good enough for fourth place in the American League Central. In contrast, the Minnesota Twins won the division with Kansas City ten games back of first place. Among the rest of the division, the Royals finished […] READ MORE
Pitching is the Name of the Game for the Indians On Monday, the Cleveland Indians opened up game one of a four-game series against the Kansas City Royals with a win. Cleveland won by a final score of 5-2 and extended their current win streak to three games. In regards to the rest of the […] READ MORE
Significant News Regarding Instructional Leagues Tuesday night, a significant development in the game of baseball happened. Josh Norris Senior Editor at Baseball America reported that MLB gave the green light on instructional league play. JJ Cooper, an Executive Editor at Baseball America, reported the news on Twitter. Big news. MLB has told its teams that […] READ MORE
The Chicago Cubs completed a three-game sweep over the Pittsburgh Pirates on Sunday with a 2-1 win in eleven innings. They overcame a great pitching performance by Pittsburgh and an hour-long weather delay. With this win, the Cubs improved to 7-2 overall and 5-1 at Wrigley Field. Pitchers Dominate It was a contest dominated by […] READ MORE
Indians 9, Royals 2 The Cleveland Indians pulled off the series win Sunday against the Kansas City Royals. Cleveland won the game 9-2. The Indians have a 2-1 record on the year now. Carlos Carrasco Returns to the Mound The biggest storyline for the Indians was that starting pitcher Carlos Carrasco made his first start […] READ MORE
As baseball is about to begin, 22 members of the Last Word On Baseball staff picked American League over/under for the coming season. Each writer was asked to pick two team overs and two team unders. With a 60-game schedule, any team that gets off to a bad start could find it hard to get […] READ MORE
Nothing is normal about the 2020 MLB season. With only 60 games and no MiLB season, any team in the Kansas City Royals shoes has decisions to make about the future. A Royals season preview shows that they will need to evaluate what they currently have on their roster while determining if they should let […] READ MORE
The Minnesota Twins returned to the postseason in 2019 and are the favorites in the AL Central to win again. This year, however, will take a different path for success. The 2020 schedule includes only 60 games and will be a sprint from start to finish. What does the schedule have in store for the […] READ MORE