Spring training continues to approach quickly. We’re now just barely a month away from pitchers and catchers reporting. This week, the Kansas City Royals announced 23 non-roster invitees for this year’s Surprise Royals. Among them are a handful of notable prospects including Chandler Champlain, Mason Barnett, and Carter Jensen. Not long into spring training, we’ll…

Every season the top prospects in each farm system (the Royals included) usually headline the start of the minor league season. Although a team’s top five or top ten prospects are usually the cream of the crop, it doesn’t scratch the surface of the 116 players filling minor league rosters to start the full-season slate…

We are about a month away from pitchers and catchers reporting for spring training, so what better time to make some predictions (albeit way too early) about the 2024 Kansas City Royals?  The Royals spent most of the offseason pleasing their fans by going out and signing many key free agents to shore up their…

Much of the Royals’ offseason has centered around an entire rebuild of the team’s pitching staff. The bullpen will be made up of more new faces than returning arms. In the starting rotation, two of the five starters weren’t in the organization at the end of last season. A third — Cole Ragans — joined…

The Kansas City Royals kicked off the offseason with a couple of trades. One of the first was acquiring right-handed pitcher Kyle Wright from the Atlanta Braves for right-handed pitcher Jackson Kowar. If you’re a Royals fan, you know most of the back story behind Kowar. But, who is Kyle Wright, and why should we…

In what’s been a busy offseason, many have started to think about the Kansas City Royals competing in the division. The team lost 106 games last season but somehow can already sniff the playoffs? It might be more possible than you think. The Royals have a still young and inexperienced core of offensive talent. That…

There aren’t really aces in minor-league baseball. At least not at the High-A level. Winning doesn’t have to be everything. But Davenport, Iowa will feel a difference, and perhaps some missed opportunities, with the absence of David Sandlin. Although we don’t have the rosters for any of our minor league affiliates yet, The Quad Cities…

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He’s back! The Royals decided to bring back an old friend this offseason in left-hander Will Smith. They originally acquired him in 2010 in a trade that sent Alberto Callaspo to the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim. The Angels are the team that drafted Smith out of Gulf Coast State College in the 7th round…

With much of the Royals roster now settled, attention turns to Spring Training and the upcoming 2024 season. There could still be more moves, but I expect they’ll be minimal and geared toward providing organizational depth. Of course, the Royals finished last place in the mediocre American League Central division last season. They lost 106…