KANSAS CITY -- Not 10 minutes after Jac Caglianone heard the Royals call his name No. 6 overall in the 2024 MLB Draft, his phone dinged with a text from a number with a Texas area code. It was Bobby Witt Jr., the face of the Royals’ present and future.

KANSAS CITY -- Alec Marsh knows that he’s at his best when he’s “as relaxed as possible,” he says. That leads to good things on the mound: A good tempo, throwing strikes and getting ahead of hitters. Recently, though, it’s taken Marsh an inning or so to get into that

KANSAS CITY -- Salvador Perez is adamant when he talks about his teammate Bobby Witt Jr., saying that the 24-year-old Witt is the “best player in MLB and best player I’ve ever played with, too.” So when Witt stepped to the plate already 3-for-3 on Monday night only needing a

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KANSAS CITY -- As the Royals put together a three-run eighth inning en route to their 4-1 win over the White Sox on Sunday afternoon at Kauffman Stadium, manager Matt Quatraro was thinking ahead to the ninth and who he was going to send out to the mound. Starter Seth

KANSAS CITY -- The Royals officially released veteran pitcher Jordan Lyles on Sunday after he went unclaimed on unconditional release waivers. Lyles, 33, has been on the restricted list since April 20 for what the Royals described as a personal matter. The club had little to no contact with him

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 – As a North Carolina native, a 2013 first-round Draft pick of the Orioles and then a reliever with the Nationals the

KANSAS CITY -- Brady Singer watched what Michael Wacha did on Friday night to kick-start the unofficial second half of the season with seven scoreless innings against the White Sox and wanted to match that. He turned in a final line nearly identical to Wacha’s with seven scoreless innings and

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KANSAS CITY -- Bobby Witt Jr.'s final swing in the Home Run Derby on Monday night produced a fly ball 406 feet to the deepest part of Globe Life Field, hitting the wall and falling inches short of sending the final round into a swing-off to determine the Derby champion.

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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 -- It’s the unofficial halfway point of the long baseball season, and the Texas-sized All-Star festivities were a ton of fun, with

With the All-Star break over and the second half of the 2024 season beginning Friday, overlying goals have come into focus for all 30 MLB teams. Some clubs will make major moves at the July 30 Trade Deadline, going all in and dreaming of a World Series title. Others are

The 94th MLB All-Star Game featured triple-digit heat from various pitchers, some dazzling defensive plays across the diamond and plenty of big-time power. The Midsummer Classic, held at Globe Life Field in Arlington, Texas, ended in a 5-3 final score as the American League avenged its 2023 loss and won

ARLINGTON -- Sean Campbell was watching the proceedings of the Home Run Derby from a suite in the upper reaches of Globe Life Field on Monday night when one of his most unique pupils in the MLB Draft League, Dennis Kasumba, came running in. “Hey, Salvador said we could come

When the Guardians won the 2024 Draft Lottery, they not only secured the No. 1 overall selection but also more spending power than any team has ever enjoyed before. Cleveland had just the ninth-best lottery odds of grabbing the top choice and the record $10,570,600 assigned pick value that came

KANSAS CITY -- “Disappearing,” “invisible” and “just plain devastating” are some of the ways evaluators have described L.P. Langevin’s four-seam fastball. The pitch generated a 45.4% whiff rate this spring for the Ragin’ Cajuns, tops in Division I baseball (min. 250 pitches), and it’s lethal at the top of the

Paul Skenes' moment has arrived. In the span of roughly one year, the 6-foot-6 right-hander has won a College World Series title, gone No. 1 in the Draft, made quick work of the Minor Leagues, put together a historic start to his MLB career and started the All-Star Game (while