TAMPA -- A similar storyline followed the Royals on the road to begin their series in Tampa this week: A whole lot of good pitching -- and just enough offense. Michael Lorenzen tossed six innings of one-run ball, while the Kansas City bullpen continued its strong stretch of games by

TAMPA -- The Royals are skipping ace lefty Cole Ragans’ start on Wednesday as he continues to recover from the mild left groin strain that he suffered Thursday against the Rockies. Instead, the Royals will call up lefty Noah Cameron, their No. 5 prospect, to make his Major League debut

Could the AL East have five teams finish .500 or better? Is the NL East a two-way tussle between the Mets and Phillies or will the Braves find a way to make it a three-legged race? And in the NL West, the Dodgers are the favorites to win the division,

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The Washington Nationals are on the clock. OK, not quite yet, but they do have the No. 1 pick in this year’s Draft, and MLB Pipeline has an updated and expanded Draft Top 150, ranking the players all 30 teams are criss-crossing the country to see to line up their

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-based MLB.com reporter/producer Jackson Stone wrote this section of the newsletter this week.

KANSAS CITY -- It wasn’t a perfect homestand for the Royals -- Sunday’s 7-3 loss to the Astros made sure of that -- but the six games at Kauffman Stadium this past week felt like what the Royals needed to get back on track.

KANSAS CITY -- For the first time this season, Michael Wacha conquered his biggest hurdle to begin the 2025 season: Facing the order for a third time. Wacha had been scoreless through four frames against the Yankees and Tigers in his past two outings, but gave up a combined five

KANSAS CITY -- The 2024 American League Cy Young Award runner-up gave reason to believe on Friday night that he’ll be in the conversation once again. Seth Lugo dealt a season-high eight scoreless innings in the Royals’ 2-0 victory over the Astros in the series opener at Kauffman Stadium. Lugo

A new season is upon us, and MLB.TV – the best way to watch every out-of-market game all season long – has never been better. That’s because MLB.TV is now giving you even more baseball with the addition of 24/7 access to MLB Network (available in U.S. only). Here is

KANSAS CITY -- Royals ace Cole Ragans has a “very mild left groin strain,” per manager Matt Quatraro. The left-hander was removed after just three innings (62 pitches) in Game 1 of a doubleheader on Thursday with what was described at the time as groin tightness.

KANSAS CITY -- The belt ripped as Salvador Perez was sliding into second base during his third of four doubles across two games on Thursday, and a short pause in game action allowed Perez to switch out the busted belt for a new one. Soon after, the broken belt was

Jac Caglianone has gotten accustomed to hitting baseballs over the heads of outfielders. Now the first baseman is becoming one of them. The Royals' No. 1 prospect, a former college two-way sensation primarily focusing on hitting in 2025, started in right field for Kansas City's Double-A affiliate Northwest Arkansas on

On Wednesday, MLB.com Royals beat reporter Anne Rogers held an Ask Me Anything on Reddit with Royals fans at r/KCRoyals. This mailbag features questions and answers from there. The full AMA can be read here. Questions and answers have been lightly edited for length and clarity.

It’s been two weeks since our first Starting Pitcher Power Rankings of the regular season, and a lot can change in that time. While the rankings, based on a formula constructed by MLB.com’s data team, consider pitchers’ performance over the past 365 days, more weight is placed on recent performance.

When discussing the fastest prospects (and frankly, all players) in baseball, there’s the Rays’ Chandler Simpson and then there’s everyone else. Now in the big leagues, Simpson has led scouts to say that he should get at least a 90 run grade on the 20-to-80 scouting scale. Watching him do

The Nationals own the No. 1 overall pick in the 2025 Draft, which comes with a record assigned value. But the Mariners, who jumped from No. 15 to No. 3 in the Draft Lottery, own the largest overall bonus pool. MLB released the slot values and bonus pools to teams

Although Mariners teenager Felnin Celesten and Red Sox slugger Marcelo Mayer flashed their potent offensive abilities with homers and multihit games, some of the best work of the day was done on the mound. A trio of hurlers, including Top 100 prospects Hagen Smith and Chase Petty, combined for 24

KANSAS CITY – In a span of two-plus innings Tuesday night, Freddy Fermin scored the tying run, caught two shutout innings, made a run-saving pickoff throw at third base and hit the winning knock in the Royals’ 4-3 walk-off win over the Rockies in 11 innings at Kauffman Stadium. And

If Jac Caglianone has any concern about facing Major League pitching, it sure wasn't showing on Tuesday. And MLB's No. 20 prospect wasn't just facing any big leaguer -- he was staring down future Hall of Famer Clayton Kershaw. The results: a pair of knocks as part of a three-hit

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DETROIT -- Music blared out of the visiting clubhouse at Comerica Park, and the Royals were all smiles as they packed up their stuff to finally head home Sunday afternoon.