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Sam McDowell: The Royals prioritized fit with Matt Quatraro. Here’s where players notice a difference.

On one of the back fields at the Royals spring training complex in Surprise, Arizona, Vinnie Pasquantino, Salvador Perez and Franmil Reyes alternated swings in a batting cage. Which, as an aside, might be the largest trio of hitters the Royals have ever put on the same roster.

Tribune News Service · Feb 27, 2023

Ben Frederickson: Matt Holliday, like Skip Schumaker, could grow from Cardinals bench coach into MLB manager

SAN DIEGO — Skip Schumaker, sitting behind the microphone during his first Winter Meetings appearance as the manager of the Miami Marlins, stopped and considered how his Cardinals reunion helped secure this opportunity.

St. Louis Post-Dispatch · Dec 6, 2022

Paul Sullivan: This time, Rick Hahn — not Jerry Reinsdorf — picks Pedro Grifol to be new White Sox manager

CHICAGO — The Chicago White Sox managerial search ended with a stunning pick two years ago when Tony La Russa was brought out of retirement at age 76 to try to take them to the promised land.

Chicago Tribune · Nov 2, 2022

Tigers sweep Royals, equal season-long six-game win streak

DETROIT — AJ Hinch has been thinking about moving Akil Baddoo into the leadoff spot for a while now. But he wanted him to earn the privilege, which he certainly did hitting .300 with a .400 on-base average the last two weeks.

Tribune News Service · Sep 29, 2022

Vahe Gregorian: How rookies are revitalizing KC Royals: ‘All of us ... are falling in love with them’

When Royals rookie Nick Pratto smoked a two-out walk-off home run against Boston on Saturday night at Kauffman Stadium, the giddy ensuing celebration perhaps seemed disproportionate for a 43-65 team.

Tribune News Service · Aug 8, 2022

Kansas City Royals reach a tipping point in reshaping their roster and organization

That wave of young Kansas City Royals prospects who’ve been forecast and anticipated for several years may have finally crested.

Tribune News Service · Aug 4, 2022

Baseball World Reacts to Royals Winning While Down 10 Players

Some fans referred to Thursday night’s team as the “JV” version of the team.

Sports Illustrated · Jul 15, 2022

Royals will be without 10 players for road games in Toronto: The details

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Signs in the Kansas City Royals clubhouse Wednesday reminded players to have their passports and vaccination cards with them for the trip to Toronto.

Tribune News Service · Jul 13, 2022

Royals Place Perez on IL for Upcoming Surgery

The catcher is expected to miss around eight weeks as he recovers from a left thumb surgery.

Sports Illustrated · Jun 25, 2022

Benjamin Hochman: Remembering when the Cardinals lost Buck and Kile, 20 Junes ago

As Mike Matheny and Darryl Kile rode to the airport for a Chicago flight, they talked about life, and they talked about death.

St. Louis Post-Dispatch · Jun 23, 2022