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How Former Top Yankees Prospect Anthony Volpe Became Unplayable

Volpe has been lost in the field and in the batter's box, and New York is running out of time to get the young shortstop right for October.

Sports Illustrated

Royals' MJ Melendez Avoids Tag by Diving Over Catcher in Crazy Sequence

Impressive acrobatics were on display by the Kansas City outfielder.

Sports Illustrated

Mariners Player Called Out on Rare ‘Abandonment’ Rule in Bizarre Scene vs. Royals

A baserunning blunder by Seattle’s Dylan Moore resulted in a strange sight and the enforcement of an unusual rule during Thursday’s game.

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Torkelson hits two homers but Tigers lose slugfest against Royals, 11-10

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Before the game, Spencer Torkelson stirred up a portion of Royals Nation with his half-serious response to a Twitter photo clearly showing Kansas City’s Monday night starter Jordan Lyles with a strip of sticky stuff on his left wrist.

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Tigers rally with three runs in eighth inning to beat Royals 3-2 in opener

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — There's always that moment in a baseball game, that pivotal moment where the outcome hangs in the balance. It can come early, late or somewhere in the middle innings.

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Brady Singer & Royals’ bats sizzle as Kansas City beats Tampa Bay Rays in series finale

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The Kansas City Royals took a page out of the Tampa Bay Rays’ playbook on Sunday. The Royals hit three home runs en route to a 8-4 victory at Kauffman Stadium.

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Pablo López throws complete-game shutout as Twins stomp Royals, 5-0

MINNEAPOLIS — The Twins went five years between complete-game starts until Joe Ryan broke the streak with a shutout on June 22.

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Samad Taylor’s 1st MLB hit is a walk-off winner in Royals’ furious comeback vs. Angels

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Samad Taylor ended his MLB debut in style.

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Ward, Trout, Ohtani hit 3 straight homers as Angels rally past Royals

ANAHEIM, Calif. ― As an offensive strategy, putting the ball in play against Kansas City Royals pitcher Jordan Lyles wasn’t getting the job done for the Angels on Sunday afternoon.

The Orange County Register

Here we go again: It’s April 6, and the Royals have already dug a hole

The umpires gathered near the third-base line, waiting for a replay to determine whether Royals shortstop Bobby Witt Jr. had hooked a baseball on the fair side of the foul pole. And waiting to answer what became the most intriguing, coin-flip question of the opening home stand of the season.

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This pre-game text message helped spur KC Royals to first win of season vs. Blue Jays

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Veteran Matt Duffy sent a group text to Kansas City Royals’ hitters before Monday’s game with a simple message: Don’t panic.

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The Royals tried to get creative with a shift against Joey Gallo and still messed it up

The creativity backfired.

USA Today Sports Media Group

Cubs’ Javier Assad returns to Cactus League play after ‘electric’ WBC performance

Assad is in the conversation to make the Opening Day roster, likely as a reliever.

Chicago Sun-Times

Puerto Rico dominates Nicaragua to open World Baseball Classic pool play in Miami

MIAMI — At this time six years ago, MJ Melendez was a senior catcher at Westminster Christian in the Miami area, working his way toward being a top pick in the MLB draft and starting his career as a professional baseball player.

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Next Royals manager will enter a very different situation than Mike Matheny in 2019

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The next Kansas City Royals manager will inherit Mike Matheny’s job title, his office and even a large chunk of his coaching staff. Yet the situation the next skipper steps into will be vastly different, almost as if the same job appeared in an alternate reality.

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KC Royals’ Max Castillo gives up a 6-run inning ignited by local product Will Brennan

The Kansas City Royals didn’t have the type of historic rally in them like the one they put together a week ago. Instead they took a drubbing at the hands of the Cleveland Guardians as the teams reached the midpoint of their season-ending series.

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Sal Perez homers, Kris Bubic tosses 5 scoreless as Royals beat Guardians, 7-1

Kansas City Royals pitcher Kris Bubic finished a rocky year with a rock-solid start in his final outing of the season, against the Cleveland Guardians on Saturday, and the Royals’ bats did their part to support their young left-hander.

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Tigers win fifth straight on Cabrera's homer; Manning late scratch

DETROIT — Everything seemed normal.

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Melendez’s homer gets KC Royals off to fast start in series-clinching win over Twins

KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Kansas City Royals rookie outfielder/catcher MJ Melendez hit his 17th home run of the season, his third leadoff homer, and the Royals led from start to finish in a 5-2 win over the Minnesota Twins Wednesday night.

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Twins cough up early three-run lead, fall to Royals 5-4

Even Kauffman Stadium is no safe haven for the Twins anymore.

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Brady Singer goes six scoreless as Royals offense explodes for 15 hits in 9-0 win vs. Red Sox

Once again, Brady Singer stepped in and righted the ship when the Kansas City Royals were seemingly headed for rocky waters.

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Royals bullpen can’t hold onto slim lead, wastes strong Heasley start in 2-1 loss to Red Sox

Unlike his previous start, Kansas City Royals rookie right-hander Jonathan Heasley didn’t have to worry about the weather or his grip on the ball. As a result, Heasley held the Boston Red Sox hitters in check for the better part of seven innings.

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Witt Jr.’s RBI double lifts the KC Royals to a 3-2 series-clinching win over the Tigers

The Kansas City Royals’ offense seemed destined for a day of almosts, could-have-beens and missed opportunities. But the club’s budding star, Bobby Witt Jr., delivered in a pivotal moment to lift the Royals to victory on Sunday.

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KC Royals drop series finale against White Sox despite Sal Perez’s return to the lineup

The Kansas City Royals let too many scoring chances pass by without making a significant dent in the scoring column. Meanwhile, the Chicago White Sox cashed in their chances and sent the Royals to the next stop on their road trip with a sour taste in their mouths.

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KC Royals use five-run inning, strong outing by Brady Singer to beat Diamondbacks

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The squeeze play executed by Nicky Lopez and Kye Isbel broke the ice for the Kansas City Royals, then rookies MJ Melendez and Bobby Witt Jr. punched through in a big way as a five-run inning swung the night in a completely different direction.

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