Salvador Perez is the only primary catcher in baseball history to make 9+ All-Star teams, win 5+ Gold Gloves, 4+ Silver Sluggers and 1+ World Series MVP. 12th ever just to make 9 ASG. Hear Yost/Hosmer/Witt/Holland/Shields etc. explain why @SalvadorPerez15 is loved. #Royals @KCTV5

#ROYALS WIN! Kansas City's won 13 of their last 21 games and 20 of 33. KC's averaging 4.8 runs over their last 39 games. Tonight Vinnie Pasquantino drove in 5 runs and Jonathan India homered. The Boys in Blue are 4 games back of a wild card spot with 42 games left this season.

Best 2-min of Travis Kelce's press conference. "I've been lucky to be here 13 years. I just absolutely love this organization, this team. What gives me more juice than anything is that we've created this culture, this machine. What we're doing here is special." #ChiefsKingdom

#ROYALS WIN! Vinnie Pasquantino and Tyler Tolbert drive in key late runs to beat the team with the best record in the league. Kansas City’s won 16 of their last 25 games, 9 of 13, and are 3 games back of a wild card spot. KC’s scoring 4.8 runs per game over their last 31 games.

#ROYALS WIN! Mike Yastrzemski homers in his first at bat with KC. Bobby Witt Jr. clobbers a 3-run HR. Salvador Perez & Adam Frazier homer. Michael Wacha tosses 8 innings of 1-run ball vs the league's winningest team. Kansas City’s won 15 of 23, sit 3 games back of a playoff spot.

State of the #Royals post deadline. Think there's really 5 teams going for 3 wild card spots. NYY, BOS, SEA, TX, KC. I think KC going 31-22, for 85 wins, gets them in. If KC goes 13-12 vs playoff caliber teams & 18-10 vs non-playoff teams, that’s 85 wins. It's doable, let’s roll.

It’s a great trade that needed to be done, but man I’ll miss the Ferminator, Fermdawg, Fredster, Freddy Fermin. #Royals

#ROYALS WIN! The captain Salvador Perez walks it off at The K in extras! 9 KC relievers combined to throw 10 shutout innings, with Sam Long earning the win. Kansas City’s won 14 of their last 22 games and sit 3.5 games back of a wild card spot.

#ROYALS WIN! Kansas City’s scoring 4.8 runs per game over their last 27 games, 5.8 per since the break. KC’s won 13 of their last 21 and sit 4.5 games back of a playoff spot. Tonight Vinnie Pasquantino smacked 3 hits and homered, Kyle Isbel drove in 3, Witt/India add 2 RBI each.

Seth Lugo has a 2.98 ERA in 52 games since signing in KC. Michael Wacha has a 3.11 ERA in his last 43 games as a Royal. Absolute home run free agent signings by J.J. Picollo. The duo then choosing to stay with the #Royals for even more years is an another great long term sign.

#ROYALS WIN! Kansas City's won 12 of the last 19 and sit 4 games back of a playoff spot. KC's averaging 4.5 runs over the last 25 games, 5.3 since the break. Today Maikel Garcia belts his 10th home run, Luke Maile adds an RBI 2B. Noah Cameron tosses 5 innings of scoreless ball.

#ROYALS WIN! Jonathan India walks it off at The K! A 3-Run Home Run! Maikel Garcia also blasts a 2-run HR. Michael Wacha tosses 5.1 innings of 1-run ball. Salvador Perez smacks his 27th double. Kansas City's won 11 of their last 17 and sit 3.5 games back of a playoff spot.

With Steven Cruz, Hunter Harvey, Lucas Erceg and Carlos Estevez all fully rested, in a 1-run game in the 7th with 4 lefties coming up, Matt Quatraro went to John Schreiber. I disagree. (I don't think Q is an idiot, just saying this seems wrong to me. Go #Royals).

#ROYALS WIN! Salvador Perez blasts his 9th Home Run in the last 13 games, 14th in the last 37. Vinnie Pasquantino turns in his 3rd career multi-HR game. Tyler Tolbert smacks his first career HR. KC’s averaging 5.8 runs since the break, won 11 of 18, sit 4 games back of a WC spot.

Kansas City native Jason Sudeikis and Hannah Waddingham shooting season 4 of Ted Lasso on the Plaza in KC.

#ROYALS WIN! Salvador Perez blasts a home run and double. All-Star Kris Bubic throws 5 shutout, 3-hit innings. Jac Caglianone, Jonathan India, Vinnie Pasquantino, Maikel Garcia drive in runs. Adam Frazier/Bobby Witt Jr. smack doubles. Kansas City’s 5 games back in the wild card.

*Losing* a game where Adam Frazier hits what would be a game winning 2-run double and John Rave hits two home runs, including a game-tying 9th inning HR, feels like the nail in the coffin. Great to score 7 runs, but hard to see the #Royals going on a run without a win like that.

July 17, 2024: #Royals averaged 8.2 hits per game. July 17, 2025: #Royals average 8.2 hits per game. So how did KC drop from 12th in runs per game then, to now 29th? By falling from 5th in RISP OPS, to 29th. More on the story of the season, imo, for @DBLesky's Inside the Crown:

2014 #Royals started 48-50, sat 4.5 games back in the WC. 2024 Royals are 47-50, sit 4.5 games back. At this point in '14, KC ranked 22nd in team OPS, 11th in ERA. KC currently ranks 26th in team OPS, 2nd in ERA. More on similarities/differences for @DBLesky's Inside the Crown:

If Aaron Judge and Cal Raleigh went home and weren't available, fine. But Bobby Witt Jr. was right there, still in uniform. The #Royals star would have fared better than Jonathan Aranda. Dang.

Carlos Estevez did his save celebration, with Bobby Witt Jr. and Maikel Garcia, after striking out the side in the All-Star Game. My #Royals heart is full.