Josh Vernier
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Zack Greinke makes his first start of the spring in less than an hour.
A fan approached and asked for an autograph as Zack left the bullpen.
Zack said he would, but only if he could take the fan’s picture.
Reed from Cali agreed to the terms & Zack pulled out his phone.
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Bobby Witt Jr. was called in Mike Matheny’s office. He found Whit Merrifield, Andrew Benintendi and Salvador Perez waiting to welcome him to the big leagues.
“Tears came to my eyes,” the Royals 3B said.
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On Opening Day, moments before the first pitch, Salvador Perez will thrown down to second base, the infield will go around the horn, and Bobby Witt Jr. will flip the ball to Zack Greinke.
Three eras of Kansas City baseball represented.
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Bobby Witt Jr. leads the Royals in home runs, doubles, triples and stolen bases. He's 11 days away from his 22nd birthday.
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He did it! Edinson Volquez throws a no-hitter on what would have been Yordano Ventura's 26th birthday. Baseball is special. Real special.
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In the past month, Brady Singer has faced the Dodgers, Yankees, Rays and had two meetings with the White Sox.
He's taken a no-hitter into the fifth inning twice, has a 1.67 ERA, 0.866 WHIP, 38 strikeouts in 32.1 innings. Those offenses hit .184 off the 26-year-old.
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Bobby Witt Jr. has driven in the game-winning run in every big league regular season game he’s played.
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Terrance Gore steals on Drew Butera, scores a run & forces Bud Black to call Wade Davis out of the bullpen. Mike Moustakas, Lorenzo Cain & Joakim Soria await the winner.
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Nicky Lopez has been removed following a third inning single. He'll be the first Royals shortstop in history to end the season hitting .300.
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A Kansas City Royals player has won a Gold Glove Award in each of the last 11 seasons, the best mark in baseball.
The closest active streak belongs to the Cardinals. (4)
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"F--- that streak," Eric Hosmer appeared to say while exchanging high-fives postgame. He wasn't saying it with a smile either.
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You'll be hard-pressed to find a player more excited for March 29th than Whit Merrifield. "It'll be my first Opening Day," he said. "I'm giddy to get started."
"How do you know you already made the team?" Alex Gordon asked.
Whit hung his head.
"This is true," he said.
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Salvador Perez is one of nine players in history with 5+ Gold Gloves, 7+ All-Star Games, a 43+ HR season.
Bench, Schmidt, Bonds, Mays, Griffey, Dawson, Yaz and Dale Murphy are the others.
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Bobby Witt Jr. (21 years, 297 days) will become the youngest player in team history to make his big debut on Opening Day.
Alex Gordon holds that distinction until Thursday. (23 years, 51 days)
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Three-run home run from Bobby Witt Jr. His second in as many games.
Opening Day is two weeks away.
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6’5” RHP Brad Keller (24)
6’6” LHP Daniel Lynch (23)
6’5” RHP Brady Singer (23)
6’3” LHP Kris Bubic (22)
6’5” RHP J. Kowar (23)
6’4” LHP Asa Lacy (21)
Solid base.
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Moose and LoCain are heading back to the playoffs. It’ll be a very fun team to root for in October!
#ThisIsMyCrew
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The Rizzo-Baez-Bryant trio went 19-20 in the postseason with one pennant and one title.
The Cain-Hosmer-Moose trio went 22-9 in the postseason with two pennants and one title.
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"I've never felt so much love from one city, especially when I came back and played against them when I was with Milwaukee. I just felt so much love, so much respect. That's why I ultimately decided to retire with Kansas City." - Lorenzo Cain
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#Royals
win probability in wins
9.9% - W.S. Gm 1
8.8% - ALCS Gm 2
4.4% - W.S. Gm 5
2.9% - Wild Card
1.6% - ALDS Gm 4
0.1% - Today
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Brady Singer sat near Zack Greinke throughout Daniel Lynch’s bullpen & live session this afternoon.
“He’s very honest,” Singer said. “It may not be what you want to hear, but it’s the truth and it’s going to help you in the long run.”
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Salvador Perez puts both arms up toward the sky after catching the first pitch from Jackson Kowar.
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“My first bullpen,” he shouted.
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Bo Jackson says all the current players are stronger and faster than him ... because he's still rehabbing from surgery, but the Bo Jackson from 25 years ago?
"I would wear their asses out."
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Lorenzo Cain was asked last night about the standing ovation he received from the Kauffman Stadium crowd.
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#UnpopularOpinion
The Alex Gordon statue at Kauffman Stadium should capture him making a defensive play.
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Whit Merrifield and Lorenzo Cain were catching up before the game when they were interrupted by Salvador Perez.
Salvy bear-hugged, lifted up and shook the 6'2" 215-pound centerfielder in the air. Cain doubled over with laughter when placed back on his feet.
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A classic LoCain reaction.
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First day of camp features Bobby Witt Jr. at 3B, Mondesi at SS, Lopez at 2B, Santana at 1B.
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Only four members of the 2015 Royals are currently active on a big-league roster. (Hosmer, Perez, Moose, Cueto)
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Salvador Perez is 100 home runs away from matching George Brett for the most in franchise history.
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Salvador Perez named an All-Star for the 7th time, his sixth start. Only 8 catchers in history have started more. (6 HOFers)
He’s one of four catchers ever with 6+ All-Star starts & 5+ Gold Gloves.
Only Perez and Johnny Bench have those accolades and a World Series MVP.
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There are a dozen games left at Kauffman Stadium this season. You may never see something like this again.
Salvador Perez's 22 home runs this season at Kauffman Stadium are a record for the building.
He's the 19th hitter in franchise history to drive in 100 runs.
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Sal Perez’s love of baseball seems exaggerated until you watch him work, be the first on the field, & selflessly teach the guys who hope to replace him.
“I just want to eat this dirt,” he told a coach on camp’s first day. “Just grab it & eat it. I’ve missed it so much.”
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"He's unbelievable," Team USA captain Mike Trout said about his WBC teammate Bobby Witt Jr. "He's a stud. He's going to be really good in this league for a long time."
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"I think it's great for the game to have the young stars come in, to be with the veteran guys."
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The Royals won seven of the first eleven this April. They won seven total in April 2019. Same in April 2018 and April 2017.
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The Royals make the trade official. The Royals want to win in 2021. What a concept!
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Nicky Lopez replaces Jorge Soler on the billboard at Gate D inside Kauffman Stadium.
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Alex Gordon tells
@3guysinagarage
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Nobody left to beat.
The
#Royals
sit alone atop the baseball mountain.
Kansas City. Home of champions.
Congrats, you guys.
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Salvador Perez is on pace for 50 HR/124 RBI.
Only seven A.L. hitters have put up those numbers in the past 60 years. (ARod, Griffey, Ortiz, Bautista, Belle, Fielder, C. Davis)
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Alex Gordon will represent the Royals at Sunday's MLB Draft in Denver, 16 years after being selected second overall.
Royals own the seventh pick.
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Wouldn’t it be fun if the American League had a version of the Machado & Tatis left side of the infield?
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I asked Greinke about the defensive talent on the team. He said it was a very good question.
I then asked if this signing increases the chances he wears a Royals cap in Cooperstown. He ended the press conference.
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Eric Hosmer just walked into the
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clubhouse for the first time, wearing his gold medal. "Where's Salvy?" he asked, prepared to gloat.
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Dave Eiland says after the rain delay Wade Davis told him & Ned Yost "I'm going back in because I want to go to the World Series."
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Kelvin Herrera thanked the fans of Kansas City and the organization for allowing him to “achieve my dream.” ... He’s as good of a person as he is a pitcher.
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This catch was made on the first ball in play of the first inning in the first playoff game of the first playoff series in 29 years for the
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. A lot of winning followed.
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Josh Staumont is ready. It's all there. The rest of Major League Baseball is in trouble with this guy.
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“I never expected this,” a somber Salvador Perez said.
“I never thought Dayton would leave the organization. … I love him.”
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It will be Danny Duffy vs. James Shields on Opening Day at Kauffman Stadium, brah.
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On this date in 2011, Duffy made the start w/ Melky, Gordo, Moose, Hos & Esky in lineup and Soria in the pen. Six years later, same.
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Royals announce Bobby Witt Jr. will play in next spring’s World Baseball Classic.
He’ll share a clubhouse with Trout, Harper, Betts, Arenado, Goldschmidt and Ken Griffey Jr. … which should be beneficial.
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Zack Greinke is the scheduled starting pitcher for Sunday's season finale against the Yankees at Kauffman Stadium.
It would be a shame if he didn't get an at-bat.
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At 25 1/2 years old...
Yadi - 405 games
.248/.304/.349
0 GG, 1 Title, 0 All-Star
Sal - 545 games
.279/.306/.431
3 GG, 1 Title, 3x All-Star
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Salvador Perez has won his third Silver Slugger Award. (2016, 2018, 2020)
Nobody has won more in franchise history.
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Only four A.L. catchers have won more since 1980. (Parrish, Rodriguez, Posada, Mauer)
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Salvador Perez says he has never been asked to participate in the Home Run Derby, but it "seems like a good time." His 17 home runs are tied for sixth in MLB.
He's steamrolling his way to a seventh All-Star Game appearance, and his sixth starting nod.
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Dayton Moore calls Bobby Witt Jr. “perhaps the best player in all of minor league baseball right now.”
Says the 21-year-old is “forcing our hand very quickly” in convo with Ryan Lefebvre on
@610SportsKC
.
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The organization was so open in calling the 162 games of 2023, ‘an evaluation season.’
The only way that was going to be digestible was if the results were accepted, and responded to accordingly.
You have to be happy to see the action!
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Lorenzo Cain and George Brett are the only position players in history to win a World Series with the Royals, and finish top three for A.L. MVP with Kansas City.
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Duffy - "I don't have time to sign, but u can have these." *hands over his cleats*
Fan - "Will you sign 'em?"
Duffy - "Uh. Sure."
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I don’t think Royals fans are ready for Nicky Lopez. He has that gravitational pull like Whit Merrifield. He’ll steal your heart, baseball fans.
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The Royals won a third-straight game tonight to push the record to (5-4).
Kansas City didn’t win a third-straight in 2023 until the final game of July, and the franchise hasn’t been above .500 this deep into the year in three seasons.
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Adalberto Mondesi has been back for less than 45 minutes and he already has a base hit, a stolen base, forced an error, and scored a run.
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Mike Matheny emphatically slapped the padded dugout rail as Danny Duffy walked off after four scoreless innings. He struck out six on a day capped with a Matheny fist to the chest and slap on the backside.
The new skipper is wired differently than the old skipper.
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Fans telling me Bautista flashed "3-to-nothing" to heckling KC fans in RF while warming up before bottom 7th. Classic baseball karma
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Whit Merrifield on Mike Matheny:
"He's stuck to his word. Not only from the moves he makes, but you can just see it in his eyes, in the way he talks, every day when we're at the field. He expects to win every day. I love playing for the man."
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Whit Merrifield's Royals career
2,844 plate appearances
765 hits, 379 runs, 131 SB
.293/.341/.442
109 OPS+, 15 bWAR, 14.7 fWAR
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Lorenzo Cain's Royals career
2,894 plate appearances
765 hits, 383 runs, 120 SB
.289/.342/.421
106 OPS+, 24.7 bWAR, 20.4 fWAR
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Bobby Witt Jr. becomes the 5th player & the youngest player in franchise history with a 20-home run/20-stolen base season. (Beltran, Bo, Otis, Frenchy)
The only one to do so in his first season.
The 22-year-old is 55 days younger tonight than Carlos Beltran. (9/7/99)
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Michael A. Taylor hit a home run in his
-first game with Royals
-first game in MLB
-first World Series game
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Nicky Lopez on Gold Glove “I didn’t know if I was going to win it, but I thought I did well enough to be in the top three. … but got to turn the page. We got more (important) things to worry about. I don’t want to watch teams in October. I want to be playing in October.”
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Matheny on
@610SportsKC
"With Mondi being ready to go at shortstop. ... (Nicky Lopez) is our 2nd baseman. I think he's going to be the best 2nd baseman in all of baseball, and then we're going to give Bobby Witt Jr. an opportunity & get a good look at him at 3rd base."
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Salvador Perez is getting what he's worth and what he deserves. The Royals were correct in getting it done now. Great players are expensive.
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Whit Merrifield is in the middle of everything for this team offensively. He's scored or driven in one-third of the team's runs this season. He deserves to shine on the postseason stage.
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