How an IL stint led to an improved fastball for Marsh
SEATTLE -- Alec Marsh has come back from the injured list fast. Literally. On Wednesday, Marsh made his second start since returning from the injured list. And while the second-year right-hander had to battle his way through deep counts and long at-bats in a 4-2 loss to the Mariners at
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Surprise! One encouraging prospect-related development for each team
Six weeks into the Minor League season, we have witnessed plenty of pleasant prospect developments. Athletics 2023 first-rounder Jacob Wilson is batting a sizzling .438 and already has reached Triple-A. Mets right-hander Jonah Tong has been a revelation with elite fastball characteristics and a Minors-best 0.33 ERA. As one Chourio
Velázquez flips script on Mariners with clutch 3-run blast
SEATTLE -- One swing was all it took, to change a game, a series and possibly a whole lot more for Nelson Velázquez. When Velázquez came to the plate in the top of the seventh inning, it had been 101 at-bats since his last home run on April 4 against
Singer's sinker hit hard in loss to Mariners
SEATTLE -- It was a different sort of challenge for Brady Singer on Monday at T-Mobile Park. The right-hander came to Seattle with a 2.36 ERA and a 1.007 WHIP, with three quality starts in his first seven outings and more than two runs allowed just once, working with a
Fan comes away with two foul balls ... on consecutive pitches!
Sometimes in baseball, the ball just finds you -- even when you're in the stands. One lucky Mariners fan became a true foul ball magnet on Monday night when he ended up with a pair of souvenirs ... on back-to-back pitches! In the bottom of the first inning, lefty Josh
'He's nasty:' Lugo dazzles with career-high 12 K's in series win
ANAHEIM -- Although the season is far from over in mid-May, the Royals are playing enough winning baseball that where they are in the standings is starting to matter. The fact that they could have taken over first place in the American League Central on Saturday night with a win
Wacha's tinkering with slider reaping early rewards
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Who takes the hardest swings on each MLB team?
The Statcast era of baseball research has reached another milestone: bat speed is live on Baseball Savant. You can check out this page for more thorough details on what bat speed entails and how it’s calculated. But in the meantime, we’re kicking things off by breaking down the best of
How to watch Roku MLB Sunday Leadoff FREE
There is a new place to watch free baseball every Sunday this season. Catch your favorite MLB action with Roku MLB Sunday Leadoff, streaming free on The Roku Channel every Sunday morning.
Here's the freshly updated Top 100 Prospects list
Break out the caps and gowns. It’s time for a whole bunch of graduations and an updated Top 100 Prospects list. Young players who began the 2024 season on a Major League Opening Day roster with zero MLB service time exhausted their prospect status Sunday by way of the 45-day
'We'll be back tomorrow': Ragans, Royals hopeful despite loss
ANAHEIM -- Cole Ragans didn’t strike out an Angels batter until the third inning Saturday, atypical for the Royals’ hard-throwing starter who entered the night ranked third in the American League with an 11.4 K/9 and fifth with a 29.8% strikeout rate. But it was an atypical night all around,
Frazier's heroics, Marsh's pitching leads to late win over Angels
ANAHEIM -- Were you really counting the Royals out? Down one run with a runner on first in the top of the ninth inning at Angel Stadium on Friday night, Adam Frazier rocketed a two-run homer to right field to flip a deficit into a one-run lead and an eventual
World traveler Guthrie raising baseball's profile in Spain
In a professional career that spanned 15 years, Jeremy Guthrie was a baseball globetrotter, something that the former pitcher has continued in retirement. But even before becoming a prospect in the Cleveland organization and going on to pitch 13 years in Major League Baseball, as well as stints in the
Blanco channels HOFer in Royals' rout of Angels
ANAHEIM -- Dairon Blanco, the Royals’ weapon off the bench as an elite pinch-runner and reliable defensive replacement, hasn’t gotten many starts this season. Although he’s appeared in 25 of the Royals’ 39 games this year, Thursday night was just his seventh time in the starting lineup. He sure made
Better late than never? Royals surging at end of games
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Singer's sinker strikes winning chord in 100th career start
KANSAS CITY -- Brady Singer is quickly becoming the grizzled veteran of Kansas City’s rotation, whether he realizes it or not. Michael Wacha and Seth Lugo may have years of experience on the starting staff, but the one constant in the Royals’ rotation has been Singer, who the club relied
Potential future closers -- one for each team
Big league closers can come from all areas of the pitching world. Some are guys who have always been relievers, from college all the way up to the big leagues. Some were starters whose power stuff (and perhaps lack of command) were better suited for shorter stints coming out of
Royals rally around McArthur after tough 9th against Crew
KANSAS CITY -- The Royals were one out away from another gritty comeback win on Tuesday night, one centered around the way the offense rallied for another big inning and the pitching coming through once again. Then, Brewers catcher William Contreras won an eight-pitch battle with Royals closer James McArthur,
All 3 phases: Pitching, defense set up late Royals rally
KANSAS CITY -- The Royals keep finding a way. Held to one hit in six innings against Brewers starter Bryse Wilson on Monday night, questions swirled about the Royals’ offense and missed chances in the middle of the order. But the Royals flipped the game with a three-run seventh inning
Lynch strikes out 6 in spot start but Royals lose lead, fall in extras
KANSAS CITY – Thirty-four pitches in the first inning isn’t the ideal way to start an outing. But 40 pitches in the next four? Daniel Lynch IV couldn’t have scripted it better. The lefty starter did everything the Royals asked for in his spot start on Sunday afternoon, authoring five
Top prospects cruising throughout KC's system
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Wacha, Royals struggle in first lopsided loss of '24
KANSAS CITY – The Royals certainly have seen their fair share of comebacks and big innings so far this season, but the pitching couldn’t stabilize enough Saturday night to give the offense a chance. Michael Wacha allowed seven runs in 3 2/3 innings, and the Rangers kept pummeling late in