SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. – When the Royals acquired Cole Ragans in 2023, he had just introduced his slider and worked on it extensively at Triple-A Omaha before bringing it to the big leagues that August. The newfound upper-90s fastball he was throwing certainly helped establish himself, but the slider was somewhat

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. – The Royals are in agreement on a one-year Major League deal with outfielder Starling Marte, sources told MLB.com on Saturday, adding depth and a right-handed option to their outfield for 2026.

SURPRISE, Ariz. -- The last time Bobby Witt Jr. hit leadoff in a regular-season game was June 30, 2023, when Witt was 23 years old in his second season in the big leagues. He has batted second in every game since. Now he’s 25 years old, about to enter his

SURPRISE, Ariz. -- Now that Maikel Garcia wears gold on his glove after winning his first career Gold Glove Award at third base last season, he’s even more motivated to win another … and another … and another. “Like Salvy says, it’s not [about] playing two years in the big

SURPRISE, Ariz. -- On Friday, the entire Royals organization packed into the batting cages at their complex in Surprise, Ariz., preparing for the annual organizational awards. The Minor Leaguers sat up front in seats, while the Major Leaguers filled in the back.

SURPRISE, Ariz. -- After being scratched from his second spring outing on Wednesday, Stephen Kolek was diagnosed with a Grade 1+ left oblique strain Friday after another scan that determined the severity. Kolek was scheduled to pitch two innings in the Royals’ eventual 8-8 tie against the Mariners on Wednesday

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It’s exactly one month until Opening Day, and MLB.com’s beat writers have been in camp for a couple of weeks now. So we decided to go around the division and ask some questions of the five American League Central beat writers about what they’ve seen in camp to this point.

SURPRISE, Ariz. – New pitch? New grip? Those are the first questions asked to every pitcher in Spring Training, essentially asking what’s different about them than what we saw last year. There are no shortage of changes in Royals camp this spring, some big and some subtle. Cactus League games

GOODYEAR, Ariz. -- In their fifth Cactus League game, the Royals finally debuted one of their key additions of the offseason by slotting Isaac Collins in left field and at the leadoff spot on Tuesday. Despite going 0-for-3 with two strikeouts in Kansas City's 5-4 loss to the Reds at

GOODYEAR, Ariz. -- Jac Caglianone left no doubts with his first homer of the spring. The Royals’ right fielder obliterated a baseball in the fourth inning of the club’s 5-4 loss to the Reds on Tuesday afternoon at Goodyear Ballpark, sending it 115.2 mph off his bat and a Statcast-projected

SURPRISE, Ariz. – In front of his teammates, coaches and Royals superfan Sarah Nauser, Bobby Witt Jr. was presented with the 2025 Lou Gehrig Memorial Award on Tuesday morning, given annually to an MLB player who best exemplifies the giving character of Hall of Famer Lou Gehrig. The award is

SURPRISE, Ariz. -- After a season of struggles with his swing and with his health, Michael Massey turned into a bit of a physicist this offseason as he aimed to rework his swing. As Massey fully let his left ankle, right hand and back -- all injuries he sustained last

PHOENIX -- Bailey Falter is carrying himself around with a different kind of demeanor, confidence and perspective this spring, and everyone is noticing the turnaround.

PHOENIX -- When Jack Hughes slapped the puck into the net to give the United States its first Olympic gold medal in men’s hockey since 1980 and beat rival Canada, the Royals' clubhouse in Surprise, Ariz. -- more than 5,000 miles away from Milan and eight hours behind in the

SURPRISE, Ariz. -- It’s not often that we see position players playing in back-to-back games this early in the spring as they ramp up their workload, but it’s also not every year that the World Baseball Classic interrupts the spring slate and has players leaving camp for a period of

SURPRISE, Ariz. -- Royals media relations director Nick Kappel posts it on social media every spring, early in the morning on the first day of baseball’s return: Beginning Friday with their Cactus League opener, the Royals are scheduled to play 194 games over the next 220 days of the spring

SURPRISE, Ariz. – Who takes over the Royals’ leadoff spot is a question that will follow the club until Opening Day and beyond. Manager Matt Quatraro doesn’t have an answer yet, but he likes the options he could have when constructing the lineup. “That’s the good thing,” Quatraro said. “Maikel

SURPRISE, Ariz. – One morning in December, Jonathan India woke up and decided it was time for a new look. The signature, shoulder-length locks that flowed out of his batting helmet or baseball cap throughout his first five Major League seasons, is no longer. It’s been chopped off in favor

SURPRISE, Ariz. -- Connor Dawson can rattle off names of Royals players from almost every decade, and one of his dogs is named Chief. His Kansas City Chiefs season tickets are on the 30-yard line, but way up top, because he loves the bird's-eye view of a play developing. He’ll

SURPRISE, Ariz. -- Cactus League games haven’t even started, but the Royals got their first look at the new Automated Ball-Strike Challenge System on Tuesday. Surprise Stadium, the Spring Training home of the Royals and Rangers, needed to calibrate the ABS Challenge System in advance of spring games beginning Friday,

SURPRISE, Ariz. – Spring Training exists for pitchers to build up workloads and hitters to get their timing back. It’s a time for teams to harp on the fundamentals of good baseball. It’s preseason prep.

SURPRISE, Ariz. – The Royals’ stadium search remains ongoing, but comments from Kansas City mayor Quinton Lucas about keeping the Royals in Kansas City did not go unnoticed by the team, which remains in negotiations with political leaders about a move. In Lucas’ annual State of the City address last

SURPRISE, Ariz. – It’s hard to overstate just how different this Spring Training is for Noah Cameron, but a quick chat with his Minor League buddies reinforces the idea. “They’re nervous and just trying to make an impression,” Cameron said. “That was me last year. It’s definitely different now. More

SURPRISE, Ariz. -- After watching their bullpen morph into a top-10 unit with a 3.63 ERA, which was tied for sixth best in MLB in 2025, the Royals still focused on improving the ‘pen this offseason. The result is a back-end trio the Royals feel can lock down most games