ST. PETERSBURG -- Seth Lugo had plenty of reasons to celebrate this week. His start on Thursday against the Rays at Tropicana Field just wasn’t one of them. Lugo allowed seven runs and three homers over five innings as the Royals fell, 13-2, in a game where they were two

ST. PETERSBURG -- Bobby Witt Jr.’s right knee injury has still not healed enough for him to play for the Royals. Witt was not in the club’s starting lineup for Wednesday’s 5-3 loss to the Rays at Tropicana Field, and then was held out again during Thursday's 13-2 loss, marking

Royals left-hander Kris Bubic resumed his rehab assignment with a 1-2-3 first inning for Triple-A Omaha on Wednesday night. Bubic needed just eight pitches to retire the side in order against Columbus. He mixed in four pitches and topped out at 92.7 mph with his four-seam fastball. "He said he

ST. PETERSBURG -- Noah Cameron would have loved for his start on Wednesday night against the Rays to be just like the first time he faced them in his career. The Royals’ offense would have loved for their recent success with runners in scoring position to continue, too.

ST. PETERSBURG -- Jac Caglianone has a lot of memories of watching Major League Baseball’s best from inside Tropicana Field as a kid. Now, he’s back at the Trop for the first time as a Major Leaguer and creating his own memories.

ST. PETERSBURG -- The Royals gave Maikel Garcia rest and medicine last week with the hopes that they would silence the pain in his left hand. They did not, so now the team is giving their third baseman a longer break.

ST. PETERSBURG -- Royals left-hander Cole Ragans is likely headed for yet another elbow surgery. Manager Matt Quatraro said before Tuesday’s game against the Rays that the team anticipates Ragans will need a surgical procedure to address the left elbow impingement that has kept him on the injured list since

A version of this story originally ran in June of 2023

ST. PETERSBURG -- You know that Jac Caglianone is performing like one of the best hitters in baseball right now. But he’s not the only second-year, homegrown Royal who looks like a burgeoning star.

ST. PETERSBURG -- Bobby Witt Jr.'s sprained right knee kept him out of the Royals’ lineup for the third straight game Monday. But prior to the team’s series opener against the Rays, the star shortstop went through what manager Matt Quatraro called a “very encouraging” workout. Witt -- who has

Read our story on the balloting format, which includes two phases of fan voting to determine the All-Star starters. The Dodgers’ Shohei Ohtani remains the leading vote-getter in the National League, while the Blue Jays’ Ernie Clement has taken over the top spot in the American League in our latest

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We might need to change the name of Rays No. 1 prospect Theo Gillen to "Three-o" Gillen after what he did for High-A Bowling Green on Saturday. And yes, we can hear you groaning at that joke.

LOS ANGELES -- Congratulations are in order for the Ohtani family, which is now a party of four. Five, if you include Decoy. Shohei Ohtani and his wife, Mamiko, have announced the arrival of their second child.

Question: Does Hall of Fame catcher Carlton Fisk know "The Carlton" dance? We know Mookie Betts does. Pitcher Taijuan Walker did his best rendition in 2016, too. We’re not sure about the 1972 AL Rookie of the Year, but we do know there has been a meeting between the Carltons

The Royals announced Saturday that they have signed 13-year MLB veteran pitcher Matt Moore to a Minor League contract. Moore, who turned 37 years old on Thursday, last pitched in the Majors while with the Angels in 2024. He signed a Minor League deal with the Red Sox in February

Kyson Witherspoon has been pitching well of late for High-A Greenville, and his start on Friday in a 4-2 win for the Drive was one of his best of the season.

Who will be the player traded before the 2026 Trade Deadline arrives on Aug. 3? Tigers ace Tarik Skubal? Twins starter Joe Ryan? Rafael Devers (again), Luis Arraez or Matt Chapman from the Giants? We all love a good blockbuster. But sometimes, it's the smaller deals, the ones that don't

Defense has always been Dillon Dingler's strength behind the plate. As he made his way through the Tigers' system, his work in the field commonly earned him his highest scouting grades.

Considering what Caden Scarborough has already been through this year, dealing with High-A hitters is a piece of cake.

The West Virginia Mountaineers didn’t wait long to make a statement in the Men’s College World Series. In the first inning of the program’s first MCWS game Friday, they scored a run. Actually, they stole a run.

At the intersection of Washington and 11th Streets in Hoboken, N.J., a marker and four street corners commemorate one of the most important events in baseball history -- one that took place 180 years ago. At first glance, it may not seem like you are in the shadow of baseball

The Mets’ issues through the first two-plus months of the season are myriad. After all, you don’t end up 14 1/2 games back in your division and six games out of a Wild Card spot because of a single flaw. The defense has been admittedly “sloppy”. The club ranks 21st

“If you found out we weren’t alone, would that frighten you?” That question is posed in a new trailer for “Disclosure Day,” an upcoming science fiction movie from legendary director Steven Spielberg. And at the center of the trailer is none other than Mets shortstop Francisco Lindor. In the 30-second

The D-backs are shuffling their pitching staff. The club is optioning right-hander Brandon Pfaadt to Triple-A Reno and calling up righty Kade Strowd and left-hander Philip Abner. Arizona is also placing right-hander Taylor Clarke on the bereavement/family medical emergency list.