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Royals Designate 27-Year-Old for Assignment Before Opening Day

On Wednesday, the Kansas City Royals finalized their Opening Day roster. While Kansas City already had a good idea of what the roster would look like entering the season, there were still battles for the final spots.

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Royals Review Roundtable: How will the Royals fare in 2026?

Happy Opening Day! With the season about to begin, we brought together our writers to preview the season and discuss what concerns them, what they are hopeful about, and how the Royals will perform in 2026.

Kansas City Royals News / MLB Trade Rumors / March 25

Royals Designate Drew Waters For Assignment

The Royals designated outfielder Drew Waters for assignment as they finalized their Opening Day roster this afternoon. He’s out of options and did not make the team.

Kansas City Royals News / Minor League Baseball on SI / March 25

Royals Drop Major Carter Jensen Decision Ahead of 2026 Opening Day

The Kansas City Royals have finalized their Opening Day roster, which means the team has reached a verdict on where top prospect Carter Jensen will be playing to begin the year.

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The 'Youngest MLB 30/30 seasons' quiz

How many of the MLB players to hit 30 home runs and steal 30 bases in the same season before turning 25 years old can you name in five minutes?

The 'MLB 30/30 Club members' quiz

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The 'Last 100-RBI season by MLB team' quiz

Kansas City Royals News / SwimSwam / March 25

ASCA Announces 2026 Hall of Fame Inductees: Coaches Dave Gibson and Tim Hill

By SwimSwam on SwimSwam Courtesy: American Swimming Coaches Association (ASCA) The American Swimming Coaches Association (ASCA) has announced that Coach Dave Gibson and Coach Tim Hill will be inducted into the ASCA Hall of Fame as the Class of 2026.

Athletics News / Yardbarker

One storyline to follow for every MLB team in 2026

As Spring Training opens for 2026, all 30 teams have high hopes and big questions. These are the storylines to follow for each team heading into Opening Day.

Red Sox to sign former Yankees relief pitcher ahead of Opening Day

MLB announces 80-game suspension for Johan Rojas

Mets star gets help from former teammate after clubhouse issues

Three comeback arms to watch in National League East

Five X factors in the AL Central

Kansas City Royals News / Royals Review / March 25

Royals unveil 26-man Opening Day roster

The Royals made a flurry of moves to finalize their 26-man roster, including placing infielder Michael Massey and pitchers Stephen Kolek and James McArthur on the Injured List.

Salvador Perez News / Just Baseball / March 25

How Much Can the Royals Still Lean on Salvador Perez’s Bat?

There’s no question that Salvador Perez of the Kansas City Royals will be a borderline Hall of Fame player when it’s all said and done. Yes, there are questions about his framing, which has affected his defensive metrics, and thus, his overall WAR values (35.8 bWAR; 19.0 fWAR).

Kansas City Royals News / Royals Review / March 25

Kansas City Royals news: The next one counts

Baseball America tosses in Kansas City Royals pitching prospect Kendry Chourio as a candidate for the next overall top pitching prospect. Under the sweltering heat in Goodyear, Chourio proved to be every bit as advertised.

Kansas City Royals News / Yardbarker / March 24

Four Royals predictions for the 2026 season

The Royals offense and pitching have their core players back and have hopefully strengthened the weak points enough to challenge for a divisional title.

The 'Last 30-HR season by MLB team' quiz

Kansas City Royals News / Kansas City Royals on SI / March 24

Blockbuster Yankees-Royals Mock Trade Sends Star Prospect to Kansas City

The Kansas City Royals have made a few moves to bolster their roster ahead of Opening Day, including a trade that brough Isaac Collins to Kansas City. As a result, the team looks better right now than it did at any point last season.

Kansas City Royals News / Royals Review / March 24

Here’s how the Royals make the playoffs in 2026

Over the course of the offseason, I settled on a new framing device for how to look at a baseball team and its chances of making the playoffs. The common thought around baseball goes like this: “You’re going to win 54 games, you’re going to lose 54 games.

Athletics News / Yardbarker

25 MLB players that could be traded during the 2026 season

The 2026 MLB season is right around the corner, and it is never too early to start thinking about how it might unfold. Seemingly, every year, we have a decent handle on who should contend and who is likely to struggle, which makes looking ahead to the trade deadline inevitable.

Kansas City Royals News / Kansas City Royals on SI / March 23

Royals 27-Year-Old Projected to Be Cut Before Opening Day

The Kansas City Royals know who their top contributors are going to be, but there are still some uncertainties to sort out up and down the rest of the roster.

Kansas City Royals News / Royals Review / March 23

Who makes the cut for the Opening Day roster?

By the time we hit Friday, March 27th, it’ll be 180 days since the Kansas City Royals played a regular-season game. So much has changed since then; the Royals have been active, trading and signing players to fill the holes in their roster from last season.

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The 'Active MLB 3+ 30-homer seasons' quiz

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Kansas City Royals News / LWOSports.com / March 23

2026 Kansas City Royals O/U: Why the Royals will hit the OVER

The Kansas City Royals built up themselves a tough expectation to follow through with going into the 2025 season. After making a run to the American League (AL) Divisional Series, losing to the New York Yankees, the Royals had the expectation to make the playoffs back-to-back seasons.

Maikel Garcia News / Royals Review / March 23

Maikel Garcia has the juice

Hope springs eternal, and never is that phrase more applicable in baseball than February and March. Players start showing up to Spring Training in great shape, and the excuses–legitimate or not–of the previous year are washed away.

Matt Strahm News / MLB on ClutchPoints / March 19

Royals star reliever gets crucial update after injury scare before Opening Day

Kansas City Royals star reliever Matt Strahm suffered an injury scare during the team’s 12-3 loss to the Texas Rangers on Wednesday. Strahm was hit in the foot by a batted ball and removed from the game as a result.

Carter Jensen News / Just Baseball / March 18

Carter Jensen Is Primed for a Major Breakout in 2026

The disparity surrounding the roller coaster that is prospect development has long been misunderstood. Baseball fans will look at prospect lists across multiple analysts and zone in on the little number next to the player and expect them to achieve those expectations in the shortest time possible.

Maikel Garcia News / MLB on ClutchPoints / March 18

Maikel Garcia takes home MVP honors for Venezuela in World Baseball Classic

After a breakout campaign with the Kansas City Royals, fast-rising infielder Maikel Garcia knew he had to build on his momentum and help Venezuela in the World Baseball Classic.

Vinnie Pasquantino News / Total Pro Sports / March 17

Vinnie Pasquantino Drops Emotional Message After WBC Exit

Italy’s fairytale run, when it ended, left quite a mark. And right at the center of it all was Vinnie Pasquantino, who turned a semifinal exit into something way bigger than a final score. Monday night in Miami was the stuff of dreams.

Kansas City Royals News / Just Baseball / March 16

Five Kansas City Royals Spring Training Storylines to Watch

The Kansas City Royals have a very strong roster, and they’ll look to return to the postseason for the first time since 2024 after missing the postseason last year.