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Mets-Royals Seth Lugo Trade Rumor Brutally Shot Down By KC Spokesperson

The Kansas City Royals are going to be subject to some loud trade chatter over the next few weeks, especially if they continue playing this poorly. As they've lost six games in a row, the Royals have fallen to three games outside the playoff picture entering Tuesday.

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Nine numbers to explain the Royals’ offensive woes

The bats are not working. The Royals have been woeful offensively this year, averaging just 3.29 runs per game, worse than every other team except the Pirates.

Kansas City Royals News / Kansas City Royals on SI / June 17

Royals Must Bench Struggling Infielder, New Report Suggests

The Kansas City Royals are fighting to stay in the American League Central race. Since the start of the 2025 season, Kansas City has grappled with a lineup that’s struggled to find consistency.

Kansas City Royals News / Kansas City Royals on SI / June 17

Royals Drop Several Spots In Latest MLB Power Rankings

The Kansas City Royals were a surprise contender last season, winning 86 games and clinching the second American League Wild Card spot. Unfortunately, they have fallen flat in 2025.

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Kansas City Royals News / Kansas City Royals on SI / June 17

Royals Insider Predicts Kansas City's Top Objective For 2025 Trade Deadline

As the 2025 trade deadline approaches, the Kansas City Royals are headed in the wrong direction. Losers of their last six games, the Royals are suddenly buried in fourth place in the American League Central, and they trail the Boston Red Sox by three games for the third and final Wild Card spot.

Kansas City Royals News / Royals Review / June 17

Kansas City’s playoff hopes are fading fast

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Kansas City Royals News / Kansas City Royals on SI / June 17

Royals Predicted To Cut Ties With Several Veterans At Trade Deadline

With every passing loss, the Kansas City Royals' season takes another step toward disaster. Following up their playoff appearance in 2024, the Royals had high expectations coming into the new year.

Carter Jensen News / Royals Review / June 17

TWitM: Carter Jensen is raking

The catcher has been red-hot this month. thThis Week in the Minors is our weekly look at notable performances from all over the system, from big-name prospects and less-heralded guys alike.

Kansas City Royals News / Kansas City Royals on SI / June 16

Royals GM Among Execs Under Most Pressure, MLB Insider Argues

The Kansas City Royals are mired in a troubling slide. It's a downturn that has placed general manager JJ Picollo under some scrutiny. On Monday, ESPN’s Buster Olney captured the mounting pressure on Picollo.

Kansas City Royals News / Kansas City Royals on SI / June 16

Royals Predicted To Trade For Angels 18-HR Slugger As Concerns Mount

The Kansas City Royals' abysmal offense has been the storyline of their season. Through 72 games, the 34-38 Royals have a bottom-five offense by any metric.

Kansas City Royals News / Kansas City Royals on SI / June 16

Royals Fall Several Spots In MLB's Latest Power Rankings

The Kansas City Royals are in the midst of quite the slump. They were swept over the weekend by The Athletics and have fallen to 34-38. They are within striking distance in the American League Wild Card race, but are now 11 1/2 games back in the AL Central.

Bobby Witt Jr. News / Kansas City Royals on SI / June 16

Royals' Bobby Witt Jr. Breaks Silence After Six Straight Losses, Players-Only Meeting

Every baseball season has its ups and downs, but rarely do teams experience them to the extreme degree the Kansas City Royals have in 2025. At one point, the Royals won 16 of 18 games and seemingly turned their season around.

Kansas City Royals News / Kansas City Royals on SI / June 16

Royals Promotion Of Top Prospect Hasn't Fixed Struggling Offense

The Kansas City Royals may be falling out of contention soon. After being swept by the Athletics, the team is 34-38 and essentially buried in the American League Central.

Noah Cameron News / Fastball on SI / June 16

Kansas City Royals Rookie Noah Cameron Continues Historic Start to MLB Career

Noah Cameron, fresh off the first dud of his MLB career, snapped right back to his dominant ways on Sunday. The Kansas City Royals left-hander gave up six earned runs against the New York Yankees his last time out, snapping a streak of five consecutive quality starts.

Trevor Richards News / MLB Trade Rumors / June 14

Trevor Richards elects free agency

The Royals announced that right-hander Trevor Richards has become a free agent after clearing outright waivers. Kansas City designated Richards for assignment earlier this week, and since he has been previously outrighted in his career, Richards had the ability to reject an outright assignment to Triple-A in favor of re-entering the open market.

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Royals’ Vinnie Pasquantino gets brutally honest on challenging Yankees series

The Kansas City Royals just finished their three-game series against the New York Yankees. It was a brutal series for Kansas City, as the team got swept in this matchup.

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Yanks edge Royals 1-0 on late run, sweep season series

Pablo Reyes scored an unearned run from second base on a wild play in the eighth inning after New York's Will Warren and Kansas City's Seth Lugo dueled in the visiting Yankees' 1-0 victory over the Royals on Thursday night.

Cole Ragans News / MLB Trade Rumors / June 12

Royals unsure how long All-Star pitcher will be sidelined

Kansas City will have a better idea of his timetable next week.

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Why Royals' playoff push is a mirage

If Kansas City can become even slightly below average offensively, it may be enough to secure a playoff spot. Otherwise, the Royals will continue to slide down the standings.

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Royals All-Star pitcher gets difficult injury update

The Kansas City Royals (34-34) have kind of sneaked up on everybody this season, but not in the way that they intended. Following a promising campaign that saw the franchise increase its win total by 30 and clinch a playoff berth for the first time in nine years, KC sits in fourth place in the American League Central.

Cole Ragans News / MLB Trade Rumors / June 11

Royals place All-Star pitcher on IL

The Royals announced a series of roster moves on Wednesday.

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Kris Bubic News / Field Level Media / June 11

Royals starter Kris Bubic looking for run support vs. Yankees

One of the few blemishes on Kris Bubic's stellar season for Kansas City came against the New York Yankees. The Royals' left-hander will look for a better effort at home against those same potent Yankees -- and some needed run support -- while trying for a sixth straight quality start Wednesday night.

Noah Cameron News / Just Baseball / June 9

Noah Cameron Is Making the Most of First MLB Opportunity

After making a surprising run to the playoffs last year, the Kansas City Royals entered the 2025 campaign with some raised expectations. The club has gotten off to a so-so start, sitting at 33-32 entering Sunday’s play, but they’re still only a game-and-a-half out of a Wild Card spot.

Kansas City Royals News / Fastball on SI / June 8

Kansas City Royals Top Prospect Jac Caglianone Matches Bo Jackson With 4-Hit Game

Contrary to all the hype that came along with his arrival to the big leagues, Jac Caglianone didn't get off to the hottest start with the Kansas City Royals.

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Royals deserve credit for making more effort than most small-market teams

Tuesday is a big day for the Kansas City Royals as top prospect Jac Caglianone will be making his Major League debut against the St. Louis Cardinals. It is not just his arrival that should be a big deal for Royals fans.

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